digg_url = 'http://switch2glutenfree.com/misc/gluten-free-toasters/'; digg_title = 'Gluten Free Toasters'; digg_bodytext = 'Do you own a strictly gluten free toaster?\n\nWhat are your experiences owning one?\n\nDo you have a toaster for gluten products and one for gluten free?\n\nDid you even realize that a toaster can contaminate your food with gluten?\n\nI ask these questions, because recently I bought some Van\'s Gluten Free Waffles.  I took them out of the freezer a'; Do you own a strictly gluten free toaster? What are your experiences owning one? Do you have a toaster for gluten...

digg_url = 'http://switch2glutenfree.com/misc/costco-connection-gluten-free-article/'; digg_title = 'Costco Connection Gluten Free Article'; digg_bodytext = 'In the Costco Connection Magazine from June 2010, you will find an article about celiac disease titled "A Pain in the Gut".\n\nClick on the article image to read the article on Costco Connection\'s website:\n\nTo me this is just another sign that the disease is become so prevalent, that even Costco is talking about it.  Costco has even become prett'; In the Costco Connection Magazine from June 2010, you will find...

My weight fluctuates so much every day! Seriously, I can change 5 pounds, up or down, every day. It really drives me nuts during my diet! I know I’m not supposed weigh myself every day, but I do it anyway before getting in the shower. A lot of things play into this: salt/water intake, cheat meals, and ya know… going #2. 2 Quick Points: Start you diet after your temptation days! I started my diet on a Friday(just because Jan 1st fell on a Monday). Never again! After I weigh in on a Friday morning and see that I have lost weight, I subconsciously think that I can cheat over the...

I’m disappointed in myself.  I didn’t lose any weight this week- stuck at 203.  My goal was to hit 200lbs this week. I think I have lost some dedication to the diet.  I’m a firm believer that eating healthy and exercising should be a lifestyle change and not just a “diet” determined by a time period.  Recently, I have stopped counting every calorie and eating my meals at a certain time.  Maybe I was premature to think I could handle my new lifestyle without writing everything down and counting every calorie. I wouldn’t say I have lost motivation, but I have...

digg_url = 'http://switch2glutenfree.com/misc/growing-gluten-free-awareness/'; digg_title = 'Growing Gluten Free Awareness'; digg_bodytext = 'It is undeniable that the gluten free industry\'s awareness is growing exponentially.\n\nMost of all, the awareness has caught the attention of almost every doctor.  Ultimately, more and more lives are being greatly improved or saved.  People now know what the true cause of their aliment is.  Patients who have been misdiagnosed for years, have co'; It is undeniable that the gluten free industry’s awareness is growing exponentially. Most...

Everything finally came together in week 3 of my diet.  I was eating right and exercising.  I was looking forward to my Friday weigh-in. On Friday, I got on the scale…. 208.  NO CHANGE!!! How could this be?  I had my best week yet perfecting my diet and did the most exercise.  Was I eating too many calories?  Was I eating too little with the amount of workouts I was doing?  Was my last weigh in with very little water in my body and this week with a lot?  What’s the deal? Overall, I am not too frustrated by it… but really hoping for a better weigh-in next week. 2 tips:...

Sorry this doesn’t really relate to gluten free, but we did go to PF Chang’s afterward where they have a gluten free menu!  I did put it on Twitter(@switch2gf) hours before it was going to happen, because she isn’t on Twitter. I really just need a place for my family, friends, and everyone else to see this video, and this is the easiest place! “Mike & Stephanie got engaged on Saturday, January 9th, 2010 on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. First, they went to happy hour with her sister, Jessica, and her boyfriend, Matt. Earlier in the week, Mike invited 25 of...

OK, Who has one? Anyone switching to the gluten free lifestyle? Anyone committing 100%? Anyone vowing not to ever cheat again? . . January 1st, 2010, will be my 1 year 100% committment to being gluten free! Now that I think I have mastered the gluten free diet, I plan to set some new health goals including the GF diet. My 2010 resolution will be to lose weight on a gluten free diet.  I have a relaxing trip planned to Costa Rica at the end of March, so that is my main motivation for losing weight.  I have set the goal of losing 30lbs in the 12 weeks prior to our departure.  My diet will start...