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Feeling really bad this morning, my bad reactions to food are playing up, as far as I can tell I have not had anything I am not supposed to for about a week yet my rash is getting worse and my breathing is affected, I have so few foods I can eat already so if there is another one I am missing then I will be down to having almost no variation in my diet. the other option is that the severity is increased, I don't want it to worsen into having an anaphylaxis reaction, looks like it is another visit to the doc to make an appointment today to get a specialist referral.

it is so easy to consume my primary allergen as it is not always listed on food labels or listed under other names, I am allergic to wheat or anything derived from wheat, not just gluten, a food can be gluten free but still have traces of wheat in it AAAAAAARGGGGH
 
Ugh, that really sucks. I feel really sorry for anyone with food allergies, and wheat has to be one of the worst ones. It's in everything! (My mum found out that some people thought one of my health conditions was worsened by gluten, particularly wheat, and I went on a wheat-free diet for six months as a consequence. She claims I felt better at the time, but I wouldn't go back to it for such minor benefits that I can't remember them)

I imagine that a lot of things are made worse by potential contamination in factories and such. I read a lot of packaging (sometimes just for the hell of it), and nothing can be guaranteed nut free, it seems (although they don't specifically mention wheat, I imagine the same applies).

I hope it gets cleared up soon and that you find the source of the reaction (and I'm really sorry you have to go through it).
 
I think I may have found the culprit, we purchased a different shampoo to normal and many shampoos contain chemicals derived from wheat, It seem it is not just ingesting wheat that is a problem AAARGH

Names For Wheat and products made of wheat This is part of my forbidden food list

All purpose flour
Bran
Bread (any type made with white flour, wheat flour), bread crumbs
Bread flour
Bromated flour
Bulgur
Cake flour
Cereal extract
Couscous
Crackers, cracker meal
Durum flour
Enriched flour
Farina
Flour
Fu
Germ
Gluten
Graham flour
High gluten flour
High protein flour
Instant flour
Malt, malt extract
Matzo, Matzoh, Matzah, Matza, matsa, matso, Matzo meal, Matzoh meal, Matzah meal, Matza meal ,matsa meal, matso meal, matsah meal or matsoh meal
Noodles
Pasta
Pastry flour
Phosphated flour
Plain flour
Seitan
Self-rising flour
Soft wheat flour
Wheat, wheat berries, wheat bran, wheat flour, wheat germ, wheat gluten, wheat grass, wheat malt, wheat starch, wheat sprouts
White flour
Whole wheat berries
Whole wheat bread
Whole wheat flour
Artificial flavoring, natural flavoring
Caramel color
Dextrin
Food starch*
Gelatinized starch*
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
Maltodextrin
Modified food starch*
Monosodium glutamate, MSG
Shoyu
Soy Sauce
Surimi
Tamari
Teriyaki Sauce
Textured vegetable protein
Vegetable gum
Vegetable starch*
Binder or binding
Cereal
Cereal binders
Cereal protein
Edible starch
Farina
Filler
Flour
Food starch
Fu
Gum base
Hydrolysed wheat protein
Kamut
Manna
Modified food starch
Modified starch
Rusk
Semolina
Special edible starch
Spelt
Starch
Thickener or thickening
Triticale

Types of wheat (common and botanical names):

Club wheat (Triticum compactum Host.)
Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)
Einkorn (Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum)
Emmer (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccon (Schrank) Thell.)
Kamut (Triticum polonicum L.)
Semolina (Triticum durum Desf.)
Spelt (Triticum spelta L.)
Triticale ( x Triticosecale ssp. Wittm.)

Triticum: Triticum aestivum L., Triticum durum Desf., Triticum compactum Host., Triticum spelta L., Triticum durum Desf., Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum, Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccon (Schrank) Thell., Triticum polonicum L., and x Triticosecale ssp. Wittm.


Wheat starch is actually wheat that’s had the gluten washed out but it is still wheat and I still react.
 
ok day today, have been prescribed a new cream to try to cut the itchy feeing of the rash still feeling a bit off, opted for another rest day but tomorrow will be busy including fitness testing for my ladies team to check their progress.
 
