09:05 BST

  Yesterday's forecast said full sunshine, and that was approximately true until maybe mid afternoon when it got a bit cloudy. The temperature probably did peak at 19° C, but I don't know for how long, and maybe not at 4pm as per the forecast.
  The first of October has started in an autumnal way. So far it has been mostly dull, and I did spot a few drops of rain falling, although that seems to have stopped now. The big unknown is whether this afternoon will feature the forecast sunny spells. The afternoon is forecast to only reach 17° C. The nights are getting colder, and by the end of this month we will probably see the first frosts. Tomorrow may start at 11° C, the same as this morning, but the day may feature more sunshine, mostly as sunny spells, and that could warm the afternoon up to 19° C. Tomorrow could end with rain, although the forecast only shows drizzle and light rain.

  Maybe only with the benefit of hindsight, but yesterday was another good day. Less good was that I seemed to take a long time to recover from my long walk the day before. I seemed to feel quite tired through the day, but not the sort of tired where I could have long, or indeed any snoozes.

  One of the first things I did yesterday was to have my first full dose of Mounjaro. The previous dose was far too small, maybe a tenth of the correct dose, because I couldn't seem to follow the instruction properly (and the tiny little pictures were as good as useless). Setting up the injection pen, and jabbing the needle into my belly was easy this time. It didn't hurt at all, and I didn't get any negative reactions this time. In fact I found it hard to believe it was doing anything at all !

  I am not sure all the sales stuff about Mounjaro is that truthful - how it works, and how it should make you react to it. I think it does mention, in small print, tucked away in a corner, that you still need to control your appetite, but in big letters it says how it affects this that and the other in your body. I was sceptical about the whole thing until I could experience it. It was lucky I did try and keep to my diet that I know can lose a couple of hundred grams a day, on a good day.

  I had thought that I could try and skip breakfast, but as I noted yesterday, I did have a small handful of peanuts to help keep the cod liver oil capsule, I take every morning, down - I hate fishy burps ! It was because I felt tired, and didn't really fancy doing anything, that I had a lot of time on my hands to consider life, the universe, everything and eating ! The latter was a bit dangerous, and I thought that maybe I had let my guard down a bit.

  There was one thing I did do that was very useful, and it was just the one thing for the whole day. I finished washing the two t-shirts and half a dozen pairs of underpants. It was a fairly small wash, and it should have been easier than it was, but I managed to do it with no breaks (except stopping to have a pee). Both the t-shorts were "Catford" t-shirts, and I will be wearing one of them later in the day when I go to the Jolly Farmers.

  After hanging up the laundry to dry on the big clothes horse I returned to me bedroom where I laid on my bed to read and have a snooze - if I could, but I couldn't. That gave me too much time to think about lunchtime and food. I didn't seem to feel any different from taking the Mounjaro, and I wondered if I should skip lunch. I assumed the Mounjaro would kill my appetite, but I just could not feel any physical reasons not to eat a lunch.

  I did end up having a very light lunch. I can't remember eating anything than a small chunk of cheese, but I think there was something else too. The afternoon was worse. All I could think about was food, and what I could have for dinner. I would allow that the Mounjaro might have contributed 10%, but 90% was my own will power, and that started crumbling at the edges.

  There is very little more to say about the afternoon. I did try and distract myself reading - mostly book, but also stuff on the internet. I will admit I was clock watching, and waiting for 6pm when I could have dinner and turn the TV on for the BBC 6 O'clock news. By about 5.30pm I was still unaware of any changes from the Mounjaro (although this morning it does look like it was doing stuff I could not detect). I took the view that I ought to try and make it seem worthwhile taking Mounjaro by continuing the diet I have been doing that I know loses small amounts of weight most days.

  Having said that, what I had for dinner was a bit excessive, maybe very excessive. The main course was almost nothing more than a rack of BBQ spare ribs. The only concession I made was to only use about half of the syrupy BBQ sauce on the ribs. I probably should have eaten those ribs with some vegetables or salad, but I just enjoyed them (a lot) by themselves.

