Questions about Gluten/Wheat reduction

Oh Id love to know too! Its the "without spiking your fat" part that worries me.....

I am gluten free, have been for about a year now. If I eat anything with gluten in it, I feel absolutly miserable and it affects my moods, as well. I actually get incredibly depressed if I eat too much of a food with gluten in it. Eating a gluten free diet is actually not as hard as many make it out to be.

First, I don't "sub" bread products. I've just learned to live without them, instead of going crazy finding a substitute for wheat bread, which costs a whole lot and probably won't taste as good.

For most hot sandwich fillings, I eat them on a baked potato or by themselves. For cold sandwich fillings, a bed of salad. In fact, usually I just roll up slices of deli turkey and dip it in vinegarettes and that's my lunch along with some veggies, and sometimes beans. Hearty soups like black bean and chicken noodle (made with quinoa pasta or rice) are filling and loaded with protein and veggies. I also eat alot of eggs, boiled, scrambled, or as omlettes with loads of veggies and maybe some ham. Hamburgers and such? I just eat with a knife and fork, usually with some homemade gravy.

Rice chex is gluten free. I usually take a full box, grind the cereal up in my food processor, and use them as bread crumbs. Cheap, easy solution.

The blog chocolate covered katie has loads of ideas for gluten free desserts which I use.

I have no idea if this will help you at all, but this is what works for me. I stay full throughout the day and don't starve, so I must be doing something right.

I am gluten free, have been for about a year now. If I eat anything with gluten in it, I feel absolutly miserable and it affects my moods, as well. I actually get incredibly depressed if I eat too much of a food with gluten in it. Eating a gluten free diet is actually not as hard as many make it out to be.

First, I don't "sub" bread products. I've just learned to live without them, instead of going crazy finding a substitute for wheat bread, which costs a whole lot and probably won't taste as good.

For most hot sandwich fillings, I eat them on a baked potato or by themselves. For cold sandwich fillings, a bed of salad. In fact, usually I just roll up slices of deli turkey and dip it in vinegarettes and that's my lunch along with some veggies, and sometimes beans. Hearty soups like black bean and chicken noodle (made with quinoa pasta or rice) are filling and loaded with protein and veggies. I also eat alot of eggs, boiled, scrambled, or as omlettes with loads of veggies and maybe some ham. Hamburgers and such? I just eat with a knife and fork, usually with some homemade gravy.

Rice chex is gluten free. I usually take a full box, grind the cereal up in my food processor, and use them as bread crumbs. Cheap, easy solution.

The blog chocolate covered katie has loads of ideas for gluten free desserts which I use.

I have no idea if this will help you at all, but this is what works for me. I stay full throughout the day and don't starve, so I must be doing something right.

^THIS^

My daughter was on a Gluten Free diet for quite awhile and there are lots of substitutes out there for items like bread, pasta, pretzels ect. However if you are just wanting a few GF carbs try brown rice or sweet potatos. Neither of those would spike your fat or sodium.

Ancient Harvest Quinoa pasta is a wonderful gluten free pasta, my husband and I eat it alot. And the nutrition is compariable to regular wheat pasta.

I agree as I love Ancient Harvest!!!!!! Also I like Rudi's multi grain bread. And Pamela's baking mixes (the cake mix is to die for...yum!!!!).

I found out about a year ago that my body starting reacting to gluten. Stomach bloat, pain... it was misery. Once I discovered the the cause it has made all the difference. Brown rice, rice cakes, quinoa, pasta made from corn/rice blend and oatmeal are great alternatives BUT while I am still in fat loss mode I try to avoid having more than one serving a day if at all. I will never go complete Paleo or grain free because I cannot commit to that for life but during fat loss I find that my body is much more efficient at burning fat with limited the grains.

i decided to go gluten free recently because of ongoing digestive issues. it got so bad last week (horrible cramping, bloating) that i decided to pull the trigger on it. my son is gluten free, so i was already familiar with the products and such. today makes a full week, and i have to say that i feel pretty great. tmi, but i'm regular for the first time in forever, and i haven't had any bloating or cramps. it's just been a week, and it actually takes a while to get it all out of your system i'm told. i'm happy with it so far though. you can look at my diary if you want. i think there are a couple of other GFers in EMTWL as well. it's not as hard as you think.

I am thinking about trying this.. but it is so hard lol.. I usually eat whole grains, no processed carbs. I like coconut flour, which is gluten free so that is good thing. I also like quiona.. hmm.. thanks for sharing.. I have bloated problems as wella s digestive issues.. I hate it.

I'm pretty much wheat free these days, I'm not allergic just intolerant so I can have a little every now and again so I'm really lucky in that I don't have to worry about it too much.
As for subbing food I tend not to when it comes to sandwiches and just have a salad, soup or something different instead, or if I really want something carby then I'll have some rice cakes or oat cakes. I do sub pasta on occasion though and there are some really good chickpea, rice and corn alternatives out there. For dinner I tend to carb up on rice, quinoa, potatoes or barley couscous.
I've never really minded not eating wheat regularly and have always felt like I've been getting plenty to eat. Saying that I have noticed now that I'm tracking my food regularly and have upped my exercise I am struggling to reach my calorie goals most days and I am finding it hard to eat enough extra to make up the difference.
Not sure if that's any help at all but good luck with it and keep experimenting with all the different alternatives out there!