Apple Watch says I'm burning too many calories
I have the first gen Apple Watch. I've had it for almost 4 years now. The last several months the watch has been telling me I'm burning 4000+ calories a day just from a sitting and lounging. I'm usually active during the evenings. The calories I receive for moving appears to be accurate although the machines I workout on usually say I've burned more than my watch does. That doesn't bother me too much. What I am trying to figure out the correct number of calories I'm burning in a day. And 4,000 to 5,000 just doesn't seem right. When the day restarts at midnight my activity app on my iPhone instantly jumps my calories burned to 2,000 at midnight. And then after 2 to 4 hours of sitting around it'll say I burned 1,200 calories. Any help?
I've reset my calibration data, I've turned off 'track my fitness" and then turned it back on after restarting both my watch and iPhone. I've tried doing the simple fixes and direction I've seen from other posts that complain the apple watch isn't counting accurately. But I'm tempted to swap to another watch if I can't get this to work right. My resting average heart rate is 68-74 and the watch registers this number. It doesn't show a spike in heart rate throughout the day until I actually leave for the gym and go workout. I'm not up running around most days, I'm usually just sitting studying, or lounging.
Apple Watch, watchOS 4
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