Total vs active calories on Apple watch
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cessi0909
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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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I believe it's 2124 (total) - 473 (active) = 1651 (approximate BMR)1
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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.1 -
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.1
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