Okay, a few questions about the LID...I'm sure I will get lots of different info.
I was supposed to start the LID today (Don't worry...even though I procrastinated because I thought it would be easy I still only had a potato and a huge salad (that okay, right?)--but I am still starving!) and thought I had prepared somewhat but never realized it was gonna be so difficult.....fruits/veggies mostly I thought...what's the big deal......then I went to the store hungry....trouble!
I was reading every label--including fine print--completely staying away from prepackaged foods--looking instead at fresh foods.
It's so confusing because I know the LID is not a low sodium diet, but how can we be sure that things that contain low sodium or salt do not have iodized salt in them? Should you just avoid them all together?
I ask this because even though I am not much of a meat eater I bought a few kinds just to add a variety. Plus my husband is going to eat basically what I eat but without all the restrictions--he knows he does not have to starve his body for iodine--but just wants to eat healthier. Anyway, I checked the labels to see if the meat--which was supposed to be fresh had any broth or salt added to it and I thought it was all okay. Then I get home and get things ready to put a pork loin in the crockpot and realize underneath the label that says "peel here" it says there is 12% water, salt and sodium phosphate to "enhance flavor" in the pork....is that okay or not?
Plus I have been told that all fruits and veggies are fine, but then come to find out I should not have any beans, should limit brocolli, no spinach, etc! It is so frustrating!
I just wanted to have a little filler during the next 3 weeks or so....I love cheese and bread but apparently those are off limits. I thought b. rice was okay but on some sites it says that no rice is allowed. What about pasta? Sigh......
I could go on and on and probably will post again about this stupid diet that I can't find any definitive answers about. I just want a cut and dried list of what is definately okay...and then I will eat just that.
I know the ThyCa has a cookbook with ideas but there is no way that I am going to be trying a new recipe at this point!
Any ideas/comments out there?