Hi everyone,
Long time lurker who is finally getting serious about her prediabetes and has been loving all the information I have learned from this and other sites. 59yo female, high normal BMI but need to lose a few kg (classic metabolic syndrome fat around the middle shape) and with high BP (on irbesartan) and with dodgy cholesterol (don't want to take statins especially with risk of raised BSL).
Diagnosed with pre-diabetes in December 2018 with an hba1c of 6.3% and fasting BSL of 5.6 mmol. Had gestational diabetes 20 years or so ago. Average 10,000 steps per day.
Have been slowly improving my diet (my biggest weakness is food) and got myself a blood sugar meter a year or two ago and sporadically measuring my levels. A month ago I started measuring again, and then got myself a Libre sensor which is now up to about day 12. The best thing I ever did, allows me to see exactly what is going on. Have also gone low carb which seems to have a good impact with most meals not having much of a rise if I eat low carb (neglible or less than 2).
Biggest problem seems to be the dawn phenomena, so frustrating to see my levels rise when I get out of bed. My numbers seem to generally hover in the 5's and 6's with rare 4's and occasional 7's when not after meals. Further complicated by the fact that I work about 4 night duties a week - the sensor has taught me that if I eat a meal in the early hours this is the meal with the biggest rise so I have gone back to my almonds snack only.
Getting some conflicting summary numbers from the sensor on the LibreLink phone app vs the computer LibreView site. Phone says average 6.1 and estimated A1C as 5.5% whereas the computer says average 6.1 and GMI (which I believe is A1C) of 5.9%. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
Long time lurker who is finally getting serious about her prediabetes and has been loving all the information I have learned from this and other sites. 59yo female, high normal BMI but need to lose a few kg (classic metabolic syndrome fat around the middle shape) and with high BP (on irbesartan) and with dodgy cholesterol (don't want to take statins especially with risk of raised BSL).
Diagnosed with pre-diabetes in December 2018 with an hba1c of 6.3% and fasting BSL of 5.6 mmol. Had gestational diabetes 20 years or so ago. Average 10,000 steps per day.
Have been slowly improving my diet (my biggest weakness is food) and got myself a blood sugar meter a year or two ago and sporadically measuring my levels. A month ago I started measuring again, and then got myself a Libre sensor which is now up to about day 12. The best thing I ever did, allows me to see exactly what is going on. Have also gone low carb which seems to have a good impact with most meals not having much of a rise if I eat low carb (neglible or less than 2).
Biggest problem seems to be the dawn phenomena, so frustrating to see my levels rise when I get out of bed. My numbers seem to generally hover in the 5's and 6's with rare 4's and occasional 7's when not after meals. Further complicated by the fact that I work about 4 night duties a week - the sensor has taught me that if I eat a meal in the early hours this is the meal with the biggest rise so I have gone back to my almonds snack only.
Getting some conflicting summary numbers from the sensor on the LibreLink phone app vs the computer LibreView site. Phone says average 6.1 and estimated A1C as 5.5% whereas the computer says average 6.1 and GMI (which I believe is A1C) of 5.9%. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
