Is there a way to send just active calories/kJ to Strava from 1030 Plus bike computer?

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I’m looking to lose weight and tracking everything in Lose It. My bike rides are coming into Lose It from Strava.

For indoor training rides, TrainerRoad sends kJ (1kJ ~ 1 calorie) and that comes into Lose It. Outdoor rides are logged on my 1030 Plus, so the Garmin calorie number sent to Strava includes both active and resting calories. To be consistent indoors and out, I’m trying to figure out how to get Garmin to only send active calories (basically kJ per my powermeter) to Strava so that will feed Lose It.

The resting calories can be 100-120/hr, so it really adds up on longer 4-5 hour rides.

I’m stuck and can’t figure this out. Any tips? Thanks!!

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I wouldn’t worry about it to be honest.

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Looking for exactly the same thing. Garmin is sending total which includes active and basal calories. This is not usual or what I want.

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I could never figure this out. Wonder if anyone else has come across a solution :thinking:

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You should be able to see the total work (Kj) underneath the powergraph in Strava. Just look at that number instead of the calories. Next to that, I thought that the conversion from Kj to burnt kcal includes resting energy expenditure, so I think Garmin overestimates the total energy that is being used.

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Yes. Active calories can be calculated from total work, but it’s even easier to look at Garmin Connect, where it lists resting, active, and total calories for an activity. It’s active calories that’s normally used and considered in fitness apps and what we’re interested in. If possible, TR should bring that over from GC instead of total calories.