Sunday 3/21/2010

Well today's weight is...335.4

I'm up by 1.4 pounds. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm weighing in daily to see the which foods affect me differently, and to keep myself honest. Again, I ate white flour products in the form of macaroni and cheese that I made from scratch. I need to avoid those because they make me feel heavy and I have low energy. I would have to equate it to when an alcoholic falls off the wagon. The next they feel like total shit - well that's where I'm at. I feel sort of sluggish, so I threw all the leftovers away.

By the way, I'm back on the wagon so to speak.

Until tomorrow...I'll be feeling good

You might actually have an intolerance to wheat. I was feeling very tired very sporadically and having a lot of gastrointestinal issues for awhile so I did what they call an 'exclusion diet' where you eliminate the most common food allergy/intolerance items for two weeks and then introduce them back one at a time (no closer than every three days).

It turns out wheat makes me extremely tired. As you said, feeling like shit, that's the best way to describe it. LOL And, I found out my gastrointestinal issues were due to a lactose intolerance. The lactose intolerance is easy to treat because I just have to remember to take a lactaid pill before eating dairy. The wheat intolerance is a little bit harder to deal with, but so worth it to not feel the unexplained tiredness and lethargy anymore.

To clarify, I can still eat products w/some gluten, so its not like I have celiac's and have to look at ingredient lists on everything. But, I just have to stay away from breads, baked goods, regular pasta, crackers, etc. (which is good for losing weight anyway). And, there are a lot of wheat-free options you will find. Like I eat pasta made from quinoa flour now and my whole family does too and we all think its just as good. And, I don't need a two hour nap after which is GREAT!

Anyway, sorry to go on and on on your blog, but wheat is a very very common food intolerance. A lot of people never make the connection, though, that the tiredness/lethargy they are feeling is food related, though.

Thanks so much! I will look into that!!!