If your distance traveled appears off, you can adjust your stride length in the Edit profile page (see
Calculating Stride).
For a description of your Active Score, just hover your mouse over the asterisk (*) on your
dashboard. You will see a tool tip with our definition of Active Score.
The active score captures how active you were compared to if you were completely sedentary all
day. Your score will be 0 if you were sedentary, and typically a 3-digit number if you were active.
You may prefer the active score over calories burned, because the active score just captures your
level of activity and is not dependent on your height and weight, as calories burned is.
To describe the active score in terms of your MET (metabolic equivalent), the active score is a
rough translation of the sum of your METs for each minute minus one for each minute elapsed
in the day.
The first thing you need to know when trying to understand the calories burned figure is some
definitions:
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR): Calories burned while at rest to sustain regular body functions, such
as breathing. This number is independent of exercise done throughout the day, and is dependent on
age, height, weight, gender, and other factors.
Estimated Energy Requirements (EER): Calories you are estimated to burn based on your BMR
plus calories from a typical non-exercise day, such as getting ready for work, working at a desk job
for 8 hours, stopping by the store on the way home but not exercising. EER is based on a formula
published by the FDA and used by other government agencies to estimate the calories required by
an individual based on their age, height, weight, and gender. Your EER is greater than your BMR
since your BMR only takes into account the calories burned by your body just for it to exist and does
not take into account even minimal motion or activity.
Calorie Estimation: A setting in your profile that determines whether BMR or EER is used for days
that you forget to wear your Tracker, you haven't synced yet, or you do not have a Tracker linked to
your account.
If you have a Tracker and have synced recently, the calories will match the Tracker's number. This
includes your BMR, activity calories, and calories from manually logged activities. Manually logged
activities replace the Tracker's calorie estimate for that time frame, so there's no need to worry
about double counting the calories.
If you do not have a Tracker, the calorie calculation is the same as if you have not synced.
If you have NOT synced recently, you could see two different values depending on whether or not
you've enabled calorie estimation.
Calorie estimation enabled:
EER is displayed if you do not have any manually logged activities or not enough logged
activities to overcome the EER estimate.
If BMR + calories from manually logged activities is greater than 80% of your EER, that
calculated number is displayed.
If EER is used, an asterisk (*) will be displayed next to your calorie burn number. Putting your
mouse over the * will display a definition of calorie estimation.
Calorie estimation disabled:
BMR is displayed + calories from manually logged activities.
Calories Section
