During last physical exam, I was told by doctor that I had Prediabetes. I believe it's fairly common in US. Any of you has similar condition?
Need to work hard to get rid of it. At least start from losing weight. Too heavy right now(230lbs).

5/19/2025 10:16:15 AM

I’m a healthy BMI so not sure if it applies. But 10 minutes of weightlifting every other day works amazing for me to feel better. Just some adjustable weight dumbbells and doing lunges. I should be doing every day but whatever you can manage

This is on top of zero sugary drinks (diet is okay), casual low carb meals (significantly cutting back on rice), and rare pastries/sweets

For me I was having horrible migraines and switching to zero processed sugar solved all my problems so the motivation to make changes was pretty strong

But new research is showing weight training as almost a silver bullet

[Edited on May 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM. Reason : ]

5/20/2025 12:39:47 AM

Thanks for the advice. I immediately start weightlifting today. See how it works.

As Asian, I can't avoid rice and carb meals. But I'll be more careful from now on.

5/20/2025 9:26:52 AM

^ I’m Asian too (the other kind). Rice has a big effect on blood sugar… you have to remember our ancestors were out in fields all day and walking up and down mountains. We don’t have that lifestyle so we don’t need that much rice

Another option is to get one of those continuous glucose monitors, theyre over the counter now. You can determine what is actually problematic for you.

5/20/2025 9:31:32 AM

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"Another option is to get one of those continuous glucose monitors, theyre over the counter now. You can determine what is actually problematic for you. "

My mother suggests me on that too. I'll seriously consider that. It could be helpful.

5/20/2025 9:34:30 AM

^^ there are many types of asians, defined by how they usually have rice:

biryani asians
fried rice asians
sushi asians
kabsa asians
pilaf asians

which type are you? i am guessing the first type as the first two types account for 80+% of asia's population, and you said "the other kind" to shoot.

i am the first type, so i need to watch my health too, as south asians are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and higher rates of diabetes and CVDs. my weight is just 140 lbs, but i am definitely am prone to storing fat around the midsection and have high cholesterol from my dad (he is 130-135 pounds and still has high cholesterol).

i eat a whole food plant based diet vast majority of the time. i do have a penchant for desserts though, so working on reducing that.

what do you do in 10 minutes of weightlifting?

5/20/2025 11:48:48 PM

^ 2 25 lb weights (have actually been increasing the weight as I get stronger— basically almost whatever your limit is), and then squats into presses until I can’t lift the weights anymore. my goal is to stimulate the uptake of glucose by pushing all my muscles. I hate exercising and I find this is the minimum that works for me. Other thing I do is just walk around my house farmer carrying the 2 55lb weights, going up and down the stairs. This triggers my leg muscles to absorb glucose it feels like.

I definitely can tell when my body is not processing the glucose correctly— causes lots of brain fog and memory and headaches almost immediately.

I’m not very sophisticated in my Asians but there’s basically just south Asians and East Asians I’m the south Asian type, my understanding is shoot is East Asian

5/21/2025 8:37:04 PM

^^?

5/22/2025 10:25:26 AM

rice lovers, take heed:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26693746/

letting it cool before eating it lowers glycemic response
so, I guess fried rice is health food now

5/22/2025 8:09:51 PM

Bought a monitor yesterday and made an appointment for physical check again.

5/26/2025 2:16:09 PM

Just had the physical exam the day before yesterday and doctor tells me today that I don't have prediabetes anymore! Great news!

However, some indexes are still high and need to keep up the good work though. Check back after half a year.

5/30/2025 9:52:35 AM

Good job reducing your risk of premature death, shoot!

5/30/2025 10:18:43 AM

Good thing it’s gone now you don’t have to do all that extra junk no more

6/7/2025 10:25:09 AM

i felt fine for many years, went to the doc and my A1C was 11.2

Aside from the meds they gave me now, I made huge diet changes, no rice, I bring my lunch. No sodas. I had to cut coffee way down was messing with me as well.

They say working out is the best thing after eating.

6/8/2025 9:06:50 AM

Had you previously been diagnosed as diabetic or prediabetic, or this latest result was out of nowhere?

6/8/2025 8:23:36 PM

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"this latest result was out of nowhere?"

Out of no where. I had no signs. the only reason i went to get checked is a lady at work had a test kit and I was helping her. She tested me at like 10 AM (I had eaten breakfast at 6 AM) and my bloodsugar was 400+ still.

Vision was fine and overall felt fine. The only symptoms now that i think back where when i cut myself it took forever to heal - especially on my foot. I also noticed urinating a lot some days. Glad I caught it before things went downhill.

6/9/2025 5:05:30 AM

Indeed.

6/9/2025 6:36:30 AM

Just got back from 3 month check up, now at 5.2 AC1!
Going to peel back some meds and check back in another 3.

6/22/2025 5:49:37 AM

I've been obsessed with blood chemistry for a good 7 years. I have a lot of data and personal experiments. I found with light fasting, no alcohol, low carb (60g a day) I can put my cholesterol in normal ranges quickly. On the order of 1 month. If I cut out drinking and my diet is ok but not great it takes more like 4 months to hit normal ranges. Never had an A1C that high, only about a 5 once after a multimonth period of being a degenerate and not watching what I eat or drink.

I was really low carb (20g) for about 5 months and was working out really really hard. I made it down to my high school weight (180) at about 18% bf. It absolutely wrecked my testosterone. I felt like shit. I started eating carbs again and it reversed.

6/24/2025 8:57:40 AM