Comments on: To Cheat or Not to Cheat: Chapter 3

By: 10 Month Update: All About Mindset | Switch 2 Gluten Free

10 Month Update: All About Mindset | Switch 2 Gluten Free — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:04:04 +0000

[...] I honestly can’t say I’ve been 100% gluten free. If you step outside your house, I doubt anyone can honestly know they have not ingested any gluten. There are lots of times I make my best effort to know what I am eating, but sometimes you are only 90% sure and you eat it anyway. It is next to impossible to be 100% gluten free. I can only count a few times, where I have suspected that something might contain gluten and eaten it anyway. If I have an alternative, then I always pick that, but sometimes you don’t have a choice. Only once, have I knowingly eaten gluten. I was in a tough situation, with someone I had just met, and to save time, confusion, and other complications, I ate it anyway. Looking back, I regret it. Don’t cheat! [...]

By: Jessika

Jessika — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:32:33 +0000

Never thought about cheating…once though I did try chewing a piece of pizza then spitting it back out…got sick for a week because I know there was no way to possibly get it all out. Doesn’t help that I’m extremely sensitive and I get a reaction to just touching the stuff (skin rashes).

I’m so surprised to see people actually cheat? I dread ever accidentally ingesting some gluten since I know I will have a wide variety of bad effects for about a full 7 days

Though if I did not get such bad effects I do wonder if I would stick to it as much

- Jessika : Celiac Speaks – Symptoms, Recipes, Restaurants and Daily Life

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:53:34 +0000

I never even think about cheating. I used to be extremely sensitive, and even a crumb or a little cross contamination would make me sick. That taught me how careful I have to be. Now, I don’t seem to react as much, but I know I would react to an actual bite of something. I don’t think I could even enjoy it for fear of what I would go through.
It has to be harder for people who don’t have obvious symptoms.

By: cottagesweet

cottagesweet — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:48:37 +0000

I’m not sure some people really understand the seriousness of CD. It’s not just a matter of gluten intolerance, it really is a poison to the body’s system. Maybe it all depends on a person’t outlook on life as to how they see the seriousness in what they do to their bodies.

By: dots

dots — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:33:01 +0000

I’ve been gf for 3.5 yrs and NEVER cheated since the day of my gold standard diagnosis. I’ve been glutened once (no gut pains prior to diagnosis, a bit of gut pain with the first glutening). I felt so bad before diagnosis I was ready for the funny-farm; when DH brought home pizza for the kid and himself the first week I was going gf, I wanted to cry and instead basked in the smell. I learned to appreciate the smell of food. HOWEVER, we NEVER had gluten in the house after that! LOL! NOT FAIR! My home is my gf sanctuary.

When I go to banquets, socialize, eat out, it’s a pain worth enduring to NOT cheat! But dang, sometimes those gf bars do not suffice – lol.

I have a celiac friend who cheats and she says it’s none of my business. I had to step back and agree to a point. It’s none of my business my mother smokes and yet, there she is dying of lung cancer (and still smoking). Insanity exists. It’s my job to cope with that; but it’s selfish and it’s not fair to your loved ones. No one said life was fair.