How are calories counted?

I am a bit confused. For example, yesterday my Garmin Connect stated that I burned 2338 calories -- 1958 Resting and 380 Active. BUT in that same time period, I went for a strenuous 6.16 km walk and the device counted me as having burned 400 calories during the walk.

So I have two questions:

The first is do I add the 400 I burned during my walk to the total calories burned? It is a contradiction that I burned 380 when active but the device reports 400 burned during my walk.

Secondly, how are calories calculated? Combination of Weight, BMI, HR, ?

Thanks!

0 AllanOlesen67 over 6 years ago

The 400 is the sum of all calories during your walk, both the resting calories and the active calories.

And yes, it is really stupid to include resting calories in the reported calories from an activity. But that is how every company seems to be doing it, not just Garmin.

0 Sandy_Murray over 6 years ago

Thanks, Allan.