Gettin' Rid of Gluten! (at least for 30 days!)

For those of you who know me, you know know I have suffered from migraines for a good portion of my life.  I can remember getting them when I was only 9 or 10 years old and laying on the couch while my dad stroked my head/hair for relief.  As I got older they progressed an got worse when I got into my teen years.  There were multiple times I went home from school and just many days I remember suffering through the pain and feeling crappy.

Fast forward to present day...it hasn't gotten any better.  I've been on several medications to help stop them and now take immitrex when I get them.  The immitrex helps but I almost always get a repeat headache the next day.  Sometimes this cycle will last for 3 or 4 days...its terrible and wipes me out. 

Long story short, I'm ready for a change and have heard good things about cutting gluten out.  I've heard from multiple people that it can really help, but let's be honest, who wants to give up bread products.  Um. No one.  And if you say you do, you're lying.  I know when I go out to eat, I wanna know where the bread basket is.(Cheesecake factory, anyone?)  And can I get some bread while I wait for my bread?  Anyways...after another weekend of feeling like poo, I decided enough was enough and I was give it a try.  Worst case scenario?  I still get migraines and ate extremely healthy for a month.  Best case?  I don't get them and am forced to eat like this forever...but rarely if ever get another migraine and stop being so dependent on Rx drugs! (praying for the 2nd scenario)

So...I've decided to blog my misery and share with you all.  Mostly for my own good, to hold me accountable and to be able to look back and see that I did something good for me and my health!  If it brings good to anyone else...that's an added bonus!  If I find any good GF recipes to share (or if you do) I will share those, too!  Now pass the Quinoa!

Day 1: 2/13/13 Bought groceries and got frustrated at my tiny towns lack of GF options but stocked up on many fruits and veggies, beans, and dairy.
Day 2: 2/14/13 (will actually consider this official day 1):  made a great smoothie using spinach, almonds, honey, milk, and banana. It was REALLY good and kept me full til lunch. (I will spare you all of what I ate, just sharing that I really loved that shake!) Valentines Dinner was pasta (GF) with spinah, tomatoes, and feta, and a GF chocolate cake. It was good and didn't feel deprived
Day 3: Feeling good. No headache.  I must say. Its 3pm and although a latte is tempting, I don't feel as sluggish as I usually do at this time of day! 

More to come....

DIY Canvas Photo

So I had some leftover 8x10 canvases from a previous craft project that I really wanted to use somehow...I had seen you could use wooden boards and mod podge pics onto them..so I decided to do the same with my canvases.

I picked my pics (ha) made my glue.. ( you can make homemade mod podge using a 1:1 ratio of Elmer's glue and water...much cheaper! ), bought some cheapie sponge brushes and was ready to go.

First coat the back of the pic AND the front of canvas with glue. Line up the corners really well and smooth out all wrinkles. Then brush on a coat of the glue on top of pic using long, neat brush strokes. It will dry CLEAR. Also seal the edges real well with the glue.

Then just wait until it dries.

Voila....