I told myself I wasn't going to post until I had a chance to take a picture of my cute new wedges, but I am just tooooooooooooooo excited!!!!
Let me tell you about my new summer wedges... They are white and have sequins lace and just plain white on them. I can not do justice to their beauty! Love at first SIGHT!!!
It's been 2 weeks now that I have been trying REALLY REALLY hard to eat gluten free. I've been all kinds of google searches on recipes and ideas. I have talked to people I know that are gluten free for their ideas as well. I knew some ideas of what I could eat, but I'm not a bunny so for me to eat my weight in veggies didn't sound appealing. I soon learned two things, this is one of the hardest things EVER! and Wait this is a little easier than I thought!
When I first went to the store I had Jamie by my side. We just went to the Bashas that was on the corner. I almost cried the entire time and ended up purchasing corn tortillas, blue corn chips, and potatoes. So that is basically what I've been eating along with rice that I had at my house.
One morning, I kid you not, I had no idea what to eat so I ate brown rice with cinnamon. It wasn't too bad actually.
The hardest thing is reading the label on EVERYTHING!!!! The terryaki sauce I was using had wheat in it so I can no longer use that.
Another hard thing is taking the time to prepare meals. Working nights is not easy when it comes to making lifestyle changes.
Just a little while ago I found this blog with all kinds of recipes that are gluten free. I am excited to try them. I have given up dairy and that means my favorite food, ice cream, is now a no go. I found this recipe for strawberry chocolate chip sherbet! I'm super excited to try it out!
I also found a recipe for lime chicken tacos. Sounds DELISH!
I know that living gluten free may sound completely crazy, okay it is, but gluten isn't actually all that healthy. Gluten or wheat is used in things like wall paper glue... SERIOUSLY! It's because it's a sticky substance hence why it's used for GLUE!Now that you know it is sticky and used for glue maybe it will be easier to understand what is going on in many MANY people's tummy's. The gluten is sticking to bowels and who knows what else. This is why I have chosen to cut it out of my diet.
It was suggested to me to cut out many foods and after 2 months maybe add one thing back at a time to see if certain foods create more pain for me. I figured I may as well try!
I know you all are DYING to know how I'm doing with my running routine. Well I can do a lot better. Last Monday I went to the gym with my partner in crime and took his advice to lift first then to do my run. I DIED!!! Seriously let me tell you I could barely walk much less run! Jamie was telling me on the way to the gym that I should lift as hard as I can and so that's exactly what I did, but man oh man I'm still paying for that day at the gym.
As of today 17 more days until the run!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
One more thing... the site I found the recipes is http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/ GO THERE!!!!
This is a blog where I have been able to open up and express myself. My hopes, my dreams, my struggles, my successes, my LIFE! I hope you enjoy reading about life through the eyes of me. Thank you so much for stopping by and reading.
Oh my goodness Stephanie, no more gluten and dairy?! Let me just say you're amazing in my book! From the people I've talked to that have to do the same thing it sounds SO HARD (I know you can do hard things though) but they all say it's so WORTH it when it helps them feel better.
ReplyDeleteKeep us all updated on how it goes for you, I hope it helps!
(and to think I was feeling sad about deciding to go off sugar(a.k.a. chocolate) for the rest of my pregnancy)