yeah, but not by choice

i have an allergy to wheat so i do try to eat wheat free. it is only an allergy that causes a little sinus irration. so i still do occasinally have wheat anyways. lol. but it is definetly hard to avoid wheat when it is in everything. i wish you all the best of luck. where i have had little success i wish you more

I also have problems with gluten and as long as I stick to an Atkins type diet I feel great. I also have problems with dairy and soy..
I wish there was a group here for low carb/ no wheat people

From what I have read, going gluten free only makes sense if one is allergic to gluten. Since I am not, I am not going gluten free.

That being said, for those who are allergic it can be critical as some conditions involve a near fatal reaction to gluten.

If you have Celiac Disease here is a support group for you:

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Celiac-Disease/support-group

If you just wish to go gluten free and want a support group for that you can create your own support group here. It is called a "member group" and anybody can create one. There are a lot of those groups here, but the ones that function well tend to have a good core of active members. If you wish to create such a group, I'll be more than happy to direct you to some information about doing that!

Just send me a PM!

Thank you, all, for the replies. I don't have celiac disease but am Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitive (NCGF). I do have antibodies to gluten which manifest as inflammation in the gut and do have some leaky gut syndrome. I do feel physically "bad" when I eat gluten or sugar, both of which cause inflammation.

Pepper Man, I was thinking of starting a group, but wanted to "test" here to see if anyone was interested. if I can't get enough interest in gluten-free, i'll see if I can get interest in just going sugar-free which is the hardest for me. the longest I've ever gone sugar-free was when I was in a commitment with a group who were also committed to going sugar-free (I went 11 months). the group was called an AWOL (A Way of Life). but I don't want to do the in-person meetings that required, am looking for online group.

how do we reply privately? I don't see anything to click on, on replies. thanks!

darn, I don't see any way to edit replies either. I meant to say I am NCGS not NCGF.

I have tried to know of n make grocery chart of foods that are sugar free and low carb, sigh.
I found out yesterday that luttace is high carb's/
Im not sure but carbs are entergy booster for gym/walking...
and like sugar once we have that yummy candy bar we can't seem to gget enough and it trigger to cause us to want to eat n eat...
I'v a vegetarian and I also like certain fruits.
I know that fruit is basical sugar and carb.
Luttace is also sugar.
I lived on luttace salads and beans, sigh.
There are certain foods that are basic supply for me. now I half to re research.
I wish your freinf only the best. salute to her. now she amoung the living.

Admiral 1CU, I am mostly vegetarian. all foods are made up of either protein, fat, or carbohydrates or some combination of the three. clinical studies like The China Study have found that carbohydrates in their whole food form are a healthy fuel for the body. Carbs got a bad name because of the ones that are highly processed and have sugars, fats, and salt added to them and any natural fiber has often been filtered out. Most junk food fits this description. But fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and legumes, when eaten raw or cooked only enough to make them palatable are very healthy (unless you have a specific allergy to something). and most people don't know that you can get your needed protein and fats from plants also. The calories in dark green leafy vegetables are almost half from protein and half from carbohydrates. So I wouldn't worry about your lettuce and beans. :-)

Hi Chilly,

You can count on me for support. I lost 75lbs doing exactly what you are doing, staying away from grains and sugar, all processed food, as much as possible. I went from 250lbs to 175lbs, over 48" waist to 31"....from 26% bodyfat to 19% and I am shooting now for 11%.

I totally get the processed food addiction and hope I can be of some help, it is a nightmare when I have been in the middle of those binges, vicious cycle and I am really grateful to discover that it is not so complicated!

So feel free to message me or check out my site where I talk about eating real food, doing core strength routines and group body cleanse so you can detox your liver and release all of that fat. Good Luck!

good to hear from you Richard. where is your site?

I cut out wheat and sugar in January.

Admiral, with lettuce it also has fiber in it, so you get to subtract the amount of faiber from the amount of carbs. The darker green the better the lettuce is. Iceberg is about the worst one you can eat. Romaine is a lot better.

Good for you, MinHiding. what motivated you? & how is it going?
have you had any temptations?
Connie

i avoid breads/rice/etc 98% of the time. I do struggle with sugars on some days but i try to avoid them 98% of the time as well. I find if i slip and have any sort of carb then i crave sugars all day. :(

together we can get through this.

I always thought I had IBS, but realized I only had episodes after eating wheat products. Also being borderline diabetic made me realize I needed to cut out sugar and any simple carbs, foods easily converted to to sugar in your body.

I feel so good. I am probably in the best health I have been in my whole life. Mt last blood tests were excellent. The fact that I lost 80 lbs made this way of eating even better..

So far I really haven't been tempted. I made my kids chocolate chip cookies the other day and had no desire to eat any. Once you get the sugar out of your system you pretty much lose the cravings for it.

I avoid sugar except on the holiday. I also know avoiding pastas, taters and grains and following the glutin free helped me lose weight. I also know I have to add fiber to avoid the other problems. I drink diet soda, use a sugar substitute thats hard to find called Sweet One. Have to order it from the manufacturer. Didnt like the after taste in my cooking using splenda, sweet-n-low etc. I basicly follow a hyper lo calories diet and try to eat only 3 ouces of meat per day and 3/4 c veg's, 1/2 c fruit. Poof, 71 pounds off in a year.