Hi
@suepledger and welcome to the forum.
I take it that the HbA1c results you quote are 7.0% and 7.2% which convert to around 53 mmol/mol and 55 mmol/mol, the units more usually used.
First off, they are to all intents and purposes the same.
Second is that they are both over the diagnosis level of 48 mmol/mol. Which means some action needs to be taken. They are only just over, so there is no need to panic about it.
Third that the result is not affected by fasting. If you were asked to fast before the test then that would be for some other reason than getting a good measure of your HbA1c.
Having got that out of the way, there are essentially four things you can think about in order to get back under diagnostic levels. In very simple terms these are:
1. Weight. If you are overweight (and not all T2's are) then there is a lot of evidence to say that getting your weight down to "normal" levels is a good bet to reduce your Hba1c.
2. Diet. Much of the glucose in your system (unless you are on a weird diet) comes from the carbohydrate you eat. For that reason reducing the carbohydrate in your diet is another good bet.
3. Exercise. This keeps the body systems working and helps all round health. Don't have to flog your self in the gym, anything you can do is a good thing but not a good bet to use exercise alone to get your HbA1c down.
4. Medication. There are medications that are proven to be effective in reducing HbA1c and in my mind should not be dismissed.
One of the things we say a lot on the forum is that there is no fixed, one size fits all, way of approaching blood glucose control. Each has to find a way to suit them but if you read around you will see those who succeed have tackled at least one of the things in my list. Some have hit one thing hard whereas others, including me, have rather more gently used all four. Depends on you, your lifestyle and circumstances.