Total vs active calories on Apple watch

cessi0909
cessi0909 Posts: 654 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know what the difference is between total and active calories on the Apple Watch but does anyone know if the idea is that those 2 numbers combined are what you've burned in a day or is only total calories your daily burn? I've added an image of what I'm looking at
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  • maskani_
    maskani_ Posts: 2 Member
    I believe it's 2124 (total) - 473 (active) = 1651 (approximate BMR)
  • msalicia116
    msalicia116 Posts: 233 Member
    I think your active calories are part of your total calories. Total calories means calories you burned being active, walking around the house, working at a desk, lounging, sleeping, everything.

    I don't see it minus your active calories as your BMR though. That would be doing absolutely nothing only.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    2124 total - 473 active above planned = calories from expected activity level.

    Much like on MFP you select a non-exercise activity level.

    When you sync an activity tracker to MFP, it takes tracker calories - MFP planned calories = adjustment up or down to eating level.

    MFP is just correcting itself to match your tracker data.

    Apple watch from what ones have said is basically doing the same thing - basically you are 473 over sedentary activity level calorie burn. You don't get to pick your activity level.

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