Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 I'm on a roll with avoiding dairy and gluten. Yesterday I was supposed to attend a lunch meeting for work (lunch first) and I called first to find out what would served. It was not bad--salad, minestrone soup, bread, cake. For a minute I thought about eating around the pasta in the soup and filling up on salad, but then I decided to go to Chipotle before the meeting. The meeting was a large gathering and I wasn't missed at lunch. I'm going to these lengths to maintain my diet more often now. It's a big commitment, as many of you know. So last night my husband came home from Trader Joe's with everything delicious and cheese-laden. It was one of those nights where I felt dissatisfied with my dinner and kept hunting all evening for something else to eat. I resisted all the Trader Joe's stuff and tried my first slice of Vegan Gourmet cheese. It was...odd. Perhaps I'll get used to it. It was the mozzarella flavor. This morning I opened the fridge and saw lots of cheese staring at me through the clear plastic deli drawer. I decided to put it in brown lunch bags. That really made a difference! I'll have to do something similar in the freezer so I don't grab a cheesy frozen meal in a moment of hunger/weakness. My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part because of dietary changes. This cheese battle is worth it! Sierra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Way to go, Sierra! Keep up the good fight! Living pain-free is SO worth it! It took about 6 weeks for the pain I had to disappear, which I understand to be a fairly typical span of time. Deborah My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part because of dietary changes. This cheese battle is worth it! Sierra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Yes, cheese is hard to cut - especially when it is staring at you from the fridge and in every lunch option as a tasty topping or main star. I've never had much satisfaction with the alternatives, and now, they are especially hard to find since we don't have soy. It is definitely worth the battle and soon, you might decide to take a bite or two and realize that it doesn't taste that great after all, or it makes you feel so bad it is just not worth the indulgence. Stay strong! Paula , " snowdrift52003 " <snowdrift52003 wrote: > > I'm on a roll with avoiding dairy and gluten. Yesterday I was supposed to attend a lunch meeting for work (lunch first) and I called first to find out what would served. It was not bad--salad, minestrone soup, bread, cake. For a minute I thought about eating around the pasta in the soup and filling up on salad, but then I decided to go to Chipotle before the meeting. The meeting was a large gathering and I wasn't missed at lunch. I'm going to these lengths to maintain my diet more often now. It's a big commitment, as many of you know. > > So last night my husband came home from Trader Joe's with everything delicious and cheese-laden. It was one of those nights where I felt dissatisfied with my dinner and kept hunting all evening for something else to eat. I resisted all the Trader Joe's stuff and tried my first slice of Vegan Gourmet cheese. It was...odd. Perhaps I'll get used to it. It was the mozzarella flavor. > > This morning I opened the fridge and saw lots of cheese staring at me through the clear plastic deli drawer. I decided to put it in brown lunch bags. That really made a difference! I'll have to do something similar in the freezer so I don't grab a cheesy frozen meal in a moment of hunger/weakness. > > My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part because of dietary changes. This cheese battle is worth it! > > Sierra > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Sierra, I can definitely relate to you! When we found out our youngest daughter was allergic to dairy, we became vegans overnight...and boy was it a challenge to go cold turkey! But it made it much easier that all of us did it together (it made more sense for all of us to make the change than to make two meals every time). So at least that way we didn't have it in the house. But out of all the dairy products, cheese was by far the hardest for me to give up. I loved cheese!! And the soy alternatives did nothing for me! However, we did find an almond cheese that tasted really good, more like actual cheese...so I would recommend trying one of those if you haven't already. We also went to making our own cheese...mainly with chashews and really like the taste. It's more like nacho cheese, so to grate it, we have to freeze it. But now, two years later, when I smell cheese, it totally turns me off. And if we visit someone's house that has cooked with cheese, it always upsets my stomach later. And the health benefits we have experienced giving it up cannot be put into words! So hang in there...for some, vegan cheese is an acquired taste. But you will acquire it if you keep it up! Anyway, good luck! Miguel --- On Thu, 3/12/09, paulahamma <phamma wrote: > paulahamma <phamma > Re: My cheese battle > > Thursday, March 12, 2009, 2:18 PM > Yes, cheese is hard to cut - especially when it is staring > at you from the fridge and in every lunch option as a tasty > topping or main star. I've never had much satisfaction > with the alternatives, and now, they are especially hard to > find since we don't have soy. > > It is definitely worth the battle and soon, you might > decide to take a bite or two and realize that it doesn't > taste that great after all, or it makes you feel so bad it > is just not worth the indulgence. > > Stay strong! > Paula > , > " snowdrift52003 " <snowdrift52003 wrote: > > > > I'm on a roll with avoiding dairy and gluten. > Yesterday I was supposed to attend a lunch meeting for work > (lunch first) and I called first to find out what would > served. It was not bad--salad, minestrone soup, bread, cake. > For a minute I thought about eating around the pasta in the > soup and filling up on salad, but then I decided to go to > Chipotle before the meeting. The meeting was a large > gathering and I wasn't missed at lunch. I'm going to > these lengths to maintain my diet more often now. It's a > big commitment, as many of you know. > > > > So last night my husband came home from Trader > Joe's with everything delicious and cheese-laden. It was > one of those nights where I felt dissatisfied with my dinner > and kept hunting all evening for something else to eat. I > resisted all the Trader Joe's stuff and tried my first > slice of Vegan Gourmet cheese. It was...odd. Perhaps > I'll get used to it. It was the mozzarella flavor. > > > > This morning I opened the fridge and saw lots of > cheese staring at me through the clear plastic deli drawer. > I decided to put it in brown lunch bags. That really made a > difference! I'll have to do something similar in the > freezer so I don't grab a cheesy frozen meal in a moment > of hunger/weakness. > > > > My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part > because of dietary changes. This cheese battle is worth it! > > > > Sierra > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 The vegan mac and cheese recipe on Karina's blog ( www.glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com) helped me when I took the plunge into being totally dairy-free. The sauce recipe also works as a basic white sauce for a variety of things. But it would have been much more difficult if my husband were bringing it into the house, too. He is so conscientious about me struggling with limitations that he always asks before he brings something in the house if I am not supposed to eat it. Do you think if you talked to your hubby, he'd work with you by not keeping cheese at home while you adjust? Sally On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:18 PM, paulahamma <phamma wrote: > Yes, cheese is hard to cut - especially when it is staring at you from > the fridge and in every lunch option as a tasty topping or main star. I've > never had much satisfaction with the alternatives, and now, they are > especially hard to find since we don't have soy. > > It is definitely worth the battle and soon, you might decide to take a bite > or two and realize that it doesn't taste that great after all, or it makes > you feel so bad it is just not worth the indulgence. > > Stay strong! > Paula > --- In <%40>, > " snowdrift52003 " <snowdrift52003 wrote: > > > > I'm on a roll with avoiding dairy and gluten. Yesterday I was supposed to > attend a lunch meeting for work (lunch first) and I called first to find out > what would served. It was not bad--salad, minestrone soup, bread, cake. For > a minute I thought about eating around the pasta in the soup and filling up > on salad, but then I decided to go to Chipotle before the meeting. The > meeting was a large gathering and I wasn't missed at lunch. I'm going to > these lengths to maintain my diet more often now. It's a big commitment, as > many of you know. > > > > So last night my husband came home from Trader Joe's with everything > delicious and cheese-laden. It was one of those nights where I felt > dissatisfied with my dinner and kept hunting all evening for something else > to eat. I resisted all the Trader Joe's stuff and tried my first slice of > Vegan Gourmet cheese. It was...odd. Perhaps I'll get used to it. It was the > mozzarella flavor. > > > > This morning I opened the fridge and saw lots of cheese staring at me > through the clear plastic deli drawer. I decided to put it in brown lunch > bags. That really made a difference! I'll have to do something similar in > the freezer so I don't grab a cheesy frozen meal in a moment of > hunger/weakness. > > > > My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part because of dietary > changes. This cheese battle is worth it! > > > > Sierra > > > > > -- " This isn't a matter of Republican and Democrat. It's not liberal. It's not conservative. It's simply common sense. This is a national emergency. . . . You have to