Exercise and Activity
Use this topic when you want to record a workout or steps, or understand how activity changes your calorie budget. It explains manual logging and automatic tracking on Android, along with Step Bonus and choosing your Physical Activity Level. Start here if workouts appear twice or only part of your exercise calories is added to the budget. For connecting Fitbit, Garmin or another tracker, use Devices and Syncing instead.
Log your exercise and fix exercise entries
Use when you want to log exercises, track them automatically on Android, or stop duplicate or unsaved workouts.
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How to Log Exercises in MyNetDiary and PlateAI
Log exercises, add custom ones, and link fitness trackers directly or through Health Connect or Apple Health so workouts reach the app automatically.
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How can the Android app track my exercises automatically?
Track Android exercises automatically using Fitbit, Garmin, or Withings directly, or any app that writes activity data to Health Connect.
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How can I stop getting double workouts (duplicated exercises?)
Stop duplicated workouts by keeping only one source of each workout in Apple Health or Health Connect, or by unlinking one of two connected services.
Log steps and understand Step Bonus
Use when you want to log or track steps automatically, or ask what Step Bonus is or why it was subtracted.
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How to Log Steps Data
Log steps automatically through Apple Health or Health Connect, or by hand with the footprints icon, and know why the two methods cannot run together.
- How can the Android app automatically track my steps?
- Step Bonus
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Step Bonus was subtracted
Learn why Step Bonus drops when you log walking, running, or hiking, and which exercise amount options trigger the subtraction.
Exercise calories and your calorie budget
Use when exercise calories are missing from your budget, only 50 percent is added, you use Advanced AutoPilot, or burn differs.
- Adding exercise to calorie budget
- Why are only 50% of my exercise calories added to my calorie budget?
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Exercises are not added to the budget, even with 'Add Exercise' feature turned on!
Fix the Add Exercise setting when exercise calories are not added to your budget, by checking the exercise plan's macros increase for 0:0:0.
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Why do I burn fewer calories doing the same workout every day?
Learn why the same workout burns different calories as your weight changes, and how the calorie estimate uses weight, MET, and time.
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How to Use Advanced Autopilot for Muscle Building and Fat Loss with Exercise Calories
Set your activity level and the Add Exercise Calories option for Advanced Autopilot, for either lean muscle building or fat loss.
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Should I Enable Adding Exercise Calories When Using Advanced AutoPilot?
Decide whether to turn on Add Exercise to Calorie Budget with Advanced AutoPilot, and test each setting for a week to see which fits your goals.
Set your activity level and personal details
Use when you want to choose a Physical Activity Level or update your height, date of birth or activity level.
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Understanding Physical Activity Level (PAL) and How to Choose the Right One
Pick the right Physical Activity Level, from Sedentary to Very Active, and see how it changes your estimated calorie needs and avoids double-counting workouts.
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Updating Height, Date of Birth, and Activity Level
Update your height, date of birth, gender, or activity level in the app or on the website, then review how it changes your plan.
Common questions about Exercise and Activity
How do I stop duplicate workouts from showing up?
Duplicates appear when the same workout reaches the app from more than one source, such as a smartwatch and Garmin Connect both writing to Apple Health or Health Connect, or a direct link plus a hub. Keep only one preferred source for workouts and unlink the others. If it persists, email support with screenshots of your source app.
Which activity level should I choose?
Choose the level that matches your usual activity: Sedentary, Low Active, Active, or Very Active, which scale your calorie needs from 1.0 to 1.45. If you log exercise separately, choose Sedentary to avoid double-counting. A step counter can guide you: under 7,500 steps a day is Sedentary and under 10,000 is Low Active.
How do I track my steps automatically?
Link MyNetDiary to Apple Health on iPhone or iPad, or Health Connect on Android. Steps sync automatically if your phone, watch, band, or other app sends them to that hub. To log manually, tap the footprints icon on the Dashboard. Automatic syncing and manual logging cannot run together: synced data overrides manual entries.
Did Not Find It?
Email support@mynetdiary.com or send a request from the app under Me, then Support. Most replies within one business day.