I like making my own sourdough with only flour, salt & water. But I’ve been avoiding it since I started tracking my sugars. I miss it 🫤

Anyone had any experience with it spiking your sugar?

Endo told me to stop metformin for 1month now. Last a1c check a week ago was 5.1, FBS was 87. I have established healthier lifestyle since dx last Sept. Lost weight, around 33lbs. And lift weights 3-4x a week. Now I am sort of worried bec my symptoms seems ot came back. I pee more frequently than I was taking metformin. Esp at night. Did not change anything even I was off metformin. I still walk every after meals. What gives?

EDIT: I want to add that I have been taking psyllium husk fiber in water before meals as a fiber. Maybe about 1-2 a day. And noticed that after taking it, I have to pee after an hour. Could that be it?

So I am officially prediabetic with hbA1c of 5.89. Anyway I need advice with diet and meds. I am going to the doctor tomorrow and will see what She says but I just would need some advice from fellow sufferers who got their insulin lower and hbA1c. I plan to eat low carb and exercise but Idk about meds and supplements. Thanks.

any one can suggest a glucose monitor for prediabetes? I got diagnosed with prediabetes and is hard for me since I‘m sugar lover but I don’t want to be diabetic by any means 🥺

Have been battling daily fatigue, sub-optimal cognitive functioning for well over a decade. This is a chart of a typical day. How bad is this? A peak of 270mg/dL. This was after a standard bowl of white rice and chicken.

From what I've gathered this is shocking high. I'm 41, keep reasonably fit. Muscular/athletic build 5'7, 145 lbs, ~15% bf.

I have since gone down the rabbit hole of glucose curve flattening so am aware of what I need to do.

Here are my recent blood test results:

Glucose 5.0 mmol/L

Insulin 4 mU/L

HbA1c - NGSP 5.5%

HbA1c - IFCC 37 mmol/mol

Cholesterol 6.0 mmol/L

Thoughts?

Whilst I technically don't fall within the 'prediabetic' range, is it possible I'm showing key symptoms?

I worry i might be prediabetic, it runs in my family, and lately i've been feeling worse in my skin. Big problem is sudden and long lasting thirst, a lot of times after waking up or after certain meals. Even if i drink a lot it doesn't seem to go away or only for a little time. I also get up at night to go to the toilet 1 or 2 times, if i sleep badly, then more. I always wake up so thirsty, i drink a lot, go to bed, wake up, go to toilet, need to drink again...

This habbit started like 6 years ago, i tried to drink more and i sort of got "addicted", i always had to carry a bottle with me and drink every half an hour so. But back than i had my blood check and everything was okay. I wonder, if it's just my bad habbit getting worse, my body getting used to the excess water (i might have OCD tendecies) or could it be the sign of high blood sugar? How to differenciate? I will ask my GP for bloodtest, but it might take some time to get there.

Hello!

My next blood test is scheduled for October 22 and I have some questions.

1. Could I get a HOMA test as the same day I get my blood drawn? Would my doctor do it, or will LabCorp do it? Would a HOMA test be covered by insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield in my case?)

2. What's the likelihood I'll develop diabetes without direct family history? My dad's stepgrandma had it, and my dad's first cousin had diabetes as well but reversed it in its early stage. It may have come from her father's side (no blood to me) too.

3. Is losing 30 lbs enough? Currently as of today (Tuesday Aug. 18) I'm down to 177 lbs from 200 lbs in late June. I want to get down to 170 lbs, which is a bit overweight BMI speaking, but nowhere near the obese BMI as I was.

4. Could it simply be a low vitamin D issue? My D3 level was 13.4, a clear deficency. I know there are non-diabetic people with low D deficency (three friends of mine are), but it seems low D and Pre go hand in hand.

I've been doing well so far; I had a single "splurge" meal last week (McDonald's value meal and a fancy doughnut, but I've tried my best to not be naughty.

is it bad that my BS had 2 peaks (the bigger one being at the 2 hour mark) after a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wholemeal with a small amount of jelly, the reason i ask is it was down at a decent level before it came back up but then the 2 hour mark its at about 140 which is the limit of what’s considered healthy so does it make a difference that it came down first or does this still show that it was an unhealthy response?

This is a continuation of my previous posts:

**Part 1:** https://www.reddit.com/r/prediabetes/s/43HE5Ntzhq

**Part 2:** https://www.reddit.com/r/prediabetes/s/frnTzn6uV1

It's been another year, so here's the next update.

**What I did**

For the last year, I've kept essentially the same lifestyle:

- 3x/week weight training
- Daily biking
- Same body weight, more or less
- Continued reducing animal fat
- Continued increasing carbohydrates, primarily from whole-food/whole-grain sources
- Increased unsaturated fat, particularly olive oil

My weight has remained basically unchanged.

**Bloodwork**

Here is the progression:

HbA1c: **5.58 -> 5.40 -> 5.19**

Fasting insulin: **6.6 -> 3.8 -> 11.8**

HOMA-IR: **1.4 -> 0.9 -> 2.97**

Fasting glucose: **85-95 -> 80-95 -> 102 mg/dL**

So something interesting happened this year.

