A higher TDEE means Zolt's current estimate of your daily energy use increased. It does not mean that one workout, step total, or Apple Watch calorie value was added directly to the estimate.
Start with the TDEE status
Open the TDEE detail screen and check whether the estimate is updating or has recently resumed after being held. The status tells you whether Zolt has been able to use the recent nutrition and weight record.
Then check the history. A gradual change across several updates is different from a sudden jump on one date.
Common explanations
The estimate can rise when the relationship between your logged nutrition and weight trend supports a higher maintenance estimate. That may coincide with a change in routine, bodyweight, training, everyday movement, or another part of daily life.
It can also move after the underlying record changes. Examples include:
- correcting a meal or portion;
- changing an incomplete day's status;
- adding or correcting a weigh-in;
- resolving a nutrition or weight connection problem; or
- returning from a period when the estimate was held.
These are reasons to inspect the record, not proof that any one event caused the change.
Checks to make
- Confirm the date and amount of the TDEE change.
- Read the status shown with the estimate.
- Review recent nutrition days for missing meals or duplicates.
- Check weigh-ins for the wrong unit, wrong user, or duplicate records.
- Look for a recent edit to a meal, day status, goal, or health connection.
- Compare the direction across more than one update.
If a record is wrong, correct it at the source. Do not edit accurate food or weight data to force the estimate toward a preferred number.
What to do with your target
Your calorie target may move when TDEE moves because the goal still needs to sit in the direction you chose. Confirm that the goal, pace, and target cadence are still intentional before changing anything.
If the records and settings are correct, continue logging and judge the plan by your longer-term result. A higher estimate is not a reward or permission to add the same number of calories to every meal.
If the increase looks wrong
Contact support when the nutrition and weight records are correct but the TDEE history shows an unexplained discontinuity or the wrong date. Include screenshots of the TDEE status, the affected history entry, and the corresponding source records.