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    Lab results and home testing at odds- scared and confused...

    Actually, I’ve lost quite a bit of weight since mid January. I was the typical, overweight American at 93 kilograms and a height of 1.77 meters. I now weigh 78.6 kilograms and have about 19% body fat. I am planning to continue cutting body fat till I get down to really lean around 13%. What’s...
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    Lab results and home testing at odds- scared and confused...

    I’ve been using the Freestyle precision neo. It’s not as detailed as 2 decimal points. Not at all. That’s just me converting from mg/dL, which is the system we use here in the US, to mmol and sometimes I’ll say it’s 7.33 or just round to 7.3 or whatever. But it’s a standard meter, no more...
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    Lab results and home testing at odds- scared and confused...

    Andcol: The reason I’m worried sick is because everything I have read on the internet about “normal, nondiabetics” is that no matter what they eat, they typically never go above 6.9 and only rarely do they go up to 7.77. Everyone says normal, metabolically competent people never go up to 9 or 10...
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    Lab results and home testing at odds- scared and confused...

    Anyone have any feedback? :)
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    Lab results and home testing at odds- scared and confused...

    Thanks for the reply, Rachox. Typically, a premeal /fasting level for me might be around 5.27 mmol. None of my readings after meals make sense. One example is a banana- I’ve tested after eating just 1 and it raises my BG up to 8.88 mmol 1 hour after eating. If I have a ham and cheese sandwich...
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    Lab results and home testing at odds- scared and confused...

    Greetings, guys and gals. I am a 32 year old male living in the US and was about 2 stone over my current weight back in January . I apologize for not converting but I weigh about 78.6 kilograms and 1.78 meters tall. Before my weight loss, I had a fasting BG of 5.78 mmol/L, which is considered...