Pre-diabetic

Hello all

I received bloodwork last October which came back pre-diabetic, so high readings but not high enough to say I am diabetic.

i just attended a diabetic clinic at my local hospital about 1 month ago (the wait lists here are awful). At that time I was 25 lbs overweight, fairly inactive and loosely following a better diet than previously. I found the clinic to be very helpful and i have made some major lifestyle changes: since then I have been following a diabetic diet (low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, no sugarl, approx 1300 calories, and counting carbs, high fibre etc) and my husband and I bought a recumbant bike and we are up to 20 minutes per day. I weighed myself for the first time since the clinic, last night and i have lost 5 lbs. BTW I have no symptoms of diabetes as yet.

i have also been monitoring my blood sugar daily and my readings after meals are now excellent. However, my morning reading is still consistently higher than the average. Here in Canada, my reading should be between 4 and 6 but mine are always between 6-6.9. I have tried eating different smalls snacks before bedtime but that does not seem to change the readings at all.

I could really use some advice and encouragement. I do not want to be diabetic and I don't know what else to do to prevent this from happening. I know I have not been doing these things for too long but i did expect to see some changes to my morning readings.

thanks for any help

deb