Gluten what?....Free!

Wow, I never thought I would actually do that! I have been told many times by Naturopaths and some friends that I should try a gluten free diet to see if it helped with my Fibromyalgia. I don’t know if you know that, but gluten is EVERYWHERE! Even soy sauce that you eat with sushi has gluten. I repeatedly and politely replied to my friends and care providers that I simply could not do it. As a mom of five children, homeschooling, working part-time, back to school myself, I simply don’t have time to be making all those alternative recipes. I eat when I can and often on the go. This doesn’t mean I don’t eat healthy. I know how to make healthy choices, they just happen to have gluten hidden here and there. Last night, Eco took me out for some sushi and I had to bring my own gluten free soy sauce. Eco said I looked like those freaks, fetching my own soy sauce out of my purse.

So, that brings me to wondering what possessed my to decide to do it. Plain truth is, I don’t know. That’s me! I can be very impulsive at times. How is it going? Not so good, I have to say. It’s been two weeks today and I have never been so miserable! So far it has not helped at all, and I have not noticed the slight difference in my well being. I have however; been extremely irritable, hungry (I even wake up in the middle of the night hungry) and a constant feeling of cravings. I’ve read that it takes at least 3-6 weeks for people to start seeing any difference, sometimes even months. I will do it for another week or two, just so I don’t feel all the sacrifice I’ve done so far has been a waste. Some say I’m experiencing withdrawals. Say that again! I crave bread so badly. Dinners seem to be easier to handle but I’m finding it extremely difficult to eat when I’m on the go. I hear planning ahead is the key. The thing is, I already have so much planning ahead to do with everything else that unless this makes a dramatic improvement in my well being it is definitely not a stress I want to add to my life. Funny thing is, the little kids think it’s cool to be on a gluten free diet. To say, ohh I can’t have that. It has gluten. They told me they want to be on a gluten free diet as well. Do you know how much all that gluten free stuff cost? I can’t afford all those alternative granolas, cereal bars, breads... I can’t wait for another two weeks to pass so I can go back to my normal diet. So, do you want to know what is the worse thing about not being able to have gluten? No being able to have beer! Now, that is the worse, especially in the summer! Good thing it’s winter right now.