Edit Calorie Goals

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can a dev please answer this? There is currently no way to enter a calorie goal in garmin connect. it is set to 0. It is supposed to pull this infomration from myfitnesspal but even though I connected the two applications it is not pulling this information.

please address this issue. it's very frustrating to see such a basic feature overlooked.

Hello, I see that this is an old post, but this is my exact issue today. I just started using Garmin Connect. Did this prove to be fixed long term? Any issues after this?

I would argue that it would be beneficial to be able to edit facets of the calorie calculations, particularly given Garmin's calculation of BMR is very poor, taking no account of observed changes in weight over time to recalculate based on the individual.

My weight has been very stable over 3 months at 75kg, and my average daily intake has been 3,500 kcal. However, Garmin Connect says my average Resting + Active calories during this time has been around 2,900 calories. Clearly this is incorrect as I would have added several kg of weight during this time if that calculation was accurate.

So I think it's wrong to dismiss the idea of being able to alter calorie goals, unless Garmin improve improve their resting calories calculation to take account of NEAT and the individuals weight / intake trend over time.

Garmin does use your weight (and also the gender, age, height, and the activity class) for the calculation of RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate - not the same as BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate). And it, of course, does take in account the weight changes, as long as they are enterred (or imported) to the GC account. However, you told yourself that your weight has been very stable, so in that case it is comprehensible that the RMR was stable too.

More likely is that either the Calories intake is not accurate, or that the calculation of active Calories does not match - that could be especially the case if you did not set the adequate Activity Class in your user settings, or if you do not wear the watch 24 hours a day.

No, it doesn’t take into account the individual’s characteristics or trend. If it did then it wouldn’t be reporting my total calories “out” as 2,900 per day; when, as my weight has been stable, it must clearly be 3,500 or I would be adding weight?

So, it would appear to me certainly that they are missing NEAT from Total Calories or their RMR calculation is generic and doesn’t take any account of the individual.