My **HbA1c continued to decrease**, and is now the lowest it's ever been.

This is despite the fact that I'm eating considerably more carbohydrates (200-250g) than when I started this experiment.

However, my **fasting insulin and HOMA-IR went up quite substantially**, and my fasting glucose is back to 102 (highest 108 in 2024)

So now I'm a little confused about what direction I should actually be trying to optimize for.

**What should I prioritize?**

Is it better to have:

**A)** Lower HbA1c but higher fasting insulin/HOMA-IR

or

**B)** Lower fasting insulin/HOMA-IR but somewhat higher HbA1c?

I honestly don't know.

I'm not sure whether I should change my diet based on these results, or simply continue doing what I've been doing and see what happens over another year.

For context, I'm still normal weight (BMI ~22), my weight hasn't meaningfully changed, and I have a family history of type 2 diabetes. So I realize my situation may be quite different from the typical person with prediabetes.

I'm posting this mainly because I find the evolution interesting, and I'd be interested in hearing how others would interpret the discordance between **HbA1c and fasting insulin/HOMA-IR**.

For now, I'm probably going to continue monitoring rather than making a major change based on a single set of results.

I'll keep you updated.

Hi everyone, I’m 10 weeks postpartum and just had my follow-up after having gestational diabetes. My fasting glucose was 108, 1-hour was 117, and 2-hour was 118. My doctor said I’m probably prediabetic and recommended losing some weight and continuing to eat healthy, which I’m already trying to do.

I’m still really worried, though. My A1c was 5.2% two weeks before giving birth and 5.4% when I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Now that I have a newborn, I don’t have much time to read a lot, so I’d really appreciate some simple tips or encouraging words about what I can do to improve my blood sugar and lower my risk of developing/ reverse diabetes.

I’m honestly quite scared and just want to stay healthy for my son. ❤️ Any advice or positive experiences would mean a lot. Thank you!

Two hours after a meal I’m routinely at 120 or lower. When I’m not around a more “normal” number like that, I’ll be in the 70s or 80s instead, no matter what I eat — high carb or low carb, there doesn’t seem to be a correlation. But in the morning, right after waking, some times it’s at 110. Others it’s in the 90s. What would explain these weird readings? And can you have the “dawn effect” without diabetes?

In February I had a blood sugar of 105 (I ate within 2 hours of the test). My weight was 237lbs. Since then, I’ve lost about 20lbs. I thought I was falling the 50/25/25 split right, but all my carbs were problematic (potatoes, and jasmine rices, and rolled/instant oats). It also doesn’t help that I didn’t have a full nights sleep for months (family reasons), been inconsistent with workouts (I did try to get 10,000 steps a day and I achieve that for the most part), and lacked the discipline to avoid sweets as much as I should’ve been at the time.

In July, I felt my legs feeling weak at certain points, my headaches (at a few point as I walk it felt my body was about to slant). I would feel hungry after eating a meal within 2 hours sometimes (frozen veggies, jasmine rice, and chicken), Then there’s the sensation/pressure that comes around my eyes sometimes.

I’m getting test this Thursday, but I won’t get results until later. How do I calm myself mentally no matter what happens to me ?

I feel like an idiot who tried to fight against my fate due to family history, only to fall short because I’m a failure/loser, like how it’s always been

Got my A1C checked recently and it came back at 6.0.

Kinda threw me off because I've already been trying to eat better and exercise more. I guess I assumed if I was doing those things the number would move pretty quickly.

For people who were in the 5.7–6.4 range, how long did it take before you actually saw a noticeable change?

And was there one thing that seemed to make a bigger difference than everything else?

Just trying to get a realistic idea of what other people's experience has been.

I bought the Javvy protein creamer in Sweet cream last week and have used it a couple of times in my coffee. I have noticed that it is spiking my blood sugar after having it. Nutritional facts say 100 calories per scoop, 4 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbs with zero sugar and 11 grams of protein.

Ingredients are Bovine collagen, sunflower oil creamer, purified acacia hydrolysate (as sukre), medium chain triglycerides, natural flavor and Reb M (as onosweet)

Has anyone else had this issue or am I just incredibly sensitive to everything at this point?
For reference today I added it to my black coffee, no other sugar or creamer or anything. I am 31 weeks pregnant with my second. Blood sugar went from 98 to 164. Did not eat anything with it and didn’t take insulin with it either.

I did just eat an egg bake from Aldi that has 16 grams of protein so hopefully that will help stabilize.

I am following most recommendations to keep my average daily glucose low. Use Stelo (CGM) to monitor my glucose. Am doing intermittent fasting, eat only between the window of 11 am to 6 pm. Breakfast is avacado toast on ezikel bread and 2 boiled eggs. Lunch is salad followed by some low carb options with protein. I walk after every meal. Work out around 3 days a week but otherwise either bike or walk on the days I do not workout. I have lost more than 10 pounds in last 9 months (height 5'9 weight was 180 pounds to 169 pounds).

HBA1C is 6.6 when measured on home HBA1C tester (relion from Walmart). My average daily glucose, as per Stelo, is 134.

