Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance?

Baba_Roxy
Baba_Roxy Posts: 38 Member
in Food and Nutrition
One year ago, I found out I have Celiac Disease. It was sort of amazing all the symptoms I was having that were unexplainable until this diagnosis. My weight was up and down, even though I hadn't changed my eating habits, I was always sick and tired, I was breaking out in strange rashes on my face and I even developed Iritis! It was amazing how after a month or two of no gluten, everything changed. I was feeling a million times better in my every day life and all my weird issues were gone. On top of that, I found myself eating better and actually exercising. I am five feet tall and weighed 140lbs one year ago. Today, I am 125lbs! =] I lost 15lbs in a year, and am looking to continue this path.

I was hoping to make some gluten free friends on here! When did you find out? Do you ever still crave gluten? Has it helped you in your fitness/weight loss journey? What do you miss most? Let's discuss! =]

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  • KittiesSong
    KittiesSong Posts: 33
    I have Celiac too! I found out about 9 years ago, at first I was really upset... you tell a teenager that they can't have taco bell or pizza anymore! But now I have found so many safe alternatives and I've been gf for so long I don't even miss most stuff... though a good gluten free doughnut is still hard to find!
  • tonyajohn
    tonyajohn Posts: 46
    Gluten free since Nov. 2010. My biggest symptom was a rash too. I had itchy hives for years until the diagnosis. I craved gluten for a while. Mostly pizza. But when I would slip and eat a slice it never tasted as good as I remembered and then I had to deal with the aftermath. Totally not worth it.
  • bubbles1212
    bubbles1212 Posts: 206 Member
    I was just diagnosed with an auto-immune disease and found out gluten intolerance and celiac are both correlated with it. I have been told for several years I needed to eat GF, but I tried and failed every time. After I just found out I am supposed to be eating GF with my auto-immune, I have been eating GF completely. It has only been 2 weeks for me and I am starting to notice a difference. I am not nearly as bloated, gassy or constipated. I don't feel tired all the time and my headaches are gone. Before it was tough because my husband didn't support me. Now that he knows it is correlated with my disease, he is very supportive. He even went to the store and brought home a lot of GF goodies for me.

    One thing I miss so far..... EVERYTHING PUMPKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a bad time of year to start listening to my Dr. and my body. As far as weight goes.. I am slimmer (less bloated) but it is too soon to tell if it will have any impact on my life.

    Feel free to add me :)
  • AlysonM
    AlysonM Posts: 21 Member
    I have celiac....and I used to be a BIG lover of all things gluten. I found out about 2.5 years ago (while pregnant with my first child. There are a tonne of GF alternatives, but a lot of them are higher in calories....like 2 - 3 times higher. I have an endless list of things I miss, beer is near the top, I used to love a good sleeman's honey brown....:sad:

    I didn't really loose very much switching to a GF diet, I really just swapped in the alternatives (big no-no:noway: ) as I wasn't loosing any weight. I'm trying to be more cognizant of exactly how many calories of GF alternatives I.m eating, as they add up so fast. Feel free to add me, I could use a little Celiac support :flowerforyou:
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member
    The same thing happened to me with the unexplainable symptoms and i wasnt diagnosed until recently and am paying for it bcuz of that :/ but on the upside its been easier for me to lose weight and my stomach isnt all bloated like it was, in fact a month after I stopped eating gluten my stomach went flat. I miss bread:sad: its not the same!
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I found out I had Celiac less than a week ago. I'm struggling a bit right now, but I can't wait until that time when the solutions that I have found (and have yet to find) are just part of my routine. Although I am happy that the timing is so great right now. With all the paleo and clean eating being the big trend right now, there seem to be so many more alternatives and options for people who are trying to stay away from gluten. Even more than I remember there being 2 years ago. So it's actually quite an exciting time with all the creativity and experimenting that's going on in gluten free food right now. It definitely makes the change more fun than a chore. Like I said, I'm struggling, and I have felt pretty darn crappy recently (I had no idea there were withdrawals possible!), but I'm on my way! I have to say that I may have bought a bag of Doritos when I found out they were gluten free. And I've been making grilled cheese tortillas today to satisfy my cravings. It's strange. I haven't had a grilled cheese in over a year, but when I found out I had to eliminate gluten, it was all I wanted! Feel free to add me. And are you part of the gluten free group yet? I'm on there too. It's a fun group!

    Oh, and KittiesSong! Watch this if you're interested in making your own:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjMbvYVt0e4
    I dipped mine in chocolate and some of the other ones in powdered sugar (not clean, I know, but it's yummy). If you don't have a doughnut pan, bake in a 350 degree F oven for 20 minutes. They're way better than the store bought ones I tried. Gross!
  • mmk137
    mmk137 Posts: 833 Member
    I'm not Celiac or Gluten intolerant

    I do have a diary intolerant.

    Either way I eat Paleo and it's been the best thing for me. Should have done it sooner.

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