sarahdea

Oh yeah. I totally had a few moments of anger and tears and denial and defiance (yeah. don't do defiance. I got sick a couple times when I just said "screw it") What finally gave me peace was redoing my kitchen. I bought a good paleo diet cookbook (I can't eat dairy either) I spent an entire day cleaning out a bunch of old stuff, installing a couple...

That's interesting about the histamines. I'm sorry you're having such trouble with your diet. Like we don't have enough issues as it is with gluten/dairy. I am still a gluten-free "newb" (NCGI triggered in January) so I don't have the answer, but I found this article which explains how histamines work and where they occur in foods etc. Have you...

Hi! I was just browsing the site, as I am doing some cooking tonight. I have a paleo bread recipe that calls for...get this...4 eggs AND 4 egg whites! I bought the eggs but just haven't made the plunge to bake it cause that is just a lot of eggs and it seems so weird. Good to know the eggs have to do with the rising process. I am going to make it tonight...

Wow. It sounds like you are doing everything "right" ... except for perhaps weight training. ... Prior to developing the gluten allergy, I did the "Body for Life" diet/exercise plan. It is 3-months, 90 days... it totally changed my physique and has, I believe, helped my body keep burning fat even when I have fallen off the healthy wagon in years since. Now...

Thanks for the support and tips... I am feeling better today both physically and emotionally. My gluten-free muffins turned out well, my GI tract pain is subsiding and FINALLY getting back on schedule (surgery is rough for that I suppose) and my sweet bf bought me some gluten-free beer last night LOL. My mom is coming into town today and she's excited...

Reading this thread has been really helpful to me, as my gluten allergy kicked in suddenly about 2.5 months ago. Thanks everyone for the venting and replies. Sometimes ya just need to know you're not alone. <3

It's high time I get serious. I've had some bad days coping with my new gut issues lately...both physically and mentally. I'm just so ANGRY. In one fell swoop, I go from being able to eat anything, to feeling like I want to curl up and die from the pain when I eat anything with gluten or dairy. Which, as we all know, gluten and dairy are in EVERY...

Thanks everyone! Great support on this site.

I feel your pain!!! No one in my workplace/circle of friends really knows what 'gluten' is, much less an intolerance for it or Celiac or anything. To add to that, I was the "Wellness Director" at work for 3 years, and my healthy eating habits have likely led my co-workers to believe I am just on a kick. (and I really can't blame them there) However...

Hi! I have had a heckuva 2014 so far, but today is a HUGE day for me, so I wanted to share my joy. Let me recap the year: Scheduled to have a hysterectomy in January. Found out ON HYSTERECTOMY DAY that I was pregnant. Preganacy triggered GI which I had never had ANY symptoms prior to that. Miscarried, which was expected but still difficult....

I had a hysterectomy yesterday. And while my OBGYN knows what celiac/ncgi is and understands the relationship to dairy, and is educated on the paleo diet, etc, etc...the nurses were totally thrown for a loop. So here I am, post-op, having a terrible time with pain and having severe nausea from the anesthesia/pain meds, plus a migraine headache...and the...

No, I am sure it's gluten. I spent a couple of weeks "testing" it, and it was gluten that made me so miserable I wanted to die. It was as though I had a migraine-level headache in my gut when I ate any breads/pastas, etc etc. The pain was excruciating, stabbing pain, in my abdomen and in my appendix and my stomach would get all distended like I'd eaten a...

Hey, thanks! I noticed the "Newbie" thread about 30 seconds after I posted this. I consider myself lucky in that I am already fairly self-educated in nutrition... I already read labels, and shop at the health food store, and I know how to cook. However, as I read more I am learning that this is not something that is ever going to go away/get better...

Wait. Nutella is gluten-free? Excuse me while I go to the grocery store then sit in the corner and eat it all like the crack that is is.

I have owned the cookbook "How It All Vegan" for years and I have many many fave recipies in there. I haven't revisited it since developing the gluten allergy (for about 2 weeks now) but I know there are quite a few rice-based recipes in there. (I'm thinking specifically of a tomato/zucchini/rice recipt that is delish. I'll post it later when I have to...