be honest about the way the biosphere works, and we have to move this country very rapidly in a different direction. " --John Orr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 , " snowdrift52003 " <snowdrift52003 wrote: > > I'm on a roll with avoiding dairy and gluten. Yesterday I was supposed to attend a lunch meeting for work (lunch first) and I called first to find out what would served. It was not bad--salad, minestrone soup, bread, cake. For a minute I thought about eating around the pasta in the soup and filling up on salad, but then I decided to go to Chipotle before the meeting. The meeting was a large gathering and I wasn't missed at lunch. I'm going to these lengths to maintain my diet more often now. It's a big commitment, as many of you know. > > So last night my husband came home from Trader Joe's with everything delicious and cheese-laden. It was one of those nights where I felt dissatisfied with my dinner and kept hunting all evening for something else to eat. I resisted all the Trader Joe's stuff and tried my first slice of Vegan Gourmet cheese. It was...odd. Perhaps I'll get used to it. It was the mozzarella flavor. > > This morning I opened the fridge and saw lots of cheese staring at me through the clear plastic deli drawer. I decided to put it in brown lunch bags. That really made a difference! I'll have to do something similar in the freezer so I don't grab a cheesy frozen meal in a moment of hunger/weakness. > > My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part because of dietary changes. This cheese battle is worth it! > > Sierra > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 -Sierra - I can fully relate to your situation. I also have rheumatoid arthritis and the number of those I know that have died from this disease is plain scary along with the ones that need walkers to get around plus personal carers as well amazes me. Their eyes glaze over when I mention gluten free vegan. I just dont get it. I was diagnosed 10 years ago with severe RA, was vegetarian then, eating lots of dairy and wheat. A gluten test showed up an intolerance and along with avoiding dairy I am doing really well compared to almost everyone else I come across with this disease. I still flare sometimes but these are getting less and am quite mobile when I am not flaring. It is important for all of us to persist with this diet as the consequences can be so serious. I posted a cheese recently made from soy yoghurt. It is a little fiddly to make but it is one of the best I have tried. It has the mouthfeel that I think is what we miss the most when we dont eat cheese but without the fat and cruelty involved with cheese. I have another good recipe that I will post here as well very soon. It would be nice if you didnt have to look at cheese in your refrigerator, that must be hard but good on you for your strength of character. I have another good cheese recipe I will post shortly. Good luck. -- In , " snowdrift52003 " <snowdrift52003 wrote: > > I'm on a roll with avoiding dairy and gluten. Yesterday I was supposed to attend a lunch meeting for work (lunch first) and I called first to find out what would served. It was not bad--salad, minestrone soup, bread, cake. For a minute I thought about eating around the pasta in the soup and filling up on salad, but then I decided to go to Chipotle before the meeting. The meeting was a large gathering and I wasn't missed at lunch. I'm going to these lengths to maintain my diet more often now. It's a big commitment, as many of you know. > > So last night my husband came home from Trader Joe's with everything delicious and cheese-laden. It was one of those nights where I felt dissatisfied with my dinner and kept hunting all evening for something else to eat. I resisted all the Trader Joe's stuff and tried my first slice of Vegan Gourmet cheese. It was...odd. Perhaps I'll get used to it. It was the mozzarella flavor. > > This morning I opened the fridge and saw lots of cheese staring at me through the clear plastic deli drawer. I decided to put it in brown lunch bags. That really made a difference! I'll have to do something similar in the freezer so I don't grab a cheesy frozen meal in a moment of hunger/weakness. > > My rheumatoid arthritis is nearly in remission in part because of dietary changes. This cheese battle is worth it! > > Sierra > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 , Miguel Tello <mgt17ga wrote: > > > Sierra, But now, two years later, when I smell cheese, it totally turns me off. And if we visit someone's house that has cooked with cheese, > it always upsets my stomach later. This gives me hope! I actually did weaken and eat some cheese yesterday. (And this morning I woke up with unusually achy joints.) I never thought I'd be able to give up and not desire some of the things I already have--sweets, coffee, bread, etc. This one is just taking more time. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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