Today I did 68 minutes on the elliptical and 17,000 steps and was given about 500 extra calories (which seems on par with what Fitbit would have given me). With my Fitbit that would have easily been at least 200-300 extra calories. So for instance yesterday I hit 10,000 steps with just every day walking (no actual exercise) and was only given 21 extra calories (so 1521). I switched to the Apple Watch a week ago and seem to be getting less 'credit' for my steps. I am in maintenance and have my calories set to 1500 in MFP (some days I'm over some days I'm under, regardless I have maintained at 126-129# for 1.5 years). I had used a Fitbit charge HR for 2 years and have maintained well on that. I'm jumping in on this post because I want to make sure I'm getting this right- thank you for what you wrote- I think I'm getting it. If you were to eat back all active calories your AW is awarding you you will be overeating, because MFP already accounts for some of those calories. How much depends on your settings and stats. So your Apple Watch adjustment won't start kicking in untill an x amount of calories burned. MFP has your TDEE set based on your activity level, which includes some normal activity like walking around and doing chores. The active calories on your Apple Watch are purely active calories, added to your BMR for a total number of calories burned that day. It's not a bug, it's that MFP uses a different number than the Apple Watch. This won't help if you workout in the mornings, but you can always look at the step adjustment it's given you before you log your workout, and manually put THAT back in after it disappears, but it's not the total of your move cals, that's not what they are. I'm ok with letting that pad my deficit and not stressing about it too much. Related, I have been wearing my Fitbit as well as my AW lately to compare these activity/step discrepancies and it's between 1 and 200 a day cals getting dumped into the ether. If I'm doing something truly strenuous I'll just make it a workout. Like on a workout the difference between active and total? You'd have to math that out for the casual moving around you do. When you reach a move goal of like 350 or something that is not 350 cals to eat. I'd be wary however of adding all the active cals, as that number seems to be a combo of base and extra burn.

If you don't log a workout for that day, you'll find that the step adjustment will still be there in MFP. I know exactly what you're talking about, it's a bug.

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