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ksmommy5
ksmommy5 Posts: 142 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
How accurate is it? My steps were 8000 and it says 500 cals burned. I did 40 mins walk around my local mall which is around 1km per lap so I did 2 but that said 180 cals. I just added 150 cals in my exercises.

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  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I never thought their calorie counting was arcuate. I found they didn't account for the calories you burn just by being alive so they were always overestimated for me.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I wouldn't put a ton of stock into it. Also consider that even a sedentary activity setting would account for some of those steps...if I recall, sedentary still accounts for around 5,000 steps (or equivalent activity)
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