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Garmin Active Calorie Adjustments

I don’t understand Garmin adjustments.

I started in MFP sedentary 1730 calories. I rode my indoor bike and burned 183 calories. Then, there’s an additional active calories of 416 being added from Garmin. What are these “active calories” that are being added? I’ve only left the house once today. I walked out to my Jeep, drove to the store, opened the rear of the Jeep so that someone could load a coffee machine, then drove home. How has this burned an extra 416 calories? What am I missing? I’m back at needing to eat 1700 calories. Seems wrong.

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trux over 2 years ago in reply to Droogles +1

Droogles said:
400 calories for getting out of bed and driving less than a mile down the road is not a 400 calorie burning event. Something is wrong.

Yes, it could be your heart rate. Check out this: Burned…
Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to Droogles +1 verified

I think I’ve sorted things out by ditching MFP and MyNetDiary for the reasons I provided and I think Zwift is underestimating my calories burned by double.

I’ve always questioned why my calories…

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0 Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to Droogles

The active calories HR zones are looking correct now too. Will test out more tomorrow and see if the numbers look better. I've done too many exercises today trying to figure this out on top of a full days work.

+1 Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to Droogles

I think I’ve sorted things out by ditching MFP and MyNetDiary for the reasons I provided and I think Zwift is underestimating my calories burned by double.

I’ve always questioned why my calories are reported so low with Zwift. The answer I’m always given is that the power meter is more accurate. However my Concept 2 has a power meter and for the same level of exertion results in double the calories burned compared to Zwift. Zwift is the outlier, not Garmin.