TDEE and Apple Watch

ceolyn

I’m wondering if anyone knows (or can point to an article or such) that talks about the accuracy of the Apple Watch TDEE.

I wear my watch daily and for all my fitness work, based on my watch my TDEE fluctuates from 2500 - 3000, depending on what workouts I did. Average seems to be about 2800.

I’m losing at a reasonable rate, and not really looking to change anything. Just curious!

PAV8888

Your closest estimate of your actual tdee is calories eaten over a period of 4 to 6 weeks + (weight trend change * 3500) divided by number of days.

All the tools that we use are based on population studies. If you take a few million users they will probably track quite closely as a group. But any one individual? Who knows!

So your own carefully calculated results are the only thing that's meaningful for you!

fuzzylop72

The only study i'm aware of on the topic is http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/7/2/3