Hi SapienI read your post from December 2017 on you successful journey. It seems you got your fasting level below 5 in only six weeks. In your posts on your meals it appears that you are now consistently in the low 4s and sometimes 3s. How long did it take to get consistently levels in the low 4s?
I am eating rather similar to you but my fasting level is still only in the high 4s or sometimes low 5s, only occasionally in the low 4s. (I had a good two weeks at the beginning of August.) My fasting had only gotten up to 5.9 so I haven’t been diagnosed with DM but after testing I saw that after some meals I would go above 7.8. I am currently eating about 100-140 grams of carbs/day and limiting portion size at meals. I only reached low pre-diabetic levels before I reduced carb intake and don’t have weight to lose. I exercise daily and I would like to put on more weight (as muscle).
I am a bit envious of your success.
Hi Sapien
Just checked my records and after 3 months I was averaging 5 in the morning, It took 6 months to average 4.5 and 12 months before 4 to 4.5 was routine first thing.
I kept carbs to 100-140 myself for a year (calories about 1600 on average) until I had lost all the weight that I wanted to lose. Overall I went from nearly 18 stones to exactly 11 stones in that year. I am pretty muscular so this is pretty thin (30 inch waist!). I then upped cals and carbs (1800-2000 and 160 to 180 respectively which has maintained my weight..
I am not very keen on fatty food, preferring fish and game as my protein sources (and yes I do like to fish and shoot my own food where possible), so whilst I don't overdo the carbs keeping them to about half the recommended levels.
I also do plenty of exercise bow. However, when losing weight I found that 30 minutes brisk walk twice a day was all that was needed.
Your levels are just fine. Just keep at it. How soon after a meal was that 7.8? If this was a peak level it is fine, The important measure is 2 hours after first bite. Eventually that should be down to about what it was before starting to eat.
If you post some menus with when reading were taken any issues would become clearer.