I used ChatGPT to analyze my Apple Health activity and uncover trends — here’s what happened

As someone who always wears a fitness tracker and works out almost daily, I pretty much know how many steps I take, calories I burn, and how much sleep I get on average every day. But while tracking fitness activity with my Apple watch is easy, what’s the point if I don’t keep track of the numbers?

I finally decided to take a deeper look at the detailed daily summary of my activity stats, including miles traveled, calories burned, and sleep metrics, to get a general sense of trends and pinpoint areas of improvement. For example, working out is great, but if I’m not getting enough sleep, that’s a crucial part of staying healthy that I’m missing. Up until now, I didn’t really have a way of compiling all the information easily —until I used ChatGPT to analyze my data.

Here’s what happened when I let ChatGPT uncover trends about my Apple Health activity and share insights into my fitness routine.

Uploading my weekly summaries

By accessing the Apple Health app, you can see all the information about your workouts, steps, heart rate and more. I was able to easily share that information with ChatGPT by uploading the information. You can do this by taking a screenshot and letting ChatGPT analyze the image or uploading the data. As a side note, if you use another fitness tracker such as Fitbit, you can upload your weekly or daily summaries just as easily by taking a screenshot and uploading the image.

To be sure I had a wide view of my health, I shared 5 full weeks of activity with ChatGPT. This highlighted key stats like total steps, active minutes and sleep. If you’re like me, looking at each week in isolation makes it seem like there isn’t much progress. However, by uploading the activity several weeks or months at a time, you get a deeper look at your activity such as where you’re doing well and what needs more work.

I uploaded my data and simply hit enter. I didn’t even tell ChatGPT what I wanted it to do, but it went ahead and categorized the data. From there, I was able to ask specific questions and learn more about the information I was seeing.

Identifying trends

One of the most eye-opening discoveries was about my mileage. I usually run about four miles a day, so I was puzzled when my weekly mileage totals seemed much lower than expected. ChatGPT suggested that the discrepancy might be due to the way my Apple watch was tracking only logged workouts rather than total daily steps. This insight prompted me to revisit my Apple Watch settings and ensure I was logging my runs properly. It also encouraged me to explore whether I was syncing my device often enough or using GPS for accurate distance tracking.