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Patrick Winter · 12-15-2015, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by teachermom

I've been looking through my blood work out of curiosity thinking that maybe something was borderline and didn't get flagged.

Everything looked great. However, my estimated average glucose was 111. I wasn't fasting, but I didn't eat sugar or carbs at all. That particular day, I think I had only had coffee for breakfast.

I am pretty small. 5'2" and 107 pounds. However, is it possible that I still have glucose intolerance? I was borderline diabetic during both of my pregnancies. I made the decision to ditch sugars about 3 years ago because I would feel dizzy after eating them.

I started adding sugars back in my diet last April when I first noticed symptoms. I was trying to carb load for long runs. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Could I be pre-diabetic at a normal weight?

I have read that if you are doing low carb your average fasting level can go up a bit and stay there. Because your body isn't dealing with any real spikes the level actually rises a small bit and holds steady in that range instead of spiking way up and way down.

Based on what you wrote its tough to tell for sure. Have you had a 3 glucose tests - A1C, Fasting and OGTT. Usually they look for something across all the tests. Also, do you do blood glucose monitoring at home? Its a good way to see how you react to food, you can bring that info to your doctor.

You do not have to be overweight to have diabetes.