Watch OS9 excessive calorie count

[J.C]

Since updating to Watch OS9, the total calorie count during workouts, is excessively high. All workout types. This is only during the workout. As soon as I stop the workout, the total calorie count is show accurately.

Anyone else having this issue? I’ve unpaired and re-paired several times, but it doesn’t help.

 

[J.C]

Oh, 597 calories converts to 2497 kilojoules. So, during the workout, it's measuring total kilojoules even though it says total calories. Everything is set to calories (as far as I can tell) and the workout view is set to display total calories.