Active calories vs. Total Calories

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Active calories vs. Total Calories

I understand the difference between the two. What I’m confused on is how Apple Watch is getting the figures. When I get up in the morning and am not wearing my watch yet (still on charger) the calories for both should be zero. I put the watch on and go for a run. Come back, take the watch off and wipe off my sweat, yuk. Upon checking the stats on my iPhone the active calories are lower than the total. But how can you determine total higher when the only time I had the watch on was while running. It cannot determine sitting, doing errands, etc. cause I was not wearing the watch other than running. Anyone know why in this instance the watch has 2 different figures?

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 10:44 AM

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Jul 3, 2020 11:41 AM in response to Christmastree15

lets see if I understand you. My watch was only on my wrist for 1 hour while I was running. Then I took it off. So in the 1 hour I ran I burned 520 active calories but 634 total calories. Are you saying that just keeping my body functioning during my run I burned an additional 114 calories? If that’s what your answer is I get it and thank you. If not, you’ve lost me 😱

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Jul 3, 2020 11:15 AM in response to Christmastree15

Your resting calories per day is the amount of energy (in the form of calories) that your body needs to function while resting. This is also known as BMR, or Basal Metabolic Rate. This number of calories reflects how much energy your body requires to support vital body functions. In fact, your BMR is the single largest component (upwards of 60 percent) of your total energy burned each day.

Basically, your body burns calories just by doing nothing, and this is the number those calories are.

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Jul 3, 2020 11:44 AM in response to Christmastree15

Yes to simplify it,if you were in a coma you would still be burning calories.

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