Hmm. I usually start my day off with gluten free cereal or a gluten free english muffin and cheese or some fruit. For lunch I\'ll have a salad, and I\'ve definitly learned how to be a creative salad builder. I bring my food with, as eating near my work is next to impossible. I also always have Thai Kitchen rice noodle bowls in my office as backup, they say gluten free right on them, add hot water and enjoy!
I cook at home alot, and save eating out for special occasions. I usually make some kind of protien and veggies, a steak or some chicken. I do alot of stirfry\'s since they are easier than anything else. Right now I\'m making some Annies rice noodle Mac & Cheese ( Yes, mac and cheese in a box!) which I spice up with some kraft cheese. You can buy the kraft mac and cheese cheese in a seperate container, so its just like the real thing. I try to take it easy on the gluten fre baked goods, since alot of them are fattier than the regular stuff, I save it for special treats.
Thai and sushi are the easiest things to eat out.
I have yet to brave italian. The sight of all the flour flying around in the air as they make pizza makes me queasy just thinking about it.
I always have a snack in my purse, so I\'ll never be tempted to \"cheat\" out of hunger. Having to pay for a rash decision with a week of ickyness is no fun. I carry Larabars, Think thin bars and homemade trail mix (store bought can be dusted with flour, be careful). I also carry individual gluten free soy sauce packets in a ziplock for the sudden sushi craving. I never leave home without my Triumph cards.
I have some good friends that I eat out with once a month. We go to PF Changs where they order off the gluten free menu with me so that we can share everything on the table.
:) Elonwy

Hello!

My typical day revolves around my favourite foods: fruits, veggies, a variety of protein sources, and cereal. I\'m very aware of everything that enters my body, and eat as clean as possible. Perhaps a little \'health\' obsessed, I never buy anything pre-made, and make everything from scratch. I love baking and cooking, and I made a personal promise to myself that the day I was diagnosed, I would never be deprived, and i would simply have to [re]learn to make them delicious.


And coffee. I love my joe. :)

Laurie-

I would ask you if you\'ve ever thought of creating your own cookbook.

GF toast for breakfast (Pamela\'s Amazing Wheat Free Bread Mix). Sometimes eggs too. On the weekends I make a big breakfast one of the days. I might make things like bacon, gf biscuits and gf sausage gravy (thickened with Bob\'s Red Mill GF Flour), pancakes (Pamela\'s), frozen waffles (Van\'s), hash browns, etc.

Lunch is usually leftovers from dinner the night before. Maybe some cheese and crackers (Ener-G Wheat-Free Crackers - they remind me of Carr\'s Water Crackers) or fruit or salad.

Dinner is usually some sort of meat, veggies or salad and potatoes or rice. I make sauces like I always did, except start the roux with Bob\'s Red Mill GF. We have pasta sometimes with Tinkyada.

Really, my eating at home, once I figured out some products and tricks, hasn\'t changed much. It\'s actually improved because it forced me to learn how to cook rather than eating out of the frozen food aisle.

The big difference I\'ve found is that food is a bigger and more well-rounded part of my life. I don\'t eat thoughtlessly anymore. If I\'m taking the time to make something, it\'s something that I really want and am going to enjoy. Whereas before I\'d just nuke whatever was in the freezer just because it was fast and I didnt\' have to mess with it.

Nancy

I tend to stay away from the GF products as much as possible as they are high in fat and calories (most of them) then I care to consume. I tend to gain weight pretty easily and this diet has thrown about 20 pounds on my body already!
For breakfast (weekdays), I\'ll either do yogurt or corn tortillas and sometimes McCan\'s Oatmeal. Lunch? That\'s always difficult. My lunches end up being more \"snacks\" than meals. I am working on that. I tend to consume rice cakes, fruit, carrots, chips, salad, etc. I\'ll pack a lunch but don\'t feel like having what I brought when lunch time comes.
Dinner, I eat a lot of rice. A lot. I am trying to cut back. I am a vegetarian and lactose intolerant. Just recently, due to some low iron levels, I have started to eat a little ahi here and there but I won\'t cook it and only eat it out. I love sushi, but I do the veggie rolls.

It\'s tough for me because I have a lot of friends who are not GF and like to hang out, do BBQ\'s have some beer etc. I am married and my DH is not GF though he is supportive but not knowledgeable. He thinks I can have \"a little\" of something and not be affected. I am also Italian, and it hurts to not have Bruschetta and Foccacia bread etc. Plus I don\'t react immediately. I don\'t have painful systems, it just affects my insides.

