It’s been over 3 weeks of “Wheat-Free October” and admittedly, I did
cheat once, on Saturday. We were painting murals all day, I was
starving, and I couldn’t just eat viennas,
so I ate 2 hot dogs. I was very tempted to just cheat fully with a
glass of wine, but was told that wheat was forgivable, while wine is
very much not… This month has been pretty hectic with flat buying and
what-not… I’ve been dying for a glass of wine… so let’s not discuss
wine!
Sans-wheat, I have managed to drop 2kg without actually doing any exercise, so I’ve done some reading.
According to
Dr Mark Hyman on the Huffpost Healthy Living Blog, there are 3 ways that wheat makes you fat:
- It contains a Super Starch -- amylopectin A that is super fattening.
- It contains a form of Super Gluten that is super-inflammatory.
- It contains forms of a Super Drug that is super-addictive and makes you crave and eat more.
Apparently it does not only contribute to weight gain, but
depression too? Strange because I crave pasta, pizza etc when I’m most
down. Think I might have only vaguely touched on it before, but I am
depressed – medicated, but it still something that defines me. My
emotions effect my stomach, wheat effects my stomach… could I just have
been engaged in a crazy vicious circle of abuse to my stomach? It’s
definitely something to consider…
I am really determined not to
slip into bad habits again, this wheat thing needs to be controlled. I’m
considering these two books:
You don't have to go without Pizza! It took me a year of wheat-free living to find this. Cauliflower pizza bases. Tastes better than it sounds:
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