so one of my goals for 2008 is to stick a gluten-free diet (to the best of my ability). i decided to try it out for several weeks in december after one my doctors in the U.S. suggested that i try it and after talking to several gluten-free pals of mine. and needless to say, it changed my life. i only went off of it when the holidays came about and i didnt want to add additional stress and work for the boy's mom, who was making christmas dinner and then of course, i was back in the U.S. for a few weeks...(yummy chinese food!)
its a very hard diet to stick to, especially in baguette and croissant-laden France...but I am going to try. even if it means that i have to bring my lunch to work now. there are lots of bio, or organic markets, popping up in Paris and i pretty much stick to rice these days. it works for me...i joke that part of it has to do with being asian and having eaten rice nearly all my life. baked goods just dont agree with unfortunately....but i find that i dont miss it too much either...and gluten-free bread is expensive!! holy moly!
now i havent been diagnosed with celiac disease or anything, but for pretty much all of 2007, i has the worst gastro problems of my life. i looked 4-5 months pregnant half the time (to the point that even indifferent parisiens took one look at my belly and gave up their seats for me on the metro) and constantly felt exhausted and bothered and disturbed about my digestion...in pure numbers, i gained a significant amount of weight even though people dont believe me when i've told them that i've gained xxx pounds since 2006.
so i'm going to give it a try...and hope that one of the unintended results of going gluten-free will be shedding those xxx pounds!
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Oh, Christina, I am so proud of you! YOU CAN DO IT! I know it's really challenging at first, but once you get it down and get past the first few days/weeks of gluten-cravings it will be so much easier! For me, knowing how crappy I feel eating gluten, I almost always choose to not eat it when given the choice. Why would I want to feel terrible when I'm feeling just fine? No matter how much I love my bread, it's just worth it for me. After about a year of being completely gluten-free I can now rotate it a bit... but I am not the typical gluten-free girl as I don't have *any* of the typical gluten digestion issues... It just makes me feel depressed and tired and cranky! YUCK! For you, with your tummy issues, I am sure going gluten-free will be even more life-changing.
Sending you supportive hugs!
good for you! do no parisiens bring their lunches? i'm in the definite minority here in that i try to bring my lunch like 75% of the time, but not only do i eat better, it's SO MUCH cheaper! it's a carry over from my poor usairways days ;-)
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