Google 'tdee calculator' and you'll see that you are burning more calories throughout the day than you think. If you're having an active day, that same walk to the kitchen might burn more because your metabolism is churning faster than a sedentary day. If you've been lying in bed all day, you are running a deficit of calorie burn and you're even burning fewer calories walking to the kitchen than a normal day.

It isn't just the raw steps contributing to your calories, it's what those steps represent about your average amount or movement. Remember also that Fitbit and Google Fit are giving you calorie burn throughout the day based on your activity level. In fact, I would trust dedicated fitness apps / devices like Google Fit and Fitbit more than I would the iPhone which requires it to be on you at all times.

I'm a 235lb male at 5'8' and I walked about 11k steps yesterday for a little over 600 calories burned and this was with a Fitbit Charge HR, so I'm pretty confident in the steps. If you’re lucky enough to have an iPhone 5S, we’ve got an extra treat just for you: Using the M7 co-processor found in the 5S, you can now automatically track your steps simply by using you iPhone 5Sno. As tracking calories is my chosen method for an effective body transformation, MyFitnessPal is my go-to app for tracking nutrition and it is the app I. All of this depends on your height and weight. The screenshots above offer an example of what you will see if you elect to have MyFitnessPal collect your steps information from Fitbit.

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