The scale is holding steady, but my resting heart rate isn't

2026-10-06 21:05

I’m about nine months in and down 64 lbs. For the last eight weeks the scale has basically held within a pound or two. Old me would have spiraled.

Instead I checked my wearable trend: resting HR went from 79 to 68 over the same stretch, and I’m waking up less puffy. I also notice I can read on the floor with my kid without my back shouting after ten minutes. I’m trying to treat this as a holding pattern, not a failure.

For those who track body signals: what’s one non-scale sign you trust when the weight stalls?

2026-10-11 00:55

There was a thread last winter about “stalls that aren’t stalls” — this is that. The scale is just the loudest metric, not the best one. One thing I’d add: track HR recovery. Mine went from dropping ~12 bpm after a brisk mile to ~22, even during a six-week scale freeze. Also tape at

2026-10-11 01:38

Travel hack that helped me see the same thing: I check my RHR only on hotel mornings before coffee, same time, and compare 7-day averages, not daily. My scale did the boring 6-week flat thing while my RHR slid 6 bpm and my wedding ring got loose.

The culprit for me wasn’t workouts—it was airport/restaurant sodium and late dinners. Now I front-load protein at breakfast, hit the hotel gym for 15 min easy cardio, and walk terminals instead of people-movers.

Weirdly, my “whoosh” weeks often show up as sleep + RHR changes before the scale moves. Are you seeing the HR dip more on travel weeks or home weeks?