I think I can describe yesterday as a successful day. I went out shopping, and I did some useful things. I also discovered I had some clothes that were now wearable again thanks to some weight loss (although not as much as hoped for, but even that could happen with enough patience.
  They say every picture tells a story, and maybe this picture does as well. The one thing I wanted to do yesterday, after finishing some laundry, that had been left soaking overnight, was to go to Tesco and stock up on a bit of food. I am unsure how I gained the idea that I should test a pair of red Converse trainers that had been gathering dust for many years.

  Once upon a time I liked Converse trainers. Some started off feeling a bit stiff, but after a bit of wearing in they seemed very comfortable, but then something changed. I guess my feet changed somehow, and I started to find they felt uncomfortable. I started trying other shoes and trainers, and maybe a year ago I found that Adidas trainers seemed to be more comfortable than others. Anyway, yesterday some brain glitch made me decide to give the pictured red trainers another test. They went on easy enough, and I wore them to go to Tesco. They were evidently comfortable enough that I didn't realise I was wearing them for a lot of the time. It seems my feet have returned to what ever made Converse comfortable many years ago.

  My walk to Tesco was not perfectly comfortable because I am still getting stiff and sore ankles and to a lesser extent, knees as well. That discomfort gets less and less every time I do a bit of walking exercise to strengthen all the muscles involved in walking. I am getting hints that I can probably tackle some longer walks now, and maybe the first will be a very familiar 3 mile walk through the River Pool Linear Park as far as the bowstring bridge over the river. I might even dare try it today, although I have had fantasies about other forms of exercise.

  The items on my (imaginary) shopping list for Tesco were mainly stuff I was not able to eat while on my now wasted low fibre diet prior to my aborted Colonoscopy. I had a yearning for some bread rolls with salad and stuff in them, and so I bought some salad leaves. I found a couple of reduced price curry ready meals on the reduced price shelf, and I shall be enjoying them over the next few days.

  Other stuff was probably a bit random, but one item was of particular interest to me. It seems Heinz, a company notorious for high sugar content products (probably the American influence of the parent company), have brought out not just a low sugar version, but apparently a zero sugar version of tomato ketchup. I bought a bottle, but forgot to buy some sausages or burgers to try it on. I have my doubts, but maybe it is very good (if it isn't very bad !).

  One disappointment was a litre tub of "Mackies" plain vanilla ice cream made with Scottish milk and cream. The tub makes it sound like it should be a superior product, but the one small portion I tasted yesterday seemed very bland. Luckily I also bought a 900ml tub of Tesco plain vanilla ice cream, and that stuff is rather nice.

  After I got home from Tesco I had some lunch. I had just one tiger roll with beef and horseradish sauce, plus some salad leaves and sliced pickled gherkins. It was nice, but not as wonderful as I expected. I think I had some crisps with it, and maybe some cake, but definitely some ice cream. It was the Mackies, and that was when I discovered it seemed bland rather than something exciting.

  After lunch I didn't do anything big. I did have a snooze, and I did lay on my bed reading, but after a while I felt like doing something a bit more interesting. That initially was rummaging through the wardrobe in the spare bedroom to see if I had any pairs of flip flops in there. I didn't and so I ordered a couple of pairs from Amazon. I thought they were very expensive for something so basic. The pair of flip flops I bought from the Pound Shop were £5, but many pairs listed on Amazon were double the prices, and some were even more.

  I did find a couple of forgotten t-shirts in the wardrobe. I had put them in there because they were too small for me, but now maybe they might fit, albeit a bit of a tight fit. The main problem is the length of the t-shirt. I don't want something that rides up and leaves my belly bare. Sadly those two t-shirts, as useful as they are because they have a breast pocket that is useful for putting my sun glasses in, are maybe still not quite long enough for comfort, but I have kept them aside to check them when I am wearing a air of jeans.

  Rummaging in the wardrobe gave me an idea. I have two plastic boxes with spare trousers and shorts in them. Many were put away because they were not a good fit, and some I could not even do up. I checked every single pair during late afternoon, and while a few pairs might be a bit marginal, it seems I have quite a wealth of trousers and shorts that I can now wear. It includes two particular pairs of shorts that I could not wear a year or more ago.

