Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
If you have impaired glucose tolerance, then your body may be in a state where if insulin is on, glucagon is off, and therefore you are in a hormonal state that promotes fat storage rather than fat utilization, even while you are exercising intensely. I also feel so much better now that my blood sugars are normalized.
Everything you've said here wouldn't surprise me one bit. I once went on a 500 mile walking trek, covering 10 to 20 miles daily for 30 straight days. I gained 12 pounds on this trip. I'd estimate that I gained about 5 pounds of lean muscle in my legs and then about 7 pounds of fat judging by the increase in trunk fat. Everyone else I knew on the trip was tightening their belt a notch or two by the end of it, while I was undoing the top button.

I've recently started seeing a new doctor about a month ago and we're just starting to unravel some health concerns I've been trying to chip away at for a while. For starters, he's put me on a small dose of T3 only (4mcg generic slow release cytomel daily) because my TSH was mildly elevated (2.9). I've got plenty of free and total T4 but relatively lesser quantity of free T3 (don't remember the exact numbers here). So I'm definitely not converting T4 to T3 optimally. I've also been taking iron supplements for the last 2 years and just barely keeping myself in a decent ferritin range of 30-40 because I have high menstrual losses. So yeah, lots of interconnected issues to get to the bottom of. And yada yada yada.

In the past a simple check of blood sugar levels has come back unremarkable, but this was a one-time test. I've never monitored my blood sugar regularly but I think I'd like to start doing this. Do you have any recommendations for a specific monitor/meter?