Staying Motivated to Stay Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Corn-Free
In some ways I am not a good person to write on this topic. I was so sick and so miserable for so long that giving up wheat and gluten was easy for me. I wanted nothing to do with it. My stomach hurt, my brain hurt, I was sick all the time, I had no waist, and I wanted out. Yet I find that when I share my journey a lot of people are not able to stay motivated. Often they were never as obviously ill as I was. Sometimes they find being “that person” at a party who doesn’t eat anything too disturbing. Sometimes they love bread more than any other food…ever. So if this is you, and you know that you need to stop eating dairy or gluten or corn (or, like me, all of the above) but you find it difficult, I would like to recommend a few resources to help you stay motivated. To give up gluten – There is a book called Wheat Belly by Dr, William Davis. In addition to the book he has a blog at http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/ and some YouTube videos which start with this one at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDkJEF9aBY Yes the information is a bit scary but it should convince you that this is not optional, and that you are doing your family a favor by putting them in a gluten free...
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