Gluten Free...

    So as of today I am officially going to be leading a gluten free lifestyle! I feel like I have been inventing and reinventing myself for 3 years now.  

    Constantly having to change things about myself and not by choice, but by force.

    I know it may seem really small to some, but the minute I start to feel confident in my food choices, healthy and food confident (which if you've never struggled with foods, you know exactly what I'm talking about!)

    It's an emotional process, for me anyway. I feel like I am starting all over again and in a way, I am. 

    I have to learn a whole new way of eating, yet again! And try to maintain my weight loss and journey into losing more weight. 

    I am doing this in hopes that it will help my gut health. It's also not uncommon for people who have had cholecystectomy's to develop gluten intolerances and lactose intolerances.  Which is what I am leaning towards based on how I feel after I eat, well almost anything. 

    I do have an allergy test in the works so I can be sure but I figured i'd start by cutting out gluten (since that also runs in my family.) 

    I guess life is all about adventure, so I suppose I'll embrace this change like I have embraced all of the other changes I've been forced to make over the last few years. Some were welcomed changes, don't get me wrong! I'm just doing my absolute best to keep a positive and upbeat mindset about it all! 

    Happy Saturday, friends! Here's to new adventures! 


XOXO 


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