Wheat Belly

Current weight : 14st 6lb
Fat : 46%

This week : gained 0.5lb 
Fat : gained 1%

Total weight loss : 3.5lb
Fat : a big fat zero (forgive the pun)










Oh dear, it was bound to happen, just disappointing it was quite so soon! But we will not dwell. Last week has gone, we can not change it, we can only move forward. I have just one thing to say in my defence 'PMT'!! (I know, excuses, excuses - but chocolate screams for me all day, hard to ignore).

I thought it was time to introduce you to my Wheat Baby. Picture on left was 2 weeks ago, Picture on right is this morning, after eating something containing wheat. Can you spot the subtle difference? about 2 months gestation? I think my belly is about 7 months pregnant. Alas (or more correctly - Thank God) no real baby. 

About 15 years ago I was suffering with really bad IBS symptons - diarrhoea (yes I can spell it!) bad, bad tummy cramps, bloating (can you tell?) and very smelly bottom burps (my mother in law reads this so I won't use the F word (no, not fuck I'll happily use that, and the other F word, Fat, most definitely use that word!) I will refrain from saying f**t.) At the same time I read an article that stated you can suddenly start developing intolerances to certain food at any age. My sister had just spent a month following The Carol Vorderman Detox, and she suggested I do the same. So I did! I laugh now but at the time (remember - 15 years ago!) it was seriously radical - no meat, no fish, no wheat, no diary, no sugar, no alcohol, no tea/coffee! I thought it didn't leave much - fruit, veg, pulses, beans, rice, oats. I was slightly mocked by a few pals but I managed and I felt fantastic!! Of course this extreme way of eating is now common place, clean eating, advocated all over the web and in recipe books, and used by all. Anyhow, I slowly introduced the 'no no' food groups and yes my bottom burps returned. I went to see my GP, who was fantastic, gave me a blood test and declared I had a wheat intolerance. I cut out wheat - I felt great. I ate wheat - I felt like shit, the tummy pains were the worst symptoms. Often on the floor in pain. Of course, this begs the question 'Why the hell did I ever eat it?'. Yeah well thats just me. Self sabourtage Gilly! 

Today I do eat wheat (in moderation) no longer get the pains, or smelly bottom burps, just (as is obvious to even the untrained eye) bloating. Now where are the biscuits....?


This week I learnt that eating too much chocolate will hinder my weight loss. Hahahahaha

Friendship is when someone knows all about you, but likes you anyhow.