Hi, so I have recently been diagnosed with PCOS even though I've been experiencing almost all the symptoms for about 3 years now (weight gain, acne, excess hair growth, no period/ovulation, major fatigue). However, my doctors haven't been helping me manage it at all. I had a fasting glucose test, which came back normal, but I just have a really strong feeling like I'm insulin resistant. I kill myself working out--at least one hour of intense running or elliptical a day--but haven't lost a pound. Instead I've continued to gradually gain more and more. I crave sugary foods all the time and then feel like crap after I eat them (like extra tired). Anyways type I diabetes runs in my family and since my brother is a type I diabetic, I just borrowed his glucose checker to see what my level was. It turns out that my blood sugar was 169 (which was about 45 minutes after I had eaten some broccoli with spicy orange sauce). Is this normal? Would this be considered insulin resistant just because of the sharp relative change in my levels? Is my fasting glucose level normal maybe because of the amount I exercise and try to maintain? Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
The time to check your level is 2 hours after eating something. I haven't been diagnosed all that long and am still figuring it out, but 169 45 min after eating doesn't sound all that high because it will continue to drop from there.
Have you had an a1c test done? That gives you a picture of what your levels have been over the previous 3 months. Have you had your thyroid levels checked? A messed up thyroid will also cause you to feel tired and not be able to lose weight.
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You should test yourself exactly two hours from the time you finished eating.
If it falls between 70 and 100 it is normal.
If it falls between 101 and 125, then it would be considered insulin resistant.
If it is 126 or above, it's diabetes.
One test is not sufficient to make a determination. You may want to start charting your levels. That's what I've been doing. I test right before each meal, 2 hours after each meal, and before I go to bed. I've been recording my results and will go over them with my doctor on Friday.
169 forty-five minutes after eating is within normal range....if it were over 180 you'd want to be concerned.
The usual practise is to test at the 2hr mark....many diabetics test at the 1hr mark to determine how high they are spiking....so fortunatly there is information on how to rate BG#'s in that time range.
Your morning fasting # is another number commonly checked to look for insulin resistance. For that # you'd want to test first thing when you get up, not 1/2 hr later or anything like that, but once you stumble out of bed.
hey guys, thanks for the help. so i started monitoring myself a bit throughout the day. when i first wake up, i've been in the high 90's and 1 hr after i eat, i range anywhere from 170-200. i also did the 2 hr test and i was 138. should i be worried about this or is it considered normal? it's weird though because apparently my fasting glucose levels in the morning seem to be normal (but i was just thinking today that a lot of times i work out late at night, frequently 9 or 10pm, so could that possibly be helping to lower my glucose levels a bit more than usual when i go in early in the morning to get my tests done? just a thought).
You might not come back with a dx of diabetes, but definately pre-diabetic....which is kind of like being a little bit pregnant.
Your morning fasting is great, but your other readings are right on the border line.
You want to ask your doctor for an oral glucose tolerance test. This is a fasting test where they give you this nasty glucose drink and then test your blood glucose levels at the one, three and/or five hour point to see how your body is metabolizing it.
Don't let your doc use an A1c as a diagnostic test...some regular GP's do this even though it's not a good test for diagnosing since it's an average.
Cardio workouts even if they're only five or ten minutes long, about half an hour after a meal seriously lower BG#'s (blood glucose). And lowering your carb intake could make quite a difference, too.
It's definately something to take up with your doctor and if your doc won't listen to you then it's time for a new doc or an endocronologist.
insulin resistant?? 
