by maranatha » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:18 pm
hello- ive recently become a health freak! it started with my dad and then he convinced one of my sisters... and now i have joined the club! the american diet is truly filthy, bad, unhealthy, etc... ! in highschool i never really cared about my weight because i played soccer! but now 2 years later i started to worry that my depresssing weight gain of 110 to 125 (im only 5') might be a problem! especially the fact that i looked pregnant all the time! i pretty much ate whatever i wanted- not too bad (or so i thought)! until my dad started cluing me in on the harmful foods that i had been eating! ANYTHING processed, apartame (found in diet drinks), MSG, and the list goes on! i ate salads and fruits and veggies... along with lunchables, candy, chips, soda and so on. i decided that i needed to detox my body after reading up on the idea! i have been trying for about 2 weeks - been tempted a few times but basically stayed on track- i started drinking fresh juices, eating fruits and veggies- and i quickly began to feel and see a difference... however i now am quite convinced that i am allergic to wheat- one of my sisters found that she was and my dad now thinks that he is! my stomach was doing fine until a few days ago i ate quite a bit of wheat... i looked and felt like i was pregnant! if i had been doing so well with my diet, what could make me stomach do that so soon? WHEAT! i am now going to take wheat out of my diet and see if it works- however the few days i have done it so far, i already see a diff.- so all of you out there with bloated stomachs i STRONGLY SUGGEST trying to take wheat out of your diet for a short period of time - to see if that may be the cause! i warn you though- wheat is in almost EVERYTHING! so good luck