How does Apple Watch calculate active calories?

Your Apple Watch uses your personal information — such as your height, weight, gender, and age — to calculate how many calories you burn and more. To update your personal information, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.

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Herein, do I burn more calories than my Apple Watch says?

Probably not. It’s more likely because of the different way the watch counts your calories. Apple measures calorie burn on its Apple Watch differently than other wearables. The counter you see as your Move goal isn’t your overall calorie burn for the day.

Secondly, do I go by active calories or total calories? Simply put, active calories are those you burn while walking, climbing, jogging — whatever you do for exercise. Total calories include active calories and resting calories, which are those your body burns naturally, even when you’re just lounging on the couch.

In respect to this, how many active calories should I burn to lose weight?

A general rule is to aim to burn 400 to 500 calories, five days a week during your workouts. Remember, the number of calories you burn in a workout depends on your weight, sex, age and many other factors, but this number is a good starting place.

Why am I burning less calories doing the same workout Apple Watch?

The calorie information generated by Apple Watch is based on your latest Weight in Apple Health. Make sure your details are up to date in the “Health” app on your iPhone. We believe that Height and Age may also factor in the calculations. Strength training workouts generally burn fewer calories than you might expect.

Why am I burning so many calories on my Apple Watch?

Why is my Calorie Bonus so High? If your calorie bonus is too high when using Active Calories/Apple Watch, it’s likely because the RESTING calories reported by Apple Health are inflated. Resting calories are the calories you burn by staying alive.

Why does Apple Watch not burn as many calories?

Different people have different bodies. Some people can burn calories easier than others for a variety of reasons such as age, size, gender, height, etc. It’s just the way the body works. The Apple Watch uses these factors when calculating the progress of activity circles.

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