Hi! I've been using WW for around 3 years, though have admittedly not been as consistent over the last year due to starting a new job and not being able to cook or exercise due to a foot injury.
That said, I'm finally ready to get back into tracking, and I also now have an Apple Watch to help with my activity. I don't belong to a gym, but I usually use an app called Workout for Women that has a bunch of different routines. I also go on walks and try to bike some trails on the weekends.
Before I had a watch, I would track the calories each Workout for Women routine was said to burn and add the total calories + time to my Health app. This would usually yield at least 8-10 points a day. When biking, I would track Mountain Biking (low impact) on WW and subtract 30 mins from my time since I definitely wasn't mountain biking. Still, I would get upwards of 12 points on these workouts.
Now that I have a watch, I have many more workout tracking options available. No need to do any more math. However, a 3 hour bike ride last weekend only yielded 5 points, and 2 hours of Workout for Women routines this morning only yielded 3 points (I tracked these activities as Outdoor Cycling and Functional Strength Training, respectively).
If there is anyone on WW who uses apps with preset routines like Workout for Women and also has an Apple Watch, how do you track activities in the most accurate way possible? If I rely on my Apple Watch, I'll have less activity points and therefore eat less, which isn't the worst option, since I'm the biggest I've been in my entire life. Of course, I was definitely giving myself way too many points with my past methods. Is there any sort of in between?
Thank you!