Life is always greener

I never thought I'd ever be so excited about eating vegetables. Maybe I've just stubbled over a cure for parents who have children who won't eat veg – feed them just meat and eggs for a couple of weeks then they'll be begging for some of the green stuff. I bought salad for lunch and then had salmon with a whole bag of spinach and broccoli for dinner. It was bliss. The only come down is that nothing 'came down' this morning. I think I'm going to pop a few more constipation tablets tonight to get things on the move again.

My team think I've gone a little crazy and are slightly unnerved by my continual buoyant mood. When I told them  before Christmas that I was going to do the Dukan in January I could see the fear in their eyes. I am known as quite a happy person, generally, but also suffered a few down moments too, especially on Mondays. I have also stopped smoking and drinking alcohol, so that combination did not make for a very happy January in my world. I had also read that the Dukan Diet can lead to depression due to a lowering of serotonin. Not me. It has actually has the reverse affect. I haven't felt so positive and energised in a very long time. But if I weigh myself on Sunday and haven't lost any more weight, it may be the end of Happy Jo.

I was back on protein only today and had a go at making salmon and tuna fishcakes with an egg and good old oat bran (what would I have done without this?) and they were very nice. Here's a pic. They don't actually look that nice but tasted good.