For a long while now I have been wondering what all the fuss is with gluten. We've never heard of it before and all of a sudden everybody thinks they need to be gluten free.
I love pasta and bread, and I have eaten it my entire life with no problems.
I have also exercised my entire life and have struggled keeping my weight down. Now you would not look at me and think I am overweight, but I struggle with my weight. I do not feel good and I have the ole' overlapping thighs. Now do not get me wrong, I do have muscular legs, but there have been times in my life where I have gotten to a healthy weight, (when I was nursing until 12 mths), and I was skinny and light on my feet and I felt great, but as soon as I stop nursing here comes the weight. What am I doing wrong? I cannot figure it out. I am health consious. I eat the right number of calories, most days, and I exercise. Why can I not lose the extra 15 pounds I am carrying?
So last night I am having tea with a friend and I am explaining how even just to stand I feel so heavy and I am figity. She says to me, "What did you have for supper tonight?" A piece of bread (organic whole wheat four bread made with honey instead of sugar). She asked, "What did you have for lunch?" A bowl of homeade chicken and noodle soup made with organic whole wheat noodles and veges and low sodium chicken broth. When I got home my husband said, "Jen when we first met you were eating a bowl of noodles with butter and parmesan!" What, do I really eat that much pasta? I had to start thinking about my diet more closely than I ever have because I thought I was eating healthy.
The conversation went on, and she said, "I bet you have a gluten allergy!" What, not me, I eat healthy. I choose veges and chicken with a baked potato over pie and cake. How can this happen to me.
For the first time I thought to myself, could it be true? I could spend hundreds of dollars we do not have getting tested or I can just give it a try. I love bread and pasta, but I do not think I really eat that much, or do I?
So this is the beginning of my gluten free diet! I have set a goal that for the next 3 months I will not eat gluten and see how I feel and where my weight is.
I do not want my body to be an idol, I just want to feel good. I want to glorify God with my eating!
1st Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. "
Proverbs 25:27 says, "It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory."
God gave us grain, but we have changed what God has given us and made it bad for our bodies. We are slowly poisoning ourselves. The cancer rate is through the roof. Our bodies are the temple of God, we need to take care of them.
Now at the end of 3 months if I do not notice any difference in my body or how I feel, then I am sure I will sit down with a big bowl of noodles and devour it in seconds, but until then no gluten here we come.
I know it seems crazy to start this in the season of baking and eating everything in site, but I guess at this point in my life I am ready for a new start with food. So feel free to join me on my gluten free journey, or maybe just some encouragement and prayer, because today it may not seem hard, but tomorrow may be a different story.
Here are just a few symptoms of a gluten allergy:
I love pasta and bread, and I have eaten it my entire life with no problems.
I have also exercised my entire life and have struggled keeping my weight down. Now you would not look at me and think I am overweight, but I struggle with my weight. I do not feel good and I have the ole' overlapping thighs. Now do not get me wrong, I do have muscular legs, but there have been times in my life where I have gotten to a healthy weight, (when I was nursing until 12 mths), and I was skinny and light on my feet and I felt great, but as soon as I stop nursing here comes the weight. What am I doing wrong? I cannot figure it out. I am health consious. I eat the right number of calories, most days, and I exercise. Why can I not lose the extra 15 pounds I am carrying?
So last night I am having tea with a friend and I am explaining how even just to stand I feel so heavy and I am figity. She says to me, "What did you have for supper tonight?" A piece of bread (organic whole wheat four bread made with honey instead of sugar). She asked, "What did you have for lunch?" A bowl of homeade chicken and noodle soup made with organic whole wheat noodles and veges and low sodium chicken broth. When I got home my husband said, "Jen when we first met you were eating a bowl of noodles with butter and parmesan!" What, do I really eat that much pasta? I had to start thinking about my diet more closely than I ever have because I thought I was eating healthy.
The conversation went on, and she said, "I bet you have a gluten allergy!" What, not me, I eat healthy. I choose veges and chicken with a baked potato over pie and cake. How can this happen to me.
For the first time I thought to myself, could it be true? I could spend hundreds of dollars we do not have getting tested or I can just give it a try. I love bread and pasta, but I do not think I really eat that much, or do I?
So this is the beginning of my gluten free diet! I have set a goal that for the next 3 months I will not eat gluten and see how I feel and where my weight is.
I do not want my body to be an idol, I just want to feel good. I want to glorify God with my eating!
1st Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. "
Proverbs 25:27 says, "It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory."
God gave us grain, but we have changed what God has given us and made it bad for our bodies. We are slowly poisoning ourselves. The cancer rate is through the roof. Our bodies are the temple of God, we need to take care of them.
Now at the end of 3 months if I do not notice any difference in my body or how I feel, then I am sure I will sit down with a big bowl of noodles and devour it in seconds, but until then no gluten here we come.
I know it seems crazy to start this in the season of baking and eating everything in site, but I guess at this point in my life I am ready for a new start with food. So feel free to join me on my gluten free journey, or maybe just some encouragement and prayer, because today it may not seem hard, but tomorrow may be a different story.
Here are just a few symptoms of a gluten allergy:
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