I am quite impressed that I have more posts to my blog in 2010 than I did in all of 2009. Not bad :).
I am almost 3 weeks in to the Gluten Free diet. It is going well....it isn't terribly hard, it just requires some preparation. There are a ton of gluten free products now, Betty Crocker makes a great cupcake mix and their frosting is naturally gluten free. So are snicker bars and milky ways, Lays Potato Chips.....:) Needless to say the diet isn't going so well...I've actually thought that if I end up havign to do this forever, I might need to count some points while being gluten free. It's too easy to say well I can't have bread or baked goods, so I deserve to be able to a few treats...well a a few are fine, it's everything in moderation.
I actually lost 4 lbs the first week, but have been the same since. So gluten free is a lot of meat, cheese (as long as it doesn't have gluten...some cheaper varieties might actually have additives, ewww), fruit, veggies, potatoes, rice....oh and salad. Which has also proved to be troublesome. I'm limiting the amount of lettuce and raw veggies.
Overall, I think it is making a difference. So hard to tell. Doctor appointment next week so we'll see what happens.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
The New Not-by-Choice Diet
Not sure if it's going to help me lose weight, but it might.
I have been battling stomach issues for a while now....seems like forever, but I've defintely noticed a difference since Jack was born. By that I mean, I eat and I have to use the bathroom very shortly after....I won't go into details. This past week I've been not right and I finally thought I should go to the doctor. Which was a hard decision because as much as I love the doctor, sometimes we avoid them so we can't find out what we might already suspect. But I am sick of feeling sick, so off I went.
And she did what I expected....limit the diet and sent me for blood tests, one of which is for Celiac Disease, which means going gluten free. I also am going to see a GI Specialist in October. Obviously I just had the test done, but for now she suggested I go either gluten or dairy free for two weeks, and then switch if the first didn't make a difference. Since Celiac runs in the family, I'm going with the gluten first. And I'm not giving up cheese yet unless I have to :).
So we'll see what happens.....I'm already craving a cookie. I think because I can't have one. I'm going to need to find some gluten free goodies. My uncle lost a bunch of weight having to follow the diet though...that's a positive, right?
I have been battling stomach issues for a while now....seems like forever, but I've defintely noticed a difference since Jack was born. By that I mean, I eat and I have to use the bathroom very shortly after....I won't go into details. This past week I've been not right and I finally thought I should go to the doctor. Which was a hard decision because as much as I love the doctor, sometimes we avoid them so we can't find out what we might already suspect. But I am sick of feeling sick, so off I went.
And she did what I expected....limit the diet and sent me for blood tests, one of which is for Celiac Disease, which means going gluten free. I also am going to see a GI Specialist in October. Obviously I just had the test done, but for now she suggested I go either gluten or dairy free for two weeks, and then switch if the first didn't make a difference. Since Celiac runs in the family, I'm going with the gluten first. And I'm not giving up cheese yet unless I have to :).
So we'll see what happens.....I'm already craving a cookie. I think because I can't have one. I'm going to need to find some gluten free goodies. My uncle lost a bunch of weight having to follow the diet though...that's a positive, right?
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