Oh, {Baking} Goodness!

These are definitely not on my diet. Aren't they lovely though? Cussing Tarts. Yum.

So... Monday came and so did the beginning of my diet. Not just any old- fad, crash, no carbs, only lemon water or watermelon diet. I'm on the low iodine diet. It's a good one. The only diet I don't cheat on, because it would only mean that I would have to be on it longer. Torture!

Here's the real motivation why I can stick to this hard core diet. My endocrinologist (thyroid cancer doctor) ordered it for my post thyroid cancer testing.

I'm trying to pretend like it's a game. So if you want to play along with me here are the rules:

• no dairy {what else is there???}
• nothing from a can
  nothing with salt (because salt has iodine in it)
• no egg yolks
• no strawberries
• no potato skins
• no fast food eating
• no soy
• no deli meat
• no pork, bacon, bacon bits, ham {this might be a timely diet due to swing flu :0}
• nothing from the sea
• no milk chocolate

The no dairy is the hardest, hardest, hardest for me. I bake and cook with it all the time. Oh, I miss butter.

Okay here's what we can eat:

• fresh fruit
• fresh veggies
• oil
• Jiffy peanut butter
• salt with no iodine {i use Kosher}
• 6 oz of fresh meat a day
• no red dye #something???
• pasta {but not with a sauce made from dairy}
• flour tortillas & corn tortillas {but not with cheese}
• wheat bread
• real oatmeal
• rice {not rice-a-roni}

We do this for about 3 weeks. We'll loose about 12 to 15 pounds. That's exciting. It's been 5 days and I fit into two pairs of pants that I've recently out grew. That's a good thing because I've worn out two others. The causalities of stress and too much snacking.

Let me know how you do. I'm hoping to loose a few pounds and hope to never find them again.