Another very small source of sugar is Aldi own brand (Snackrite) BBQ Beef Hoops (essentially, if not identical to "Hula Hoops"). The picture is of the big bag that contains 6 small bags that are between 25 and 30gm each. The amount of sugar is just 0.2gm of sugar per bag.

  It was eating a couple of bags of these BBQ Beef Hoops, and a couple of handfuls of Twiglets, that I was able to distract my mind from further eating yesterday. It was more successful than trying to fast. My dinner was two portions of Instant Noodles, and I think they were around 5gm of sugar per made up pot.

  It is worth mentioning that when Mounjaro was protecting my blood glucose level so well, and I could eat ice cream almost with impunity, the amount of ice cream I would eat probably had more than 25gm of sugar, and possibly a lot more in it.

  I guess a lot of my day still involved being lazy. I think I had a few short snoozes - nice but they would not be needed if I had some good distraction. They must sure count as being lazy, but I am unsure about laying on my bed reading. Is that lazy or not. I guess hyperactive people like ball kickers, or builders, would say it is lazy, but it is just my preferred entertainment. I feel sure those ball kickers and builders probably waste hours in front of the TV.

  Of course I did spent much of my evening watching the few select TV programmes I like - curiously enough, almost all repeats, and being re-shown on U+Dave instead of the BBC.

  It was noticeable that the temperature was dropping when I went to bed, and tried for sleep. It still seemed a bit too warm to close the window, but not for long. It ended up that like the day before, I slept most of the night under the duvet. With hindsight I wish I had closed my bedroom window before trying for sleep. It seems quite noisy outside my window, although it was nothing unusual - just planes, motorbikes, and cars plus the occasional loud human. The best thing about closing the window would have been to trap some of the warmth inside. It did feel a bit too cool when I got up this morning.

  My night was uneventful. I don't specifically remember waking up to go for a pee, although I would be surprised if I didn't. I do remember having a dream, but almost nothing of the contents of the dream. I think it may have been set in a workplace, but none I have worked in before. I also think that it involved some erotic content - possibly involving a lady workmate - but unfortunately all I remember is the hint of it rather than actual details.

  This morning I got up a bit earlier than I would have chosen. It was because I had "guts ache". I never did work out whether it was bloat, constipation or diarrhoea. It was really a mixture of all three. It started as a feeling of constipation, but with a lot of internal gurgles and other noises. It seemed like I was never going to move what seemed to be a big heavy plug of constipation, but suddenly it was like uncorking a Champagne bottle - whoosh bang ! I went from constipation to diarrhoea to farting in the space of a few seconds.

  It was quite a jar to the system, and once I have made a couple of repeat visits to the toilet for small aftershocks, I went back to bed, and I think I got at least another hour of sleep, and maybe two. It may have been during that time when I had the dream that was supposed to have an erotic element even if nothing actually happened (a dream with a dream ??).         

     When I got up again I weighed myself. I was quite disappointed that I appeared to have lost nothing, but happy that I had gained nothing either. I was very happy when I checked my blood glucose. I don't know if the stomach upset had anything to do with it, but I saw blood glucose figures I haven't seen for weeks (or more). I got readings of 7.8, 7.7 and 7.1mmol/l. That averages out to just 7.53, and is rather excellent. I haven't seen an average lower since 22nd June. I think I can probably take a fair bit of credit for it because I was careful with what I ate, but there must be more to it than that. Maybe the Ozempic has started kicking in. It would be great if that were the case. The other possibility is that I have got over some sort of illness, injury, or malady that I was not aware of having.

  Today I am very sure that my parcel/packet will be delivered. It is definitely shown as being at Evri's delivery depot this morning. That puts the crimp on going out - even if I do find a delivery time estimate early enough. I had hoped that I would have time for a shower, and then go shopping in Tesco, but there is another thing that puts the crimp on that - my guts still seem a bit unstable. It seems all it needed was two pots of instant noodles (both selected to contain low amounts of sugar) to get my guts rumbling again. I have just had another poo as a result. There just cannot be much left, but sometime the smallest amounts can cause irritation after you have been sensitised by earlier visits to the toilet.

   At this point I do not want to go out, but that could easily change after a few hours of stability - subject to parcel/packet delivery ! What I can say is that I am very glad I repaired the toilet seat hinge yesterday - it has had a lot of use since then !

  I think I will stop trying to predict the future except for the immediate future. I have now almost finished writing, and after the last full stop I will upload this to my web server. After that I am rather looking forward to a lie down. I expect I'll read a few pages, and I will be very surprised if I don't have a snooze.