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Old Wed, Sep-18-02, 20:51
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Default Well, it's a bit different

I'm not new at FitDay, I just never paid this close attenton to the carbs before.

Slim, your example is thus:

4.2
5.4
2.3
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11.9 carbs.. Fitday will round it up to 12 carbs.

That would be fine if that's hoiw it worked, but it doesn't.

Your example shows that 12 carbs would be more accurate, and you are right. Fitday rounds of each individual number, not just the total. That's where the problem comes in. Using your own numbers, here's what happens on Fitday:

4.2 => 4 (Fitday)
5.4 => 5
2.3 => 2
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11.9 => 11 carbs total accordinf to FitDay.

Here's a different example.

1.5 =>2 (Fitday)
2.5 =>3
1.5 =>2
3.5 =>4
____
9 carbs...Fitday would count it as 11

Or if those individual numbers were 1/10 lgram less, then it would be:

1.4 =>1 (Fitday)
2.4 => 2
1.4 => 1
3.4 => 3
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8.6 carbs...Fitday would total the rounded off numbers as 8, not 9.

So, individual items can have as little as 1/10 of a difference in carb (between 1.4 or 1.5 gr) , but it would translate into a whole gram for Fitday.

THere is an actual difference in the actual totals from the last two examples (9.0 minus 8.6) of only 0.40., or 4/10 of a gram of carbs. However, according to Fitday, the difference would be (11 minus 8), THREE whole grams of carbs! To someone on Induction, 3 carbs can mean a meal!

I'm disappointed. I thought Fitday made it easy and instead, the easiness seems to come at the cost of accuracy.

AJ
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