Could do with some tweaking but it tasted real good :) I think it would have risen more if I wasn't so greedy and tried to cram 6 sausages in hehe
I used:
6 GF sausages
1 cup GF flour
2 eggs
175ml milk
Gas mark 7 for 40 minutes
I browned off the sausages first. Its definitely something I will make again. Total comfort food!
The blood test results were negative so no coeliacs! I'm happy about it and hope the results are accurate.
However... I asked the doctor (over the phone) if that means I have some kind of sensitivity to gluten then... she said 'well no, that is what the test was for. You don't have coeliacs so you don't have any problem with gluten'.
Now that confused me. I thought coeliacs is an autoimmune disease and a person can be gluten sensitive without coeliacs.
I said I kept a diary of my symptoms (which were far from normal) and she said I need to book an appointment with another doctor if I want to discuss it further.
*sigh* I'm glad its nit coeliacs but I'm now more confused than ever.
I became so disheartened when I started eating gluten free and tried to bake using GF flour for the first time. I love to bake and I just couldn't seem to get it right.
Years later and the gluten free flour selection seems to have come a long way! I now use Asda own brand gluten free self raising flour. Its the best I've come across so far.
So here is my second successful gluten free cake, carrot cake.
This is the recipe:
1 cup Asda gluten free self raising flour
1 cup sugar
8oz grated carrot
1tsp gluten free baking powder
1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable or sunflower oil
Stir all dry ingredients together. Mix eggs and oil together and add to dry ingredients. Mix and then stir in the carrots. Put into greased and lined cake tins or into cupcake cases.
Gas mark 5
Cake tins take 35-40 minutes
Cupcakes 15-20 minutes
I cheated and used shop bought vanilla butter cream but its not too difficult to make yourself.
I'm happy now I can bake tasty things again :) just need to get bread and rolls down now
So a week after taking wheat back out of my diet and I'm still feeling the effects. My joints are aching almost constantly and my muscles don't seem to be fairing much better.
I thought I would try a bit of light exercise and ended up with cramping calf muscles and had to stop. I'm persisting though, did some more today. I feel like my muscles have deteriorated and have been replaced with fat.
Also after the two weeks of wondering where my stomach symptoms had gone... well they are here. Hopefully its getting it all out of my system finally. I want it out of me!
Seem to have a cloudy head too... not sure how else to describe it. Find it hard to focus and keep mixing my words up... feel confused sometimes. Its very strange.
On wards and upwards though :) I am feeling better each day. Its slow progress but I'm getting there!
Success! Gluten free chocolate, rum and raisin cupcakes :)
To cheer myself up I thought I would bake. I've attempted gluten free cakes before and they just haven't been right. Either too hard and dense or they just taste gluten free.
This time I used Asda own self raising flour that comes in a yellow packet. Added a little gluten free baking powder too just to make doubly sure it would rise.
They are actually springy and after a thorough taste test (by me and non-gluten free people) I believe I have cracked it :) I wish I could share through the internet!
The doctor phoned and read off the results of an old blood test. After correcting himself he asked me to call in a weeks time.
More waiting.
I'm trying to remain positive about this whole process but I'm finding it difficult. Its been going on for so long.
It was my first day back at work today. I found it exhausting and my right shoulder is so painful! So the symptoms persist.
Well chin up! Its only one more week to wait and I am feeling better each day.
I had pasta for dinner and it feels like my stomach can't possibly hold anymore. I feel huge and I'm so bloated. I look pregnant! ...pasta is evil.
I don't know how people can possibly do this for the 6 weeks or even 3 months some doctors recommend. I feel like I'm so full of wheat that I'm ready to burst.
So today:
- queasy
- full/bloated
- lethargic
- headache
- dehydrated
- stomach pains
- dizzy
- light headed
- heavy legs
- racing heart
- shooting pains in stomach
- lower back ache
Blood test Wednesday. I must fit more in!
Struggled to sleep again last night... insomnia? Wonder if that is a symptom.
My anxious feelings are continuing. Had heart palpitations today and a racing heart. I'm glad this is over soon. I don't want all those old feelings to come back.
