So the online form for submitting an email support enquiry is not working. So posting my questions here in the hope of getting an answer.
QUESTION
How are you calculating Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)? I'm 5'11" and 200 lbs. As far as I can see Healthmate is estimating BMR at about 1700 cals per day. This is probably correct (see https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html) IF I lay in bed all day and did nothing, literally did not move. More realistically my BMR is probably 2200 - 2300. There seems to be no way of adjusting the estimate Healthmate makes. Most competitive apps at least allow you to say you are 'sedentary' or 'active' or 'very active'. AND can you confirm that the calorie tracker during exercise does not reference heartbeat rate but is a broad estimate (guesstimate?) of likely energy expenditure for a particular sort of exercise? The non-specificity of the Healthmate app is frustrating. I'd bought the Scanwatch to help improve my fitness and reduce my weight but I can't see the inaccuracy helping me.
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So this was the reply I received.
QUOTE
The watch shows calories from a user's BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - an estimate of the amount of calories needed at rest so that the body can function) in addition to calories burned from exercise. This is why the watch will show calories before any exercise is done.
Please know that the watch calculates calories based on:
- steps taken
- activities the user has performed (running, swimming, etc.)
- profile information (gender, weight, height, and age)
Notes:
- Heart Rate is not taken into account for burned calories
- Manually entered activities are not shown on the ScanWatch, even though they appear in the app
- If an activity detected by the ScanWatch is modified in the Health Mate app, the calories will be updated on the app, but not on the watch
- This results in a variance between what is shown on the ScanWatch and what is shown in the HM app
UNQUOTE
So I take this to mean that the watch (and presumably the HM app) apply your baseline BMR to your reports. So my baseline BMR (if I was lying completely still and doing nothing) is esteemed to be about 1,700 cals per day. The reality is no one (except perhaps someone in a coma) does this. In reality my BMR is probably nearer 2,200 - 2,300. So the HM app starts with a deficit of 500 - 600 calories.Then they say the heart rate has no impact on counting of burned calories, so only logged activity is counted towards calories burned.
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