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
