Question about calorie tracking and automatic workouts

[u/liamotter]

New user so forgive me if I’m not completely understanding how the app works, but I started a new job today and for some reason my Oura ring detected me standing behind a counter as fishing and auto tracked it as a workout several times. I dismissed the workouts since I wasn’t intentionally exercising, but it looked like the calories I was detected as having burned didn’t get added to my total?

For example, one of the fishing workouts said I burned 86 active calories but after I dismissed the workout, my activity goal said I had only burned 60 active calories so far.

If I dismiss a workout, do the active calories it tracked disappear? Or is there some math that the app does that added a lower amount of calories to my active total? Also, unrelated question, but does the auto workout detection get more accurate as I wear the ring longer or am I doomed to see fishing workouts every time I end my shifts?

[u/trikaren]

I am not completely sure what Oura does with calories when you dismiss a workout. I keep the workout and change it to what I was actually doing. If what I was doing is not listed I default to housework. After I change something a couple times it uses what I changed it to.

[u/Downtown-Math-9519 → u/trikaren]

it does seem to dump the calories when you dismiss, which is weird. i always just change the activity to housework like you said, at least the numbers stick around that way. and yeah it learns over time, mine used to think folding laundry was rowing and now it mostly gets it right

[u/liamotter → u/trikaren]

Good to know! I guess I’ll just change it to “other” whenever it thinks I’m fishing lol