My husband often says if he had known how weird I was going to end up he may have thought twice about marrying me. Truthfully neither of us knew how weird I would be and somedays I wonder how much further off the deep end that I can go.
It's been a journey and here I am adding another notch to the so called crunchy belt. This time I'm experimenting with removing gluten from my diet. This seemed so overwhelming whenever I had thought about it. But after about 9 months of unresolved body pains something had to be done! Neck pain, debilitating wrist pain, heartburn, dry eyes, extreme fatigue, etc, etc. Being dairy free limits my joint aches but my other issues were getting worse and multiplying. This was even after adding a hefty list of supplements and essential oils. So I began to consider cutting out gluten.
Three weeks ago I started on the newest leg of my journey. No more bread. No more cake. No more crackers. No more wheat. Scary right? Only at first. Within days my wrist pain was greatly reduced. Though still weak, they no longer hurt when not in use. Okay, so that's great but what else could change to make this worth sticking with indefinitely?
Prior to all this I needed my atlas (the top vertebra) adjusted every week. This provided relief to my neck pain for about 5 days. I went to the chiropractor last week and no neck adjustment was needed! It's been five days even beyond that adjustment and I'm still feeling pretty aligned!
Vainly, this is my favorite result....I've lost somewhere between 5-8 pounds! After three weeks! But better than that, I've lost weight in my legs which seem to always hold on to extra flab. My belly bloat is also gone!
These reasons surely make it worth it! I haven't even really considered cheating. It's simply not worth feel bad.
I'm still learning the ropes and have accidentally consumed some things I shouldn't have. But even at that I'm feeling so much better. My energy still isn't through the roof but I'm rarely exhausted for no reason anymore. Did I mention I also cut out daily coffee and caffeine?
I'm learning how much food is fuel and if you eat good things your body works as it should but if you fill up with junk, your body isn't going to behave as God intended. It's hard to change this mindset because it's so American to eat for pleasure only. But let me tell you, learning new ways to cook and new foods to eat is pretty exciting too! Especially when you begin to feel human again!
So you can look forward to some dairy AND gluten free recipes here in the future! I appreciate any feedback and even requests!
