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    Step - calories

    Posts: 2 Member
    in Fitness and Exercise
    How is it that I earn a 437 calorie adjustment for walking 14,000 steps one day but 1,000 calorie adjustment for walking 15,000 the next?? That is not proportionate at all. Makes me wonder how accurate the system is overall … Any ideas??
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    • Posts: 2,950 Member
      It's not just steps. It takes the calorie burned data from your wearable fitness device, which is based on more than just steps. HR and some other things all figure into the algorithm.
    • Posts: 18,781 Member
      ^^ This. Many wearables are also tracking your heart rate, duration, elevation etc so 12,000 steps over the course of the day in short bursts, with no elevation gain and no real heart rate change will be very different, calorie burn-wise, to 15,000 steps in a sustained, heart pumping effort.
    • Posts: 101 Member
      It could simply be that your not walking at the same pace. By walking at a faster pace you'll accumulate more steps. Just an educated guess. I don't know for certain.
    • Posts: 3,770 Member
      It's also possible that some of the 'steps' aren't actually steps, they are movement from your arms. I.e. I got injured a few years ago and had to use my left hand for everything. That is the hand I wear my watch on. Petting the dog would register as steps. So would driving. Your watch will only register calorie burn if your steps also raise your heart rate and breathing.
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