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Strange Active Calories

Former Member over 9 years ago

Hello,
I' have vivosmart hr.
I have noticed that sometimes i'm getting a lot of active calories while not doing anything.
For example, today after a sync, i've got about 1200 active calories. But i'm not doing anything special.
How to edit this value, or please, tell me where it comes from?

Also, noticed, that this may happens when i'm not syncing during the previous day.
Please, help.

Thanks in advance.

0 ascii256 over 9 years ago

Garmin has not yet quite figured out how to calculate calories. More often than not, the calories in Garmin Connect for me are insanely low or insanely high for daily steps. Calories displayed on the device rarely match what you see on the app. A new bug has popped up where calories jump up when syncing and then a few moments later drop by about 100.

The only solution is to wait for Garmin to fix the issue (not looking likely at this point) or move to another fitness tracking company. In my social circles I have been recommending the latter. What good is a fitness tracker that doesn't track fitness?