Diagnosed With celiac disease Six Weeks Ago And Sudden Reaction!

[pickles177]

Dear all

Was diagnosed with celiac disease only six weeks ago and within three days of changing my diet to gluten-free, my 7 months pregnant looking tummy had gone back to usual - I was ecstatic. Weight was still the same - kept hoping it would go down. All was going well until suddenly last week my stomach blew up again leaving me in a lot pain - as a newbie - can I ask you others:

1) How long do you find it can take to ease after accidentally eat gluten?

2) Is there anything I can do in the meantime to ease the severe bloating?

3) Has anybody else found that their weight is still the same / gaining - I'm already heavy and I thought going gluten-free the weight would reduce.

Any help / advice gratefully received.

[curlyfries]

I don't get the severe bloating so I can't help you there. But I am overweight and I also thought that eating gluten free would automatically cause me to lose weight. Then I read on this forum that rice turns to sugar much quicker than wheat----not good for the diet. I realized that most of the gluten foods I had replaced with rice based products. So now I limit those things and try to stick to a basic meat and veggies type of diet . I have lost 10 pounds so far.

Lisa