What
about my French bread? Pita bread? I have already given up bagels. Now Naan? I
love Naan with my Tandori chicken: is that off limits now? The Naan I mean, not
the chicken, I can eat that Naan with Tzatziki sauce and grilled chicken all
summer long. Wait, is there Gluten in the Tandori sauce? What about Butter
chicken?
I
started Shrewdsnackers.ca because I saw a friend who had just been diagnosed
with Celiac disease, along with her son, and she was desperate and stressed to
find snacks for her son that made him not fight the new medical diagnosis. I
sympathized with her plight and silently breathed a deep sigh of relief. This
wasn't my problem or something that I had to contend with my children either.
But I did sympathize with the stress because stressing about your children's
well being is the absolute torture.
Two
months ago I noticed how tired I became 4pm. I could literally fall asleep
standing up. I saw this happen to my mom at 37 and that is when she became a
Type 2 Diabetic. Now at 41, I still need to lose another 40 lbs. that I have
been trying to lose for at least 20 years. I knew then that I had to change my
way of eating or I would become a diabetic. Then I feared that it all the years
of bad eating truly out weighted (no pun intended) all the years of better
eating and exercise. But I made a change and it was immediate. No Carbs from
grains (excerpt rice and oatmeal) before dinner.
The
change was instant. My energy shot up and I lost 15 lbs in those 8 weeks. I
also lost all bloating around my ankles. 8 of those pounds came from just
increasing my water intake, tea consumption, and drinking hot lemon water every
morning before anything else. I eat smaller meals and more often. I am definitely
hungrier. I still have to figure out the best way to manage that. I don't like thinking
about food all the time. That didn't work very well for me for the first 30
years. It's a marathon and not a sprint to good persistent health.
Here is another picture. Not missing a moment.
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