126 for your estimated Average Glucose puts you at an a 1 C of 6 . 0 Diabetes diagnosis falling above that 6 . 5 or 7 . 0 depending on which criteria so you ARE in the prediabetic range of between 5 . 7 and 6 . 0 . 1 The good news is that studies have shown that intentional weight loss of just 5 to 10 % can reduce your fasting glucose levels an average of 0 . 81 . A 10 % weight loss for you at 180 is 18 lbs . I found myself in kind of similar shoes to you this past year . My eAG was 123 5 . 9 a 1 C . I decided to try see what I could do . With weight loss I ' ve brought that number down to 103 5 . 2 a 1 C . You can see my labs shot 20161110 at 82605 am . png . I did have to lose more than the 10 % to get there , but I started at the higher end of the first obese range and I ' m still in the overweight ranges . At My height of 5 ft 4 . 5 the overweight range starts at ~ 148 You can do this ! 1 w i t h d i a b e t e s t r e a t m e n t a n dcarebloodglucosecontrola 1 c can help you convert between a 1 C and EAG . Also ofdiabetestype 1 treatmentoftype 1 d i a b e t e s m o n i t o r i n g d i a b e t e s u n d e r s t a n dingyouraveragebloodsugar has some good info on diagnosis