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For Those Who Feel Like Cheating Or Have Cheated....

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answerseeker
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I don't have the option. I have celiac. But I have had 3 occasions in the past 2 weeks where it was so tempting to cheat. But I didn't because I want to heal.

Every Thursday morning I attend a women's Bible study and I lead a table there. Every week I am faced with 2 round tables full of food. Everything from doughnuts to muffins and I sit with my bottle of Ensure and a Glutino cereal bar.

This afternoon they had a luncheon for us leaders and ordered pizza. The wonderful ladies I serve with know my condition so they brought salad for me and grilled chicken.

It would be so easy to cheat with all this food in front of me every week, but I stay strong. Although i have come home and threw myself a pity party. Cheating is just not an option if you have celiac! If I can do it with the temptation looking at me every single week, you can do it too!

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I don't have the option. I have celiac. But I have had 3 occasions in the past 2 weeks where it was so tempting to cheat. But I didn't because I want to heal.

Every Thursday morning I attend a women's Bible study and I lead a table there. Every week I am faced with 2 round tables full of food. Everything from doughnuts to muffins and I sit with my bottle of Ensure and a Glutino cereal bar.

This afternoon they had a luncheon for us leaders and ordered pizza. The wonderful ladies I serve with know my condition so they brought salad for me and grilled chicken.

It would be so easy to cheat with all this food in front of me every week, but I stay strong. Although i have come home and threw myself a pity party. Cheating is just not an option if you have celiac! If I can do it with the temptation looking at me every single week, you can do it too!

I cheated three times not long after my dx. That was over two years ago.

 

It is extremely difficult. Even more so now if someone brings (or bakes) something gluten-y. I get quite the bellyache over it from the smell.

kareng Grand Master
kareng
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There are lovely men everywhere! But I just look and don't partake! :0

kareng Grand Master
kareng
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There are lovely men everywhere! But I just look and don't partake! :0

Oh!!! Sorry! You meant gluten food......

Well...the same principle applies.

answerseeker Enthusiast
answerseeker
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Oh!!! Sorry! You meant gluten food......

Well...the same principle applies.

Yep lol

answerseeker Enthusiast
answerseeker
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There are lovely men everywhere! But I just look and don't partake! :0

Haha great analogy!

answerseeker Enthusiast
answerseeker
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I cheated three times not long after my dx. That was over two years ago.

It is extremely difficult. Even more so now if someone brings (or bakes) something gluten-y. I get quite the bellyache over it from the smell.

What gets me is the savory stuff. Or the bagels, and especially sourdough bread. I have had hissy fits over sourdough bread.....oh how I miss it
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notme Experienced
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There are lovely men everywhere! But I just look and don't partake! :0

amen, sister!   sometimes, i wish i had peripheral sunglasses lolz :lol:B)

notme Experienced
notme
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What gets me is the savory stuff. Or the bagels, and especially sourdough bread. I have had hissy fits over sourdough bread.....oh how I miss it

i don't miss THE BIG D!!!!!!!!!!!!  so much so that i can honestly say once i committed, i have never purposely cheated, no matter how hungry i was -  i say thank you God for the chex i am eating in the corner  ;)

 

i have ZERO willpower and even less concience - now, if i could just put down the nic stics  -_-

IrishHeart Veteran
IrishHeart
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I honestly do not know why you are settling for Ensure and a glutino bar, hon. Blechsters!

I'd feel sorry for myself, too if that was all I had to eat. :D

You are almost being a "food martyr"--and I do not know why. Time to branch out and bake.

 

Seriously, you have to look at your new life as an opportunity to create new goodies.

 

Here's what I would do. I  would bake something and bring it to share. 

 

make G F sourdough bread.

 

Open Original Shared Link

 

G F Banana bread

G F Muffins

G F Cookies

 

Check King Arthur's G F  recipes  or Pamela's recipes online 

 

Flourless chocolate cake--this one makes all my gluten-eating friends swoon

 

Cheesecake

Lemonies

 

Stop thinking you cannot have yummy things. Trust me, you can.

IrishHeart Veteran
IrishHeart
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- now, if i could just put down the nic stics  -_-

 you can, young lady...just stop it right now!!.  they create gastritis and chronic gastritis brings on intestinal lymphoma. nice thought, huh?

GFinDC Veteran
GFinDC
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Yep, bringing some food along sounds like a good idea.  Maybe you need to bring more of it.  Are the other ladies just eating one or two little bites of something?  There's no reason you should limit yourself, especially when you are in the healing process.  Your body needs nutrients to heal and make new tissue.

 

Strangely enough, cheating has come up on the forum before..  :)

 

How bad is cheating?
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/94443-how-bad-is-cheating-on-the-gluten-free-diet-periodically/

w8in4dave Community Regular
w8in4dave
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I honestly do not know why you are settling for Ensure and a glutino bar, hon. Blechsters!

I'd feel sorry for myself, too if that was all I had to eat. :D

You are almost being a "food martyr"--and I do not know why. Time to branch out and bake.

 

Seriously, you have to look at your new life as an opportunity to create new goodies.

 

Here's what I would do. I  would bake something and bring it to share. 

 

make G F sourdough bread.

 

Open Original Shared Link

 

G F Banana bread

G F Muffins

G F Cookies

 

Check King Arthur's G F  recipes  or Pamela's recipes online 

 

Flourless chocolate cake--this one makes all my gluten-eating friends swoon

 

Cheesecake

Lemonies

 

Stop thinking you cannot have yummy things. Trust me, you can.

Hence the reason I love this site!! :) 

I went to a birthday party and they served gluten-free cake along with regular cake .. Hmm back and forth with the hand one cake two cake same hand on both even tho there were gloves involved. Nope didn't take a bite!! I have will power!! Because how I feel now compared to a few months ago is amazing!! Not worth it for a second!! I do need to start making Gluten Free Bread :) 

1desperateladysaved Proficient
1desperateladysaved
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Yep, things are way too good now to care very much about eating those things.  I have resorted to thanking God that I don't have to go in the restaurant and can remain feeling good!

 

D

answerseeker Enthusiast
answerseeker
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We have 3 restaurants in our little town that we go to. I've never gotten sick there. We got to know the staff at each one and they prepare my food special. They are family owned so maybe that's why. I'm thankful I can still have date night with my husband and not get sick! And for my hamburger fix its in n out protein style ;-)

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