Connecting Garmin Connect to Myfitnesspal

MeanderingMammal

gobonas99 wrote: »

Sorry to be a downer, but the Garmin calc is MUCH more accurate than the MFP estimate.

As with all pedometers and fitness measuring tools, your mileage will vary. I never know who to believe, but I'm not quite crazy enough to go out and buy a heart monitoring strap just to calculate calories burned walking to work, at lunch, and home from work.

You already have the Vivofit. the $50 for the HRM to go with it would be a good investment.

Whilst I'd agree that the Vivofit estimate is probably more accurate than the MFP estimate it can depend on whether the Vivofit is set up properly. That said, 400 calories for a day including about 10k steps is maybe a little low.

For walking I'd be very surprised is the HRM provided any more utility. The vivofit is designed to assess very low intensity activity, the HRM component designed to be activated when doing more strenuous training.

larrewl

gobonas99 wrote: »

nikmaack wrote: »

I logged a work out at MFP of 800 calories (riding an elliptical trainer for over an hour). When I looked at the Garmin Connect website, it told me I'd burned 10,000 calories of activities that day. What the heck?

Um...you're using it backwards...you should be logging exercise in Garmin Connect, which then syncs to MFP.

Also, 800 Cals for an hour on an elliptical is REALLY high....you wouldn't burn that much in an hour of running (which has a high calorie burn than the elliptical).

I agree with everything said except that 800 Cals/hour is really high. Calories burned depends a lot on how much one weighs. I weigh about 180 and usually burn a little over 800 calories an hour of running.

MeanderingMammal

larrewl wrote: »

I agree with everything said except that 800 Cals/hour is really high. Calories burned depends a lot on how much one weighs. I weigh about 180 and usually burn a little over 800 calories an hour of running.

I'll burn about 100 cals per mile, so in about an hour I'm looking at about 600 cals, more if I'm on trails.

Regardless of that, it's still high for an hour on an elliptihell.

simonburge

http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1781541--myfitnesspal-and-garmin-withings-sync-issues reports that the Garmin Connect issues are resolved. I disconnected and tried to reconnect to Garmin Connect a couple of times over the last week. Now the "Connect" button on the Garmin Connect app page (https://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/120) takes me to an iTunes page. I don't have iTunes installed, and am not sure on what iTunes has to do with Garmin Connect.