Most accurate calories burned?

adamkondraciuk8198

MFP asks about activity level and adjusts for steps but won’t adjust for active calories burned as reported by the Apple Watch. How should I go about setting everything up for the most accurate calorie budgeting? This is important when trying to bulk or maintain weight but working in a warehouse

Jean

We define our levels as follows:

• Sedentary/Not Very Active: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. desk job)
• Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesperson)
• Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. server, postal worker, nurse)
• Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)

Your choice of activity level should include the average calories you would burn for normal daily activities, such as standing, breathing, sleeping, eating, etc. along with calories you would burn for your normal daily routines, such as general housework and your typical work routine. Generally speaking, setting this to Not Very Active or Lightly Active should produce the most accurate calorie adjustment.

Please note that your choice should not factor in the activity of exercises/workouts you perform since those will be logged separately (manually or by linked a partner app/fitness tracker) as you complete them. The above choices are based on how your average day looks outside of the workouts you complete.

If you do any non-workout activities outside of your normal daily routine, such as mow the lawn, this should not be considered as part of your activity level, but should then be recorded separately. Example: If you don't mow the lawn every day or do extensive housework, like deep cleaning, when you do perform those activities, you can also record those in your diary under the cardiovascular section for additional calories.

Specifically with the Apple Watch integration, we are currently only reading the step data, and individual "other" workouts sent from the watch via what transfers directly from Apple Health. We are not yet considering the active calories amount, also being measured by the watch.

In the meantime, you may notice that your total calorie burn showing on the watch, does not match the total being reported to MyFitnessPal by Apple Health. This is to be expected. Please do, however, let us know if your step count is not matching up or you do not see your "other" workouts displayed in your MyFitnessPal Diary as "Apple Health Exercises."

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work out all the kinks. We will also do our best to update the following link as we have more information available: https://myfitnesspal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625731-How-does-the-MyFitnessPal-Apple-Watch-app-work