Gluten Free: Day 2

Today was day 2 of my Gluten free lifestyle, so far it's not been to difficult though considering we just got grocery's there's plenty to eat and try. I'm not a very picky eater so that helps too.

Today's challenge was going out for breakfast. Every second Wednesday of the month I take the three school aged kids out for breakfast. It's our way of connecting and we all quite enjoy it. This morning's location was IHOP, where I'd read something about gluten free pancakes. I wasn't too surprised when I got there and they didn't have them. Normally I'd have something like biscuits and gravy or eggs and toast. This morning I went with 2 eggs, some sausage and bacon, hash browns and fruit.  To my surprise, it wasn't nearly as difficult to find something that I wanted within the plan.

Today's lunch consisted of last night's chicken veggie soup. It's a really tasty recipie that wifey came up with from . Along with it was the gluten free bread from Pamelas's Products mix that she'd made yesterday too.

Supper, was tacos with turkey meat. Originally we were going to use a taco seasoning but it had wheat and flour in it. So wifey flavored the meat on her own and it turned out fantastic! I passed on the corn shells and went with a salad style, placing the meat on spinach leaves and adding cooked corn kernels and some taco sauce.

All in all so far this isn't a huge issue for me. Clearly the beer issue will be the biggest hurdle for me to overcome, though even this I think will prove not too daunting an effort.

I'm probably not going to blog every day, but I'll sure try to keep a consistent pattern to the updates. The next few weeks will be interesting to track my health and general well being. I'm going to try to the following rating scale to track my change. It's worth noting that I also started taking my one-a-day vitamin a few days ago, so there's likely to be an added benefit there too.

Vitamin: Yes
Guaifenesin: Yes 1AM  - 1PM
Pseudoephedrine: No
Sinus Pressure (1-10): 4+
Weight: 193
Attitude and Mood (1-10): 7+

[ + = improving ]
[ - = declining ]

New link: Celiac.com

Gluten Free - the beginning

Over the past several years, I've struggled with a lot of sinus infections. I've been poked, prodded, cut in efforts to find and resolve the ongoing issues I've had. 

It seems that the majority of my problems revolve around the fact that I produce a larger than normal amount of mucus that tends to get clogged and infected in my face. In September of this year 2011, I had sinus surgery to help re-open and hopefully lessen the impact of my on going problems.

My allergy testing proved negative. My sinus surgery went fine, but does nothing to reduce the amount of mucus.  I'm growing tired of feeling worn down and painful faced all the time.

Today we're starting a gluten-free diet. My hope is this will move me towards a more raw or natural diet. The end goal is a more healthy feeling body and mind. 

I intend to document the process here, not just for you but for my own personal tracking of the progress, changes and outcomes.

-me-