Closing your Activity Rings on the Apple Watch is incredibly satisfying, but less so if you've made it too easy. Similarly, if you're overly ambitious with your fitness goals, you may never hit those targets.
Every once in a while your Apple Watch will ping you and show you how you've been faring in your quest to burn calories. If you've been overdoing it, it'll let you up your target. If you've been failing, it'll recommend a lower number.
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But what if you don't want to wait for watchOS to prompt you? What if you just want to go ahead and change it yourself? How do you do that? It's actually pretty simple.
How to change calories on your Apple Watch
The first big thing you need to know is that you can do this directly on your Apple Watch. You're not going to have to open up the Watch app on your iPhone, thank goodness. Even better, it's all very, very simple.
How to change calories on your Apple Watch- Open the Activity app.
- Force press on the Activity rings.
- Tap Change Move Goal.
- Tap plus or minus to adjust the goal and then click Update.
Congratulations, you've now updated your move goal.
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By Husain Sumra
Husain joined Wareable in 2017 as a member of our San Fransisco based team. Husain is a movies expert, and runs his own blog, and contributes to MacRumors.
He has spent hours in the world of virtual reality, getting eyes on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR.
At Wareable, Husain's role is to investigate, report and write features and news about the wearable industry – from smartwatches and fitness trackers to health devices, virtual reality, augmented reality and more.
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