VSG Maintainers: Munches & Crunches 6/7 Thursday

Had a rough day.  I'm still reacting from Tuesday's anaphylactic reaction.  The allergy doc put me on prednisone for the next 3 days because of it.  I am totally light headed, lungs are aching, and my lips and mouth are numb like I've been to the dentist.  I can't wait to recover from this......I'm glad the blood test is over and I can concentrate on strict reduction of airborne wheat exposure.

Coffee with coconut milk

B- Designer whey protein shake with 1% MILK

Coffee with coconut milk

L-Ian's gluten free chicken patty with an ounce of melted asiago cheese
and one small Roma tomato.

Coffee with coconut milk

D- 2 scoops of designer whey protein powder with coconut milk

calories-796
protein-85
carbs-40
fat-32
sodium-1105

vits-yes
water-yes
exercise-lazy swimming, my lungs are not working well enough to pu****

Thanks for starting this again today, Trish!  Keep it up!  On another note, sorry you are suffering.  I work in the food industry and gluten-free is definitely a very big subject these days.  

B: one scrambled egg, 1/2 sausage patty
S: yogurt, 1/4 cup cheerios, fresh fruit
L: apple with peanut butter
S: cheddar cheese
D: pizza stuffed chicken breast, broccoli

water: done
vitamins: multi done, calcium/D later
exercise: none today... doing my first 10K on Saturday!!!

AWW  thanks.....

You are so right about gluten free getting big.  I just hope the people who are doing it as a fad diet don't cause restaurants to not take the truly GF by medical necessity seriously and then get careless with our food preparation. I usually whip out my epi-pen and tell them if they make me sick, they will have to stick me with the epi-pen and call 911.  This usually causes a knee jerk reaction and restaurant staff to take me very seriously, and insure my food is safe for me to eat.  I let them know I am not a GF fad dieter, that I am the real deal.
 
However;   I think a lot more people are getting diagnosed with gluten issues and more people are getting proper testing because of the new awareness.  This is a really good thing, and is making GF even more up front and in the news. 

I appreciate the restaurants that have put a GF menu in place and have trained their staff in GF proper/safe preparation. 

I don't do restaurants often, almost never really, but it's nice to be able to have more than coffee while my family eats on occasion.  My favorite is BJ's brewhouse.  They have a really great GF training program in place for their staff, same with PF Chang's.  Neither place have ever caused me ill health.

One sleeve friendly gluten free old standby is Wendy's chili, they've never made me sick either.

Since your on the inside, anything new?

 

It's a sticky situation.  We want to provide gluten free items to consumers, but it's very complicated and expensive to do so.  The risk of a food producer labeling things gluten-free is that you can't have any gluten in there.  Sounds logical, but can be hard to achieve when you use gluten in some other products that you produce... OR when you use ingredients that are made in a plant where gluten is present... OR use ingredients that are grown in fields that could potentially be grown next to wheat fields.  Anyhow, proving that things are truly gluten free is expensive.  So I think it could actually drive some food manufacturers to NOT label things gluten free (when they actually are) just so they can keep costs reasonable for the end consumer.  Labeling something "gluten free" is different than not having a gluten ingredient listed on the label.  Hopefully I wrote that in a way that wasn't confusing.

The fad diet part of this is really pushing the envelope.  I think the folks who self-diagnose themselves as gluten intolerant or gluten allergic make the waters really muddy for the scientific and medical communities who are trying to focus on people who truly have those conditions (like you!).

Hopefully this whole situation results in more products that are gluten free so folks like you can have more variety while staying healthy.  But there's some fear that it could swing things the other way, similar to what I said above.

WOW....you have a grasp on this!!!  You are singing to the choir and I could not have said it better myself.  It's a slippery slope for the true medical condition GFers as well as the restaurants and the food industry.  And, there is no regulation on GF labeling.  Anyone can slap a gf label on a product to boost sales to the gf fadders but that doesn't mean it's safe for me.  That means a supplier, like you could "think" you are buying a gf product for a gf menu item, and it turns out making customers ill.  That's a tough position to be in.

 I am so impressed by your knowledge and understanding of GF, you must have had to work hard to learn this for your career. 

B:  Protein Coffee & Atkins Daybreak Bar
B2:  2 1/2oz Swiss Cheese
L: 1c Brunswick Stew (Smokey Bones)
S: 1/2c Chicken Salad
D: Clif Mojo Bar & Red Wine
S: Protein Coffee & Peanut Butter Protein Balls
S2: ?

Calories:  1,496
Protein: 115g
Carb: 86
Fat: 66g
Sodium: 2096

Exercise: contemplating running at the gym, may rest. working still
Water: Good
Vites: Done

B. coffee and rtd muscle milk
S. JC bar
L. meatloaf
S. cheese
D. 2 oz chicken, carb balance tortilla, bit of cheese, spoonful sour,cream, and spoon of salsa
S. may cheat and have some SF ice cream.

Today was an eye opener for me.

Woke up late, ran only half the usual 2.5 miles (.5 hours) then stopped at DD for small ice coffee and the egg wrap thinggy which I only eat 2/3 of. about 200 cals and 10 or so grams of protein plus the 5 grams and 100 cals for the cream, total 300 cals and 15 grams pro

Went for the bone density test and they weighed me and it was 143!!!
What!!???
Oh hell no!!

So the rest of the day was protein shakes, 1-2oz piece of chicken, 1 piece of ff cheese, 2 buffalo wings.

900 calories
90 grams protein
all my fluids

Repeat tomorrow if the scale does not say 139 tomorrow...maybe even if it does.. just sayin.

Officially scared straight.
donna

Oh man...that sucks!!!  I bought a new scale and instantly gained 3 pounds.  I hate scale differences!!! 

B: two eggs
L: cup of my Middle Eastern soup
D: went out for sushi.  I hat the inside of one California roll, no rice, and ikura, no rice.  I know, totally strange dinner, but it tasted good to me.  I have no idea how to even begin to count the calories on this.  My guess is that I ate too little today.

Oh yeah, after my workout, I had 1/2 scoop of protein powder shake with water. 
I be I am still under 1,000 calories.  Oh well, tomorrow is the weekend, and I am planning on having some ribs.