Garmin Connect app for my Garmin Instinct watch has to be absolutely wrong on calories burned accuracy

I am pretty certain that after getting 3000 steps in today, 8 hours of sleep and 20 minutes of indoor rowing did not burn 3500 calories.
It shows I burned 2,244 resting calories and 1,327 active. What is the difference? Is it ultimately the sum of all calories burned for that day?

What is wrong with the accuracy of this app? I have my activity class set to 1 just to sett if it will lower the count.

What do I have to do to get this watch and app to be as accurate as possible to show my calorie count? Or am I wrong could it be accurate?

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Bylo Selhi over 3 years ago in reply to DJGShef +3

A person's resting calorie burn is something like 1,000 to 2,500 per day depending on gender, age, height, weight. See https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/rmr

So the OP's "2,244 resting calories and…
gaijin over 3 years ago +2 suggested

It shows I burned 2,244 resting calories and 1,327 active. What is the difference? Is it ultimately the sum of all calories burned for that day?

Yes. Resting + Active = Total.

Sounds pretty accurate to…

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0 gaijin over 3 years ago

It shows I burned 2,244 resting calories and 1,327 active. What is the difference? Is it ultimately the sum of all calories burned for that day?

Yes. Resting + Active = Total.

Sounds pretty accurate to me.

HTH

0 DJGShef over 3 years ago

I'd certainly struggle to burn 3000 calories in 24 hours, even with a 10k run. However, we are all different and your figure is not completely off the scale. If your activity class is really 1 (and your fitness is also low), then you would expect your body to burn more calories for a given amount of work.

0 Bylo Selhi over 3 years ago in reply to DJGShef

A person's resting calorie burn is something like 1,000 to 2,500 per day depending on gender, age, height, weight. See https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/rmr

So the OP's "2,244 resting calories and 1,327 active" seems quite plausible.