So I’ve been trying to lose weight yet again, and this time around I have a better understanding of how calorie deficits work, and I think I’m calculating it correctly, but I’ve been using my Apple Watch to track workouts and calories burned and then using the data from Apple Health to calculate my deficit to make sure I’m not over/under-doing it with the deficit. So I have two questions:
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For those of you who pay attention to Apple Health data, do you think that Apple Health data generally seems accurate when paired with an Apple Watch?
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Does the following math check out?
For the this I’m translating apple health testing energy as BMR, active energy as exercise calories, and dietary energy as calories consumed. So TDEE would be resting energy plus active energy. And all of the following numbers are weekly averages.
24yo male, 251 lb, 6’0” height
Resting Energy: 2720 kC Active Energy: 964 kC Dietary Energy: 1632 kC
So deficit = Resting Energy + Active Energy - Dietary Energy
Deficit = 2720 + 964 - 1632 = 2052 kC
My first thought is that the “resting energy” sounds a bit high, if it’s supposed to correspond to BMR. My BMR based on my body type should be around 2100 kC, as far as I know.
Regardless of my BMR, this definitely makes me worry that I’m not eating enough. But at the same time, I’m just not sure how much I can trust this data, and I really don’t want to overeat. I feel like my body is getting enough food at 1600 kC, so I don’t want to eat more just based on some data from Apple Health, you know?
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