How can Whoop shows that I burnt less than my basal calories?
I thought the calories showed was BMR + what we actually burn.
I’ve had my Whoop for 5 days and was hoping the calorie burn would calibrate. It hasn’t. It’s averaging ~1,500 kcal/day for me.
I consume ~2,600 kcal/day (logged in MyFitnessPal). If Whoop were right, that’s a surplus of ~1,100 kcal/day → ~7,700 kcal/week → over 2 lb/week of weight gain. That’s obviously not what’s happening.
Any basic BMR calculator puts my BMR around 1,500–1,600 kcal/day, which is further proof your estimate is way too low.
This is a shame because accurate calorie burn was the primary reason I bought Whoop—to maintain a slight deficit while still fueling my training. And it’s frustrating to keep getting the same canned responses from your team. This is a critical metric for people paying good money to monitor calories and performance. Whoop needs to fix this.
I know this isn’t for you but I was thinking mine was off too because it shows 1900 calories a day burn. I eat 2450 a day as a 56 year old 5 10” slim male. I noticed if I ate 450 calories more every day I would be gaining weight. However, I weigh every morning at 530 AM. It says I burn 1900 calories from 12 am-12pm. However, I noticed at 530 am it says I burned about 500 calories from 12:00 am to 530 am which when you add them together is 2400 calories and my weight is always consistent. I never had thought about that.
Have been running into same issue - calories are way too low - making calorie tracking for caloric deficit completely useless