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Gluten -- I Cheated And It Was So Good


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grantschoep Contributor

So I hate to ask but has anyone else done this?

Basically I have been good and clear of gluten for about a year now. And then the other day I just odrered a bucket of KFC.. and about 1 hour later I order a regular pizza.

What the heck was I doing??? I'm "mostly" feeling ok, but just wondering if anyone else has done something stupid like this.'


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CarlaB Enthusiast

Nope, not worth the 8 days of illness I'd pay with!! Anytime I even think about it, I think back to when I had to go on a gluten challenge for my testing!

jerseyangel Proficient

Good God, no! It's been 14 months for me, and I'm just now beginning to make some progress with my Celiac, not to mention the other intolerances it caused.

As good as that stuff tasted, I just won't jepordize the progress I have made, and risk having to do any of it over again. ;)

eKatherine Apprentice

If I was going to cheat, it sure wouldn't be for junk food.

tiffjake Enthusiast

Ive done it, and I paid for it. Now, when there is an accidental gluten-ing, I feel terrible, and I remember that when I WANT something....

Ursa Major Collaborator

Yes, I have done it, because I have so many intolerances (and no official diagnosis, just my own dietary tests), I doubted my own diagnosis and did that. I got sick, of course.

Another time I got glutened because of my family not caring, and thought, "What the heck, I am glutened already, and nobody cares anyway, I might as well go for it!" And pigged out on stuff with gluten.

But I don't think I'll do that again, because it isn't worth it. The 'revenge' for others glutening me won't hurt them, but me. That's just stupid! :o

Rusla Enthusiast

There are some days I crave a gluten pizza because I can smell it, or chinese dumplings. Then I think about how a few grains make me sick, my DH breaks out on my skin and I look like a leper. I think about all the pain and I say to myself, "no way." I walk away from it and always glad I did.


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mamaw Community Regular

Rusla, I'm with you , the smell of fresh pizza!!!!!!!!!!!That's about all I can say I truly miss...But I will not risk it either, it's to me like a trying to commit a deadly act of violence on myself...

Willpower is about all that's left for some of us...I went to the school of hard knocks a couple of times at first with the envelope licking & then the communion wafer...

mamaw

mouse Enthusiast

A year after going gluten-free, I ate a gluten dinner. I had taken Pepto before, during and after. I did not get sick. Two weeks later, I did it again, I felt only slightly sick. I did it about a month later, THEN I felt sick. Also, shortly after I was so stupid, I started to notice some slight neurological problems. They grew more pronounced over time. Less then a year after I was so dumb with the gluten eating, I received the neurogical diagnosis that I now have to live with. Would I be so stupid again NEVER. Were those 3 dinners worth what I now live with - NO!!

ianm Apprentice

Nope, no way! The smell of gluten foods makes me want to barf. The brain fog is not worth it and I can't afford to lose my job because of it.

Matilda Enthusiast

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Rikki Tikki Explorer

Initally I did a couple of times, but the sickness I had just was not worth the taste.

Nantzie Collaborator

Kentucky-Fried Pizza???? Now you're talking...!

Just kidding. :lol:

Nancy

shai76 Explorer

Wow, glutening yourself aside, that's a lot of food! Even someone without celiacs could get sick from all that grease and stuff.

Remember, you are not cheating...well, maybe cheating YOURSELF out of a healthy, pain-free existence. Of course it's easy for me to say. If I even eat a small amount of some of the things I am allergic to I can die of anaphelectic shock. I don't know what would happen if I didn't have life threatening allergies.

I think I wouldn't eat it still because I just got over the gluten challenge, and just had tiny amounts of barely for it, and the stomach aches and diarreah and depression and skin rashes were almost too much to bare.

Hang in there, and stay true.

Rachel--24 Collaborator

I've never cheated.....its been over a year for me and I just dont see myself ever doing it. I'm still not healthy and I definately dont wanna go backwards. I see and smell stuff all day at work that I really would love to eat but the fear wins out every time.

Ursa Major Collaborator
The consequence for me was a night spent on a pit toilet. Aaagh! Dreadful and completely horrible. Honestly, it was nightmare experience, what with the creatures and the smell and the embarrassment, and I will not do that to myself again.

In a way it's been good, because my husband's gone from being supportive, to being as paranoid as me. He doesn't want to have to be there holding the flash-light. :D

Now that really made me laugh, Matilda! Even tough I am sure it wasn't funny at the time, but the image of you sitting on the pit toilet, with your husband holding the flashlight, mosquitoes trying to get you, bears and wolves around (okay, I'm exaggerating) cracks me up. :rolleyes:

miles2go Contributor

I was at a food fair today tasting samples of this and that, brought my own crackers and everything, and was asking the vendors about wheat when appropriate. One sausage vendor had sausage with wheat and sausage without and also a kale sausage soup that was absolutely delicious, until I came upon the wheaty sausage in the bite that I had just taken. So, in the middle of the food fair, I swallowed the bite rather than making a small scene and threw out the rest of it, maybe a tablespoon or so. Afterwards, we went to a restaurant right on the ocean where I ordered steamed clams and french fries, knowing full well that the oil was probably cc'd, but I figured that since I'd already been glutened, hey, what the heck. So, yes, I've kind of done what you've done on a small scale and so far, so good, but geez, no, after what I've been through the last week in terms of not being completely healed, I'd never intentionally do it. I hope we're both doing okay in the short-term upcoming! KFC makes me break out in hives from the MSG anyhow. I'm glad you enjoyed it, though. Sometimes we forget and feed our bodies when our mind is what needs feeding or convincing. :)

