★★★★★
Got retested in March, I was down to 5.8, but my non-fasting glucose was high (which had never been the case before). Feeling a bit better. The cravings went away and I began to experience being sated after a meal again. But struggling with the fasts... often I got very lightheaded, my BP would drop, I'd get unwell and have to break the fast. I stopped fasting in May and June, then restarted in July. I struggled again... on the third day, I would feel hypoglycemic. Miserable. I stopped again, and decided to quit saccharin. I began to suspect if was sabotaging me, and perhaps caused the high glucose reading.
Restarted in mid Sept 25. All of a sudden, I felt normal during the fasts, they've been a breeze. My brain fog finally cleared up. The feet still itch sometimes, but rarely. I just got retested. I am at 5.7 now! And my glucose is normal. Yay!
I am certain that if I keep this up, which I will, next spring I will be out of the prediabetes range. I plan to keep going until I am well cleared of this metabolic disorder, at 5.4. (I have not added any of the supplements commonly recommended. The only supplement I added last spring was betaine with pepsin, for better digestion.) Wanted to see if the fasting does the job. And it did! :-)