  My dessert was a semi safe bet, but maybe not in the quantity I had. It was Dubai Chocolate ice cream with pistachio paste. It is double extremely nice, and I have noted in the past that it has very little effect on my blood glucose despite it's sugar content being quite high. I meant to double check by reading the ingredients on the tub, that it has the magic ingredient Sodium Alginate (that inhibits sugar take up in the gut). The only problem was that it was so amazingly delicious that I could not stop eating it until I had eaten all that was in the tub (maybe two thirds of it).

  It is hard to think if such a dinner would mean that I wouldn't want to eat any more for the rest of the day. Mounjaro is supposed to slow down the emptying of the stomach for a more full feeling. I don't recall feeling very full at all, but I also don't recall feeling any hunger for any more food.....but that is not unusual most nights. It is part of the way I have been losing small amounts of weight all year, and longer.

  I watched some assorted TV for the rest of the evening. I can't quite remember if I watched both QI and Have I Got News For You. I know I was probably going to do so, but I think it was 10pm when I felt tired enough to turn the TV off, and go to bed. My bedroom was just at the perfect temperature, and it didn't take long to fall asleep. It was an almost uneventful night, but I do remember a snatch of dream, and it was not pleasant.

  I am unsure what I was doing in the dream, but I think it was feeding a cat, but it could have been myself. I opened a can to be greeted by a really unpleasant smell. It reminded me when the scraps and leftovers from school dinners were collected to be used as pig food. After sitting in a metal dustbin like can, possibly stored in direct sunshine for some of the day, that swill was pretty high, and enough to cause you to gag.

  The only other thing during the night was waking up at about 2am, but thinking it was 5am. It all feels confusing now, but I think I may have been awake for as much as an hour as I tried to work out what was going on. I wouldn't rule out that the whole thing wasn't a dream. I guess I'll never know. What is sure is that I woke up again later than usual. I can't explain why or how, but I think I felt fairly good when I got up.

  I had had a couple of largish pees in the night, and I had another when I got up, but apart from a bit of wind I couldn't seem to pass a poo. I feel I should have a poo, but it does not feel uncomfortable - apart from the hope that something happens before I want to go out. A bit later, after counting out my vitamins and pills for the day, I went to the toilet again. Once again there was a smidgin of wind, and medium amount of pee.

  I was not expecting anything exciting when I got on the scales a second time, but it was rather good. It seems that although I had broken a few rules, but only a bit, I had actually lost 700gms. It is rare I can lose that amount in one day (unless a long walk was involved as well). It seems the Mounjaro did do something, although I am not sure what. If it helps me manage that much each day then in 30 days I would be very near my target weight.

  It seems the Mounjaro had also carried out it's other, less headline, job. This morning the Contour Meter read 6.8mmol/l. It has been very rare to get a reading that low in ages. The GlucoRX meter read even better, just 6.4mmol/l. That is possible considered "normal" for a non diabetic person. The new GlucoFix meter gave the worst reading, but 6.9mmol/l is still marvellously good. It is another week until I take my next dose, and I wonder if it can keep this up for the rest of this first week ?

  This morning I had a breakfast of two small packets of instant noodles, the Korean kimchi flavour packets that claim zero sugar content. I think it might be prudent to check my blood glucose before I go out, and maybe take a couple of full sugar biscuits with me in case I start to feel weird because of my blood glucose dipping too low. It is one of the dangers that the leaflet with the Mounjaro warns about.

  All being well, once  have washed my hair, and had a shower, I will be walking through the park, probably via Ladywell station to pick up a couple of copies of The Metro, and then on to The Jolly Farmers. It could be a little jollier than some days because I think I will take along the bottle of Aldi cognac to get an expert opinion about it from Ayse. I'll let her keep it, if she wants it, because I can't really say I like it (plus rumour has it that Brandy contains a lot of sugar, and that would not be good for me).