I Don’t Care If It’s In Range – I Want It Optimal

When you see your GP, you’ll often hear the same frustrating phrase:
“Everything looks normal.”

And yet… here you are.
Back again.
On your second, third, maybe even fourth visit.
Still tired. Still bloated. Still feeling off.
Still being told it’s all fine.

But it doesn’t feel fine. And that’s because “normal” isn’t the same as “optimal.”

Let me break it down.

Doctors are trained to flag disease. Their job is to catch what’s out of range—that is, what already meets diagnostic criteria.
But what if the wheels are already starting to fall off, and your numbers aren’t quite “bad enough” yet to trigger concern?

That’s where I come in.
I don’t just look at whether your blood markers fall in the normal reference range.
I look at where they sit on the spectrum of optimal health—the range where your body actually functions best, before disease has taken hold.

Let’s use some examples:

🧠 Hashimoto’s doesn’t just pop up overnight.
You don’t go to bed perfectly healthy and wake up hypothyroid.
That TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) has probably been creeping up for months (or even years), often getting ignored until it finally passes the clinical threshold.

TSH might be considered “normal” up to 4.5 on a pathology report, but if you’re sitting at 2.8, dragging yourself through the day, losing hair, gaining weight, and having period issues, I’m already on high alert.
My optimal zone? TSH between 1–2.
Above 2.5? That’s your body waving a little white flag.

🍬 Diabetes doesn’t suddenly hit in your 50s.
That blood sugar and HBA1c have been inching up year after year while your doctor says “it’s fine.”
But you’re tired, your weight won’t budge, you crash after meals, and your cravings are next level.

What’s happening? Probably insulin resistance.
But if no one’s tested your fasting insulin (spoiler: most GPs don’t), no one’s seen the real issue.

My optimal range? Fasting insulin under 8.
Not 15. Not “we’ll keep an eye on it.”
Under 8.

Because if we catch it early? We can reverse it.

This is the difference between waiting for disease and preventing it.

Most of my clients come to me saying:
“I knew something was off, but no one listened.”

And when they finally get their blood test results back and I explain what’s actually going on, there’s this moment of deep relief…
like someone finally connected the dots.

🧬 So what do you think I’m going to say to you?

If you’ve been told your bloods are “normal,” but you feel anything but...
It’s time to stop waiting for things to get worse.
And start looking for what optimal looks like for you.

If you want to understand your own numbers check out my blood testing bundle here

Much Love, 

Megan