Low sugar, no white carbs, Celiac Mom - Help!!

LainMac

Hello,

I'm back after a "pity party" hiatus. I was on MFP for a bit a few years ago. Lost like 25 pounds and then got stuck. Then found out I and my teen son are Celiacs.

Weight stayed put after going on the Celiac diet. My Celiac dietitian told me after looking at my MFP logs for 3 months, that the only thing she suggest I change is to have practically no "white" carbs. No rice, no potatoes, and no bread. Felt sorry for myself and gained 15 pounds.

I am leaving the land of De Nile and trying to figure out, yet again, how to eat healthy as a 50 year old Married lady who is a Celiac and can't eat much in the way of white carbs. Complicating matters is that I am the main lunch/supper cook for my family. (My hubby and my 3 youngest aren't celiacs). So I need advice on how to eat for myself as well as family friendly meals. I am trying to avoid being a short order cook for the family.

My celiac teen son is also a "grain-a-tain" (can't call someone a vegtarian if you have to chase them to eat their veggies- but he doesn't eat meat) I've told my son, that if he wants the grains stuff (rice noodles, Udi's bread) that he is going to have to make it for himself. The three youngest are naturally athletic and need to eat a concentrated calorie diet (healthy but calorically dense).

So within that set of criteria, anyone got advice/recipes/books to read?

Thanks!

TXBelle1174

I am sort of in the same boat. I am not Celiac but have a gluten sensitivity, along with being insulin resistant so I have to do low carb (sugar) AND GF, which I am finding to be very hard. I also am the main meal cooker for my family and no one else has these issues. I find that I cook a meal, with a starch - noodles, etc and just dont eat the starch. I eat the meat and veggies but leave anything starchy off my plate. I miss spaghetti but have found that I enjoy eating sliced polenta with the meaty sauce on top of it. My family can go ahead and eat the noodles. I have just gotten started on the GF part. I found out about the sensitivity and Dr. told me to cut the gluten just before Thanksgiving so I went wild and ate every gluten laden thing I could eat. I am still paying for it three days later. I dont really have any recipes yet but thought I would commiserate with you. Good luck, if I find anything, I will send your way. Feel free to "add" me if you like.

pdworkman

I am grain free, vegan, multiple allergies, basically have to make everything from scratch.

I eat lots of veggies, beans, potatoes/sweet potatoes, fruit, nuts/seeds that I can, and what little bit of baking that I feel like doing. My usual meal plan (from scratch ingredients) is something like:

Mon - leftovers & clean out the fridge for shopping
Tue - rice pasta for the kid, baked potato topped with the pasta sauce for me and hubby (if you can't do white potatoes, how about sweet?)
Wed - Mexican - tacos, taco salad, chili, sloppy joes, etc.
Thu - soup/stew, maybe with homemade crackers or buns
Fri - breakfast for supper - crepes (can be made with whole grain or bean flours), fruit, beans, hash browns (sweet potato if you like), scrambled tofu
Sat - something special - pizza, falafel, veggie burger, etc.
Sun - roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes & gravy, baked tofu, something more time consuming because this is one day I usually have a bit more time to cook