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Can we talk? I need help screwing my head on straight.
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on 5/9/12 5:09 am, edited 5/10/12 3:56 am
on 5/9/12 5:09 am, edited 5/10/12 3:56 am
The point of this post is me needing to just put it out there and hopefully it will help me organize my thoughts and prevent a food binge, and maybe get some great ideas!
I'm going on a trip, it's only a 4 day trip, but I am stressing over it so bad that I cannot even pack.
I will be staying in a guest room in my mom's nursing home. Here's what I have to work with. I have a fridge and a microwave to store food in, and heat food up, plus grocery stores to shop in.
As most of you know, I have gluten (wheat, rye and barley) and oat allergies, plus I am a food addict with a sleeve. I won't be able to eat the food in the nursing home because nothing is safe for me there. There is to much cross contamination with gluten and most food have hidden gluten in the ingredients, even if it appears to be gluten free. I do not want to end up being taken by ambulance to the hosp. My allergies are Epi-pen serious.
That said, on Mother's day, everyone will be meeting in the nursing home cafeteria to eat a big delicious Mother's day spread. The food addict in me is screaming "no fair" because I can't eat the food even if I were not dieting because it would make me sick, it's not safe. I also do not want to feel deprived and sorry for myself because of being gluten free. So, what the heck should I eat so that I stay well, and do not feel bad at Mother's day breakfast?
I am worried that I may slip up and use the trip/Mother's day as an excuse to go off plan just because I feel entitled to carby fattening food just because of my gluten issues and feelings of deprivation.
There are several restaurants in the area that have gluten free menus, but the food is high calorie, fat and carb loaded, and I need to stay away from them. The temptation is too much. They bake gluten free breads, something I never eat and even though they sell gluten free bread at the grocery store, it's frozen and cardboard like, so I wouldn't buy it even if I were under weight. . So I am sure I would lose my mind if I walked into the restaurants and smelled fresh baked bread AND it was gluten free and safe to eat. I am sure I would fold like a cheap tent and in 60 seconds flat I would be up to my earlobes in fresh bread, slathered in butter munching away.
So, I was thinking about the grocery store. I could get boars head deli meat and cheese and microwave protein packed roll ups (yum). I can get sugar free pudding, Fage yogurt, cottage cheese, I have Quest bars and pepper Ostrim sticks. I can always eat canned chicken. I can eat carrot sticks, I can buy salad fixings and make salads easy enough. But what about that Mother's day breakfast????
One of the restaurants have a gluten free menu with gluten free pancakes, and sadly, I realized that I could get a gluten free breakfast to go the day before and heat it up on Mother's day and eat it with everyone. However, I hate eggs. So, I wouldn't make a healthy omelet decision, I would want the gluten free pancakes topped with fruit and whipped cream served with high fat sausage. So, I cannot go there. To much temptation, followed by self loathing. Since I usually eat leftover dinner food for breakfast, I am at a loss. I won't have a leftover dinner to eat, I gotta think of something to do. Because, fail to plan, plan to fail. I need a plan.
I am worried about caving to temptation because of those ugly deprivation feelings. I am constantly telling my food addict self that Mother's day is not about food, it's about Mother's. Yet sometimes, watching other people eat everything I can't eat makes me crazy. It makes me want to binge on things that are not a part of my food plan, foods that are not healthy, yet gluten free, such as chocolate, rice, potato's, gluten free cookies, gluten free frozen meals.....etc. Holidays are always hard for me if I am not home. When I am home, and I can cook healthy gluten free food, I feel fine and emotionally balanced. When away from home, I feel deprived, like I might starve to death, and very weak with temptation.
I am working hard on my emotional attachment and associations to food around Holidays as well as my binge triggers. Feeling deprived because of having to be gluten free brings out the binger in me. I do not want that to happen. This is my first Holiday trip away from home since being sleeved. Before that, I would binge away on foods I could eat safely while traveling and gain more weight, hence the need for surgical intervention. I was always wishing I could indulge like everyone else and put any food in my pie hole without ever ever thinking about weather it is safe, what the ingredients are, where it was prepared, was the kitchen gluten free and safe, did the server use the same spoon to stir something with wheat in it??? Etc Etc Etc...
Sorry this is such a pitiful post, but these are my deep dark feelings and I am putting them out there in hopes it helps keep me from visiting those gluten free restaurants and having myself a self pitty bingy pig-out. And hoping for some ideas.
And you thought you were screwed up!!!
