Had my first ever no wheat outing. I went out for dinner with my in-laws (hi Joanne and Tony!) at Hudsons Tap House. It was an experience. While out in public, or discussing this experiment with strangers I’m pretending to have a wheat allergy. I’ve found that people don’t take you that seriously when you say that you have a preference over what you eat:
“I don’t like mushrooms”
“Oh you can’t taste them” and they leave them in.
Say that you’re allergic and the result is more like:
“I’m allergic to mushrooms”
“Oh I’ll make sure the chef knows and won’t mix things up.”
I hate to be “that girl”, the one that has 14 special requests, and none of them include the spit the cook put in there out of retaliation.
Plus it’s sometimes kind of awkward to explain to people what it is we are doing. Sure friends and family get it, but strangers just don’t care and I don’t care to tell them. Over all the meal was good. Joanne let me have some of her potato skins, and I had a salad with a dressing I made sure was wheat free.
On Monday I met with my nutritionist and had lost 5 lbs. in 2 weeks. Now I’d only been on wheat belly for like 3 days by that point so I don’t know how much of that loss was wheat related, but since I’ve lost a huge chunk of snacks and sweets from my diet, I’m willing to bet it played a part even if it was only the denial of those bad foods.
I’ve also noticed that Ian and I are doing this over the month of December. The month when gluttony is encouraged, and the treats come out in spades. Luckily I will be able to eat wheat again on Christmas Day, which is good since my mother makes the most amazing stuffing to go with her turkey. I’d be so choked if I had to forgo it. I will however really miss the Nanaimo bars, or as Ian likes to call them Calgary style Nanaimo bars, because my mom also rocks those. Hard. So no wheat over the month of December will likely be hard, but probably for the best.
We need some more visually stimulating media. Cat picture!
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