   One pair was a pair of Marks And Spencers shorts. Their main failing was that the waist was secured by one popper, and while I have always been able to do it up, it would pop open if I dared to breath out ! Yesterday I could not make it pop open. I think I would also wear those shorts with a belt (as a fail safe), but I can wear them, and they seem comfortable. The other pair of shorts I last remember wearing when I did an epic 10.3 mile from Epping Tube station to Ongar station. My feet felt like raw meat at the end of that walk, but those shorts stayed up and were comfortable. That was in 2010.

  My dinner was another part of my kebab takeway order the previous day. I had the grilled chicken wings with salad, I didn't rate the grilled wings too highly, but they were OK. The salad was typical kebab shop salad, and oddly enjoyable. I rounded it of with two apple turnovers (found on the reduced price shelf in Tesco), and also some ice cream. It was all fairly filling, and the apple turnovers in particular were very unhealthy (loaded with sugar), and maybe not nice enough to justify all that sugar.

  I spent quite a few hours watching TV last night, and while I watched I had a few whiskies, but no ordinary whiskies ! It was three miniature bottles of Redbreast whiskey from Ireland. I first discovered Redbreast whisky while drinking in an Irish pub with my friend Kevin. I bought us each a double. It was rather expensive, but it seemed wonderfully smooth.

  It enticed both of us to eventually check online to see if we could buy a full sized bottle. I found a full size bottle and although it was quite expensive I bought one. The sad thing is that at home it didn't seem as nice as it was in the ambience of the pub, and maybe a few tots of Jameson whisky to whet the palette.

  Meanwhile, Kevin found a presentation box containing the three miniatures in the picture (with one bottle facing the back instead of the front - why did I not notice that when I took the picture ?). He bought a set as a birthday present for me. That was in June last year, and I had not opened any of the three miniatures. Last night I had all three. The 12 and 15 year old version did taste a bit more mellow, but my taste buds are not finely tuned enough to give a real description of the taste. Personally I don't think the extra mellowness would be worth the premium price for the 12 and 15 year old versions

  I went to bed fairly late last night after watching TV until 11pm. Once in bed I fell asleep fairly quickly, but it didn't seem lone before I woke up to go for a pee. I don't think I woke up more than 3 or 4 times for a pee last night (not counting the pee I had when I got up). I don't seem to remember more than a very hazy hint that I had any dreams last night. For some reason I believe I had a very good sleep last night. That does not mean that I am not looking forward to s snooze once I have finished writing this and uploaded it to my server.

  When I got up I peed, but didn't seem to need a poo. That is a bit surprising because I seemed to have been living well recently, and this morning I would seem to have put on a ridiculous 1.6kg since yesterday morning. I guess that yesterday I was still feeling the effects of the super laxative, and my digestive tract was completely empty. It seems I am still waiting for what I have eaten in the last 24 hours to make it's way through to the exit port !

  Even my blood glucose was higher this morning, but it is still very good. I got readings of 6.4, 6.7 and 7.1mmol/l. That is good, but not as good as yesterday. I suspect my half dose of Mounjaro is wearing off now, but I think I will wait until Monday to have the first full dose from my new injector pen. The other bit of my health is my blood pressure. This morning it was 119/54, and I think that is very good.

  About an hour ago I thought I was going to give a definite description of what I might do today, but no longer. For one thing it is a lot later than anticipated, and I still want a lie down, and ideally a snooze once I have finished writing this. By then I will be thinking about lunch. Even a small lunch will put me off going for the walk I was thinking of doing today (or indeed any walk). I think the one thing I will probably do today is to do some laundry. I have 5 or 6 things in the laundry bag, and a few items of clothing that will need washing sooner or later. Maybe I might take a walk to the shops later, but I think much of today will just be a lazy day. At least I can claim to have written 2,023 words this morning, and that doesn't include these words describing my claim !