tonya0504

Thank you all! I went to the doctor today and he has started me on Metformin for now. I will continue to eat healthy and exercise and hopefully get control of this glucose. I will read "The Diabetics Athlete Handbook" because I am so interested in how I need to be fueling for my endurance. I am doing a triathlon on…

Thank you all for your kind responses. I didn't take it as serious as I should because I have been very active and trying to lose weight for two years now... so I thought pre-diabetes and the fact he was giving me a chance to control with diet first was a great idea. Sugarbusters was a book he recommended which basically…

I am doing a duathlon next Saturday and practiced this week doing the exact thing. It took me 2.5 hours to do it which I am sure is going to put me last place in this thing, but I am going to do it and hold my head high that I am a beginner and 5 months ago I wouldn't have physically been able to do just part of it. It's…