In the previous post, I shared my experience about the result of the tests for my sugar level. On 18th of June, I went for the test once more. The result for test turned out to be like this:
99 for Glucose Fasting.
89 for Post-Meal.
Normal range for fasting is: 70-100
Normal range for Post-meal is: 70-140.
The figures of 99 and 89 are within the normal range. Of course, Post-meal should normally be higher than that of fasting. However, the good thing is that the figures are within the normal range.
It is after seven months of dieting and exercise that my pre-diabetic status is reversed to the normal range. Three months later I shall check to see if the fasting level will dip further. I want it to come down little more, and also get post-meal figure go up further.
I am adding this section on 5th October 2018. I did not want to put up another post just for this additional piece. But for those doing research on diabetes this may be something to research on.
On 18th August, 2018, I checked my sugar (fasting). It was 100. I did not check for post-meal. I went to the lab to get it checked, just I have been doing on previous occasions. So it's sounds okay.
Around Sept 20th, I checked my sugar level (fasting). This time it was from someone doing it with a test strip. It showed 102. But it was around this time that I began running in the morning. All those days I have been running in the evening. The first two days I began to run in the morning, I felt so tired thought I ran only for around 5 km. On 16th Sept. I had a 15 km race, and so I have trained to be able to run without much difficulty. I could finish it fairly easily. I felt I could have done 21 km as well. The reason I am saying this is that running 5 km is not difficult, but that morning I found it hard. And the reason was because I did it in empty stomach -- my body did not have enough energy. (For evening training, I would eat something before I run).
So after that I started to take a bite before I begin to run. So 1st Oct. I ran 5 km, and also on 3rd Oct. I did 10.5 km. Both in the morning. I had something before I began, and I did not feel so tired. I guess it was because I've eaten something plus my body has got used to drawing energy from the liver. Even when I was running in the evening, it must be drawing from the liver specially when I ran 10.5 km or 12 km. After all running 10.5 would burn more than 1000 calories, as per what the app shows.
On 5th Oct. morning. I went to do workout, not run, because I wanted to run 10.5 km on 6th Oct. These days I am reducing the frequeny of run as I am giving rest to my body; I will begin to train for full marathon a ten days later. But what surprised me was that as I checked my sugar level (fasting) with the test strip, it showed 119. How is this possible?
Is it because my liver is automatically preparing me to do morning run by dumping sugar in my blood? Even when my weight was 87 kg, the sugar (fasting) was 114. Now I am 74.5 kg, and my sugar fasting is showing 119. How is this possible?
It seems to me that the idea of liver dumping sugar in my blood to prepare me for the morning run is a plausible explanation. However, to establish the idea, one would need a bigger sample.
So whether for those whose fasting sugar level is on the borderline, morning run could spike the sugar level or it would not is something that would require further research.
On 2 Feb. 2019, I checked my sugar (fasting), it showed 97. I have continued to run an at average of 5 times a week. And each running duration would average 45 minutes. (Updated on 2nd February, 2019.)
On 21st May, 2019 I checked my HbA1C, which tested the sugar level for the last three months. It showed 5.5. The normal range is 4 to 5.6. So 5.5 is within the normal range. This shows that pre-diabetes is reversible.
I am adding this section on 5th October 2018. I did not want to put up another post just for this additional piece. But for those doing research on diabetes this may be something to research on.
On 18th August, 2018, I checked my sugar (fasting). It was 100. I did not check for post-meal. I went to the lab to get it checked, just I have been doing on previous occasions. So it's sounds okay.
Around Sept 20th, I checked my sugar level (fasting). This time it was from someone doing it with a test strip. It showed 102. But it was around this time that I began running in the morning. All those days I have been running in the evening. The first two days I began to run in the morning, I felt so tired thought I ran only for around 5 km. On 16th Sept. I had a 15 km race, and so I have trained to be able to run without much difficulty. I could finish it fairly easily. I felt I could have done 21 km as well. The reason I am saying this is that running 5 km is not difficult, but that morning I found it hard. And the reason was because I did it in empty stomach -- my body did not have enough energy. (For evening training, I would eat something before I run).
So after that I started to take a bite before I begin to run. So 1st Oct. I ran 5 km, and also on 3rd Oct. I did 10.5 km. Both in the morning. I had something before I began, and I did not feel so tired. I guess it was because I've eaten something plus my body has got used to drawing energy from the liver. Even when I was running in the evening, it must be drawing from the liver specially when I ran 10.5 km or 12 km. After all running 10.5 would burn more than 1000 calories, as per what the app shows.
On 5th Oct. morning. I went to do workout, not run, because I wanted to run 10.5 km on 6th Oct. These days I am reducing the frequeny of run as I am giving rest to my body; I will begin to train for full marathon a ten days later. But what surprised me was that as I checked my sugar level (fasting) with the test strip, it showed 119. How is this possible?
Is it because my liver is automatically preparing me to do morning run by dumping sugar in my blood? Even when my weight was 87 kg, the sugar (fasting) was 114. Now I am 74.5 kg, and my sugar fasting is showing 119. How is this possible?
It seems to me that the idea of liver dumping sugar in my blood to prepare me for the morning run is a plausible explanation. However, to establish the idea, one would need a bigger sample.
So whether for those whose fasting sugar level is on the borderline, morning run could spike the sugar level or it would not is something that would require further research.
On 2 Feb. 2019, I checked my sugar (fasting), it showed 97. I have continued to run an at average of 5 times a week. And each running duration would average 45 minutes. (Updated on 2nd February, 2019.)
On 21st May, 2019 I checked my HbA1C, which tested the sugar level for the last three months. It showed 5.5. The normal range is 4 to 5.6. So 5.5 is within the normal range. This shows that pre-diabetes is reversible.
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