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Steps and exercise on Garmin Connect vs iphone

shadow4478
shadow4478 Posts: 37 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone had this issue.
I use the Garmin VivoActive. My Wife uses her Iphone 6
We can walk the same distance, but she gets rewarded much more then I do for exercise calories.
Over a 10k distance I may get about 400 calories where she will get about 750
She is smaller and may take more steps or is it some algorithm issue between Garmin and MFP?

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  • 20yearsyounger
    20yearsyounger Posts: 1,630 Member
    It sucks that garmin gives me low calories but I trust what Garmin gives me. I lost weight steadily with my Garmin. my phone does give me more calories (for almost the same distance) but I dont have it connected to MFP. I do see slightly more active calories in Garmin connect than is transferred over to MFP.
  • shadow4478
    shadow4478 Posts: 37 Member
    So is that how it should be ?
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