This comment is a year later so maybe you know by now but, on the watch face with the rings... at the top right is the ‘running man’ icon for workout as a shortcut to log your exercise. Hope this helps you or others reading the comments! 👍🏼
Thx finally found out how to use this. I was exercising and my numbers and calorie it wasn’t right now I know to use the exercise app with it thanks much
Alex Traxler try using your Apple Watch with the MyFitnessPal app. You can set a weight goal. I’d use that with the Apple Watch for a week or 2, log your food intake to MyFitnessPal and you will get an idea of how many calories are good for you in the day to stay in the calorie zone for weight loss.
When I first got my watch I would just do my normal doings. I believe it’s set at 490 but as the weeks go by the watch will give you a weekly summary. If you keep passing the set goal it will recommend you go higher, it auto suggest a number. Again if you pass those goals enough it will then suggest a higher goal. Hope that helps.
@@miminewbean8518 in this video when he showed how to change his move goal number, that's the same screen for the weekly summary. Every Monday you should get a notification with your weekly summary and the option to up your move goal. Hope this helps you
This has really helped me a lot understand the rings with my new apple watch I started using other day. I'm 5"2 so have set mine to 640. Can you explain the overall calories burnt is different though as I noticed I hit the goal of 640 but then check app and see my whole day calories further down can be like 2,326 so I'm not understanding this.
Beth Banderton The total calories is a sum of active calories (the ones burned by doing exercise or movement) and the resting calories (calories your body burn by itself during the day)
My watch is doing this weird thing where when I track a 50 min outdoor cycle for example it doesn’t track on my exercise app. I have no idea why this is happening. It worked before and now it’s not working.
No only the exercise app on my watch! The only other app running is my music it’s weird because it tracks the exercise but it doesn’t count on the ring.
Thanks for the comment. I've done calorie counting in the past, and just found it wasn't a good fit for me. That said, there are plenty of videos on TH-cam that talk about calorie intake for those that want to take that route. I went from 278 pounds down to 213 in just over a year, and didn't bother with calories once. Just felt like it wasn't for me.
I agree 100%. My fitbit used to show me total calories burned all day even if I’m resting. I got the apple watch today and im disappointed that it only shows move calories...😔
usually i try to do interval training on the treadmill...so ill have it high speed for 1 min, then drop to walk for 30 seconds or a minute. if i want to do a longer session, then ill do a indoor walk at the highest incline possible, usually around a 2.3 pace.
Thanks ! I just got a Apple Watch SE yesterday , tried it out for the first time today. I was using a Fitbit Versa 2 . Also tried out the exercise app, they had every workout but Weights. Is there a way to add that category? And I notice there’s no Fat Burn indicator ?
Hi @Matt I am not sure if you were able to answer your own questions, but there is a way to add. Once you click on the workout icon, just scroll down until you see “add workout.” Select that, and then scroll until you see “traditional strength training,” and select that. There is also an app called HeartWatch, that tracks fat burning. I’ve had it for so long & it’s connected to the Workout app & the fitness app. It shows the duration of my workout intensity and when I burned the most fat. When I got that app it was free. I think you have to pay for it now.
How often do I have to do this to my watch? I just Recalibrated it two days ago and it seems like it’s not keeping up with my Activity app again. how long (timing)I’m working out.
It can be frustrating, the exercise app will only count the minutes of activity that meet your targeted exercise goal... it will not give you credit for a saunter when you are counting it as exercise... it feels rude, but will get you the results you want in the end. Experiment with different settings that might show your results more accurately... I am usually dissatisfied with how it counts my "inside walk" minutes on the treadmill- even though i know my heart rate is at target. Best wishes!
For walking and running - With Apple Watch 2 and up, you need to use the "Other" setting in exercise if you do not have your iPhone with you. If you have your iPhone with you, you can choose the specific programs. The reasoning, when you have the iPhone with you, it uses GPS to measure your exercise. Without iPhone when the "other" setting is chosen, it uses the time passed as the baseline metric. If you chose "Walking" and your iPhone is not with you, your exercise ring will not work correctly.
