Quick Answer: You can sync your fitness and health data with Lose It! on Android by linking both apps through Lose It!'s Automatic Tracking settings and customizing your read and write permissions in Health Connect.
How Health Connect Works with Lose It!
Health Connect serves as a central hub for health and fitness data shared across Android apps. Health Connect does not record steps or workouts directly from your device. Instead, it acts as a secure repository where third-party fitness apps and wearables write their activity data, which Lose It! then reads to keep your daily log up to date.
Tip: To automatically sync steps or activity into Lose It! via Health Connect, make sure your preferred step-tracking app or wearable is actively writing its data to Health Connect.
Data Shared Between Lose It! and Health Connect
You have full control over which permissions you grant. Depending on your settings, here is the data Lose It! and Health Connect can share:
Data Lose It! Reads from Health Connect
- Steps: Daily step counts logged by your wearable or tracking app.
- Workouts & Active Calories: Exercise sessions, workout types, duration, and burned calories.
- Weight: Weight entries recorded from smart scales or other health apps.
Data Lose It! Writes to Health Connect
- Nutrition: Total calories, macronutrients (carbs, protein, fat), and micronutrients logged in Lose It!.
- Weight: Weight entries logged directly inside Lose It!.
- Workouts: Exercises logged manually within Lose It!.
- Steps: Manually entered steps recorded in Lose It!
How to Connect Health Connect to Lose It!
Follow these steps on your Android device to link Health Connect with Lose It!:
- Update Lose It! to the latest version.
- Open the Lose It! app.
- Tap Profile (top right).
- Scroll to Automatic Tracking.
- Tap View All.
- Tap Health Connect.
- Tap Manage data and access.
- Under Your health apps, tap Lose It!.
- Tap Allow all or toggle on which individual categories you'd like Lose It! to have read/write access to.
- Go back until you return to Lose It!.
Note: If data doesn't appear immediately after granting permissions, allow a few minutes for the initial sync to finish across both apps.