Recently discovered prediabetic with symptoms

Posted by hopethereisnothing @hopethereisnothing, Jan 18 7:01am

Hi I was recently diagnosed with prediabetes, according to HbA1c of 5.8. I had the test because I had extreme frequency of urination as the weather was getting colder.. I have been overweight almost my entire life (39) but had the glucose tests several times with normal results every time., even 7 months before my last test, HbA1c was 5.3 and jumped now to 5.8. The weird thing is that I started exercising recently and lost some weight (before the last test) and this doesn't make sense. I am looking for any experience with reversing prediabetes without medications. Can anyone help ?

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bitsygirl | @bitsygirl | Jan 26 12:15pm

One more thing came to mind. HBA1C is an average over three months. If you just started your lifestyle changes, they may not have had time to take effect.

BTW - There's a wonderful (I think) channel on youtube titled "Nourished By Science" that explains diabetes and metabolic syndrome in a way that is very understandable.

I had prediabetes but got things back under control. The kind of "non-obvious" things that I think worked for me were (1) moving a lot more throughout the day and especially after dinner and (2) wearing a CGM. I had exercised regularly but sat around the rest of the day. Moving more throughout the day seemed to help. The CGM really was a wake-up and showed me the effects of movement on my blood sugar. Helps with compliance. I also identified some foods (Panera Bread Baguettes - my favorite sadly!) that send my blood sugar to the moon. Good luck. There's lots of help out there.