Its really hard when you live with other people who do things like "suggest" ordering pizza. I can imagine its going to take some time for your family to adjust to your dietary restrictions...but they won't adjust until you do. So if they see you eating gluten sometimes, they won't take your needs seriously...not because they don't care, but because they will, inevitably, follow your lead.

What are your triggers? Is it moments like you described when you come home exhausted and need something ready to eat? Have some grab and go foods/ideas already written down that you can go to. They don't have to be fancy (and they don't always have to be super sensible. Even GF dieters occasionally want a splurge.). I keep corn tortillas in my freezer and always have pasta sauce. When I have a pizza craving, I make corn tortilla pizza. It certainly isn't something I'd make for guests! But it works. Because feeling like I can't have a "quick takeout pizza" is one of my triggers.

So figure out those moments when your resolve wavers, and keep a written list of what your plan of action will be during those times. Its not about will power, its about strategy.

I knew growing up that I had an allergy to wheat, but ate it anyway. Then I saw an article in the AARP magazine about wheat allergies and gluten intolerance. What an eye-opening reminder. I'm not sure that I have a gluten intolerance, but I know that I'm allergic to wheat. My coughing has decreased dramatically since I've stopped eating breads and crackers containing wheat. It has been very difficult because I'm a bread lover. I've felt either depressed or deprived for a month. I'm getting a handle on it though and starting to feel that this is just another adventure in life.

Trader Joe's has a "rye-less" rye bread that tastes like the real thing. They also have gluten-free crunchy chocolate chip cookies that were pretty good. I've made one recipe from a cookbook by Elana Amsterdam that uses almond flour, but it tastes more like cake than flour. I'm doing my research and will stay healthy and lose weight at the same time.

Get some gluten free pizza crusts... Then when your husband orders pizza, just take off the toppings and put them on your crust. Bake for a few minutes to bake crust and you are good to go.... I do this alot. Just becareful not to scrape off the crust when taking off the toppings... Udi's pizza crusts are very good. I only 1/2 of a crust.. That's enough.

If you're diagnosed Celiac, please don't do this. Cross contamination risks are VERY real. You cannot just scrape the toppings off a pizza, its already contaminated with gluten.

Please, please read the risks for eating gluten containing foods if you are a diagnosed celiac. Your villi in your stomach will never heal if you continually 'fall off the wagon'. Your body will not heal. You put yourself at risk for illness. Even if you're not symptomatic, the gluten can STILL damage your system.

I have a wheat allergy and can't eat wheat, so eating pizza is out for me, too. We just bought a GF pizza crust mix to try for when my husband and I want pizza. Thank goodness he is being so supportive of this big change so late in life.

Just thinking exactly the same myself

I cheated again tonight. And now I'm home, suffering. I am so dumb sometimes.

My family is completely unsupportive: they're just not willing to learn what foods I'm allowed to eat. It gets really frustrating.