This is going to be a great week.
It’s going to be great because by the end of the week, I’ll finally be off this dumb low iodine diet!
First I’ll spend time working in the garden during and dyeing wool, then I’ll go for 2 thyrotropin alfa injections, then I’ll take the radioactive iodine pill, then I’ll spend 48 hours in isolation {I’ve chosen to spend it in the craft room} and then on Saturday morning when I wake up, I’ll have a nice fat slice of chocolate cake and my favorite tea for breakfast, half of a salami sub for lunch and then for dinner I’ll have scalloped potatoes with ham and roll into bed like a well fed little piggy and all will be well in my world again.
That’s the plan. And you all know, I LOVE a good plan.
Keeping positive and CAKE. That’s my goal for this week.
For some reason, it never occurred to me to eat rice until last night. Seriously, this would have made a BIG difference in having to eat a low iodine / clean diet for 17 days.
Oh well, I’m pretty sure from now until Saturday morning, I’ll be having at least one rice bowl a day. I’ll just have to make believe there are beans, cheese and sour cream in them. But hey, at least I actually feel full after a meal when I eat rice.
Since finding the sodium free Matzo, I’ve been eating at least one a day. I also learned that if you pile everything on the Matzo and then wait about 10 minutes, the topping will help to soften it and you’re less likely to choke.
Hannaford $55.10 {or Scamaford as the HH likes to call it}
The place is so ridiculously over priced its not even funny.
And a big thank you to the HH for a sneaking candy bar while he was out running errands instead of eating a deliciously salty PayDay bar in front of me. Finding the wrapper in the laundry made me laugh. 🙂
5 days to go!
~Mavis
Total Spent This Past Week on Groceries and Bakery Treats We Brought Home $55.10
- Total Spent in April on Groceries and Bakery Treats $89.20
- Total Spent in March on Groceries and Bakery Treats $712.01
- Total Spent in February on Groceries and Bakery Treats $230.98
- Total Spent in January on Groceries and Bakery Treats $128.60
- Total Spent on Groceries and Bakery Treats We Brought Home in 2021 $1160.69
And a big thanks to everyone who entered the Pure Maine Maple Syrup and Pancakes Giveaway! The winner is Cheryl who wrote: “I am looking forward to weeding the south side of my home, where all my peonies are located. (I love peonies!) The plan is to do the newspaper hack in order to keep the darn weeds down. Wish me luck!”
More giveaways are coming, so stay tuned!
Dawn says
Similar to you husband, we call it Cantafford.
I shop their sales and buy some of their produce, but can’t imagine how much it would cost get all my groceries there.
Christie says
Your meals look so healthy! I’ve been out of control lately with the sugar, the cheese and the snacks and my waistline is starting to feel it. This week it’s time to get back to healthy eating. I also feel crappy which I think is a direct result of my diet. Here’s to a better balance for both of us!
Rebecca in MD says
Cheering you on to the finish line with your treatment.
Toni says
I love your blog, thanks for all the great info!
I’m wondering why you don’t eat non iodized salt… Like canning salt ?
Lissa says
Rooting for you from Ohio!!! The candy bar wrapper was cute :). It’s what balances out so many things about husbands doesn’t it :). His ear looks great; very skilled dermatologist. I know what you mean about it being one thing after another at a certain age. Summer is coming and lots of fun times for you.
Cheryl says
Don’t know if your interested but my mom would wet matzo and break it up and cook with scrambled eggs. She also added salami chopped for when you can eat it again.
Lilypad says
This is similar to matzah brei, a Jewish specialty. (But not with salami, that would not be kosher.) It’s common at Passover but we eat it all year long. Here’s my recipe: Crumble 4 sheets of matzah and soak them in 1 cup of boiling water for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, saute a small onion in vegetable oil. Squeeze out any extra water from the matzah (if necessary, I never have to do this because my matzah absorbs it all). Add 2/3 cup warm milk or unsweetened nondairy milk (I use unsweetened soy milk) to the matzah and let stand for 5 more minutes. Beat 3 eggs and then combine with crumbled matzah/milk mixture and onion. Fry in a nonstick or well-seasoned cast iron pan with a little more vegetable oil for about 4 minutes each side on low heat. (You can cook it all together in a big pan or split up the batter to make “personal” sized ones. Adjust cooking time accordingly.) Top the matzah brei with sour cream. Mavis, when you can eat iodine again, try it with Seattle’s own Johnny’s Original Seasoning Salt—as a Seattle native, that’s my favorite way to top it. If you leave out the onions, you can top it with powdered sugar and cinnamon. I’m getting so hungry thinking about it. We are non-observant Jews but during Passover (in a normal, non-pandemic year) we eat kosher meaning no leavened products. It’s so funny to see pictures of matzah here. Most people hate matzah and just force it down at Passover when you can’t eat regular bread, but my son and I love it and eat it year round. Top it with cream cheese, that’s the gold standard around here. Good luck with your procedure later this week, I’ll be thinking of you.
Holley says
I think this plan is your best one EVER!!!! And, that 48 hour isolation thing sounds amazing! You got this!!!!
Sherry says
That first rice bowl you have pictured looks pretty darn good!!!! Good luck with your procedure. 🙂
Kris R says
Go Mavis!!! You are almost there…Yay! 🙂
Pj Truman says
Almost there…. you can do this! We’re all rooting for you at the finish line. A silver lining may be getting to your weight loss goal sooner. Always looking for the silver lining.
Joanna says
God Bless you !!!
HollyG says
What! No Pie?!!!!!!!
Lana says
Be careful with jumping in with both feet and eating a bunch of sugar. Your body will be working hard to kill the cancer and a bunch of sugar will feed it.
Daria says
We currently get most of our groceries at Hannaford because of the pandemic – the Hannaford To Go pickup is super convenient and safe. I tend to shop the flyer and get decent deals that way, and I use their online coupons (if you sign up for an account they also give you money back on the store branded items at the end of each quarter).
No, it’s not as inexpensive or coupon friendly as Shaw’s, but their products are of good quality and, since we haven’t been eating out, and I no longer commute (60 miles round trip every weekday, gone, yay telecommuting!) and don’t have a take-out coffee habit (I did not realize how much cash I frittered away…), our food spending has stayed pretty even. I’m not buying much gas any more, either, since I don’t go anywhere.
I wish, with all of the empty storefronts in Augusta (Sears, KMart, AC Moore, etc.) they would build a Market Basket or a Trader Joe’s up here – it would be so convenient!
I have mail ordered sundries, cereal, and granola bars from CVS and gotten decent deals with Extra Care Bucks and sales. I’m also a BJ’s member and get items there as well via pickup or mail, using their coupons, for things like coffee, pretzels, and other staples that are cheaper and more convenient to purchase in bulk.