Do you mean in the circle? In the circle, the (outside) red is your total amount of calories lost from activities. The "middle" yellow/green is your minutes of exercise for the day. The (inside) blue ring is the number of hours in the day that you stood up for a couple minutes. Should be red/green/blue...I think the camera changed the colors a little on the video. Hope this helps.
The Up/Down No, the three movement graphs underneath the main rings. They show, for example, when you performed exercise minutes throughout the day. Sometimes some of those bars are yellow when they are usually green.
I have desk job and the most I’ve walked around today was to the bathroom or get water. My Apple Watch says I lost 750 calories. Do you think this is accurate?
Your body uses calories all the time. Heart is pumping, brain is thinking, etc. The way I use that number is if it says 2500 at the end of the day, that means I can eat roughly that number of calories to maintain weight. Eat more, get fat. Eat less, get slimmer.
Very helpful!!! I just got my watch series 5😃
Good luck with the weight loss goals Jess!!
Great video! I was realły lost and will have to look at the video more than once before it sinks in. Thanks.
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This comment is a year later so maybe you know by now but, on the watch face with the rings... at the top right is the ‘running man’ icon for workout as a shortcut to log your exercise. Hope this helps you or others reading the comments! 👍🏼
Good call! And if you don't see it, most faces on the apple watch are editable and you can change the icons.
This is exactly the video I needed! Thanks for all those information!
Thx finally found out how to use this. I was exercising and my numbers and calorie it wasn’t right now I know to use the exercise app with it thanks much
This was extremely helpful and answered all of the questions I had. Thank you so much!!
I just use the other setting - that way it’s the same all the time.
I feel like that’s the most accurate way
Good video. How do you determined that 700 calories was a good target for you? Trying to figure out a good number for me to achieve weight loss. Thx
Alex Traxler try using your Apple Watch with the MyFitnessPal app. You can set a weight goal. I’d use that with the Apple Watch for a week or 2, log your food intake to MyFitnessPal and you will get an idea of how many calories are good for you in the day to stay in the calorie zone for weight loss.
When I first got my watch I would just do my normal doings. I believe it’s set at 490 but as the weeks go by the watch will give you a weekly summary. If you keep passing the set goal it will recommend you go higher, it auto suggest a number. Again if you pass those goals enough it will then suggest a higher goal. Hope that helps.
Victoria G for some reason I never get a weekly summary. Is it a special setting ?
@@miminewbean8518 in this video when he showed how to change his move goal number, that's the same screen for the weekly summary. Every Monday you should get a notification with your weekly summary and the option to up your move goal. Hope this helps you
thank you, i was in the same boeat no idea how to use
you bet.
Thank you for this! Very helpful
Excellent video thank you!
Nice video.
This was so helpful wow
Thanks for this video!!! You answered all my questions. So informative!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for being so detailed in how to use the exercise app. I now know how to effectively use this app.
Best of luck on your journey!
@@FizznessShizzness can you tell me where the calories of your whole day including workout is displayed?
Thanks boss ❤️
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thanks, very helpful😀
This has really helped me a lot understand the rings with my new apple watch I started using other day. I'm 5"2 so have set mine to 640. Can you explain the overall calories burnt is different though as I noticed I hit the goal of 640 but then check app and see my whole day calories further down can be like 2,326 so I'm not understanding this.
Beth Banderton The total calories is a sum of active calories (the ones burned by doing exercise or movement) and the resting calories (calories your body burn by itself during the day)
That's actually odd, and something I haven't seen before. It's almost like your watch and phone are not syncing?
My watch is doing this weird thing where when I track a 50 min outdoor cycle for example it doesn’t track on my exercise app. I have no idea why this is happening. It worked before and now it’s not working.
Are you using any other apps at the same time to track your run? I've had problems when I tried to have 2 trackers running at the same time.
No only the exercise app on my watch! The only other app running is my music it’s weird because it tracks the exercise but it doesn’t count on the ring.
@@calihorton9461 your heart rate needs to be at a certain number for it to count as exercise, or if just counts towards move
if you want to get 1000 move calories a day set it a 250 then you do your 1000 calories but you also get your 200% 300% and 400% awards
😊 thank you
Why isnt anybody discussing resting vs active calories. After all, the point its to see how many calories you are consuming vs burning.
