as if it wasnt bad enough...

So, along with just having lost my baby, I have also just lost my thyroid. Without my thyroid, my body can not produce or control my hormones, which happen to be going crazy as it is. To be fair, the Doctors put me on hormone replacement medications following my second surgery. One pill, three times a day. It's hard to say how well it is working seeing as I feel like a menopausal woman. Hot flashes followed by extreme chills, mood swings (sorry family) and weight loss (this, I will not complain about). Add to that the diet that I have started that does not allow iodine, it's hard to fathom just how restrictive this diet could be, but trust me. It is. No dairy, No eggs, no bread with over 20mg of sodium (i.e. no bread), no prepared food, no condiments, no meat (this doesn't hurt, I have been a vegetarian for 15 years) EVERYTHING must be homemade from scratch from a limited amount of acceptable ingredients. I understand why I have to be so restricted but it doesn't mean I like it.
On the other hand I have discovered that I am capable of making and baking from scratch, I have come up with some rather interesting meals :) but at this point, food is fuel.
I will share one amazing recipe that I found and I love. It is a simple salad (no spinach, it's restricted) with a dressing that consists of 1/3 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette, a couple tbs. of sugar and 1/2 cup of mashed strawberries ( I put mine in a food processor) top the salad with the dressing, some extra quartered strawberries, a handful of blueberries and top it off with some toasted slivered almonds (unsalted). Delicious!