New here, three months in, sleeping again

2026-09-02 00:46

Hi everyone, Terry here — 52, I do patient intake for a telehealth company, so I spend all day telling other people to ask their doctor and then go home and worry about my own numbers.

My A1c crept up into the pre-diabetic zone back in March, so I've been tracking things since: walking the dog twice a day, finally eating like an adult. Down about 15 pounds.

The weird part is I'm sleeping through the night for the first time in years, which I did not expect at all. My cholesterol went the wrong direction though, and my doctor shrugged it off as a weight-loss thing, but it still nags at me. Anyone else see that happen and then have it settle down later?

2026-09-02 01:47

The A1c drop from 5.7 to 5.3 in 14 weeks is no joke. What changed most in your diet?

2026-09-02 03:52

For me LDL went up during active fat loss too, then dropped after weight stabilized. Triglycerides falling that much is a good sign.

2026-09-02 08:42

Same here. Mine spiked around week 12 and settled by week 22. I wasn’t eating more saturated fat, just losing faster.

2026-09-02 11:58

ApoB, though? LDL alone sent me down a rabbit hole.

2026-09-02 17:19

No ApoB yet. My doctor only ordered standard lipids. Is it worth asking for next time?

2026-09-03 07:08

I’d track waist, fasting glucose, and how you feel more than one LDL number. But that’s just my own pattern.

2026-09-03 22:29

That resting HR drop is the part I’d frame. 74 to 61 in 14 weeks shows the engine is responding.

2026-09-04 05:10

I had the opposite: LDL fell but HDL stayed flat. Genetics maybe? My dad has similar numbers.

2026-09-04 14:47

The deep sleep jump is interesting. Did you change caffeine timing too, or just exercise?

2026-09-21 06:32

I’ve seen the LDL rise thing in my own logs three times now. For me it tracked with rapid weight loss and low carb, not with dietary cholesterol.

Once I held weight steady for 6-8 weeks, LDL came back toward baseline. Not saying that’s universal, but your trig drop plus A1c drop looks like the overall trend is going the right way.

I also noticed my HDL barely moved until I added more easy Zone 2 work. What’s your current fiber intake? And are you losing about a pound a week or faster?

2026-09-24 18:35

Fifteen grams is still better than where I started. Psyllium helped me, but the first week was rough.