Occasionally I'll eat corn, rice and beans if I'm feeling good enough to. And every once in a while I'll have sugar in a dark chocolate or coconut ice cream treat. But I will absolutely, never again, not even a little bit, intentionally eat gluten of any kind. Ever!
I had been successful at cutting out about 75% of my gluten intake since August and then this past December I caved. I started eating gluten everyday in basically every meal and I had an overwhelming inflammatory response. My hands would occasionally swell and itch/sting, I would get horrible brain fog, I got daily migraine headaches, cramps, bloat, digestive upset, horrible acid reflux, an itchy rash on my face, acne, the list goes on. It. Was. Brutal. And the only thing I changed in life to cause those things was an increase of gluten, dairy and sugar in my diet. YIKES!
So I started reading and reading and came across the explanations of the Paleo way and I realized this was it. If I kept eating the way I was and kept reacting so harshly to the foods I was consuming than the inflammation would only get worse and over time disease would set in worse than it already has and I would be a very miserable sick person.
So HELL NO!
If you've got questions feel free to ask. I know I've been on a roller coaster of health issues in the past. But this time I'm trying really hard to love, accept, cherish and celebrate my body instead of being mad and depressed at the way it functions. I'm trying to find the true answers to my many many health questions.
After seeing the beauty in myself while pregnant, seeing the incredible things my body is capable of doing, I can't help but treat it with absolute love and respect! I don't care what the scale says or what the size clothes I'm in. I care that my symptoms go away and that my body is healed. That's truly all that matters to me, everything else that may happen would just bonus.
I have never felt more beautiful and more proud of my body than I did when pregnant with Edison! I can't wait to be pregnant again and experience that again.
So anyways, if you have experience with the Paleo way of eating (or even just GF eating) please don't hesitate to steer me in the right direction in regards to recipes, research articles, books and websites/blogs. It'd be much appreciated.
After just 11 days eating like this and I'm already feeling a million times better! I just need to find a way to eat breakfast while Edison screams for my undivided attention in the morning. Any ideas?
Happy healing, N.
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