I weigh 177 today. I have walked 9,594 steps. I ate an extra meal today, so instead of taking a break from exersize, I walked to burn off some of the the extra calories. That calculator states that I have burned at least 457 calories. This makes my approximate target of 2489.

On this walk, I was pushing myself much less than half the time since I started out a little tired. Now here is a kicker. For the walk of half my total distance, that burn calculator comes out to 215 calories. My wrist monitor comes to 287. So my monitor is now close to 20% of this calculator instead of being off by closer to 50%. The only difference is that I was walking briskly but not pushing myself. Oh yes, I paused my monitor while I was not walking. The burn calculator goes by minutes walked instead of steps taken, also taking into consideration BMI. My wrist band goes by BMI, steps taken, heart rate, and probably other things like fitness level. So my monitor should be more accurate.

PS My wrist monitor shows I have an equivalent physical fitness age of a 42 year old. Nonesense. I think this is very much in error. I think a chest heart rate monitor should improve the accuracy of this and the calories burned.