"Many people, on first setting out to identify foods containing wheat, find it in nearly all the processed foods they have been eating, including the most improbable places such as canned "cream" soups and "healthy" frozen dinners. Wheat is there for two reasons: One, it tastes good. Two, it stimulates appetite. The latter reason is not for your benefit, of course, but for the benefit of food manufacturers. To food manufactuers, wheat is like nicotine in cigarettes: the best insurance they have to encourage continued consumption." (Davis, pg. 197)
Surprise source of wheat for the day...Beer! Apparently there are gluten free beers on the market now...but how do they taste?
I have to admit I am really tired right now, so I don't know how long I'm going to be here. It has nothing to do with the removal of wheat from my diet, but rather waking early feeling sleepy and grumpy and just never catching up throughout the day. I'm a little nervous about weigh in on Monday. The bad news is I had gained weight over the 2nd week with a little added wheat and binge eating during my cycle. The good news is, so far, it seems to have come off, but I may still be at the weight I started at in the beginning. I won't complain though bc overall I have been feeling better. School started last week and it will be interesting to see how I handle the complete change of schedule. I have a feeling I will be counting down until the end of the semester. I'll be able to be home for lunches, so I just have to worry about breakfast. I'll also be busy with school work, so things I can just grab and eat will be important. One thought is to use a day on the weekend to cook up things I can have during the week, just pop in the microwave and eat. I imagine at some point this just becomes second nature and there won't be as much thought required into it.
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