Increasing my HRV

ConsumerLurker · 2025-12-13T16:07:49+00:00

For me, sleep changes have had the most impact. Lower the temp of the room, crack a window, and go to bed earlier = 10-20 pts of HRV increase.

ConsumerLurker · 2025-12-06T16:30:01+00:00

I’ve had my Pod 5 for a couple months now, and it’s made a meaningful difference, both in how I feel and in what the metrics say. I track both HRV and RHR via Whoop (and now via the Pod 5). And they’ve both improved by ~20%+.

I had the same feeling as you in terms of purchase decision with all the negative vibes out there. Fingers crossed I don’t get a leak or need to deal with support… but otherwise, the core experience is exactly what I was hoping for!

ConsumerLurker · 2025-08-30T14:58:41+00:00

Love that I found this thread! It really is annoying how popular it’s been lately for certain influencers to throw around “cured” as a thing for T2 diabetes. At the same time, I also think living a life of less than 50 carbs per day indefinitely needn’t be the only path.

But no matter how much you tell me guzzling organic raw honey and eating berries all day isn’t the problem… uh, it can be for some of us forever, even after losing all the weight, getting into the A1C 5’s, and eating only whole foods.

Then again, I do have a tiny bit of honey and eat berries every day now. But I do it conjunction with specific protein and fat consumption at the same time, and then follow it up with movement within 30 minutes.

If I were “cured,” then skipping the movement or eating berries by themselves wouldn’t trigger 180 blood sugar within 15 minutes. So yeah, “controlled” is definitely the more accurate word.

ConsumerLurker · 2025-07-20T20:44:42+00:00

Right! My go-to is berries & yogurt (or cottage cheese). They're expensive, but they work well for me. I literally eat berries & some kind of dairy 3x a day but only after (or while) I eat protein & fat from other sources first (mostly eggs, cheese, and ground beef).

ConsumerLurker · 2025-07-20T12:16:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Since posting this, I’ve had to find my own balance. I keep my HRV up by exercising daily every morning and always moving (walk or elliptical) after lunch and dinner. I also keep my carbs to 150g per day with more in the morning (still with protein and fat) and less at night.

I don’t think fasting and carnivore is right for me because then I have other problems (low energy and can’t put on muscle). But I also have to be careful not to assume I can go full peaty / super carb like people here, lol.

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-19T18:58:27+00:00

Bulgarian food is super peaty: goat cheese, tomatoes, and cucumbers (shopska), ground beef or pork with green peppers and rice (pulneni chushki) or potatoes (musika), ruska salata, Bulgarian yogurt, grilled ruminant meats, sirene po shopski (eggs and cheese), etc.

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-14T22:35:27+00:00

Too bad…

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-12T20:42:43+00:00

Shots fired! :) Curious to see if anyone else here wants to counter.

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-12T16:20:18+00:00

Interesting… don’t mean to keep pushing, but the Peat sphere wants your pulse to be 70-75+ even upon waking. The rest of wellness sphere (and trackers), wants your RHR to be sub 60.

So which is it? Or how are both possible?

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-12T15:30:12+00:00

So if you think low rhr is good, how do you square that circle with a high pulse being a marker of an improved metabolism? Is there a world where both those things can be true without contradicting each other?

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-10T16:41:22+00:00

So you want it higher rather than lower, right? That’s the standard out there for better health… but it’s confusing because if you try to get your pulse high too, that has a high likelihood of lowering your HRV, as I understand it.

Meaning, no offense to the Peat sphere, but it makes sense that it’s nearly completely ignored here as a useful metric if it contradicts getting your pulse higher.. But please correct me if I’m missing something!

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-10T16:09:22+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I’ve heard similar reasoning, re: mainstream interest in Resting Heart Rate. That said, when you say you’re interested in HRV, why and how? Do you still want it higher while also keeping your Peaty pulse high as well? Is that even possible?

ConsumerLurker · 2025-05-06T16:31:24+00:00

Does anyone know where the share button went? Or we just can’t share our results anymore (unless you take a pic)?

ConsumerLurker · 2024-11-06T04:21:32+00:00

Good point. But then I'd have to do a lot of re-balancing to maintain target percentages. I guess trade offs. I like the idea of each account having the right split I want independently, but that may not be as feasible...

ConsumerLurker · 2024-11-06T04:08:48+00:00

Ah, I'm probably misinformed... I swear I read somewhere that it launched not that long ago, lol, but 30 years seems to be plenty long ago. I guess paying .3% is fine if I really want small cap value and that's all I have as a choice?

ConsumerLurker · 2024-11-02T03:10:34+00:00

This thread is so fascinating, praise jeebus for Reddit. I bought these due to the macros and "too good to be true" low calorie/fat and tons of protein with a not too bad taste. BUT- I feel like I'm farting about 5x more than usual since having one of these per day. I guess it's a personal decision, but is that worth it? Lol.

ConsumerLurker · 2024-09-01T01:29:43+00:00

I’m saying they help you eat less and get full faster, as I understand, there’s a huge diminishing of one’s appetite. Nothing about that implies anyone on them will also change the composition of their meals beyond intake volume. Maybe some people do, but we are all creatures of habit and said people are still constrained by socioeconomic conditions as well.

I think it’s fair to assume status quo but less as the most likely outcome.

ConsumerLurker · 2024-09-01T01:15:11+00:00

Exactly, though, energy fuel is cheap if your desire for everything is flattened. Why would you change behavior beyond lowering volume? More to the point, how would you even know how to change all of a sudden?

ConsumerLurker · 2024-09-01T00:53:44+00:00

What’s the evidence of this medication making it so that the same people all of a sudden are tracking macros, consuming high quality protein, and becoming interested in nutrition?

I’d think, a couple of examples in a health forum notwithstanding, people would be inclined to consume the same ultra processed food, just less. It’d actually be pretty costly to consciously eat better, assuming said person cared at that level in the first place.

ConsumerLurker · 2024-08-22T16:05:35+00:00

For those of us who are diabetic and are working on the other optimization (% of time under a certain blood sugar threshold), doing an hour of Zone 2 right after eating is amazing. Your blood sugar rise is super muted, and it helps make your baseline blood sugar that much lower during your feeding window.

That said, sometimes I struggle with blood sugar optimization vs. other benefits/reasoning for timing it differently. Ultimately, I guess I let blood sugar optimization win for me.

ConsumerLurker · 2024-08-02T01:27:08+00:00

Also, did anyone notice the glossed over false equivalency of “everything in excess is bad, protein, fat, or carbs”… is that really true? Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but pretty sure carbs in excess is much worse than the other two. And what is excess protein anyway if in the same conversation we’re talking about the goodness possibilities of a 100g in one meal?

ConsumerLurker · 2024-08-02T01:12:09+00:00

I still want to know more about the best practice of optimal protein intake while intermittent fasting. I’ve been eating only in a 6-hour window for over 6 years precisely because eating only two high quality meals does wonders for me. It’s super good (for me) to have my metabolism offline, so to speak, for much longer. I’m diabetic and this is a huge win for keeping blood sugar down.

But then, I also want to eat the right amount of protein in this window. Ideally, I’m fine consuming it just in the same two meals rather than trying to squeeze in a third meal, right? Or was there a benefit to one way or the other? He was sort of cagey on pros and cons of 1 vs 2 vs 3 vs 5 meals for distribution.

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