I\'ll admit, I am not a super careful Celiac. If I see flour in the air, doesn\'t bother me, I don\'t freak out. I miss a lot of stuff. I am going to the Stanford Celiac Conference in Sept. so maybe I\'ll learn something new. I am secretly hoping they get that gluten pill they are researching to help us consume gluten out and into the public soon. Sorry so long.

Yes, many, many times. I have started posting them on the internet, but I really want to. I just don\'t know if it would actually sell - there are so many out there, already! I am completely gluten-casein free, and love it so much.

I just wouldn\'t know HOW. Any ideas!? :)

Hi!

I\'m new to this forum, so I hope I do this right.

A typical day living with CD is stressful. I have to think and re-think everything I put in my mouth.

I wake up in the morning wondering if I will have tummy troubles or wake up exhausted because I couldn\'t sleep with the tummy troubles.

I can\'t go out to eat with family and friends because every time I\'ve tried, even when I think I\'m ordering something safe I end up getting sick.

My whole day revolves around my CD.

I hope this is kind of what you were looking for when you asked the question. Please help me if I\'m not posting correctly. Thanks.

you\'re doing it right, floridian, and i\'m sorry to hear that it has such a huge impact on your life. i hope the folks and resources you find on this site can help alieviate that a bit.

Doug,

Thanks for reassuring me that I\'m doing this right.. I was feeling...yes...insecure..LOL

I\'m at the point in my illness that I\'ve just about learned, I do know I can learn more but just about learned all I need to know about CD.

Now it\'s a daily heartache right now.. I hope it does get better. Some people have an easy go of everything...not me..am just a big baby I quess..LOL

Thanks again...this site is the cuties Celiac I\'ve seen so far, it\'s wonderful!

Celia

I usually have coffee with almond milk and after being up for an hour, I feel like eating and it is usually eggs, one slice of gf toast and orange juice. Sometimes I have those great waffles from Vans. I have leftovers from dinner or chicken salad for lunch (Hellman\'s makes canola mayo now!!) and I cook a big dinner in the evening -I just adapt most of my gluten recipes to gf and with some experimentation, it has worked out really well. My hubby will eat just about anything, and my son is picky and has many, many allergies to foods so it is sometimes a challenge. You have to be creative sometimes and it is tiring to cook everything from scratch, but what hey, you do what you gotta do, right? I have found or created many substitutions for our old favorites, so the family doesn\'t notice a huge difference.

Forgot to add-you are not a baby Celia, it is a heartache for us all.
Also, I have found that some Chinese meals are easy to prepare since they have a cornstarch batter-general tso\'s and sweet and sour chicken are two I make that are gf. Mexican is easy if you can have cheese and corn tortillas. Old fashioned American cooking is easier, however like roast beef and all kinds of chicken dishes, Italian is good with the rice pastas. You can make just about anything gf with the different flours and xanthan gum or guar gum. The only thing I haven\'t found to be as good are the breads. That is just a fact of life with this-My favorite store bought- Kinnikinnick bread and English muffins by George. The muffins are more like soft biscuits. I sometimes make a loaf from Roben Ryberg\'s -Gluten Free Kitchen too when I feel like baking. Hope this helps someone :).

awww thanks Robin but I am a baby...lol...was telling Cissi just today about when I had my second child...was in labor, in the hospital...and it was hurting...BAD... so I got up and started walking out... the nurse, my husband came after me asking what I was doing and I said..\"I can\'t do this.. I am going home.\"... they kept saying you are in labor... you can\'t go home... and I said, \"Don\'t you people understand? This HURTS and I\'m going home to sleep, then everything will be better tomorrow.\" HA.. so..I am a bit of a baby..lol... but I did stay in the hospital and have my son...

Oh yes whenever I don\'t feel good I figure if I just go to bed and sleep my body will fix whatever needs to be fixed...

ooppppsss off topic... ummm... reading... can\'t think of anything so I will say... I love you all!:)

Just to drift further away, when I was in the hospital having my son at one point I thought, \"I\'ve changed my mind, I\'m not going to have this baby after all\". LOL

My day revolves around my illness and I never quite know what kind of day it will be.

I've owned this book for about four years and I LOVE IT. It's always brought a smile to my face. This is truly a wonderful book, worth getting whether you're feeling happy or sad.

This book was amazing. Kay went to far in her life even though she struggled tremendously. It is a great read when you need some hope.