Polar Flow Integration

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pperie
pperie Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2023 in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
I have activated the integration with my polar and Negative calories adjustment was turned on. After this, the actual count of calories during my workout differs from what the app is registering. For example my workout today was 52 minutes 623 calories and the app indicates 53 minutes with 551. What could be causing this?

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,354 Member
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    The cause is that the number Polar shows is gross calories (including BMR) and the number you see on MFP is net calories (no BMR).
    Perfectly normal since you don't want MFP to add the BMR calories from your exercise (it already takes your BMR into account for your base calorie goal, so otherwise it would be double counting).

    The difference in duration is likely a rounding issue, I'm guessing.
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