Kristin Goes Gluten Free: Week 2

I have successfully gotten through 2 weeks!  I am feeling so great as well.  Good news is that my thyroid test came back negative. I continued to eat a lot of meat, fruits, veggies and grains this week.  I didn't really try any new dinner recipes this week.  I haven't had time to plan. We had a picnic Thursday for the Mount Union Art Guild, which I am secretary of.  My friend Rachel, our president, made her mac n' cheese with gluten free elbow mac just for me! I love that girl! :)  It was really good; made by Barilla.  I was able to eat a hamburger with no bun, the mac n cheese, fruit and the gluten free chocolate chip cookies I made.  They were made by Betty Crocker.  I wasn't a big fan, they were kind of sandy.  I did like the Betty Crocker gluten free brownies though! I think now that I am used to this diet, my focus this week will be water, water and more water.  I think I am dehydrated a lot of the time.  I am so busy during the day, I just forget.  I also am going to make an "Out to Eat Cheat Sheet".  I will share when it is complete!

Recipe of the Week

"Ice Cream Sandwiches"
I was so excited when Peights store had ice cream sandwich wafers, so I bought them...then found out I needed to be gluten free!  My original intent was to do this with them, but I wasn't giving up.  I bought these cinnamon mini rice cakes at Walmart, and randomly thought of using them instead.  

Ingredients
- Quaker "Popped" Apple Cinnamon or any flavor
- Cool Whip

Directions
- Spoon cool whip onto one rice cake, then top with another.  Make as many as you'd like.
- Freeze about an hour, then eat and enjoy!


Symptom Changes to Date

- I didn't say "I just don't feel good" once this week!
- Continued healthy bowels (unless I forget my darn Lactaid Pill)
- More awake during the day.  I still don't wake up feeling "rested"
- Not bloated
- Pink gums instead of red and swollen
- Roseacea toned down on my cheeks

Thing are changing, slowly, but surely!  Some things I wish would change a little faster are short term memory loss and the psoriasis on my scalp :(  I have to say, I am just proud that I have stuck to my lifestyle change!

Until next week, 

Kristin