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Active calories not calculating correctly in garmin connect

In the last week or so i noticed a discrepancy in active calories showing in my garmin connect app. Today for example i completed one logged activity and those calories display as active calories however i also logged almost 20k steps and no additional calories show for the additional physical activity.  On another day it showed less active calories than what the logged activity showed and no calories for anything else that day.  I tried restarting my phone hoping that would fix it but it hasn't. 

  • You need to be aware of two facts:

    1. Calories are calculated on the base of the Heart Rate and the Heart Rate Veriability. As soon as you have a watch with enabled HRM, step play absolutely no role in the calculation.
    2. The total Calories you burn during an activity contain also the "passive" part (RMR) that does not add anything to the daily Active Calories, hence it is absolutely normal when the Calories logged at an activity are higher than the daily Active Calories