Today is already feeling cooler. The breeze, when it is strong enough to blow through my bedroom window, actually feels very fresh and cool. Very little sunshine is forecast for today, and as I write this it is looking quite dull outside, and it gives the impression that we could get an shower even if the forecast says it will be dry all day long. We have had some sunny spells this morning, and there could be some this afternoon, but the temperature will only peak at 25° C. That might feel fairly cool compared to the 30+ degrees we have had in the last week or so. Tonight the temperature may go down to a chilly 15° C. Tomorrow may feature a lot of sunshine, but not non stop full sunshine. It will help to warm the cool morning up, but may only manage an afternoon temperature of just 24° C.

  Yesterday was another day where very little happened. Maybe only two things of note happened. One was I felt very sweaty after a sticky night, and I had a quick shower, but I couldn't be bothered to wash my hair. The other thing is that I tried to eat in a similar was to the day before in the hope of losing more weight.

  I think my preamble in the paragraph above almost covers my whole day. I can't think of any to add except the routine reading, snoozing and watching TV in the evening, but I could say something about food. I tried to eat similar stuff yesterday to the day before when I seemed to lose a fair bit of weight, although some of it may have been dehydration - although my urine colour would say I was not dehydrated.

 The big departure from following the previous day's diet was dinner. Earlier in the day I had tested my new (bought from China) grill pan. I gave it a very quick wash, and then used it to grill a whole packet of about 8 rashers of smoked back bacon. Around 6pm, my usual dinner time, I reheated those rashers in the microwave along with some low sugar baked beans. To make it all a bit more unhealthy I sprinkled on a pile a gated cheese. It made for a very nice meal, but not the wonderful meal I hoped for. I think that is an indictment on modern bacon more than anything else.

  I think I headed to bed at about 10pm, and I then spent maybe half an hour laying on my bed (it was still too hot to get into bed) reading. Once I put the book down, and turned out the light, I think I was fast asleep in 10 or less minutes. This morning I can't remember a single thing about my sleep. I am sure I must have got up to pee once or twice, maybe thrice ! I can't seem to remember the merest hint that I had any dreams, although I have a feeling there is something I should remember.

  When I got up I went for a pee, but despite feeling I should do, I didn't seem to be able to pass a poo. I was not uncomfortable, and let it stand at the time. When I weighed myself I found I had not lost a single gramme. The scales said exactly the same at the day before. That was disappointing, but not as disappointing as some weight gain would have been.

  My blood glucose was quite disappointing as well. My readings were rather high, and I can only blame that on a small punnet of strawberries I had for supper. I got readings of 9.1mmol/l (very bad), 8.5mmol/l (OK-ish), and a really terrible 9.9mmol/l. Those three average to 9.17mmol/l, and that is the second highest average for this month. Oh well, last month I had 6 average readings that were higher than today. It will be impossible to beat that this month, and  certainly would not like to beat it !

  It was after I had prepared a pot of (maybe) Japanese style instant noodles, shortly before I started writing today,  that I felt some movement and went to the toilet again. This time, with clenched teeth, I passed the poo I knew was coming. I also had another pee (possibly to celebrate). It felt good to get that done and dusted, and once again I got on the scales before I ate or drank anything. This time the scales said I did manage to lose 200gm. It was not a lot, but heading inn the right direction.

  This morning it feels a fair bit fresher, and maybe I might do something or another. Jodie is on her way home from Finland today, but she won't be doing any beer tasting this afternoon. That leaves me free to do anything I want....or can. I think it will boil down to washing my hair, and having a shower, and then going shopping in Aldi. I will try to shop sensibly, but I'll probably buy more strawberries (those from Aldi seem to be nicer than those from Tesco), and I will also buy more plain vanilla ice cream. Maybe I'll buy more bacon too, and perhaps have a bacon roll for dinner.....maybe....