RayQ and others - Glad to learn your Charge HR is providing you with success. Here's wishing you continued success on reaching your goals. While noble, I sense you are looking for more than just well-wishing. From a practical standpoint, try gradual increases in activity. If you are doing X number of steps or X minutes of workouts, use that as a starting point and gradually increase them. If you're having success with weight management with your tracker alone, more power to you.
Should that change, you might consider adding the Fitbit Aria to your arsenal of weapons. It measures weight, percentage of body fat and BMI, making it easier to track progress right within your Dashboard. Don't fret occasional upswings; don't get too excited if initial losses dwindle to smaller increaments over time. For one thing, getting more fit replaces fat with muscle, which is heavier. Eventually, you should continue to lose weight overall. And slower losses tend to remain off.
Early losses often tend to be more from water loss due to sweating more than before. But don't forget to keep hydrated. For sessions longer than an hour, sports drinks help to replace electrolytes. Or you can simply add a little salt to water. But your body needs water to properly process nutrients, etc. I like to track my fitness level with my minimum heart rate, obtained by wearing while I sleep. Being more fit tends to reduce that because your heart become more efficient. None of these are total answers but help provide keys to how you're progressing. Check with your doctor on what might be a suggested course of action. For example, mine suggested I maintain over 130 BPM heart rate for 30 minutes three or four times a week. I got to do better on that myself! Hope this helps . . .
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