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Withdrawal & Cravings

healthygirl

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I have been looking forward to going gluten free again, but the cravings have hit!! The first time I went gluten free I remember having the cravings...I would wander the house, wondering "what can I eat that will fill me up!!". It took a week or so and then I felt so much better. The second time I went gluten free I didn't notice the cravings....this time, though, I am noticing!! I am pretty active so do need to take in a fair bit, but here is what I have eaten so far today over the past 6 hours (and I'm still hungry) Breakfast - 1 banana, frittata (1 whole egg, 1/2 cup egg whites, 4 mushrooms, 1/2 tomato, 1/4 cup marble cheese, 1/4 cup ham), 1 piece of gluten-free toast with butter, 2 cups coffee with milk, Lunch - 1 cup mixed greens, 1/2 cup chopped/grilled chicken, 1 tbsp low fat salad dressing, 1 cup strawberries, 1/2 cup non-fat yogurt, 1 tbsp flax seeds Snack - 1 piece of gluten-free toast with jam and hot chocolate. I keep craving things like cereal, toast, all those things are traditionally full of gluten. I know it will pass. I am about to go have an apple with cottage cheese and tonight will have some grilled fish with rice and veggies and probably a mixed green salad on the side. It has only been about 5 days of gluten free so another week and I should be good!! :P

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darcijj
Food cravings are the worst! The good part for me is that I went low carb back in 2001, and I was really strict with it for the first year.. no cheating.. I did not miss the pasta or bread.. brownies and chocolate chip cookies though, that was hard.. Especially when you can smell them cooking. So this time is easy for me.. but it's actually better, there are things I can have now I couldn't with low carb like rice and potatoes. I really like rice and potatoes.

Right now I find fruit helpful too when that sweet tooth hits. I have tried a couple gluten free items, an apple pie, bread and cereal... I couldn't eat them, the taste was terrible.. I would rather go without! Those items are just too expensive to take a couple bites out of it and throw it away.

What I need to figure out is what else can you put peanut butter on... besides celery.. don't like celery!
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healthygirl
:D I am through the worst of it...like the first time, the craving lasted about 1 week this time. I came home to fresh baked chocolate chip cookies (my husband makes great cookies) and had no interest in them....yeah!!!

So, I have been a good 4 days or so now with no cravings and I am feeling more settled. Just getting back into the swing of what I need to buy in the way of groceries. I found a great little deli where I live that has all gluten free deli meats, and they carry a pretty decent line of gluten free items, so that got me excited! I am going to bake up the Bob's Red Mill Hearty Whole Grain Bread mix this weekend and see how that is.

Hope all is well with you as well!!
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i was doing a lot better.. then I got glutened.. At first my neurological symptoms got really bad.. then yesterday I got the headache.. once I got the headache I knew what happened.. at least now I have an established pattern I can recognize. Today it's a lot better. Boy, when you do get glutened it's a lot worse than when you were eating it all the time. Wasn't really prepared for that.

Do you have a bread machine or making it totally from scratch? I bought some stuff to make chicken soup.. Thinking of making a big batch in the crock pot and freezing it.

Speaking of deli meats, while shopping at a local store.. I was reading the turkey breast ingredients and at the bottom it said .. gluten free! and its a store brand. whoo hooo..

Today someone at work mentioned that an upcoming task requires pizza in a joking matter.. It didn't bother me.. but I was thinking that if they offer to buy chicken wings too (for me).. I will probably have to decline.. can't be sure nothing else is fried with it..

I just do not want anyone to feel bad if I do not get anything..really does not bother me what other people are eating.

So did you mark on the calendar your 1st official no gluten day so you can mark the anniversary? ;)

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healthygirl
I will have to mark the day on my calendar!! That is a great idea and I can celebrate it yearly with a gluten free anniversary cake of some kind! I do have a bread machine, which works well with the Celimix bread mix. I have also used Kinnikinik bread mixes which aren't yeast based, so are pretty easy to make...those I just mix up and bake. The best is the flax/sunflower seed one, at least so far of what I've tried...I have to say I don't care for the pre-baked loaves in the freezer section of the grocery store, as they seem really dried out...maybe sitting in the freezer section too long?? I'll let you know how the Bob's Red Mill turns out...

Glad you are feeling better!!
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