Today:
- headache
- queasy
- dry skin
- aching legs/hips
- fatigue
- heart palpitations
- crashed out
- heavy muscles
- anxious feelings
- stomach pain
Thought my crashing out was getting better but today it hit hard after my roast dinner (big thank you to my boyfriend for cooking it for me, it was really tasty!). But better again this evening.
I can't wait for this to be over!
I struggled to sleep last night because of pains in my elbow and shoulder joints. When I woke up I felt wobbly and dizzy.
Having said that today has been a better day. Less crashing out and I've been able to get up and do more.
...no movement 'down below' so still feeling bloated. I'm feeling like a balloon at the moment.
Today:
- heavy muscles
- pain in my lower arms
- headache
- backache
- joint pain
- tired/achy
- neck pain
- racing heart
- uneasy feeling
I'm surprised at how close these feelings match how I used to feel at uni when I didn't really know what was happening. I used to get so ill and just didn't know why.
I'm so glad I can end these feelings this time.
A better mood today. Still got those anxious/uneasy feelings going on, but I'm trying to be more positive about what I'm doing. I will deal with things one step at a time.
I'm still surprised my stomach hasn't been upset so far but then I'm not going much at all so it seems to have gone the other way. Not my usual symptoms.
Today more of the same but my crashing out hasn't been as bad:
- heavy muscles
- shoulders hurt
- arms ache
- crashing out
- stomach cramps
- bloated
- uneasy feeling
- drowsy
- headache
- neck ache
- joint pain
5 more days to go!
All of my old anxious and uneasy feelings I used to feel have returned. I always thought they were down to having anxiety issues... but I'm thinking the food I was eating could have caused some of these feelings or maybe made them worse.
I've also been quite tearful today. Having found out I could be doing all of this and its not actually anywhere near long enough has left me feeling low. My mood is so easily affected at the moment.
Today:
- backache
- right wrist pain
- clicking joints
- feel low
- feel weak
- anxious/uneasy feeling
- pounding heart
- crashing out
- light headed
- dry mouth
- queasy
Just plodding along at the moment. Eating and sleeping and just getting through each day.
I'm half way through!
I think I have accepted the fact I seem to be crashing out after eating now. I've stopped trying to fight it and plan my day around it.
Had a few friends round and just arranged it for when I woke up after eating. Its funny how we are able to adjust.
Today much of the same... just a little more intense with the aches and pains:
- backache
- neck ache
- joint pain
- crashing out
- stomach cramps/spasms
- fizzy/tingling fingers/hands
- headache
- hazy head
- heart pounding
A friend that came over today said her doctors recommended 6 weeks at least for the blood test to be accurate. I wouldn't be able to work... I can't take 6 weeks off work and do this for that long!
Hoping 2 will be enough!
Today I decided to be more active. All this laying around and doing nothing isn't helping... we now have a slightly tidier cupboard. I should try and work on an essay I need to write but my brain seems to be able to handle less than my body currently.
The crash moments seem to be getting shorter which is good. Down side at the moment is that this change in diet is also making me gain weight quite rapidly it seems. Hopefully that will level out soon.
So today:
- bloated and painful stomach
- heavy limbs especially after eating
- backache
- headache
- crashing out
- lethargic
- queasy
- joints ache
So day 6 was better. I'm still enjoying the taste of all the things I couldn't eat before. Today I had my Shreddies, a croissant and breaded chicken wraps.
Tomorrow is Ramen with real ramen noodles!
I woke up and I felt hung over, dizzy and with lower back ache. I decided to have a GF breakfast but then thought I really need to do this properly so I had two biscuits afterwards. I almost chickened out!
So today I've had the biscuits, left over curry with naan and salad with a pork pie and a bit of pasta. The sleep/crashing out continued to happen.
After dinner I decided to try and stay awake to see what happened... It wasn't fun. Next time I'll let it happen and sleep. My heart was racing and I had an awful anxious feeling, my limbs felt heavy and my joints (especially my right wrist/thumb joint) ached like crazy. My stomach was painful too which is less after the sleep.
So today its again been much of the same:
- generally feeling crap/low
- heavy limbs
- joint pain
- queasy
- bloated and full even after going to the loo 4 times today!
- headache and neck ache
- stomach cramps
- sleep/crashing out
- chest pains
- racing heart
- anxious feelings
I can't wait for this to be over!
