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I've received even more discussion -- insightful, revealing & FUNNY -- on
this topic. Quotes appear below in no particular order. I hope you guys as
much fun w/ this discussion as I have! Since so many people are responding
to the questions SC posed, I thought it would be appropriate to repeat them
before I post people's responses. ~Valerie in Tacoma
Do they:
>1) always pay bills on time and have good credit
>2) have control over credit cards and debts
>3) stick with the same job/profession for decades
>4) have a life plan and follow it
>5) always make it to appointments on time
>6) keep promises/commitments even if it's not convenient
>7) have at least one college degree
>8) not do drugs or alcohol or abuse prescription drugs
>9) not have a diagnosis of clinical depression
>10) not have an overly messy home
>11) not compulsively shop or collect lots of 'stuff'
>12) tend to be competitive
>13) refuse to hand control of their health totally over to the doctor
>(I'm sure you could think of other characteristics.)
>But, I could be wrong about that. It would be interesting to take a poll
>and try to correlate it with dietary adherence. I've noticed friends of
>mine who have cascading health problems due to their inability to carry
>through with even a simple diet/exercise program. It seems that every
>other aspect of their life is out of their control, too.
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Response to those who can't imagine eating gluten:
I struggle with not eating gluten often. I have been on the diet for 2
actual years and 1yr of testing and trials, therefore I just count the 2yrs.
The only reason I don't cheat is because of how bad it makes me suffer,
the agony I end up in. However, that does not make the cravings or the
yearning for gluten any easier. It is still just as difficult. I often
have the temptations to cheat this one time and suffer for just a while. If
I am going to have to suffer because someone else caused it, why not just
enjoy something I have been craving so severely and at least get to enjoy it
while I can. That is the hardest part of the diet! Knowing that I WILL be
contaminated by others so why not enjoy something I have really yearned for
and go on with life. I do not give in, but sometimes it is the hardest
thing not to do. I just have to constantly tell myself that at least I do
my part by adhering to this as I should and that " I " am not the cause of
my suffering. I have no one else to rely on but me and God at this point.
So I hold strong and struggle for awhile to put it out of my mind and think
of the things I can have that others are unable to eat and consider myself
blessed that at least I can eat the other things. Thanks for listening to my
side. Kay, Missouri
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[response regarding the "type A" super organized, take charge personality]
too funny. that's me to a T.
shez
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I had to laugh at the suggestion that we who follow the GF diet are
organized no nonsense Type A people. To wit:
1) always pay bills on time and have good credit Very funny.
I have no credit due to having NEVER borrowed from the bank! And I'm
forever late with regular bill payments.
2) have control over credit cards and debts no credit
cards or debts, no money
3) stick with the same job/profession for decades well, yes, but I
got lucky on that one
4) have a life plan and follow it hmmm.... well, maybe
5) always make it to appointments on time always late,
everywhere
6) keep promises/commitments even if it's not convenient try not
to make them unless it is convenient, because, well, it would upset me very
much not to keep promises. I still worry about things that happened to
others due to my ex's irresponsibility, things I had no control over but
feel guilty about.
7) have at least one college degree no, but only due to
running away from home at an early age
8) not do drugs or alcohol or abuse prescription drugs true
9) not have a diagnosis of clinical depression true
10) not have an overly messy home mine is
messy enough to win first prize
11) not compulsively shop or collect lots of 'stuff' well,
not unless "stuff" includes plants
12) tend to be competitive not especially
13) refuse to hand control of their health totally over to the doctor
oh well, they are all idiots
Uhh... what is this anyway? I know perfectly well what a total slob I am,
how did I come out like this on this kind of test? What did I miss, only
the house keeping and lateness problems? The college degree and
competitiveness I guess, but yes to 9 out of 14 questions.... maybe I'm
more type A than I ever realised. What a bizarre finding! Even more
surprising than discovering I had ADD up the wazoo according to the
questionnaire in Dr. Amen's book, CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Then,
8 years later, I found a secondhand copy of his book, bought it and
reread the ADD chapter. I kept thinking, "These sound like symptoms of
gluten intolerance." When I retook the questionnaire, I discovered that
indeed, many of the ADD symptoms on the list that I had suffered from were
merely the result of gluten induced brainfog.
You know Valerie, there are all these links between ADD and chronic
fatigue and FMS and mitral valve prolapse. Why is no one shouting from the
housetops, "Its the wheat, dummies!" Of course, that's not always it, but
it's always worth a try. Donna
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