OH Janine- you are such a sweetheart and I totally needed to read this comment again today after accidentally eating more gluten the other day and waking up miserable. SO frustrating! I’m going to try to be patient with myself, thanks to you. 🙂

Right? I didn’t take gluten seriously at all. I’m ashamed to say it, but it’s true. Who knew? Now I do. Thanks so much for coming by my friend. I hope you are doing well! I miss you!

OH precious friend… I’m SO grateful for you. Thank you for your faithful encouragement and love. Oh, how I wish we lived near each other so you could help me cook!

PS: Still trying to find the ‘pleasant inside’ but I’m working on it!! lol I ate crackers that were very UNpleasant the other day. 🙂

Amy, do you know I was SO sick all winter!! (Increasingly after you left) It makes so much sense to me now. I would wake up miserable and had NO idea why. Some days were brutal and I could not figure out what was causing me to be so sick- it really was getting to me. I’m really glad I finally listened to my friend about the gluten. I honestly didn’t know people can develop gluten intolerance and after looking at the symptoms- WOW. That was ME!

(I miss you! Email soon? Just think- a year ago you were HERE WITH ME!! Oh, how I LOVED seeing you. 🙂 )

I didn’t share this with many people, Allie. I kept it to myself- who wants to hear about me being miserable, ya know? And oh my oh my SO MANY FOODS have gluten in them!! I keep eating gluten accidentally and waking up the next day sick! I’m going to google everything I eat now. I mean, who knew all the sauces and soups and even bbq sauce had it? Ugh.

Sara, it is such an encouragement to have you comment and share your experience! I would LOVE any names of good crackers, pizza, AND bread! LOL I have yet to find good crackers or pizza. Derek just made me funfetti gf pancakes last night that my friend brought me and they were good! (Slathered with syrup of course!) I’m so sorry you have to endure the strict diet, but I do hope it has helped heal you, my friend. I remember you were gf at Robert Frost. 🙂

SYBIL!! I can’t believe you have been struggling with this too! We can do this together! PS: Don’t eat soy sauce, teriyaki sauce or bbq sauce without checking for gluten. Just realized they have gluten in them after eating them and waking up sick again. It’s SO hard to figure this out- I’m googling everything I eat now. I keep learning the hard way! I’ve got a lot to learn still.

I’m still struggling to figure it out Ceil. It seems gluten is in so many foods I wouldn’t think had it. Each time I accidentally eat it, I wake up sick the next day. I’m going to have to google everything. And I mean EVERYTHING.

I’m learning… 🙂

NO WAY!!! A GLUTEN FREE COOKIE BAKERY????? That would be a dream come true!! Great. Now I’m totally craving cookies.

30 pounds? WOW!! Do you know I have GAINED WEIGHT? Yeah, I’ve been so bloated and miserable and I haven’t been eating that much at all because I have felt so sick! I’ve been wondering how and why I could be gaining weight! Apparently it’s having the opposite effect on me!

I’m so glad you came by to share your story, Meredith. I’m encouraged by it and yet so sorry you had to suffer after trying it again on vacation! NO fun at all. I keep eating it accidentally and waking up sick all over again. It’s in EVERYTHING. Google is my new best friend. lol