Oh, gluten.

I am failing miserably. Mostly because I just forget! I've spent so much time ignoring my diagnosis that it's almost automatic to just buy and eat what I want. I have done well at dinnertime, at least. I had tacos (with corn tortillas) the past two nights with my freezer taco meat (that I have plenty of!) Tonight I'm going to be making gluten free pizza cups to freeze, and mini omelet cupcakes to freeze. See, my thoughts are that I will be less likely to break my rules if I have nothing in my house that would tempt me. Luckily I am single and live by myself right now so I don't have to worry about non glutards like myself. I hope to one day NOT be alone, but hopefully by then I'll have a handle on things. Still truckin!
I'm going to post the recipe that I'll be using:
Gluten free pizza cups
1. Get some gluten free bisquick, make biscuits according to package, put them in the bottom of a muffin tin.
2. Use your favorite marinara- I use Prego Three Cheese because it is one of the only jarred ones that is  gluten free and has no onions:). Slather it on top of the biscuits to your heart's desire.
3. Top with mozzarella cheese (you can use low fat or not here, depending on your diet preferences).
4. I cut regular sized turkey pepperoni and put them on top, but you can use minis if you prefer.
5. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes, unless you're me and prefer a golden cheesey goodness on top, then bake for about 20 minutes or until it looks like you want.
Enjoy, friends! I'll blog more later- and I am going to be starting a youtube channel for tips and what not.

Fail one, fail two...

I failed on day one. I failed on day two. BUT, they weren't HUGE. Day one (yesterday) I got a shrimp quesadilla and forgot to request corn tortillas, and today, I ate a pack of Nekot cookies. Yesterday's was an accident, today was totally on purpose. I really wonder if I'll ever get past this...see, the thing is, not everything gives me a reaction, at all. With my condition being Celiac's, though, it doesn't matter whether or not I have a reaction, it's still hurting my body. I think this would be a lot easier if I got sick everytime I ate something with gluten in it. I'll get used to it, I suppose. But, so far, I'm not doing the best job. I've got to suck it up and try harder! Continuing farewell to gluten, day 2. No more today, I promise.
Later loves!
Leah

Celiacs Schmeliacs

I read MANY blogs about people being gluten free and them loving it. I hardly ever read anyone whining and complaining about the lifestyle my inside self wants to scream about daily. I can't just go to the Subway downstairs and get a SANDWICH without knowing I'll be sick later. And, much worse than that, I am damaging my insides and risking poor nutrient absorption, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue and pain, and many other icky things. I have MAD respect for the bloggers who put such a positive spin on gluten free living, but I am just not there yet. I hate it. There, I said it. Please don't crucify me, blog world. I'm working on it. I will get better and maybe when I stop gluten all together- I might FEEL better and in turn LOVE being gluten free. Not yet though.

But, I digress. As most of you all know (or don't know at all), I have been diagnosed with Celiac's, as much as I've tried to talk my doctor out of it and do trial runs with gluten to make my body tolerate it, I've GOT to be gluten free if I want to be healthy. SO, tomorrow, I'm going to the grocery store and am planning to make quite a few freezer, gluten-friendly meals to keep myself on gluten free for 30 days. I'm HOPING that the 30 days I do this will lead me to continuing this behavior instead of the self destructive behavior of eating things that are ruining my insides! I'm telling you guys in the hopes that my friends in the blogosphere will hold me accountable. I will update. I know, these posts are nothing like my other blog, (beautifuldisasterlfb) and I considered just putting these things there, but I changed my mind.

So, on this blog, I will be posting my frustrations and shortcomings and recipes and everything else that I feel about this crazy step I'm taking to improve my health. I might even throw a beauty post in there here and there since apparently at 30, I look 18, and people want my secrets. I am obsessed with gluten free and beauty blogs, so why not just throw them together and see what happens? I'm contemplating a youtube channel too, so let me know if you might be interested! I hope to gain followers that can encourage me in this journey and maybe even tell me to shut up and get over it:). Diving in!

-Leah