November 3, 2011

• Yes, well, I have been slacking. I'm not going to lie.

  I am doing great! This gluten free thing is the bees knees. Not only have I cut out gluten and wheat, but I've also cut out major sources of starch and (gluten-free) carbohydrates as well. It's all cheese, fruit, veggies, seeds, nuts and animals for me. I've even cut out most dairy. Yes, I said I'm eating cheese and I'm also eating yogurt...okay, fine, I've cut out milk. But, I drink lattes from Starbucks and just by replaces that milk with soy I'm feeling loads better. To be honest, I think cutting all dairy out of my diet would make this both too challenging and plain ol' boring to the point where I could set myself up for failure. I absolutely love cheese and I refuse to give it up. I'm eating this mozzarella my mother in law left behind and I'm putting goat cheese in my salads and that alone makes this whole thing pretty awesome. I am starting to feel like I need to find some new recipes though. It's not that everything is plain, it's that I'm eating the same thing day in and day out for the most part. I need some variety.

  Speaking of plain, food is anything but. Besides wheat and milk, I've also seriously cut back on my sugar intake, for example I'm getting the sugar free syrups with my soy milk lattes at Starbucks. Between next to no sugar and no carb heavy meals throughout the day my appetite has both decreased substantially AND my sense of taste has improved. I don't need much if any sugar at all anymore. I'm putting Xylitol in my teas at home, but even that stuff has a very mellow sweetness to it. On Saturday we went out for Halloween and those gin and tonics were the best tasting gin and tonics ever! Tonic used to taste bitter to me and that night it wasn't at all. Tonight I had a piece of dark chocolate and I thought it was full on milk chocolate. It's crazy how some things taste different and everything tastes better. I'm not noticing much weight loss, but I feel like I'm losing weight. It doesn't seem like my body's in a hurry to shed visceral fat, but with my guts lack that full, jam-packed, feeling I used to have. I still get gassy though Stupid spinach. This lack of weight loss really goes to show how much exercise plays a roll because I'm still not exercising like I should be. If I start exercising then the weight will definitely start sloughing off. The thing is, I've replaced all that glucose-based "fat" with healthier sources of fat such as olive and canola oils, nuts, seeds and fish. I doubt cheese can be considered a "healthy fat", but I'm not eating tons of it either. I'm grating it on my eggs in the morning or topping my salads or having a slice or two before dinner because I'm feeling peckish. (Plus, PMS is making me crave stuff, albeit healthier foods, lol.)

  Now the cherry on top of this little sweet deal of a cake I have going is the stretching I'm doing at night before bed. I'm seeing my chiropractor once a week, and (almost) every night I'm stretching my legs, hips and back. I'm sure it's a combinations of things such as diet and stretching, but suddenly my legs and feet don't ache anywhere near how they were, say, last week. It almost feels like a miracle. It's FANTASTIC. I can go home without, basically, being in pain. Now I just read in my Wheat Belly book that wheat contributes to osteoarthritis and achy joints, so I don't think the stretching is doing all the work. I'm feeling more wonderful benefits of going wheat free

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