Recent Content by roarshack

You've been very helpful. I suppose when considering everything, I guess I'm not surprised. Sleep has been an issue for me for about 15 years now. That runs in the family. Even worse now that I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old. Sleep patterns have just gone out the window for that reason...

interestingly, after reading your post I googled hypothyroid and a1c and I came across an article from 2016...WOW. Says hypothyroid is associated with causing faulty increase in A1C levels, often leading health care professionals to misdiagnose pre diabetes or diabetes! I wonder why...

I guess I just figure until my blood tests consistently put me in a diabetic category, I'll keep doing what I'm doing. I'll keep using intermittent fasting just because it's become part of my daily routine and why not? If I can go 16 or 18 hours (or more) without food, it doesn't hurt. I'll...

Perhaps the more pressing question here is does anyone have any idea WHY my A1C fluctuates the way it does? As of now I've just sort of adopted the reason that maybe I'm different than the "norm"....And for what it's worth, I feel strongly that the doctors in my country (USA) far too often turn...

Hi Brassyblonde, yup, I got all that. I can do 16 hours no problem most days. Some days I go 18, if I'm out and about and busy, believe it or not, I lose track of time and am not hungry. I've tried and been sucesfull at limiting my carbs to about 50. While I can do it, personally I don't...

Hi there Brunneria, I agree with you. I guess I was hoping someone would have experience with both at 16 and 14 hours and whether that extra 2 hours was really a factor. I suppose I don't understand why they say men should do 16 but women can have good results at 14. Either way, I don't hyper...

Hi bulkbiker, I am in the USA. Coincidentally I do have a record of my A1C and fasted glucose for the last 2 years....You may notice they go from pretty much getting tested every 3 months to waiting longer. My endo told me he thought I was fine getting it every 6 months instead of 3.....Here...

Good points. I forgot to mention I have hypo-thyroid. I take Synthroid daily. It's funny that you mention thyroid and fasting and how I can worsen these issues. I got my thyroid checked 9 months ago (so I was about 9 months into fasting) and it needed an increase in medication. Perhaps the two...

Woke up to a bunch of stuff to reply to! I'll try to get to all of it. By fasting insulin check, I assume you mean my glucose in a fasted state (as in when I wake up).....I get fasted insulin checked when I do my A1C check. Additionally, I occasionally use the "one touch" verio flex self...

Hello! I have had the oral glucose test. The results were as follows: Going in fasted was 90. After 1 hour - 161. After 2 hours - 114. These numbers put me all within normal range according to the lab and my endo

Hello, new member here. First post. I'm looking to get some information on intermittent fasting. Specifically whether or not we see results in decreased A1C if you don't follow the 16 hour time period, but a looser 14 hour fast. Let me share a little bit about myself and my fasting routine...