Remeber me?

It seems to have been quite a while since I have last written and for that I apologize. It was not that I forgot you, it was in fact that I have just been too stinkin tired to write!

Okay so here is the latest news: I am about to embark on an exciting and terrifying journey, that many before me have already done. I am going to be going wheat free.

Let me back up a bit here. As you might be able to tell from previous posts, I have been having health problems for quite some time now, and they are getting progressively worse. The largest symptom being that I am extremely fatigued ALL THE TIME. For those of you who know me, know some of what I have bee going through.

I have had many blood tests done among other tests, seen a few specialists, with the answers continually coming up blank. When I was in BC last week I went to see a natropath who told me within in 30 seconds of me being there a few things that were wrong that were causing these health issues I've been dealing with.

One of the main things he pointed out (just from feeling my pulse) was that I have a wheat intolerance. I had heard a bit about this before but did not know too much, so once I got back to my cousin's place I looked into this further on my good friend GOOGLE. I found LOTS of information and in fact every since one of the health issues I've been having are symptoms of a wheat intolerance. I was shocked that within 30 seconds this guy could figure out what we had not been able to figure out for a few years now. Not once had it crossed my mind that it could be something I was eating since my symptoms are not typical food allergy symptoms.

Being that I was on vacation I was not willing to just give up wheat on the spot, plus I wanted to do some more research on it. Now I got home late Sunday night and have been looking into it everyday since. I really really believe that this is the answer - so now I just have to test out the theory.

Starting tomorrow I am going to be going 100% wheat free. Now in previous years I gave up sugar, and did feel better from it, so I figure since I am giving up wheat I might as well give up sugar at the same time and focus on eating only natural, whole foods. I am going to give this a go for a few weeks and see how much it helps. I am hoping that I don't have to go dairy free too, although I would obviously give it a try if I was feeling much better.

Given that this works (which again after my research I really think it will) it is so nice to have an answer!

I have still not been sleeping great but starting Sunday I am going to get back into my daily sleeping pattern. I know it didn't really work well before, but I am hoping that paired with the new eating plan, and the daily exercise I will be able to get back on track and start feeling better.

This really has been affecting my entire life for the past few years and I am really looking forward to seeing the results. It is nice to have the time to focus on my health and try to dig deeper into what is really going on with my body. I am going to start out easy and just eat meat, fruit, veggies, and nuts for a few days and then maybe I'll get a little more creative from there...

and I promise not to be gone for so long next time!