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  1. Black Sheep
    Amen! And Stef, don't beat yourself up, thinking you should maybe say more. Seems to me like you've described a perfect WWJD moment here! But seriously, look at what He did. He came and said what He had to say, and then left it at that. If people wanted more information, He gave it. If they didn't want to hear it, He didn't follow after them and keep...
  2. Black Sheep
    Thanks Stef! I'm short and my bed is tall, so my be turned out to be the perfect height! Which is a plus, being so soft. I could feel a stretch--very different from the other way, but still a quad stretch for sure. It hurt my left hip joint a bit (and it's my left knee that gives me the trouble, wouldn't 'ya know it); but I'm old and decrepit, so what...
  3. Black Sheep
    Mrs. P, I made the millet bread and the g.f. beer bread from this site--both were awesome! The looked, smelled, felt, and tasted....better than so-called "real" or "regular" bread! Same with her pizza crust. Even my finicky hubby loves this bread and pizza crust, way more than regular bread, because with all those different, non-blah flours, it's just so...
  4. Black Sheep
    I have a knee that I injured from falling on it several years ago. Most of the time it's fine; I just have to be careful not to climb a lot of stairs very often. The stairs with the high risers are the ones that really bother it. Well, since my much-beloved weight machine is in pieces in the garage (waiting for hubby to get his tons of junk out of there)...
  5. Black Sheep
    Gosh I didn't even know they made hemp protein. Is it really expensive?
  6. Black Sheep
    That is amazing! How in the world did you hit upon that one? That is quite a discovery--you should definitely write a cookbook!
  7. Black Sheep
    Well, what timing! Here I am hoping that someone outside the States can give you some good advice, and no sooner do I hit "Post" than there's someone to help. This is great!
  8. Black Sheep
    Hi whitey, glad you made it here! It is kind of scary sometimes, not to mention overwhelming, when you first find out you have this disease, and that you can never eat anything with gluten in it again. I've been g.f. since March of this year, and I've found it's just like Looking for answers said, once you realize all the stuff out there that you can eat...
  9. Black Sheep
    What is the "Simply Filling" plan on W.W.? It sound interesting--is it more of a low-carb, high protein plan? Also, the Chinese buffets! That's one thing I have missed soooo much since going g.f.! I've been afraid to go because, other than the obvious food with breading on it, and noodle/wonton stuff, I'm not sure what else to avoid. I don't know...
  10. Black Sheep
    Sounds like me! The first time we had communion in church after I went g.f., I thought Surely just a tiny piece of this cracker won't hurt me. (Kind of like you school nurse--which btw, I find really annoying. Not towards the nurse--but at the nursing and med schools that don't teach these poor students what they need to know about celiac! ) Well, I...
  11. Black Sheep
    If you haven't already done so, maybe you could try eating more meat to help you feel full longer.
  12. Black Sheep
    Hang in there and keep us posted as to how your appointment goes!
  13. Black Sheep
    Didn't mean to stress you! Yeah, it was almost one of those laugh-or-cry situations, so I laughed. I don't mean cry as in feelings hurt, but from frustration! As for the fam and their eye-rolling and thinking I was getting "carried away"....what the hell, I'm used to that. We're pretty close and love each other dearly, and always have a great time when...
  14. Black Sheep
    Oh that's so exciting! We have most of the beer-making stuff for home brewing, but it's always been one of those things that "we're going to get around to trying" but never did. Until I found out about celiac, that is. At first I panicked thinking, ohmygosh, I can never have another beer as long as I live? Perish the thought! I'm not a daily beer drinker...
  15. Black Sheep
    I clicked on the link and immediately wished I hadn't! My dr. wants to test me for food allergies and leaky gut, among other things....she was right about the gluten problem, and deep down I believe she's on to something with the leaky gut/allergies, too. I will get tested as soon as I can come up with the cash (no insurance), because on the one hand I...
  16. Black Sheep
    Aww, I love your stories! I have one, too: One day my d.i.l. called and said that they wanted to come over and make us a g.f. dinner! She makes great egg-rolls, but she realized I couldn't eat the regular egg-roll wraps. So I told her that I had read on the web (this board in fact) something about rice egg-roll wraps, and so she said they'd stop at an Asian...
  17. Black Sheep
    Sounds like it would be constipating...unless of course, you can have some veggies...I don't know, maybe the fruit would be enough to ward off constipation. But Miaryan, one thing that almost always helps constipation, besides lots of what our moms (or maybe grandmas!)used to call "roughage", is psyllium husk fiber. A.k.a. Metamucil and stuff like that, but...
  18. Black Sheep
    Ah, well then I'm probably o.k. with my 1 non-stick pan, as it's practically brand-new. Hubby got it for me for Christmas (I know it's an odd present, but I'd been whining about the old one being scratched and having to throw it away!). So it had had less than 2 months use when I went g.f., and I've been extremely careful with it, so to this day it has no...
  19. Black Sheep
    I've tried the calorie-counting, the low-fat, etc. etc. and none of them worked for me. The best that happened was, when my doc put me on a 1300-cal./day diet, at the time I was working out very hard; even so, I barely lost 1 lb./week. And that wasn't even every week. Then it plateau'd, and try as I might, no more came off. All in all, it took 6 months...
  20. Black Sheep
    Thanks for you replies, they're encouraging. Well, except for the one about your hubby, Rachelle! But seriously, I appreciate your honesty. I know that's a really big risk, gaining it all back. It's a bit scary, but.....since I've barely begun (just over 2 weeks), I shouldn't worry about what might happen Lord-only-knows-how-long from now! How about...
  21. Black Sheep
    So back on page 1 at the beginning of the thread, there was talk about ditching non-stick pans and plastic utensils. Which made me panic lol, and I asked about that but no one really said anything. So, does anyone know for an undisputed fact that gluten cannot be gotten out of these things, or are those of you who've gotten rid of them just trying to...
  22. Black Sheep
    You said "all" the blood tests came back normal---did one of those tests include the screening test for celiac? But even if it did, and it came back normal, that in no way means you're not celiac or gluten intolerant. My dr. told me (and everyone here will tell you as well) that the blood test is merely a screening tool, and a neg. result could mean nothing...
  23. Black Sheep
    Un. be. lievable. Some drs. can be soooo arrogant, and think they know all there is to know when it comes to medical issues simply because....well I think pretty much what it boils down to is, "I'm a dr. and you're not!" Sheesh. I hope you set the waiter straight on that one.
  24. Black Sheep
    Sadly, I think you've hit the nail squarely on the head. I'm not saying that every dr. out there is in bed with the drug co.'s---many are certainly not, and indeed are even whistle-blowers---but enough are that these lies about how drugs are the answer are being perpetuated. Just the other day I was reading about how the new "wonder drug" supposedly...
  25. Black Sheep
    First off, I'm not laughing at you, Desiree, I'm laughing in the memory of myself just over a month ago, as I went through that same thing. And I came here, bewildered, going, "What is going on?" Ahh, good times. Not. I was glad I came here because everyone who responded to my question assured that withdrawal symptoms are perfectly normal. With me, I was...
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