Monday, January 17, 2011

Livging without

*Just so you know gluten stands for wheat, rye, barley, spelt and several others grains!*
Most of my readers know I've kinda been on strange diets since I was 8 due to allergies. I've been tested for allergies several times and I've been to many doctors.  I went on a gluten-free and dairy free diet after a doctor recommended it. When I was either 14 or 15 I finally got fed up with having to eat certain foods always having to bring my special food with me. It was frustrating! So I started eating everything that I was allergic too. For awhile I felt fine. Then all of the sudden I would feel kinda sick, and then this year my allergies got horrible! I could not eat anything without feeling soooo sick, but I still felt like I'd eating nothing. I was tired and had no energy when I 1st woke in the morning. It was hard to get anything done. Now, I know most of you are saying, that's so silly, just go back on your diet! A gluten-free diet is hard. But a gluten-free, dairy free diet is even harder. Anyway, in October I got tested for 150 foods. I came back allergic to gluten, dairy, cashews, and several kinds of seafood. By the time I got my test results back it was the beginning on November and I decided I would go back on my diet, in the new year so that I could get through Christmas and Thanksgiving. So, on January 1st, I started back on my diet. It's been hard. Shampoo, make-up, gum, toothpaste, and lotion, make up a huge list of items that contain gluten.(I know! You would never have thought these items have gluten!) It's been hard sometimes finding something to eat. (Because of the way my stomach is, I have to eat whenever I feel hunger, otherwise I get really sick.) So that's been hard finding something to snack on. It's also been hard cause everything cost twice the amount regular food!  As I'm continuing to feel better, I'm also starting to think about the future. Since I feel so sick when I'm off my diet, it makes since to stay on it for the rest of my life.:) Which means lord-willing my future family will also be on it. So, I need to be spending time now  finding out how to cook without gluten and dairy. It's hard and sometimes frustration with I think about all the things I can't eat! ;( But I think I would rather feel better then forever feel sick! Anyway, I think I've just rambled about this.;)  Really I just wanted to let people know, because I'm going to start posting about cooking gluten-free and other things about living without. I hope you will continue to read my blog and follow me on the journey ahead!:)

4 comments:

Rachel and Sarah said...

Aw, sorry about that Anna! :) But we have lots of friends who are allergic to gluten and dairy and things like that, and they manage to get along pretty well- the whole family as well as the particular people! :) So I'm sure the Lord will show you ways to cope with this new eating life-style! :) ~Rachel

Zoe said...

Wow... Me too. I don't eat gluten hardly at all because it upsets my stomach and I am supposed to "limit" dairy. I also have to snack all day or else I feel sick.

Annabee93 said...

That's so strange that you also have to snack all day. I thought it was just some strange thing about my body!;) Do you have celica? What's your favorite thing to snack on? What do you normally eat for dinner/lunch?

Thanks Rachel! <3

Abigail Knutson said...

have you tried substituting flower with rice flower? i know it would probably make a difference in some things but my mom has been doing that lately and it taste pretty good! i hope to get an allergy test soon because i don't think i'm allergic to eggs anymore, ^_^ gl, let us know if you get some good recipes! and Thanks for the yogurt it was soooooooooo good <3