Oh revenge

Remind me to never, ever, ever have dairy again. Oh, I don't know why I ever thought it would be a good idea. On sunday there was cake batter ice cream from coldstone, I just loooove cake batter and my week had been crappy so I totally deserved it right?

Once I started that snowball it was so hard to stop. Things got worse. The next day we had an impromptu ice cream social. How could I not participate? It was someone's birthday! So again, I had ice cream, this time with whip cream too. Oh the horror.

But no, wait, it gets worse. Monday night, while torturing myself watching The Bachelorette, my roommate made oatmeal cookies with a cream filling. Cream filling. I bet you didn't even know how much I love those cheap, little debbie, oatmeal cream pies!?! AND given I was depressed about the size of Emily the bachelorette's waist and the 6 hot men she gets to date all at once - yeah, you guessed it, I ate the cream filled cookies. Did you notice the plural?

My body has been itchy, cramping, achy, exhausted, gassy, and miserable. You know that stupid, frustrating saying, "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." (which is b.s. if you ask me - have you tasted cookies and cream milkshakes at chick-fil-a???) Well in my life, nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.

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Gluten and Dairy and Eggs - Oh, My!

Last Monday my doctor pronounced me allergic to not only gluten, dairy, and eggs, but also soy and some other random things like cucumber, asparagus, honey . . . 

I took the news in a very bittersweet way. When I saw the list I looked at her in disbelief and said, "You know these are ALL the things I eat, right?" 

On the other hand, I'm so excited to be a healthier, happier, more energetic version of myself! How can that NOT sound awesome to someone. To finally hear, "We know why you feel crappy and we know exactly what you can do to fix it!"

So about one week has gone by. It's been hard for sure. The hardest thing has been pizza and milkshakes - two of my favorite foods. I didn't anticipate eggs being the most frustrating allergen either. A lot of things can be made without gluten or dairy, but eggs are very common. It's very expensive to do baking yourself, so I'm hoping to just stick it out on my limited, more raw diet instead of buying ingredients to bake. 

I've already started feeling better. My energy level is great! I've never been this energized for so long. And I love it - naturally. 

So we'll see how it goes. I'm hoping to be able to reintroduce some foods later after my insides have healed from the abuse I've been putting them through. Poor little things. There's light at the end of my culinary tunnel!

Very sad - I haven't been able to have much coffee because it's impossible for me to divorce creamer from it's soulmate coffee. Hence, the tea this morning at work.

So begins my allergen-free journey! (Prayers appreciated)

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