Resting BPM change - diet / exercise?

[ItsMeKathleen]

Hi.  This may be a simple answer to those in the know (and in better shape...lol).   I haven't exactly been exercising the last few months, but my resting heart rate was always around 59 or a few point more.  I was also vegetarian for a year.  

I recently ramped up to my 10,000 steps/cycling a day and started to eat just poultry...and more veggies, and now I am having a resting bpm of around 71/72 daily.  Is that normal for when you start being more active?    Or is it that I stared eating poultry?   (or combined)   

I finally had tachycardia under control the last few months and off meds and not that my regular bpm is high...but the change in resting ...didn't know if it's exercise/diet related.  Sorry, if this is a silly question or anything.  I do appreciate any response.  Thanks and Happy Healthy of a 2021 to you.  

[JohnnyRow]

One possibility: You say you are recently off meds - if meds were for tachycardia, they might have been artificially keeping your heart rate low, and it has gone up in response to being off meds.

[shipo]

@ItsMeKathleen, I agree with @JohnnyRow in that I'm inclined to think going off your meds has MUCH more to do with the increase in your RHR than your diet.  A secondary issue might could well be the fact you've started exercising.  Speaking strictly for myself, due to various dents and dings, broken bones and COVID, my exercise over the last four years has been sporadic at best, and each time I start exercising again, I see a slight spike in my RHR for a few weeks as my body gets used to the new exertion levels.

[ItsMeKathleen]

I didn't even think of that.  I did go off a very, very low dose of metoprolol about 2 months ago.  Thanks so much for reminding me.  Plus, I'm determined to get back off my butt this year.  Happy New Year to you. 

[ItsMeKathleen]

Thank you!  Oh, sounds like you've had a rough go!  Hopefully, you'll have a healthier 2021!  (Hopefully, ALL of us will!)

Best wishes.

[JohnnyRow]

Metoprolol is a beta-blocker which definitely does lower heart rate.