It's hard for me to know where to turn. I have a gluten free support forum, but they are mostly Celiacs who do not diet, many are underweight, so posting the need to eat tiny healthy non fattening food would be lost on them. Then there is OH, you guys get the food addict and need for staying on plan point, but the gluten free thing is not very understandable to most people. However, I thought that OH vets would be my best chance since our goals are the same. If I went to the Celiacs board, I am sure I would be eating that fresh baked GF bread within an hour of landing.
Any ideas on how to get through Mother's day breakfast will be much appreciated. I need it to be a little more special than just Fage yogurt or a shake for my emotional health. Thank you....
I'm going on a trip, it's only a 4 day trip, but I am stressing over it so bad that I cannot even pack.
I will be staying in a guest room in my mom's nursing home. Here's what I have to work with. I have a fridge and a microwave to store food in, and heat food up, plus grocery stores to shop in.
As most of you know, I have gluten (wheat, rye and barley) and oat allergies, plus I am a food addict with a sleeve. I won't be able to eat the food in the nursing home because nothing is safe for me there. There is to much cross contamination with gluten and most food have hidden gluten in the ingredients, even if it appears to be gluten free. I do not want to end up being taken by ambulance to the hosp. My allergies are Epi-pen serious.
That said, on Mother's day, everyone will be meeting in the nursing home cafeteria to eat a big delicious Mother's day spread. The food addict in me is screaming "no fair" because I can't eat the food even if I were not dieting because it would make me sick, it's not safe. I also do not want to feel deprived and sorry for myself because of being gluten free. So, what the heck should I eat so that I stay well, and do not feel bad at Mother's day breakfast?
I am worried that I may slip up and use the trip/Mother's day as an excuse to go off plan just because I feel entitled to carby fattening food just because of my gluten issues and feelings of deprivation.
There are several restaurants in the area that have gluten free menus, but the food is high calorie, fat and carb loaded, and I need to stay away from them. The temptation is too much. They bake gluten free breads, something I never eat and even though they sell gluten free bread at the grocery store, it's frozen and cardboard like, so I wouldn't buy it even if I were under weight. . So I am sure I would lose my mind if I walked into the restaurants and smelled fresh baked bread AND it was gluten free and safe to eat. I am sure I would fold like a cheap tent and in 60 seconds flat I would be up to my earlobes in fresh bread, slathered in butter munching away.
So, I was thinking about the grocery store. I could get boars head deli meat and cheese and microwave protein packed roll ups (yum). I can get sugar free pudding, Fage yogurt, cottage cheese, I have Quest bars and pepper Ostrim sticks. I can always eat canned chicken. I can eat carrot sticks, I can buy salad fixings and make salads easy enough. But what about that Mother's day breakfast????
One of the restaurants have a gluten free menu with gluten free pancakes, and sadly, I realized that I could get a gluten free breakfast to go the day before and heat it up on Mother's day and eat it with everyone. However, I hate eggs. So, I wouldn't make a healthy omelet decision, I would want the gluten free pancakes topped with fruit and whipped cream served with high fat sausage. So, I cannot go there. To much temptation, followed by self loathing. Since I usually eat leftover dinner food for breakfast, I am at a loss. I won't have a leftover dinner to eat, I gotta think of something to do. Because, fail to plan, plan to fail. I need a plan.
I am worried about caving to temptation because of those ugly deprivation feelings. I am constantly telling my food addict self that Mother's day is not about food, it's about Mother's. Yet sometimes, watching other people eat everything I can't eat makes me crazy. It makes me want to binge on things that are not a part of my food plan, foods that are not healthy, yet gluten free, such as chocolate, rice, potato's, gluten free cookies, gluten free frozen meals.....etc. Holidays are always hard for me if I am not home. When I am home, and I can cook healthy gluten free food, I feel fine and emotionally balanced. When away from home, I feel deprived, like I might starve to death, and very weak with temptation.
I am working hard on my emotional attachment and associations to food around Holidays as well as my binge triggers. Feeling deprived because of having to be gluten free brings out the binger in me. I do not want that to happen. This is my first Holiday trip away from home since being sleeved. Before that, I would binge away on foods I could eat safely while traveling and gain more weight, hence the need for surgical intervention. I was always wishing I could indulge like everyone else and put any food in my pie hole without ever ever thinking about weather it is safe, what the ingredients are, where it was prepared, was the kitchen gluten free and safe, did the server use the same spoon to stir something with wheat in it??? Etc Etc Etc...
Sorry this is such a pitiful post, but these are my deep dark feelings and I am putting them out there in hopes it helps keep me from visiting those gluten free restaurants and having myself a self pitty bingy pig-out. And hoping for some ideas.
And you thought you were screwed up!!!