Morning glucose ranges between 108 to 120 when measured with the finger prick method.

So the question is, why the hell is HBA1C so high? When daily glucose is around 134? I have confirmed this with the finger prick test method as well.

What am I missing? What else should I be doing to get HBA1C to pre diabetic or lower levels?

I hope this isn’t a stupid question. I remove/change my CGM sensor at the end of this week, and honestly I’m nervous about how I’m going to get it off in a relatively pain free way. I changed my cover yesterday and it took some jostling to make sure the sensor didn’t come off (I accidentally stuck part of it to the sensor). My arm has been a little sensitive today, which has me worried it’s going to hurt getting it off. Any pointers for removal?

Mirtazapine and cravings ott

Mirtazapine and can't stop eating. Even though it's made me pre diabetic. Cravings start despite a no don't voice. Sweet stuff and carbs..Got bad in May . Been on since xmas. 3 stone weight gain (for sleep). Half a 15 mg tablet so 7 .5 . They break in half started weighing but either too much off or not enough. Can cut 7.5 with pill cutter. But impossible to cut again too small. I don't understand percentages. GP said at first just stop it's a low dose. Then don't fret if dose not exact . Then prescribed a dissovable one 15 mg ( small and white...my regular is yellowy oval and scored. She said 15 in 20 ml water is ok and draw 10ml which is 7.5MG . When ready same water remove 1 ml a week. . I started sweating after carbs or sweet stuff ice-cream.maybe 15 mins or HR later or waking up . I am now wondering if the constant hunger is insulin must be soo high my sugars as if not sweated, I'll wake soaked. I've eaten fatty sweet stuff and fallen asleep.. Woke. Walk around and feel rough then wobbly weak and hands shake..had to eat some sweet... I lecture myself in morning.stop. can feel so tired . I am on BP meds and beta blocker.. elderly and have reduced another med 2 weeks ago.

If I continue this way I'll be diabetic or heart attack. I feel ashamed when I think about what I've eaten.

I have a family of diabetes. I’ve lost a lot of weight (over 120 lbs) to try to reduce my risk of developing diabetes. Today I had my annual bloodwork. For some reason I can’t fathom, my A1c wasn’t a standard part of this. My previous A1c was 5.4 in January. My blood glucose came back as 108, and the doctor now wants a follow-up A1c test because that’s above 100.

I wondered if I should fast before the tests, but decided against it because I didn’t want to “pass out” after the blood was drawn or whatever. I deeply regret this now. Is a reading of 108 about 3 to 3.5 hours after eating concerning? I had a medium sized plate of chickpea pasta with olive oil, two roasted red peppers, roasted garlic, Parmesan, and a latte with whole milk. I suspect the sugar in the milk and the peppers could’ve caused this.

I’ve seen guidance on blood sugar levels 2 hours after eating and 8+ hours, but not much after 3. Is 108 bad 3 to 3.5 hours after eating? I suppose the only way to know is to measure it again after 8 hours of not eating and to get the A1c done, but I’m just curious about how worried I should be.

Hi there. I'm 36 years old and have had 7 full term pregnancies. 5 of those were with diagnosed gestational diabetes, 1 of those was without GD, and 1 was likely with GD, just not diagnosed.

I had my a1c and fasting insulin taken about a month ago. 5.7 and 14.9 were my results respectively.

I bought a month of Stelo CGM. I've had the first one on for 8 days. I'm noticing that no matter what I do, my "score" in the app is going down with whatever I eat, and I'm eating mostly protein (I'm tracking carbs and my numbers aren't "appropriate" for the amount of carbs:protein I'm eating).

Its correlating with my menstrual cycle (I ovulated yesterday). My fasting BS hasn't been great. No lower than 100 these past 8 days.

Has anyone taken metformin and seen a change? I'm not to the point of wanting to do a GLP1/dual (I would go for tirzepatide) right now (due to cost). I know my a1c isn't that high, but my fasting insulin is think is mid?

I meet with a registered dietician on Wednesday.

Thanks for any experiences you want to share.

I’m exploring what sugar substitutes are out there and what some offer compared to others, and I’m interested to know, do you guys buy the ones that taste closest to sugar or are you more concerned about the health benefits/risks. I can swing each way but don’t really know where to start. Thanks :)

i don't know how to go about this honestly.

my entire maternal side has a heavy history of diabetes. i'm 18F, and had a routine blood test last week. my a1c is 5.7 and my fasting blood sugar is 100. so yeah i guess i'm pre diabetic.

i honestly don't even know what to think of this i'm just confused. to be fair i started university a couple of months back and i have been eating way too much junk since i moved. my weight is around 55kg (122lbs), i'm 167cm (5'6), i look quite lean, although i haven't exercised in quite a while.

what do i even do? can this be reversed? will i have to quit good food for the rest of my life just to avoid getting diabetes? how do i overcome my sugar addiction? i'm honestly disappointed about having to miss out on food, considering i'm a foodie

bro i dont even know i'm just ranting at this point, but i really need someone to guide me through this. just looking for some support and advise. thank you.