Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast.

We just started recording this on a different platform.

So if we sound a little bit like we're just getting straight into it,

that's because we are because we just did an intro and now it's so, Maureen, i know apple watches are inaccurate however what are your thoughts on using them to gauge activity i am quite active some days i gym in the morning and do gymnastics in the evening on those days my active energy can be upwards of 1500 calories, putting my overall expenditure above 3,000 calories.

Wondering on those days if I can up my calories, as I find it impossible to stick to the higher end of my range target and inevitably end up going way over.

Okay, so numerous things here.

One, that's almost definitely inaccurate in terms of the numbers, but will you have probably

expended more energy on the days that you're more active?

Like, yes, yes, you will.

Can you increase your calories?

Yes, absolutely.

But I'd much rather you had a conversation with your coach about your current range calories and increasing them on those days if you're particularly hungry

because you're that much more active, but don't stick to what the Apple Watch has said

because that's almost definitely going to put you in quite a large surplus.

Second thing is most of these devices are inaccurate, but they can be really useful in terms of like,

if you're someone who enjoys kind of gamifying their progress and like, oh, it's quite nice to see

tangibly on something, oh, I've ticked that off or I've

completed my ring, hoop, whatever on an Apple Watch or my whip band says that I've hit my

activity target. Like, I totally get it. Like, I get this. The psychology of it is nice to be like,

oh, I've hit these targets. I can see it. It's nicely displayed for me. I can look back

at my data. Like, the issue with them isn't any of that. In fact, I quite encourage that if you're

someone who enjoys that. The issue is when you become obsessed with the numbers, because those

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