I am at 174 pounds. I have walked 10,634 steps so far, and perhaps another thousand before the end of the day. I walked 4.5 miles for a total amount of 468 calories burned. This comes out to about 105 calories a mile, which has been the case recently. So I cannot expect below 100 values until I am more fit. My speed was from about 3 to 3.5 mph. My average heart rate was 140 bpm with a peak of 154. Despite the slower speed for today, I still ended up with a good cardio workout. This is probably since I was already tired with my legs still hurting before I started walking. I still pressed on. MFP has my target calories at 2558 due to my walks today. My food diary will come out to be 2567 calories. So I am meeting the entire calorie goal this time. I shall see as I continue this what happens to my weight. I am eating as much as I can. I will have to find more calorie rich food items without resorting to desserts if at all possible.

@UpDownAround: I can see why you call the calories burned from your watch as fantasy calories. However, I think you need to find out what the actual value is for calories burned. IMO in order to do this, you need to stabilize both your exersize steps taken, and your intake of food. I suspect you will have to periodically do this to keep the calories burned figure usable. In the end, I will end up having to do the same thing.