This is a little look into my story about how I became gluten free.
Since I can remember I had a hard time eating out. Whenever I would go out to eat, more than likely I would end up with cramps and feeling sick. It started to get worse when I was in high school. I never wanted to go out to eat because I knew right after I would feel sick. It really got in the way of me being able to enjoy a lot of the things my friends enjoyed. I thought maybe I couldn't handle spicy foods, so I cut that out....didn't help. I tried taking different things to maybe stop the sick feeling before eating... didn't help.
It became something I learned to live with.
Around December of 2011 it got worse. I couldn't even finish my meal without getting sick. It was no longer a "maybe I will get sick." I knew I was going to get sick whenever it came to be meal time. I would hate meal time so much.
Around that time I started to help my NaNa take care of her mother, who wasn't doing well. I would go and sit with her, and help her eat lunch. So I began to think maybe I was under emotional stress and that was why I was so sick. I put it in the back of my thoughts and again learned to live with it.
This is where my story really starts. On Christmas Eve my family always goes to get donuts. I, of course, had one (little did I know it would be my last). Of course it was a very busy day being Christmas Eve, so I just warmed up some pasta from a few nights before. At this time I wasn't feeling too great, but again lived with it and left for the family get together. My family always gets together on Christmas Eve to eat dinner together and exchange gifts. The food is always very good with a lot of holiday favorites including lots of delicious cakes and pastries, which is what I always made sure I saved room for. Once again I couldn't even make it through the meal. Not thinking anything of it, I went right for the cakes, trying a little bit of everything. Once we got home I felt more sick than I ever have before. I was up till 3:30 a.m. The cramps were so bad that night that I couldn't move. I thought I was going to need to wake up my parents to take me to the hospital on Christmas. I thought it could wait till morning and was finally able to get a little sleep.
We started doing some research on what was going on. Joint pains, being tired, getting sick every time I would eat, and cramps were the symptoms that was making eating such a hard thing for me to do.We found all this info on gluten and all the symptoms that come with the allergy. Ding ding ding!
It was hard at first giving up so much, but now a year into it I have never felt better. I hope this blog can help you if you're like me jumping into this lifestyle for health reasons or because you just want to be healthier.
Either way I hope you enjoy and we can all learn together. I will share with you what I'm cooking and how you can make your old favorites into a great gluten free version.
Enjoy!
Stephanie
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