Traveling is fun, right?? Well, it used to be! Traveling when you have Celiac, or any other disease that makes eating a challege, is much more difficult! Thankfully, I can cook... That means as long as I can drive to and from my destination I can usually bring food that I can eat. In June, I was on the road 3 out of 4 weeks and did not come home in between. Yes, it was great to see old friends and make new friends but I am still paying the price and it has been 2 weeks!
The Chef at the location I stayed for the 2 weeks was great. He gave me a menu with everything that had Gluten in it (usually everything on the menu) and then told me tha the chef for the night would make me a piece of grilled chicken or fish for lunchc and dinner everynight and that I could have a salad. Well... that was a long 2 weeks. When I tried to explain to him that I could not have dairy or soy he stated that he wasn't sure he could totally eliminate that since many of the foods prepared had ingredients he wasn't sure about. So I stayed safe and ate salad and grilled something.
I was so tired of grilled something, that as the time went on got more ungrilled and poached, that I decided to eat some veggies. They said they were steamed and then added to veggie stock to keep them moist. Wrong... there was dairy in quite a few of the items that I ate. Now, I am not blaming this on the chef, but what I am saying is that I learned a serious lesson...
What I learned is that when I eat dairy, I get tired, lethargic, and light headed. I have heard of all types of foods and how they affect each person. What I didn't know is that I was going to have this reaction. When I was taken off of all gluten, dairy, soy, and meat in October 2010, I just stayed totally away because I didn't want to get sick again. In April 2011, I saw the GI doc and he said to try it, but I would need pancreatic enzymes to process meat (chicken and turkey) and dairy. So I tried! But after all of traveling and dairy that I ate, I determined that the dairy was the cause of the problem (at least for that part). My body just doesn't like it!
So, now I am back to a dairy free diet and I am feeling better! I did have ice cream cake last night for a special occasion, but no more! I also know that if I choose to have dairy on a special occasion, I will have to deal with the fallout for about 3 days!
Take note of how you feel when you eat certain items... They might be doing more damage than good!
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