Eight months ago, I embarked on a journey - a journey to eliminate wheat from my diet. For two weeks starting January 4th, I stopped eating wheat all together - no bread, no pasta, no processed foods (think Wheat Thins, Goldfish crackers, Cheezits), you catch my drift. I was on travel to Texas for the month of January and only came in on the weekends. In the second week, I decided I was hungry, emotional, and needing some "comfort" so L and I went to one of my favorite - if not my favorite - places to eat: Little Village. Well, if you've ever been to the Little Village, you know about the Little Village Bread. Ahhh, yes, the LV Bread, capitalized, because it's a proper noun, it's a very specific thing, something to be taken very seriously. Well, on said emotional evening, I decided, what could it hurt? I'd been completely wheat free for about two weeks, I was going to indulge and see what transpired. So I not only took a leap and inhaled some LV Bread, but decided on my favorite dish of Chicken Alfredo with penne pasta. Well, needless to say, within moments, I had crashed and all but fell asleep on my dinner company. Right at the table.
It was then I decided that there really was something to do this whole wheat-free thing for me. In the eight months since then, I have struggled to maintain wheat-free-dom but have mostly succeeded. I have found that finding other ways to compensate for bread, pasta cravings, etc., are readily available, it just takes more conscious thought and planning.
I plan to use this platform to write about my challenges, ask for and give suggestions on "substitutions", and track how I feel when I eat wheat-free.
Join me on this journey, won't you?
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