Giving Up Wheat!

Yes, it's true, I'm giving up wheat. If any of you know me, you know that this is the mother of all challenges for me. There's nothing like having a bad day and to a corporate steak restaurant for some delicious yeast rolls. Do I eat my feelings? Absolutely! Bread has always been there for me but, I didn't know what it was doing to me. Now I know and that's why I'm giving it up.

I owe a lot of credit to the folks at Food Matters they release a food documentary several years ago named "Food Matters" and it was a real eye opener. However, it wasn't a rude awakening. I had changed some eating habits but then I slid right back into my old eating habits. I've always wanted to lose weight. I've had gym memberships, I've ran/walked around my neighborhood and maybe even took some supplements. However, the bad diet was constant. I would eat good for a couple of days and then give up.....and still wonder why I was not losing weight.

Fast forward to a week ago, I signed up for the Beauty, Skin & Gut Summit Hosted by Food Matters. Little did I know the impact it would have on me. It was made available online and FREE for those who registered!! They have had great guests like Donna Gates, Dr. Tom O'Bryan and many others sharing their knowledge and a lot of it around Gluten. What a mind blowing experience is has been. They manage to explain the turmoil that your gut goes through when it digests gluten and how it is causing us to have leaky gut. Wow! That did it for me. I am fortunate that I'm not suffering any major illness, that I know of, but I know that this decision is a step in the right direction for a longer and healthier future.  I know that if I blog about this experience, then may I can help hold myself accountable.

I guess Hippocrates was right when he said, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."