Wheat-free Diary

Somebody on the wheat-free group suggested substituting almond cheese in dairy free diets. She said it was expensive, but that it tasted good and melted well. I wonder where I could find some to buy. I tried looking it up in Google, but the sites I visited didn't have it.

One of the foods that keeps me wheat free is bananas. I love the taste and texture of a banana. You don't have to wash it or prepare it. It is ready to eat. In the mornings, when I am barely away, I have a banana and a glass of fat-free milk. It's a wheat-free breakfast as well as a Weight Watcher one.

When our sons were in school, Monday night was cooking night. We would make our treats for the week to put in their lunches. Now I would like to make some banana-walnut bread, but I never let the bananas get ripe enough before I have eaten them all.

I was encouraging a mother to tell her son that he was special because he cannot eat wheat. Why can't I tell myself the same positive message? Lately I have been dwelling on the negative, pining over the foods that I shouldn't eat. I really miss eating bread. Maybe it would be easier if we didn't have wheat bread in the house, but it is there for my husband. Is it fair for him to do without just because it makes me sick? I was very unfaithful to my food plan while we were on vacation last month. I am having a difficult time getting back on track.

I need to make a list of positive messages to tell myself, but I am feeling discouraged, and I cannot think of any right now.

Today I had a craving for toast, real wheat toast. We always have bread in the house because my husband is not allergic to wheat, and it seems unfair (to him) to suffer for my problem. Anway, we had some whole-wheat bread, and I popped it into the toaster. I lightly buttered it so that it would stay crunchy and not get soggy from the moisture in the butter. I scarfed it up, and before I finished the last bite, I was barfing in the wastepaper basket (icky). Then I dashed to the bathroom, and vomited the rest of it into the toilet.

Well, so much for wheat toast. When will I ever learn? Or I guess the real question for me is, when will I ever quit craving wheat?

Somebody on the wheat-free group asked the question, "How long did it take for you to feel improvements after you changed to wheat-free eating?"

Some improvements came immediately for me. I get hives from eating wheat, and they lessen, but it takes at least six weeks before all welts go away. During that time, if I get really chilled or take a hot shower, the change in temperature raises the welts, but the rest of the time, they don't itch.

Eating foods made with white wheat flour gives me gas. As soon as the wheat has passed through my digestive system, then the gas goes away. Drinking lots of water helps this along. This usually takes about 3 days.

After a couple of months, and lots of drinking water, my sinuses cleared up. I no longer snuffled all the time. After about six months, I felt better. Aches and pains were less, and I had more energy.

After a year of wheat-free eating, I didn't notice any more improvements.