@AndBreathe thank you for that.
In June 2010 I was 13st 10lbs and had a fasting blood test at the doctor which came back at 6.8, I started to do exercise, lost some weight and over the next 3 years they were 6.7, 6.7, 6.9. In March last year I had my first Hba1c which came back at 49 and was told to go back for another test 3 weeks later, that came back at 46 so was not diagnosed with type 2 and was told I was still prediabetic. In October It was 43 and generally had fasting levels in high 5's and low to mid 6's.
Today has been a blow, as by following this diet for almost 8 weeks it has thrown a curveball with a 6.4 FBS after several weeks of 5's. Doesn't seem to want to move either as 3 hours after just 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast is still 6.4! Going to see how long it takes to get back down to the 5's today.
I do have to admit to feeling a little out of sorts today, so maybe that's why. My heard feels a little fuzzy and I am not feeling 100%, maybe I am fighting a virus.
Although I am pleased with the weight loss, I now weigh 9st 6lbs and am a size 10, I do want to stabilise my weight, don't really want to lose any more but have been disappointed that the weight loss and low carb diet has made very little change to my blood sugars, was really hoping they would drop to high 4's low 5's as I seem to have been stuck in the same prediabetic levels for almost 6 years and whatever I do they don't move.
Very frustrating
Donna - I made a comment on another forum the other day about someone who appears to buck the diabetic trends with some of his extremely successful management. He responded, as did others, that they had a feeling that our bodies have a personal comfort zone, where our bodies will try really hard to keep up. We see much evidence of that when new folks are diagnosed, but have liver dumps, and false hypos because their bodies are so used to running higher. For this individual, he seems able to eat lots of carbs, he sees a few spikes, that don't sustain themselves, then reverts back to his starting point. He can also manage some of the drifting he might occasionally see in his bloods by the odd 24-36 hour fast.
The consensus there was that, having reset his body, by his gargantuan post-diagnosis efforts, his body had found a new happy place, and if he abused it periodically, his body was trying very hard to drag him back to that lower place, rather then drift up. So, almost the opposite of what newbies sometime experience?
I have also read (you might want to try a Google search), that only something like 30% of pre-diabetics go over the diagnostic line to diabetes, where they don't make any diet or lifestyle modifications. So in other words, a good proportion of those diagnosed pre-diabetic will never become diabetic. It was an Aussie paper, if I recall correctly.
I'm absolutely not saying that to encourage you to discontinue your sterling efforts, because your HbA1c at 49 perhaps indicated you could be in the less fortunate 30%, unless careful. But, maybe I'm trying to say that perhaps your body's "happy place" is in your historic pre-diabetic arena.
I would also urge you not to jump to any conclusions about exactly what your HbA1c will be under any regimes, as the finger prick testing we employ can only give us indicators. We don't usually see our peaks, nor do we see all of our low points. Things like dawn phenomenon can influence the scores we achieve on rising, irrespective of diet, exercise etc. Only a new HbA1c test will indicate what your HbA1c is today. October is a long time gone.
Finally, if you are feeling out of sorts today, then ignore today's score, unless it repeats itself for over a week, and during that time you feel absolutely fine. So many factors can be at play that beating yourself up, or becoming down hearted about what could be anything, once, isn't being fair to yourself.
When is your next scheduled blood panel? If it's not for a while, I might be inclined to ask for an interim one to set a new benchmark.
Chin up.