Thanks for the comment. I've done calorie counting in the past, and just found it wasn't a good fit for me. That said, there are plenty of videos on TH-cam that talk about calorie intake for those that want to take that route. I went from 278 pounds down to 213 in just over a year, and didn't bother with calories once. Just felt like it wasn't for me.
I agree 100%. My fitbit used to show me total calories burned all day even if I’m resting. I got the apple watch today and im disappointed that it only shows move calories...😔
Which exercise option do you use when you get on the Treadmill? .... Other>> ? or Indoor Running?
usually i try to do interval training on the treadmill...so ill have it high speed for 1 min, then drop to walk for 30 seconds or a minute. if i want to do a longer session, then ill do a indoor walk at the highest incline possible, usually around a 2.3 pace.
Guy says out loud that he’s 6’3 but has his phone set to 6’4. Classic man stuff
haha good catch. im actually in between...so i say both.
How do I see my total calories for the whole day plz
sorry, that i am not sure of
On your iPhone, go to the fitness app and then click on the numbers under “move”. You’ll see your total calories
It’s on your phone. Under the move
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Thanks !
I just got a Apple Watch SE yesterday , tried it out for the first time today. I was using a Fitbit Versa 2 . Also tried out the exercise app, they had every workout but Weights. Is there a way to add that category? And I notice there’s no Fat Burn indicator ?
Hi @Matt
I am not sure if you were able to answer your own questions, but there is a way to add. Once you click on the workout icon, just scroll down until you see “add workout.” Select that, and then scroll until you see “traditional strength training,” and select that. There is also an app called HeartWatch, that tracks fat burning. I’ve had it for so long & it’s connected to the Workout app & the fitness app. It shows the duration of my workout intensity and when I burned the most fat. When I got that app it was free. I think you have to pay for it now.
@@queenshe8464 thanks !
But I’ve gone back to the Fitbit.
How often do I have to do this to my watch? I just Recalibrated it two days ago and it seems like it’s not keeping up with my Activity app again. how long (timing)I’m working out.
It can be frustrating, the exercise app will only count the minutes of activity that meet your targeted exercise goal... it will not give you credit for a saunter when you are counting it as exercise... it feels rude, but will get you the results you want in the end. Experiment with different settings that might show your results more accurately... I am usually dissatisfied with how it counts my "inside walk" minutes on the treadmill- even though i know my heart rate is at target. Best wishes!
totally agreed on this.
For walking and running - With Apple Watch 2 and up, you need to use the "Other" setting in exercise if you do not have your iPhone with you. If you have your iPhone with you, you can choose the specific programs. The reasoning, when you have the iPhone with you, it uses GPS to measure your exercise. Without iPhone when the "other" setting is chosen, it uses the time passed as the baseline metric.
If you chose "Walking" and your iPhone is not with you, your exercise ring will not work correctly.
mine always works without the phone
@@jamesbutler3303 They may have fixed it then 👍🏻.
Good to know.
If you have the cellular version it will pick up GPS
Why some bars are light green yellowish and some are green in exercise graph?
Do you mean in the circle? In the circle, the (outside) red is your total amount of calories lost from activities. The "middle" yellow/green is your minutes of exercise for the day. The (inside) blue ring is the number of hours in the day that you stood up for a couple minutes. Should be red/green/blue...I think the camera changed the colors a little on the video. Hope this helps.
Shazaib Baloch oh I know what you’re talking about, don’t have an answer though. My best guess is those are your highest exercise times?
The Up/Down No, the three movement graphs underneath the main rings. They show, for example, when you performed exercise minutes throughout the day. Sometimes some of those bars are yellow when they are usually green.
LizDoodles yup you got it right .. thank you so much ! i was searching about it every where finally
We share the same birthday but I’m born 87
I have desk job and the most I’ve walked around today was to the bathroom or get water. My Apple Watch says I lost 750 calories. Do you think this is accurate?
Your body uses calories all the time. Heart is pumping, brain is thinking, etc. The way I use that number is if it says 2500 at the end of the day, that means I can eat roughly that number of calories to maintain weight. Eat more, get fat. Eat less, get slimmer.
That was very helpful thank you!