186. 93 mg/dL.
That represents, respectively, my weight when I got up this morning, & my fasting blood glucose (overnight fast since my last meal last night).
By the weight measure, that means I’ve lost four pounds since beginning the transformation of my dietary & activity habits. I measured that much yesterday & the day before, too, and the day before that I’d been at 190 for a couple days after being at 188 for a couple days… some of that up & down no doubt having to do with water retention. But it is going down; & it seems to be sticking, so long as I keep up what I’m doing.
The BG measure is really encouraging too. The current criteria for prediabetes says that a person is diabetic if s/he has fasting BG of 100 or higher (up to about 124, I think, at which point the diagnosis becomes full diabetes). And I’ve been in that area a lot when first getting up. But I think making some progress on dietary changes, plus the addition of cinnamon, has helped a lot. Just a caution to myself: good BG in the morning doesn’t mean I’m no longer prediabetic… I’m not ready to say that until I’ve truly integrated these dietary measures, I’ve lost the weight I need to lose, & I have a say-so from my naturopath. How I’m beginning to eat now needs to be a lifelong thing, not just a passing diet. Besides, postmeal BG has to be taken into account too.
Cinnamon: last week learned that as little as 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon daily can improve BG & also assist in restoring insulin sensitivity. Today’s my second day of actually using it. It does seem to help.
My pancreatic B-cells are all asking each other, “Have we had a change of management upstairs? She hasn’t been overworking us like she used to!”
