Advise on what to do

[Aliciar]

So last year i started obsessing over my heart rate. I wore a Fitbit tracker and looked and it more than 100 times a day to see what my heart rate was. I stopped wearing it in aug of last year. And did fine i had a app on my phone that i used maybe 2xs a day but now i started wearing one again bc im more active and trying very hard to lose weight and i have lost 5pds in the last month. However the checking if the heart rate obsession is coming back. I’ve noticed it as low as 56 when I’m at my desk working. And it honestly scares the shit out of me that it gets that low. I can see that when I’m sleeping but in my head that low i feel like my heart is going to stop. But I’m running 2 miles a day working about 3x me a week with a exercise group and i see my heart rate gets up there when I’m Exercising but with in 30 mins of stopping it’s back down. My husband tells me i just have a healthy heart. I emailed my heart dr and she said this was ok for a young person and I’ve had tons of heart test that all came back normal. But my mind is telling me I’m anxious, I’m 80 pounds over weight my heart rate should not be that low when I’m not sleeping.

It’s literally driving me crazy i move around all day just to get my heart rate up.

[Eddyt]

Don't worry Aliciar you are fit and very lucky. Just think of all the people in th world with bad or failing hearts.

[Agora1]

Aliciar, believe your husband and your doctor. You are doing the right thing in keeping your heart healthy. It doesn't need to be monitored multiple times I day. I was once like you, I had a watch that did it all for me. I couldn't sit down and relax w/o taking my pulse. I wasn't living anymore just obsessing. The watch broke (got worn out) my heart is doing fine w/o it

I suggest you find another obsession. Deep Breathing maybe? Keep hydrated when exercising and your heart will do just fine. Trust in that. xx

[Preciouslamb1]

I can’t totally relate Aliciar! My Fitbit drove me insane to the point I went to the hospital a few times with claims that my was heart was going to stop. My heart rate was as low as 56-58. My doctor explained to me over and over, first Fitbits are not 100 %accurate. As you exercise and become healthier your heart rate can be lower. You already asked your doctor and they said you were fine! So I actually took mine off and then back on and decided to accept the feeling. I was already told by my doctor that I was fine. So I let it go and now I really don’t look at it anymore. I know is easier said than done and I know well the feeling is very scary. But the more scared you get, the worse you will feel. I used to check mine 1000 times a day. My advise would be since the doctor said it was fine, then accept the feeling and move on. I know is hard! But try!

[Aliciar]

Thanks everyone... it is driving me crazy. I think I’m gonna take the heart rate off the display and put the app on my husbands phone he’s gone 8 hours a day so i won’t be able to even see it until he gets home. Maybe this will help. I know it’s just my obsession coming back and I’m trying to fit it hard that’s why i started exercising again. Bc the best thing for my heart is to exercise.

[Lingy in reply to Aliciar]

Aliciar I'm like you allway looking at my Fitbit my heart rate gets as low as 48 sometime Ive got extopic heartbeat as well ive had loads of heart test and I'm fine but it dose worry me when it goes low. My normal resting heart rate is between 51/53 most days