Hello all
I received bloodwork last October which
came back pre-diabetic, so high readings
but not high enough to say I am diabetic.
i just attended a diabetic clinic at my
local hospital about 1 month ago (the wait
lists here are awful). At that time I was
25 lbs overweight, fairly inactive and
loosely following a better diet than
previously. I found the clinic to be very
helpful and i have made some major
lifestyle changes: since then I have been
following a diabetic diet (low fat, low
cholesterol, low sodium, no sugarl, approx
1300 calories, and counting carbs, high
fibre etc) and my husband and I bought a
recumbant bike and we are up to 20 minutes
per day. I weighed myself for the first
time since the clinic, last night and i
have lost 5 lbs. BTW I have no symptoms of
diabetes as yet.
i have also been monitoring my blood sugar
daily and my readings after meals are now
excellent. However, my morning reading is
still consistently higher than the
average. Here in Canada, my reading should
be between 4 and 6 but mine are always
between 6-6.9. I have tried eating
different small snacks before bedtime but
that does not seem to change the readings
at all.
I could really use some advice and
encouragement. I do not want to be
diabetic and I don't know what else to do
to prevent this from happening. I know I
have not been doing these things for too
long but i did expect to see some changes
to my morning readings by now.
thanks for any help
deb