Guest Robbin

You know what, in the case of getting accidentally glutened, and knowing it, I probably would "just do it" since even a little makes me sick, I would make it worth it. I don't recommend anyone else doing it though. I seriously would not do it on purpose. The neuro problems are so bad, plus days on a john, just isn't worth it. Food is not a sport. Eat to live, not live to eat. Life is to live, enjoy it painfree as much as possible, it is just too darn short. :D

Matilda Enthusiast

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Guest nini

oh gosh I'm not even tempted to cheat, I equate all gluten with POISON so my mind stops me from even remotely considering the possibility! My daughter on the other hand grabbed an oreo from a classmate about a year after going gluten-free and she was in the bathroom within minutes... it was enough to convince her to not do that again. At least for a while. She will probably try to cheat as a teenager, but it's my job to teach her why she shouldn't and how to handle situations when I'm not around to intervene for her.

It's your body, and you can do with it what you want, but I will advise you to adopt a zero tolerance policy on gluten consumption. Do you really want to increase your risk for certain lymphomas and other autoimmune disorders? I don't.

Saz Explorer

So glad to hear I'm not the only one who cheats. I've never had that much all at once but until recentely it wouldn't be uncommon for me to have 3-4 sandwiches/ burgers a week. I don't usually get ill as long as I space it out but have been feeling major guilt. Had a resonably good week this week tho, the only major thing I had was one piece of bread. Big Achievment for me. There were a few other things but they werent major. (yes I do know that it is still bad)

gfp Enthusiast
If I was going to cheat, it sure wouldn't be for junk food.

Absolutely...

The times I have cheated have been AFTER an accidental glutening.

The excuse is usually, I'll be ill for 1-2 weeks ANYWAY.. so make the most of today but then I seriously do try and make it worth it ... like real Pizza in Naples....

KFC... works pretty good homemade gluten-free... so that wouldn't be my idea of making the most of it....

gheidie Newbie

I am self diagnosed, and have been gluten free since Aug 1st. Well Friday night I wanted pizza so bad, and I was beginning to doubt myself, so I ate some.. and I tell ya what, I don't think I will ever do it again on purpose. I have felt horrible all weekend. But for me it was just a test, and I believe I was right with the gluten intolerant.

miles2go Contributor
I am self diagnosed, and have been gluten free since Aug 1st. Well Friday night I wanted pizza so bad, and I was beginning to doubt myself, so I ate some.. and I tell ya what, I don't think I will ever do it again on purpose. I have felt horrible all weekend. But for me it was just a test, and I believe I was right with the gluten intolerant.

I also craved pizza for a while after going gluten-free and if you watch any tv, those ubiquitous Pizza Hut commercials are just torture. Try making a gluten-free pizza, either with the Chebe mix or a gluten-free recipe and enjoy, enjoy! I bought Bette Hagman's cookbooks soon after my quasi-diagnosis and it has made all the difference...I can now make corndogs, pigs in blankets, all kinds of breads, muffins, flour tortillas, pasta, "cheezits", "ritz crackers", "hot pockets", English muffins, basically anything that I have a hankering for on any given day. They taste so much better than almost all of the store-bought gluten-free products, the sour-dough bread I made was just to die for. The key, for me at least, is being somewhat organized, as in devoting a day every once in a while to baking, some freezer space and the realization that you don't need to feel deprived. Even if you're not a cook, there are gluten-free pizza crusts and a whole lot of other products out there to be bought at the stores, if you look hard enough, even in Downeast Maine. Welcome to the forum, finding this place is one of the best steps! :)

Guest ~jules~
I also craved pizza for a while after going gluten-free and if you watch any tv, those ubiquitous Pizza Hut commercials are just torture. Try making a gluten-free pizza, either with the Chebe mix or a gluten-free recipe and enjoy, enjoy! I bought Bette Hagman's cookbooks soon after my quasi-diagnosis and it has made all the difference...I can now make corndogs, pigs in blankets, all kinds of breads, muffins, flour tortillas, pasta, "cheezits", "ritz crackers", "hot pockets", English muffins, basically anything that I have a hankering for on any given day. They taste so much better than almost all of the store-bought gluten-free products, the sour-dough bread I made was just to die for. The key, for me at least, is being somewhat organized, as in devoting a day every once in a while to baking, some freezer space and the realization that you don't need to feel deprived. Even if you're not a cook, there are gluten-free pizza crusts and a whole lot of other products out there to be bought at the stores, if you look hard enough, even in Downeast Maine. Welcome to the forum, finding this place is one of the best steps! :)

Okay now you'll all know what a freek I am, its gotta come out....I don't even like pizza, matter of fact I sorta hate it, never have either. LOL :D:D Felt good to confess, everyones always talking about pizza! No I haven't cheated. I look at it the same way I do about how I quit smoking 2 years ago. Why would I want to go through all that withdrawl and torture, just to turn around and do it again?

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