Wheat-free month

[nisaa]

These crackers rock my world. They're better than most crackers I've ever had. Only problem is they're kind of expensive.


This past weekend I went away and had a little less control over my diet. I had a burrito and my stomach hurt for a few hours afterwards. It could have been more than the tortilla, I'm sure with the beans and the spicy sauce.

I chose a rice crispies treat at Starbucks instead of a cookie or a pastry to accompany my chai. I think that's the only dessert there that's wheat-free.

Later on I went out for some late night food at a pub and it was last call for food orders and I felt rushed and just got the pizza crusts. They were really tasty and good. But in the end, they weren't worth it. Within 10 minutes of eating them, my stomach hurt and I stopped.

Luckily, for the next morning's breakfast I had pre-arranged a no-wheat meal and had my own sprouted Ezekiel tortilla with me. Yes, I would have preferred to have the croissant that came with the meal, but I know after Saturday's meals, I'm better off without it.

My skin, people tell me, looks much better. I keep hearing that the texture of my skin looks different. I can see the difference myself. Maybe I should have taken before and after pix but I didn't so you'll just have to believe me. Most importantly, I'm beginning to feel better about looking at myself in the mirror.

So, while I haven't been entirely strict about the no-wheat thing (and everything I have had with wheat I've written about here, honest), I can really tell the difference.

I can tell already that this is experiment is going to last much longer than a month. I will probably have some things with wheat flour in them once in a while and I'll see how it affects me. But I'm going to be extremely choosy from now on because I now know where the belly-aches and breakouts are coming from.

Comments

[divineseduction.livejournal.com]

How did you figure to cut wheat out? Like, my stomach still gets annoyed with me, and sometimes, I can't figure out what it is (dairy aside).

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

I know that my stomach hurts sometimes after eating wheat. I also know that wheat is a major allergen for many people. But the thing that pushed me to try it is that rm solved her stomach problems recently by giving up gluten. I'm not doing a total elimination diet, but I figured I'd try wheat first and I've gotten good results from doing so.

Try it for a week and see if it makes a difference. And write down what you discover.

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

Your skin absolutely glows now - and you're right, the texture is completely different. It's amazing!

I've cut wheat out for an elimination diet, and the only difference it makes is that I don't get asthma when it's below 40 degrees. Not so much of a problem here.

ahaha

[locopuff.livejournal.com]

I thought you were referring to crackers in the Isaac Hayes sense of the word.

Re: ahaha

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

???? *blink, blink*

Re: ahaha

[locopuff.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_cracker

[rosrua.livejournal.com]

Remind me to bring one of my cookbooks to Pensic for you to look at. It has a tone of resapies that are wheat free (and other things free also) Its a rotation diet cookbook so it covers all sorts of difrent things and how to make resapies using other grains etc.
My faorate is one for shortbread :)

I take alergie shots for most foods that bother me - but even so keeping to a 4 day rotation diet when you do begin to add it back in to you diet will proably help. (and I realy should take my own advice :p )

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd like to see that cookbook!
But, you know, most of the stuff I'll be making for the Turkish Dessert night will have wheat in it! Except for the apricots and Turkish Delight and grape leaves. Ok, that leaves the almond shortbread cookies and anything with filo dough. I've never seen a wheat-free filo dough, have you?

There will be exceptions at Pennsic, but then again, there are ALWAYS exceptions at Pennsic ;)

[rosrua.livejournal.com]

true enough - I think the filo requires the glutin in wheat to actualy be file - its the strechy quality.

i used to have an old turkish resapie - i think for somting called Hulwa (?) it was dates, pastashios, hard bread of some sort ground up and butter

but since i dont like dates and dident have pastashios - i made them with figs, almonds, ground up nilla wafers, and the butter

it was very good - and I'm sure you could used a hard cookie of non wheat variety