The Beginning

I don’t exactly know where to begin. I don’t know how to start this blog just like I didn’t know how to start being gluten free. The beginning is always the hardest part. It is never going to be easy to find out that 99% of the food you have been eating you no longer can. When I found out it was like learning how to eat again, only this time my mom wasn't there to figure it out for me. 

I have been gluten free for about 4 months now. I wish I could say that I have it all figured out now, but that would be nothing but a lie. I still make stupid mistakes that get me sick. Not to mention all the times I am soo tempted to cheat, and then later my stomach reminds me why I went gluten free in the first place. But it can be so difficult sometimes to look at all this delicious food that I no longer can eat. I am waiting for the day when I have forgotten what all those tasty glutenous things taste like, so maybe I won't still want them. 

Ok, enough of being a Debbie-Downer. There are the up sides too. They may be a little less obvious, but they are there. Like the fact that most all processed food is out. It may be terribly inconvenient, but certainly better for the body. I think I will get my comeuppance on my friends, and gluten eaters, when we all reach out 40s and I haven't gained weight! I am counting on that one. 

I am going to do my best to document my further gluten free experiences as both an attempt to help others, and perhaps provide some entertainment in the process. I will share restaurants, recipes, meal ideas, brands, everything. I will share all the insights that I come by.

Christine