It is with joy that I close out this blog in pursuit of another, much more fun pursuit. I've regained my health and feel years younger than my age, so it's time to kick butt preparing for an ultramarathon? Why? Because I'm the Crazy Ultra Lady...
www.crazyultralady.blogspot.com
See you there!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
The answer...and the end.
The answer to all my ills over the last year...is wheat, corn, eggs, and aspartame. But mostly wheat. My allergy to egg is an immediate response allergy, though not life threatening at the moment. My allergy to wheat and corn is a delayed response or hypersensitivity. There are no tests for this type of response in the body and can only be found through lucky food challenges.
Wheat is the bond in all my favorite foods, like the pasta in mac and cheese, the crust in pizza, the breading on anything fried. Breakfast can be rather empty without wheat, corn., or eggs Going out to eat can be a very difficult challenge. Candy or other sweets are nearly impossible to find.
Through food challenges, I was able to make all my symptoms comes and go. My favorite was making them GO. And because I've eliminated wheat, my body doesn't seem angry and reactive to most things I would put in my mouth. I can eat most things again, which is a big deal to an equal opportunity foodie.
My goal now includes creating tasty recipes that anybody would want to eat, that just don't happen to have wheat, corn, or eggs. We're coming up with lots of meals in concept. The hard part is that essentially nothing can come from a box or bottle and everything will need to be homemade. But maybe that will just make everything taste better.
My other goal is to finally truly prepare for an ultramarathon. I've wanted to do one at least the last decade, but struggled with always being tired or feeling really rough on my long run day. Of course I now know that carbo loading with pasta when you can't eat wheat...well, I don't think I need to elaborate.
So I'm going to start another blog for myself. So I can track the progress I've made-from thinking I was near the end to training for an ultra. Wish me luck. It worked the last time!
Wheat is the bond in all my favorite foods, like the pasta in mac and cheese, the crust in pizza, the breading on anything fried. Breakfast can be rather empty without wheat, corn., or eggs Going out to eat can be a very difficult challenge. Candy or other sweets are nearly impossible to find.
Through food challenges, I was able to make all my symptoms comes and go. My favorite was making them GO. And because I've eliminated wheat, my body doesn't seem angry and reactive to most things I would put in my mouth. I can eat most things again, which is a big deal to an equal opportunity foodie.
My goal now includes creating tasty recipes that anybody would want to eat, that just don't happen to have wheat, corn, or eggs. We're coming up with lots of meals in concept. The hard part is that essentially nothing can come from a box or bottle and everything will need to be homemade. But maybe that will just make everything taste better.
My other goal is to finally truly prepare for an ultramarathon. I've wanted to do one at least the last decade, but struggled with always being tired or feeling really rough on my long run day. Of course I now know that carbo loading with pasta when you can't eat wheat...well, I don't think I need to elaborate.
So I'm going to start another blog for myself. So I can track the progress I've made-from thinking I was near the end to training for an ultra. Wish me luck. It worked the last time!
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