Rose&Mike
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- Jul 25, 2008
Well, I have been thinking about starting this food journal for a couple of weeks now. I tried just bugging all of my BL princess friends with the details of all the changes I am dealing with, but I don't want to drive them crazy. Things seem to be catching up with me a little and I feel like I need to process a bit. So here we go. Comments are welcome.
I am 43, married, mom to a college sophomore. We are really starting to enjoy being empty-nesters. I work part-time for a non-profit. I'm a runner and I lost 50 pounds over the past year. I am at maintain, and overall very happy with my weight--which I think is probably the first time I have said that in my adult life.
So what's the problem??? Life is good right??? Well, as I got healthier over the last year and improved my eating over the last year, I still just wasn't feeling right. Lots of symptoms that I finally couldn't ignore anymore--and I'm sure way more info than anyone really wants. And the funny thing is no matter how much weight I lost and how healthy I ate my stomach just never felt "good." To be honest, I never really felt good. And it was effecting my running, which is what finally sent me to google and the doctor.
So long story, short, I tested negative for celiac (not sure which tests she ran) but have gone ahead and tried gluten free anyhow. You can test negative to celiac on a blood panel and still have celiac disease/ and or gluten sensitviity. A lot of times doctors stop there. My doctor wanted to send me to a gastroenterologist to deal with a nasty problem I was having after running and some other issues.
Well, my DH was out of town that week, and I noticed that I was eating very little gluten and feeling ok. Then he came back and we had thin crust veggie pizza and my stomach got bloated within hours and I felt horrible the next day. So, I decided to try g-f. When the doctor called with the results, I told her I would like to try this for a few week before doing tons more tests. (After only a few days I was already feeling better.)
I won't bore you with all the gory details of WHY I feel better. Let's just say, my body seems to have suddenly figured out what it needs to do. And I finally don't have a huge bloated stomach! I could never understood how I could lose all that weight and feel so bloated.
So this is my journey as a gluten-free vegetarian. It's a little hard at times. And emotional. I really do believe food is fuel, but sometimes we just want what we want. And I'm already known at work as the person who doesn't eat anything. Now they think I'm even weirder. I don't like being weird. On the other hand, after about 10 days of being g-f, I accidently got some gluten on Wednesday and felt awful yesterday. Still not great today, but much improved.
I'm hoping by journaling some of this, I can deal with some of the emotional stuff involved with such a big change.
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading.
I am 43, married, mom to a college sophomore. We are really starting to enjoy being empty-nesters. I work part-time for a non-profit. I'm a runner and I lost 50 pounds over the past year. I am at maintain, and overall very happy with my weight--which I think is probably the first time I have said that in my adult life.
So what's the problem??? Life is good right??? Well, as I got healthier over the last year and improved my eating over the last year, I still just wasn't feeling right. Lots of symptoms that I finally couldn't ignore anymore--and I'm sure way more info than anyone really wants. And the funny thing is no matter how much weight I lost and how healthy I ate my stomach just never felt "good." To be honest, I never really felt good. And it was effecting my running, which is what finally sent me to google and the doctor.
So long story, short, I tested negative for celiac (not sure which tests she ran) but have gone ahead and tried gluten free anyhow. You can test negative to celiac on a blood panel and still have celiac disease/ and or gluten sensitviity. A lot of times doctors stop there. My doctor wanted to send me to a gastroenterologist to deal with a nasty problem I was having after running and some other issues.
Well, my DH was out of town that week, and I noticed that I was eating very little gluten and feeling ok. Then he came back and we had thin crust veggie pizza and my stomach got bloated within hours and I felt horrible the next day. So, I decided to try g-f. When the doctor called with the results, I told her I would like to try this for a few week before doing tons more tests. (After only a few days I was already feeling better.)
I won't bore you with all the gory details of WHY I feel better. Let's just say, my body seems to have suddenly figured out what it needs to do. And I finally don't have a huge bloated stomach! I could never understood how I could lose all that weight and feel so bloated.
So this is my journey as a gluten-free vegetarian. It's a little hard at times. And emotional. I really do believe food is fuel, but sometimes we just want what we want. And I'm already known at work as the person who doesn't eat anything. Now they think I'm even weirder. I don't like being weird. On the other hand, after about 10 days of being g-f, I accidently got some gluten on Wednesday and felt awful yesterday. Still not great today, but much improved.
I'm hoping by journaling some of this, I can deal with some of the emotional stuff involved with such a big change.
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading.