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Calorie Count Questions

Former Member over 11 years ago

All,
I'm new to the Garmin suite of devices and also new to using a "fitness" tracker and just wanted to be sure that what I am looking at is what I think. I am currently using a Vivofit along with the new premium heart rate strap. Now the way I understand it the Vivofit spits out the basic BMR calories as the day goes on and makes adjustments based on your steps taken. Now when I pair it with the heart rate strap for say cycling the heart rate is calculating a calorie burn number based on my heart rate. My question is when I log into Garmin Connect does the calorie number it shows reflect the total calories burned (my Vivofit BMR plus the "activities" recorded from my heart rate strap) or is this number strictly the BMR and steps calories to which I need to add the "activities".

On a similar note anyone notice that the Vivofit total and the Garmin Connect total do not match? I just sync'd and Vivofit says 2037cal and Garmin Connect says 1884. Thats a sizable discrepancy! And no the activity calories dont add to one to equal the other.

Thanks

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

i notice the discrepancy too and would love to know the reason why. my vivofit says 1614 whereas garmin connect says 1530. I had a larger discrepancy yesterday. Would love to know which number I should trust, asap.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

I have the same problem. The calorie totals from the Vivofit do not match the garmin connect calorie totals. Why?

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

As best I can see there are MAJOR issues with the integration of the Vivofit and heart rate activities and Garmin Connect. I am getting wildly different "BMR" numbers day to day, the total calories doesn't seem to change at all based on my "Activity" calories and now since last nights maintenance my activities are not even plotting on the graphs. Seriously considering returning this half cooked product and going to another manufacturer.