I am a 52 year old male 5' 11'' and used to weigh around 258 lbs. I made a commitment to change my lifestyle by eating good food and exercising for 2 hours every day for the past year. I currently weigh around 220 and feel great. I feel I am in the best shape of my life and getting better every day! I have plans to get back to high intensity sporting events. I have the Fitbit Versa 2 and have been very happy with its performance showing me my heart rates during exercise, number of steps and total Calories I burn everyday. I went for a physical last week and my world crumbled when my physician told me my heart rate is too low (42) and she wants to do some testing because I may need a pacemaker...the EKG came out perfect and now I am scheduled for a 24 hour monitor/echo test and sonogram. I feel great, no dizziness and no symptoms at all for the Bradycardia I am supposedly suffering from. This event has made me check my Fitbit every 5 minutes for my heart rate and has created a serious anxiety for me. Today while I was driving I checked my heart rate and it showed 31 and then moved up to 45 and then back to 35 and then 33 and then 41 and then 48 and then 44 and then 38 and then 31 and then 36 every minute I was looking at it...I have been reading some articles that if a person exercises frequently, it is more likely that he/she has a lower heart rate than the 60-80 bpm average and some athletes and people who exercise quite frequently and have no symptoms of Bradycardia can easily have a resting heart rate between 30-40 bpm...since I don't have any symptoms, I wonder how many other people out there are in my shoes...sometimes I think maybe I should stop exercising so rigorously and or start eating pizza and burgers again because before my RHR was between 60-80 bpm....I am afraid if I keep going and lose another 10 lbs and get washboard abs that I might pay for that with my life....any guidance, insight or wisdom would be very much appreciated.
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