Most fitness trackers and diet apps focus on Total Calories instead of Active Calories. So when you are comparing them with calories on Apple Watch, it’s always important to know which metric you are using and remember your BMR. The reason all this matters is because Apple Watch is unusual in this respect. Why the difference between Active and Total Calories matters That’s why you’ll notice your Apple Watch’s BMR predictions vary slightly every day. That’s quite different from the result I get from. That’s quite different from the result I get from the Harris Benedict formula (1,719 calories), which suggests that Apple uses data from the watch’s sensors to make its BMR prediction more accurate. By deducting my Active Calories from my Total Calories, I can calculate my BMR, according to my Apple Watch: 3,622 1,619 2,003 calories. And my Total Calories, shown in small type underneath the chart, was 3,622.īy deducting my Active Calories from my Total Calories, I can calculate my BMR, according to my Apple Watch: 3,622 – 1,619 = 2,003 calories. In the screenshot above, 1,619 is my Active Calories for the day. You won’t see Total Calories displayed on Apple Watch itself, but both Active and Total Calories are displayed in the Activity app on iPhone.
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