I have earned 570 calories for exercising.

goldyray1 · April 2021

Got a question. MFP, in the diary part, says that I have earned 570 calories that I can consume due to exercising. I haven't exercised today. Where does that come from and how do they calculate that and is it correct? I have a Garmin Vivosmart but that doesn't figure in to this portion of MFP does it?

concordancia · April 2021

Did you walk more than usual? Leave your Garmin on top the washer so it thought you were exercising?

Have you checked you Garmin to see what kind of exercise it thinks you did or when?

goldyray1 · April 2021

Garmin just says that I walked 2918 steps (I work in an office at a computer all day) and it also says I burnt a shameful 2007 calories today. No intense activity. Usually I walk on my breaks at work but it was cold today so I didn't. That is actually the only info it gives you. If you do any kind of activity, you have to program it in and set it and all kinds of stuff. I just wear it to see my steps and supposedly how many calories I burn. Also Garmin Connect shows about your sleeping and some other stuff that interests me.

concordancia · April 2021

Did you do anything yesterday? I disconnected my fitbit and MFP because it would sometimes sync overnight and it would look like one day I didn't sit still and the next day I hadn't done anything.

sijomial · April 2021

It's not just reporting exercise is the simple answer, it's trying to estimate your TDEE.
If you don't want it to send data to MFP then don't sync it.

By the way 2000 calories is often given a a mythical average for the mythical average adult woman. It's not a "shameful" number - it's a very normal number.

AnnPT77 · April 2021

sijomial wrote: »

It's not just reporting exercise is the simple answer, it's trying to estimate your TDEE.
If you don't want it to send data to MFP then don't sync it.

By the way 2000 calories is often given a a mythical average for the mythical average adult woman. It's not a "shameful" number - it's a very normal number.

Underscoring this: As a 65-year-old woman (5'5", 125 pounds), I've been eating over 2000 (2200-2400 usually) at least 6 days a week, not gaining . . . and in fact, tending to lose super, super slowly (as per my current intention). There's nothing shocking about going over 2000. Burning calories is a good thing, in my book, not a "shameful" one. I can't see why there'd be shame at all around one's calorie needs, low or high. It's a neutral fact. (But the watch is only giving an estimate of that fact.)

Somehow there's this myth that *all* women need to eat tiny numbers of calories generally, and super-tiny numbers of calories to lose. It isn't universally true. Yes, some petite women, especially those who are older and not very active, need to consume small numbers of calories. Not every woman.

BTW: I hope you have "programmed" your Garmin at least to the extent of putting in your Garmin user settings: Size, age, weight, etc. If you haven't done that, the results it's giving would have zero relationship to reality. At best, Garmins (I have one) produce science-based estimates, and can still not be accurate for a statistically unusual individual. With incorrect settings, they can't even accomplish that, sadly.

I have earned 570 calories for exercising.

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