Getting used to eating gluten free

[traceyneiman]

How long did it take everyone to get used to eating Gluten Free food? I am on my 9th month and I am still struggling with being upset with not being able to eat what others in my family eat. I just want to cheat so bad and in all honesty I do sometimes when I think I can't deal with it anymore! The Gluten Free bread I have tried (all of them so far) I cannot stand eating! To me it tastes like cardboard and sawdust. The same with Gluten Free snacks! I am trying all kinds but at the same time I am on food stamps and only get 16.00 a month! I am on disability for other reasons so i have VERY limited income. Please let me know if I am just being stubborn or if others have gone through this also! I suffer every day

[Ennis-TX]

Took me about 2 years to stop thinking about cheating, a bad gluten exposure in 2016 with a so called gluten free meal at a restaurant royally messed me up. I have not eaten food prepared by anyone else or eaten at a non dedicated restaurant since then.

The general rule on the bread....give up all forms for a year, then you just accept the Gluten free ones you can find and you forget the old taste for the most part. I also can not eat carbs (since the 2016 issues my pancreas does not work right) so I started with Julian Bakery bread back then, then started making my own, I even gave those up later on and just do not bother with breads as much with meals (aside from a bun I can make in the microwave). I learned how to make my own desserts after being tired of the nasty stuff in the stores (back then fewer options locally) so I perfected my own recipes gluten free, and later paleo and low carb for cookies, cakes, sweet breads, muffins etc. For years I was making decent money selling at farmer markets with baked goods, and later I did tent set ups and cooked and served meals all gluten free/paleo, til the whole covid and some recent issues with my vehicle. I am on RSDI myself so limited income and all my jobs are under the table income to make it possible to pay bills and live, honestly learning to make everything your self from scratch makes it much cheaper. Right now due to health and economic issues I am living on pretty much just eggs, and meats, sometimes eating baked goods that do not sale.

Edited July 13, 2020 by Ennis_TX

[traceyneiman]

  On 7/13/2020 at 4:40 PM, Ennis_TX said:

Took me about 2 years to stop thinking about cheating, a bad gluten exposure in 2016 with a so called gluten free meal at a restaurant royally messed me up. I have not eaten food prepared by anyone else or eaten at a non dedicated restaurant since then.

The general rule on the bread....give up all forms for a year, then you just accept the Gluten free ones you can find and you forget the old taste for the most part. I also can not eat carbs (since the 2016 issues my pancreas does not work right) so I started with Julian Bakery bread back then, then started making my own, I even gave those up later on and just do not bother with breads as much with meals (aside from a bun I can make in the microwave). I learned how to make my own desserts after being tired of the nasty stuff in the stores (back then fewer options locally) so I perfected my own recipes gluten free, and later paleo and low carb for cookies, cakes, sweet breads, muffins etc. For years I was making decent money selling at farmer markets with baked goods, and later I did tent set ups and cooked and served meals all gluten free/paleo, til the whole covid and some recent issues with my vehicle. I am on RSDI myself so limited income and all my jobs are under the table income to make it possible to pay bills and live, honestly learning to make everything your self from scratch makes it much cheaper. Right now due to health and economic issues I am living on pretty much just eggs, and meats, sometimes eating baked goods that do not sale.

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Thank you so much for this! I am So frustrated with myself trying to stay away from everything. I will do what you say. Good idea on giving up bread altogether. I might have to do that anyway! Great answer thank you agian!