Whoop Calories Burned are Insanely Accurate
Background: I am 23M, 5’10, ~160lbs. In the past 4 weeks, I’ve been running a strict caloric deficit, tracking my calories each day.
I’ve been logging my daily weightlifting and walking with my Whoop 5.0, and have been skeptical of the calories lost readings. Sometimes it will tell me I’ve burned 700 calories in a ~1 hour weightlifting session. The maintenance calories I was also skeptical of
I weigh myself first thing every morning, and track my calories. I realized that I have all the data I need after doing this for 4 weeks to figure out if these readings are accurate or not for me, and I wanted to share.
What I found: By comparing whoop predicted weight loss (my actual calories consumed per day minus whoop estimated calories burned per day) to what I actually lost on the scale, I can say that for me, the Whoop readings are insanely accurate. I’m doing a 7 day rolling average to account for outlier readings on my scale, and it lines up almost perfectly.
Just wanted to share this for anyone else who might be skeptical of these readings. They are good, and you can comfortably use them if you’re bulking or cutting in the gym.