The week that was....SIXTEEN

After hitting up the football on Good Friday, I was in bed for the next two days with a migraine - oh the joys. Which caused me to miss a night at the ballet with Hubby, cue devastation.

DAMN Headaches! I just wish there was a way to get rid of them. They hinder my life way too much.

A short week at work is always a winner though! Even though the side effect of having a migraine seems to always be more headaches in the days that follow. Seriously - WINNING, right!

The highlight of my week was kicking off my new blog - Minimise Waste. You should definitely check it out. The fam-bam and I have started on a journey to minimise our waste and declutter our lives, so far so good and so far everyone is on board.

The kids went to my parentals for a couple of nights this week, which was delightful - I am not going to lie. I do tend to walk around wondering what to do when they are not here and then I realise I can do whatever the hell I want to do!

Souths were back playing on Friday again this week - I have never been more angry over a game of football....nuff said.

My list of ten

Move - Attempted to move a lot yesterday - another migraine. 

Meditate - Didn't meditate enough  this week.

Kind - Still reading The Happiness Project and implementing some changes - watch this space.

Connect - Don't feel I connected enough again this week.

Food - Ho-hum on the food this week.

Flow - Still going with the flow.

Blog - Blogging my little heart out this week.

Budget - Sticking to it.

Fun - Eh, could have done with a lot more this week.

How was your week?

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Going Gluten Free

My mum was diagnosed with celiac disease 20 years ago. At the time hardly anyone knew what it was or what it meant. "What is celiacs? What is gluten?"

It was awful seeing my mum so unwell, your parents are always the strong, invincible ones. When she was diagnosed it was the light at the end of the tunnel. You see gluten was slowly killing her, by killing the villi on her small intestine. This in turn didn't allow her body to absorb any minerals or nutrients.

My brother and I have both been checked numerous times, blood tests, biopsies and more blood tests.

Until recently there was no test to check if you could develop celiac disease by carrying the gene. Celiac disease is sinister like that, it lays dormant in you, waiting, until one day BANG!

A few years ago I was tested for the gene. I have it.

Recently, I started to feel quite unwell, nausea, headaches, foggy/confused head, constantly bloated and uncomfortable guts, exhausted. At first I put it down to being a mum and general busyness. My doctor had other ideas. Gluten intolerance.

One step away from celiac disease. She recommended trying a gluten free diet, if it helped, great. If it didn't, we continued looking. 

Last November I quit gluten. Things have changed a lot in the past 20 years, supermarkets have sections dedicated to gluten free eating, so that part has been easy.

How do I feel? Great! Going gluten free has definitely made things better for me. And thank goodness. No more nausea, fluffy/confused head, bloated guys.

Are you celiac or gluten free?

Does it make you better?

Got any recipes to share?

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