Ooops.

Well I did it. I fell off the wagon. Not just hitting a bump in the road and going, oh $hit. More like a well planned, running jump as I smile knowing very well what is coming !

I  ate gluten. Yes. That air filled moist yet chewy thing. And I spread butter on it.

That was my downfall. Now no BS here. I honestly felt bad after eating it. My gut puffed up a bit and I started to belch. I realized that I can actually feel this stuff when I eat it. Now that was on a Wednesday. Forward to Saturday. Had some flat stuff. Tortillas !!!!

Felt kinda weird but I was fighting a cold anyways. No biggie, I would push on....trying not to eat that stuff.

Let me tell you...I failed miserably. Chalk up some cake...more cake...and yes...more cake. And that ended a Sunday. Now let's see here. Tonight. Dinner. Strike 3  ! Had an open faced steak sandwich on garlic bread. Holy cow did I feel horrid ! Gut puffed up, nausea ensued. Not a very happy camper. If this is what is going to happen when I eat the stuff...I want no part of it !!!

Time for a course correction....time to go....PRIMAL!!!!!

Look at this and you'll know what I mean. www.marksdailyapple.com

And from the ashes...the Phoenix shall rise !

Yodels. I love Yodels. Walking the halls at work, they would call my name a random times. I think for the past few months, I engorged myself daily with them. The bittersweet chocolate coating..the cake..and the cream. YUM ! I think the snack machine vendor guy knew. All of a sudden the machine went from having a few...to a full row...to 2 FULL ROWS !!! Heaven. Pure Heaven. I want one.....but...RIIIINNNNNGGGGG !!!!

The alarm clock rings. Reality. It's been 2 weeks since I've had those. I still miss them.

So here we are on day..um...4. No bread. No pasta. No cookies. No YODELS !

I can actually say that I feel better. I've had this nagging pain in my gut for the past month. And that pain went into my back and just sat there laughing at me. Twitching now and then daring me to figure out where it was coming from. I don't have a clue. But for now...it's gone. Been gone for days. Since I stopped eating wonderful glutenous food. Was that the cause ? Dunno.

I feel better. Not bloated. No pain. And you know what ? My head is kinda clear. Not like Clairitin clear but mentally clear. Not sure how else to put it. I've read how metabolizing gluten etc can bloat you..make you foggy in the head. Well. I think that could have been it.

So what have I been eating. For the most part...normal stuff. Eggs, oatmeal, coffee for breakfast. Some sort of rice or meat for lunch and tonight was a visit to Moes...."WELCOME TO MOES !!! " Southwest Grill. I had Tacos. Kinda gluten free I guess. Corn based. All I know is I is there was no pain after eating. And I like that.

So how much do I weigh ? Don't know. I'll check in a week. It's all about the weight right ? I don't think so....

And for GODS SAKE PEOPLE !! Get out and VOTE !!!! Ron Paul is my choice.

End of day one...

Ok. So not so bad. 2nd day and I'm ok with the food I'm eating.
Breakfast - Eggs. Leftover steamed rice and broccoli. 
Lunch - Mexican Place at Danbury Mall. Gluten free rice bowl with Chili and Chicken
Dinner - Steak Kebobs with Green and Yellow Squash.

Throw in some coffee and a little ice cream...heck...what is bread ? 

The Water of Life...I mean Bread

Ok. So my first blog was supposed to be months ago but as life has it, didn't get a round to it. So with a new year comes my first "Blog". Will I do more ? HA ! Most likely not but I've been known to surprise myself sometimes.

So what is my first blog about ? A trial. A trial of not eating bread or pasta or processed foods or the like. For a few years I've been looking at what we stuff our faces with. Processed food with ingredients that I can't pronounce let alone know where they come from. I've read alot over the past year about how bad so much of what we eat is for us. Google this guy...Dr Mercola. Some call him crazy...and maybe he is. But if you take only 10% of what this guy says as the truth...then I think he has made a difference and can save some lives. Look at Aspartame. That stuff is poison !!!!


So now onto me. January 1st 2012. This is the day I decided that I'm done with bread....pasta...donuts and the like. Going to try and avoid all processed food where I can. I know that this will be tough. Very tough. But looking at it. We are not designed as humans to eat that processed stuff. We were originally hunters...gatherers. We hunted our food to consume. We picked apples from trees and eat what grew from the ground. And as we evolved and crushed the grain to flour and made unleavened bread...and look where that got us !!! Delusional visions. And I'll save that for another blog.

So what will not eating bread get me. I don't know. Healthy ? Maybe. Loss of weight ? Maybe. I don't know. I know that right now I'm craving the bowl of Honey Nut Cheerio's that my daughter is eating in front of me. But my will is strong and I'm going to have some eggs and left over steak. My weight as of 8am this morning is 257.6 lbs.

So on to my second day without bread....boy I'm going to miss eating my Ritz with peanut butter...