How accurate is the calorie burn count?

[gugino]

I feel like mine is sometimes too high for my activity levels on a day when I'm not (or haven't until that point) exercising? I'm at a fairly good weight for my height.

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @gugino, welcome to the community. You might be interested in my experience. Until recently (When the Pixel Watch 4 arrived), I recorded my daily swimming (2 hours) on a Garmin Venu 2 Pro & Fitbit Inspire 3. The Garmin gave me my lap count on my wrist while the Inspire 3 provided the data I needed to keep my Fitbit app running. The Garmin reported a calorie burn of about 950 Calories, while the Fitbit assessed it at 750 Calories. In addition to swimming every day, I weigh myself daily. As you will appreciate, the weigh-in is the gold standard and tells me if I'm eating more than I'm burning. The daily weigh-in also allows me to recognise "normal" fluctuations in my weight week in week out. My experience was that if I used the Fitbit calorie count, I was much more likely to be able to predict weight gain or weight loss accurately. My advice is to stick to the Fitbit figures. You should also note that your BMR figure is calculated on the basis of the details you used to set up the Fitbit app and your Nutrition & Weight "Goal".

I hope this helps.

Cheers