Link: http://wheatallergysymptoms.org/
Well nothing can be just same 'ol, same 'ol with me LOL. So I recently decided to give up Wheat. After battling symptoms from my allergy to Wheat, I have finally decided to call it quits. Well at least for 30 days to see how I feel after it has been out of my system for a month.
As a child I had to go on Saturday mornings to get tested to see what I was allergic to. While other normal kids were watching Saturday morning cartoons, I was being pricked with this and that. Then I'd sit waiting for the bumps to swell and itch. Then the nurse would come by to measure such swelling and itchiness to determine what all I was indeed allergic to. "Super Fun" I am sure you are saying to yourself right now LOL. Yeahhh, sure, it was.... Awesome!! (insert sarcastic smirk)
After the torture sessions were complete it was determined that I am allergic to Wheat, the Milk Protein (not lactose intolerant), Cats (never getting rid of them lol), Hay (hilarious since I had 13 horses growing up lol) , Ragweed/Pollen (OMG this is going to be the death of me this year), Mold (wtf) and well just about anything else that is in our environment LOL. Let me just say I was (and still am) the Allergy Kid LOL!
I don't know about you, but the last month or so has been pure hell for me and my allergies. I have been doing anything I can think of to find a remedy. Every morning I take an Allergy Pill, do my Neti Pot, squirt Allergy Eye Drops in my eyeballs and drink this Tea my Chinese medicine doctor has concocted for me (tastes like dirt and cinnamon, Yucky). In addition to my daily morning routine, I see the Chinese medicine doctor for various acupuncture sessions which always include working on my allergy ordeal.
I got to thinking that if I am spending so much time on fixing my allergies, then why in the hell am I not getting to the actual source of one of my problems... Wheat? So I made the decision recently to stop eating and drinking ANYTHING that has wheat in the ingredients. Do you know how many things have wheat in them? Ummm like about 92% of everything we consume. (Dammit, this is going to be tougher than I thought.) Hey, at least I still have my favorite foods available to me: Mexican and Burger/Fries (sans bun). So I pep myself back up continuing with my NO Wheat for 30 Days trial.
What I forgot when I engaged in this contract with myself is that vodka ALSO is made of wheat. (Dammit Again!!) So I suck it up once again, and decide to go with flavored rums (which are quite delicious). Now the funny part is that if you are used to drinking one kind of alcohol, you also know how to pace yourself (how much/how fast/etc). Slip in a new drink, and Bang, you find yourself a lil more tipsy... a lot more quickly LOL. So I will have to grow accustomed to my new drink of choice (which my friends all agreed was way more scrumptious than my normal flavored Vodkas lol).
I am now at a point where I do not spend all my thoughts on how much I miss my long lost friend wheat, but have now entered into a comfortable place with my newest endeavor. Oh, but those first 3-4 days were tough, and I mean TOUGH. I thought I was going to pull my hair out with insanity, kill someone in a fit of rage and sleep for 20 years like Rip Van Winkle LOL. Withdrawal symptoms are a MoFo LOL. I had absolutely NO energy, NO Patience and was sooooo Irritable (more so than normal LOL). I am just so Happy that I have mellowed out a little bit, and can now actually start charting my progress to see if I feel any better at the end of my 30 days. If I do, then it's bye-bye Wheat forever, and well if I don't..... I'm going to Panera to get one of those sourdough bread bowls to scarf down with a pound of butter LOL.
Why is it that the things we
Love
the most, are usually the
Worst
for us? Things that make you go Hmmm LOL :-D~
