Just a quick update - spoke to my gp today, who is very nice. He is happy to review my cholesterol in April when I next will have my hba1c taken, and in fact was only going to say cholesterol is borderline at this stage and to treat with diet and lifestyle, added at the end I should be very happy with hba1c drop so far. Did mention statins as a future option if I can't get cholesterol down by April. So I will keep doing as I am for now and hopefully as the weight loss is more steady now (it was still quite rapid when blood test was taken) things will have settled down a bit by then - nice to have a reprieve!
I will fast before next test too, even though they say it's not necessary.