It's hard for me to know where to turn. I have a gluten free support forum, but they are mostly Celiacs who do not diet, many are underweight, so posting the need to eat tiny healthy non fattening food would be lost on them. Then there is OH, you guys get the food addict and need for staying on plan point, but the gluten free thing is not very understandable to most people. However, I thought that OH vets would be my best chance since our goals are the same. If I went to the Celiacs board, I am sure I would be eating that fresh baked GF bread within an hour of landing.
Any ideas on how to get through Mother's day breakfast will be much appreciated. I need it to be a little more special than just Fage yogurt or a shake for my emotional health. Thank you....
Aw, I feel for ya! How about making something at home, freezing it and bringing it with you? Something that you love and it doesn't have to be traditional breakfast food either. I too, eat leftovers for breakfast most of the time or, here are a couple of suggestions:
Mini cupcake meatloaf (prepare as usual and cook in muffin tin for individual servings)
smoked salmon and cream cheese roll ups
I've seen some homemade carb free pancakes somewhere, but don't remember where (google) with sugar free syrup
bacon and tomatoes
breakfast sausages
I hope it goes well!
Mini cupcake meatloaf (prepare as usual and cook in muffin tin for individual servings)
smoked salmon and cream cheese roll ups
I've seen some homemade carb free pancakes somewhere, but don't remember where (google) with sugar free syrup
bacon and tomatoes
breakfast sausages
I hope it goes well!
Sandy
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up"
Mark Twain 
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on 5/9/12 6:46 am
on 5/9/12 6:46 am
Wow Sandy, I didn't even think of making food at home and freezing it and taking it with me! I could take a cooler. I heard somewhere a long time ago that If I have a special diet note from my doc, that I can take a cooler of special food at no charge. I will research it and see if it's true. If it's true, I'll be cooking all day tomorrow!!!!!!! I love the smoked salmon and cream cheese idea!!!! YUM! I don't know if the low carb pancakes would work though, because stuff like that gets soggy. It usually needs to be eaten right away, but it sure sounds good and would be special!!! I'll research it.
I really like the idea of making mini meatloaf in muffin tins. What a great idea.
I am off to check on that cooler thing! I hope it's true! If not, I can always take a small cooler as my carry on.
Thanks!!!!
I really like the idea of making mini meatloaf in muffin tins. What a great idea.
I am off to check on that cooler thing! I hope it's true! If not, I can always take a small cooler as my carry on.
Thanks!!!!
I used to make the cottage cheese pancakes early on for breakfast. I'd make up a batch and freeze them. And then I'd put a handful of frozen berries on top and nuke it--really yummy. The fruit kinds of turns into syrup. You could bring those. In fact, I should make them again.
Ok, I just looked up the recipe and there is some flour in it, but maybe you know how to change the recipe to make it gluten free. Anyway, for what it's worth (maybe nothing!) here's the recipe:
Lizanne
Ok, I just looked up the recipe and there is some flour in it, but maybe you know how to change the recipe to make it gluten free. Anyway, for what it's worth (maybe nothing!) here's the recipe:
Ingredients
1 Cup Small Curd Cottage Cheese (1% fat)
1 Cup Egg Substitute (low calorie)
1/4 Cup Flour
1 Dash Salt
1 Tsp. Cinnamon
Directions
Place cottage cheese in a blender. Add 1/2 cup of the egg substitute and whip for 30 seconds. Add the additional 1/2 cup of egg substitute, flour, salt and cinnamon and whip an additional 30 seconds.
Spray a griddle with Pam and pour batter to make 12 pancakes (about cup of batter per pancake). 2 Pancakes = 1 Serving
Serve with Sugar Free Maple or Fruit Syrup or heat Sugar Free Fruit Spread and spread on pancakes.
Number of Servings: 6
Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 67.3
Total Fat: 0.5 g
Cholesterol: 1.5 mg
Sodium: 260.7 mg
Total Carbs: 5.9 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
Protein: 9.4 g
Lizanne
No, they weren't soggy at all. I didn't freeze them with the berries, of course, but added them after. I just used one of those bags of frozen unsweetened berries. With a little splenda for added sweetness, they really are good and lots of protein. I was eating two for breakfast then, but you could eat 4 and still have a low cal bfast!
L.
P.S.--sorry posted this twice somehow...
L.
P.S.--sorry posted this twice somehow...
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on 5/9/12 7:19 am
on 5/9/12 7:19 am
They sound great. I could buy the fruit when I get there, and save room in the cooler for homecooked food.
I'm starting to feel better.
Even if the airlines don't let me take the cooler free of charge, I'm still doing it. It's the BEST solution!! I love it! This will help me greatly avoid temptaion and stay on plan.
