So I have been almost 100% gluten-free since the end of 2009 due to health problems and gluten intolerance, and now that I am in 2010, I am trying hard to avoid all contamination and be gluten-free, healthy, and happy. In addition, I have been wanting to be more active, lose weight, and tone up before my sister's wedding in November. Luckily, these two things have gone hand in hand. Since being gluten-free and becoming more active, I have lost 29 lbs!!! Yes! Amazing!
The most important thing I feel like I have gotten out of all of this though, is the true appreciation for healthy eating. Basically, eating things that make your body feel good as well as look good. I have always loved organic food, veggies, fruit, things like that, but now I am coming up with so many more uses for my favorites, as well as introducing new foods I hadn't really eaten before (Quinoa, polenta) and loving it.
Another added bonus: just cooking gluten-free, healthy meals for me and my house family and friends. I love to cook, and I am an experimental cook anyway (meaning, I rarely make the same thing twice because I never really follow recipes and I just go with what feels cool) so it has been exciting to make up new dishes and new methods for cooking certain dishes.
Some of my favorite things to do:
Southwest casserole (Rice based)
Steak and veggie kabobs (peppers, squash, onions, etc.)
Summer Salad (Fresh greens, veggies, and a light olive oil dressing... with asiago cheese)
Drizzle Dream (a yummy dessert)
Soup/Chili (Easy, fun, and experimental. haha)
Oven baked lemon/butter/garlic Tilapia
Green beans in garlic and olive oil
Tacos
Beans and Rice
And so much more. It's just fun.
And a little less work now that I am 29 lbs lighter... :) haha
If anyone out there wants any more information on gluten intolerance, celiac disease, gluten-free living, or going gluten-free as a method of weight loss, please let me know. Leave a comment or send an e-mail to ponchomeg@yahoo.com and I will tell you more about my personal experience and direct you to some fantastic resources. Just put "Gluten-Free Questions" in the subject line.
Peace and Love,
Meagan
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Monday, November 9, 2009
A Fun Little Distraction Involving Music
In case you were wondering just how eclectic my tastes are in music, check out this little survey I did with my I-Tunes. I only put song names, not artists, so if you are curious about some of the songs and who they are by, just let me know which ones in your comments. Also, check out my list of "Favorite songs at the moment" from Facebook, posted below the survey.
| Your Life Through The Eyes Of iTunes Shuffle Created by girlylicious7 and taken 4943 times on Bzoink | |
| Go To iTunes Or Whatever You Use. | |
| Then put it on shuffle and put a song with the artist for each answer. | |
| Don't cheat by choosing or skipping songs. It won't all make sense. | |
| About You | |
| So what's your weird name?: | Trampled Under Foot |
| Who are you?: | Friends Forever |
| Who do you feel like?: | Hung Up |
| What do you feel like doing?: | Skip to My Lou |
| What is your biggest guilty pleasure?: | I Put a Spell on You |
| What do people call you?: | Humpty Dumpty |
| How's the weather?: | The time of my Life |
| What are you feeling?: | Heaven |
| What are you craving?: | Just Dance |
| What are you thinking?: | Something About Us |
| Where are you?: | Short Circuit |
| What should you be doing?: | Faxing Berlin |
| How is your day?: | In My Time of Dying |
| What do you look like?: | Frankenstein |
| Your Random Thoughts On | |
| Life: | Clearview |
| Family: | Hate That I Love You |
| Parents: | Mary Had a Little Lamb |
| Siblings: | Thinking of You |
| Grandparents: | Zombie Nation |
| Love: | True Believer |
| Friends: | Come What May |
| Career: | The Walk |
| Food: | The Cranberries Zombie Dance Mix |
| Celebrities: | The X-Files |
| The president: | Dance Like there's No Tomorrow |
| Politics: | Love in this Club |
| Death: | Party Like a Rock Star |
| Random Stuff | |
| Personal Motto: | My Winding Wheel... |
| Goal in life: | Falling Slowly |
| What your thinking of: | Cha Cha Slide |
| What you want to be: | Gravity |
| What your most proud of: | Heart on My Sleeve |
| What your least proud of: | Stayin' Alive |
| Your soundtrack: | Dota |
| Opening credits: | I'm a Little Wood Block |
| Theme song: | Hey Ya! |
| Waking up: | Gimme, Gimme, Gimme |
| School: | Wild At Heart |
| First love: | Damaged |
| Childhood: | Cupid's Chokehold |
| Teen years: | Sandstorm V. Blow Your Mind V. Zombie Nation |
| Wedding: | I Can Love You Like That |
| Scary moments: | Don't Ask for the Water |
| Dancing: | A Moment Like This |
| Funeral: | Everybody's Free |
| Closing credits: | Everytime We Touch |
| Finisht the sentence... | |
| I wish...: | I like it, I love it. |
| I want...: | Life |
| I am...: | Paralyzer |
| My best feature is...: | Song to the Mountains |
| You should...: | Get Down! |
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Come What May (from Moulin Rouge)
True Believer (E-Type)
For Your Entertainment (Adam Lambert)
Around the World (Daft Punk)
Dr. Funkenstein (Deadmau5)
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (as sung by The Cambridge Singers)
Falling Slowly (from Once)
If I Never See Your Face Again (Maroon 5, feat. Rihanna)
Party in the USA (Miley Cyrus)
Home Sweet Home (Motley Crue)
To be Young, Is to be Sad, Is to be High (Ryan Adams)
Evacuate the Dancefloor (Cascada)
Circus (Britney Spears)
Shattered (Backstreet Boys)
Just Dance (Jamiroquai)
Life (E-Type)
Mr. Brightside (The Killers)
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
California Love (Tupac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman)
Lovestrukk (3 Oh! 3 feat. Katy Perry)
Already Gone (Kelly Clarkson)
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
Love Drunk (Boys Like Girls)
Africa (Toto)
Good Girls Go Bad (Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester)
Purple Rain (Prince)
Let's Just Fall in Love Again (Jason Castro)
Don't You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)
Dark Chest of Wonders (Nightwish)
One More Time (Daft Punk)
I Believe in a Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
Imagine (John Lennon)
In My Life (The Beatles)
Only Hope (from A Walk to Remember)
Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley)
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (Global Deejays)
Traffic (Tiesto)
Thank You for the Music (ABBA)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
The Answer to Our Lives (Backstreet Boys)
Different Kind of Love Song (Cher)
Battlefield (Jordin Sparks)
My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson)
Brazil sec. edition (Deadmau5)
Unbeautiful (Lesley Roy)
Paparazzi (Lady Gaga)
This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Straight Through My Heart (Backstreet Boys)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Dance Floor Anthem (Good Charlotte)
Shit to Prove (C-Dizzle)
Plus just a lot of CCR, Beatles, David Bowie, Daft Punk, BSB, The Corrs, Kelly Clarkson, children's music, 80's and 90's music on cable and pop radio (97.5)
And Suicide is Painless (M*A*S*H)
Like I said... I love music.
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