Wow, I haven't blogged since Kenny and I got married! That was about a year and a half ago now, crazy how time flies! So this post is going to be about what I have learned this year about my health. Last holiday season I gained over 10 lbs and was not happy about it. So in January Kenny and I got a gym membership together and started going 4-5 times a week. After about 5 months of going I noticed I felt stronger but I didn't notice any physical changes. I was also tired All. The. Time. I couldn't stay awake during a movie no matter how early we started it. It was very hard for me to wake up for work in the mornings. I had a fever of 99.5 or higher every single day and had a headache about 4-5 days a week. Some days I would also get what I called "cloudy brain" where I was so fatigued that I couldn't think straight. There was one time that I drove into our storage door (its still broken) and I didn't even care, I just backed up, walked inside and laid on the couch till Kenny got home. It was getting worse so finally I went to see a doctor, I had a huge panel of blood work done, a brain and sinus CT done and an abdominal ultrasound. The only thing that was found was I had a lot of sinus congestion due to severe grass allergies. The Celiac panel came back low, meaning I don't have have celiac disease but I could have an intolerance. The blood test isn't definitive the only test that is was a colonoscopy and I just would rather not... So I did an experiment, I decided to go completely gluten free for one week. After that one week I felt soooo good! No more headaches, no more fatigue, I stayed awake for a whole movie! Kenny was in shock after that haha. No more fevers, no more cloudy brain (Kenny was happy about that because after the door incident I also scratched his truck on a pole during one of my cloudy brain episodes... Oops :) he was very loving and understanding through all this). After being gluten free for just one month I lost the stubborn 10 lbs I was trying to lose for months! Eating gluten free is hard, let me just write a list of everything that has gluten.
- Bread
- Pasta
- Tortillas
- Oatmeal
- All cereals (except Chex mix)
- Cake
- Brownies
- Cookies
- Pie (basically all deserts.... yeah its terrible)
- Soup (every kind of Campbell's soup, they use it as a thickener)
- Great Value - everything (Great value brand mass produces in the same factory so everything cross contaminates, so they can't claim anything to be gluten free)
- The sacrament - I have to bring special rice cakes
So as you can see its kinda a life change, but honestly, it is so worth it to me! I feel so much better! I know Kenny is happier too because I am not so moody and tired all the time, he is so good to me :). Side note, I noticed that when we were in Japan I wasn't having the symptoms as bad, probably because their main foods are rice and meat, where as in America its breads and meat, I also only saw one obese person in Japan the whole 2 weeks I was there, just something to think about.
Do I miss breads, pasta and deserts? Yes!!! But I would much rather have a good quality of life than be able to eat whatever I want.
Life is good, I am happy, I have a wonderful husband, the church is true and God is good. Thanks for listening 😘
Also I have red hair now! Woot woot thanks Evan!
