Strumbelina
05-26-2006, 11:00 AM
I can't eat gluten, so I don't eat much in the way of processed food--except I do eat GF cereals and sometimes GF snacks. I also use Paul Newmans marinara sauce, fruit sweetened ketchup, mayo and a couple of commercial salad dressings/marinades. Mostly, I eat corn tortillas, rice (lotsa rice), fresh fruits and veggies and some kind of meat. I am addicted to sugar I think, and I have been trying to get all refined out of my diet. I am OK using stevia, agave nectar, and honey for now. I know I do better without the sugar. I do eat dairy--cheese, sour cream, yogurt, goat's milk in my cereal.
Here is the thing, I only weigh 105 lbs (on a good day). I am seeing a RE for homonal issues and he is suspicious of nutritional defieciencies from the Celiac Disease :banghead. This after having been GF for two years!! So even though I take some supplements, and eat better than most people, I STILL may have nutritional deficiencies!! Uhhhgggggg!
The reason I am considering vegetarian is b/c I know I don't eat enough fruit and veggies, but I cannot imagine that I am not getting enough protein with the goat's milk, cheese, and meat that I eat--so I am guessing I may be defiecient from not enough plant based foods.
I cannot afford to lose weight! I have read through some of the posts on this board and see that some people have lost weight by eating this way--which maybe they needed to, but I don't. Oooooo, it really irritates me when someone says..."oh you're so thin, I wish I could be that way, how do you do it?" . My answer to them nowadays is "yeah, I have an autoimmune disease that keeps me from absorbing everything....it's great! :rolleyes". Sorry, tangent there, just wanted to stress that I really would love to gain weight, not lose it.
Could I get enough calories and good nutrition from a vegetarian diet? Maybe I could keep eating poultry and fish occassionally--I know I wouldn't be a "true" vegetarian then, but the title isn't what I am after :shrug.
A good friend of mine is RAW only. Wow, I think it is great, but I am nowhere near that. I don't even desire to go vegan--maybe someday, but not to start.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Here is the thing, I only weigh 105 lbs (on a good day). I am seeing a RE for homonal issues and he is suspicious of nutritional defieciencies from the Celiac Disease :banghead. This after having been GF for two years!! So even though I take some supplements, and eat better than most people, I STILL may have nutritional deficiencies!! Uhhhgggggg!
The reason I am considering vegetarian is b/c I know I don't eat enough fruit and veggies, but I cannot imagine that I am not getting enough protein with the goat's milk, cheese, and meat that I eat--so I am guessing I may be defiecient from not enough plant based foods.
I cannot afford to lose weight! I have read through some of the posts on this board and see that some people have lost weight by eating this way--which maybe they needed to, but I don't. Oooooo, it really irritates me when someone says..."oh you're so thin, I wish I could be that way, how do you do it?" . My answer to them nowadays is "yeah, I have an autoimmune disease that keeps me from absorbing everything....it's great! :rolleyes". Sorry, tangent there, just wanted to stress that I really would love to gain weight, not lose it.
Could I get enough calories and good nutrition from a vegetarian diet? Maybe I could keep eating poultry and fish occassionally--I know I wouldn't be a "true" vegetarian then, but the title isn't what I am after :shrug.
A good friend of mine is RAW only. Wow, I think it is great, but I am nowhere near that. I don't even desire to go vegan--maybe someday, but not to start.
Anyone have any thoughts?