I have lost more weight this week, I am a little concerned as I should be maintaining and this week was lower on exercise than normal. I will have to book a skinfold test as you can't do the measurements on yourself.

my ladies team done their beep test last night and I am happy to say almost all improved their fitness level last month which means my coaching is on track.
 
feeling good this afternoon, my allergic reaction is subsiding so should be good for a heavy gym session tomorrow :D
 
been to the doctor this morning, he has ordered a fresh coeliac disease test to see if there is any changes in my antibodies as he thinks my sensitivity and severity of the disease has increased.

got to go now and take youngest son to school and hit the gym.
 
Gym Session

Warmup - Erg, 500 metres moderate pace 2 minutes

Seated Row

5 @ 40 kg
5@50 kg
5@60 kg
5@70 kg (154 lb)

Supported T Bar Row (supported t bar improves isolation more than unsupported)

5 @ 30 kg
2 X 5@40 kg (88 lb)

Back Extensions

3 X 5 @ 40 kg (88 lb) with double twist

DB Shrugs

3 X 5@ 42.5 kg (93.5 lb) (each hand)

Hamstring Raises

10 @ 10 kg
4 X 6 @ 10 kg (vest) full range of motion (nose 2 inches from floor)

happy with this today manages to prevent calf activation in the movement.


Just because I could, vanity exercise Bicep Curls 3 X 5 @ 22.5 kg (49.6 lb)

5 km treadmill (45 minutes) not bad for someone with really short legs lol


Edit

I am on duty for sports medicine tonight for a men's football game so I can count on adding a few sprints into my exercise for the day as well
 
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Do you usually make your own food then? I hope everything is okay and things go good tonight at the football game.
 
yep most of the time I cook from scratch with nothing processed, the only stuff that comes out of cans is usually my spring water packed tuna. I even meet my rather high protein needs without adding protein powder.

hubby and the kids will eat other stuff but on those days I eat separate meals because it is not fair or healthy for them to miss out on a number of healthy foods just because I am have a bad reaction to it.

football game went well with no injuries and just a bit of strapping to be done pre game.
 
it has been a long day, food has been minimal, something has got to be done about under staffing it just isn't safe to have a singe person on medical duties all day :(
 
was a bit bored and hadn't worked out my waist-hip ratio for quite a while, it is looking good on 0.72 which puts me in the low health risk range :D and below the average for my age :D :D so my ratio has dropped by .1 since last time I checked.



waist - hip ratio is a good indicator for health risks.
 
feeling good this morning, after a good night sleep. I was walking past my full length mirror a little earlier and noticed my tricep definition has improved without flexing or having a pump from training. This is good normally I can only see the classic horseshoe shape of well defined triceps when I am pumped and flexed :D:D:D But then I am known as the tricep queen at the gym lol.
 
today has been a good day food wise, Role Playing Day is always a challenge but today there were no deviations from the plan. Body is feeling good, will check my weight tomorrow, if everything is on target it should be stable as I am in maintenance. I want to hit the gym again tomorrow and will also complete the P90X+ vids for the day.

so far my impression of the videos is that you need a basic level of fitness and the ability to lift your own bodyweight for the exercises on the pull-up bar is not essential but better if you can. It is still not at a difficulty that will challenge someone who has good fitness levels.
 
hello - thanks for stopping by my diary!!
i see you try not to use processed food and cook from scratch - i try to do the same!! i think it contributes a lot to the result. :hurray:
keep up the good job!! :grouphug:
 
Hubby cooked tonight, and my youngest remembered it was mothers day and gave me a little herb garden in a pot that he planted and decorated. He has his NAPLAN testing starting on Tuesday which is hard enough for normal kids but for him going in to a test he has not even a remote chance of completing it is horrible. It is sooo hard having 3 kids on the Autism Spectrum.
 
Happy mother's day (well, it still is here... just)! I hope you've had a good one. I don't envy you having three kids with ASDs- I've got a mild one myself and that's hard enough.

I've got a question for you (not worth starting up a thread and you've said somewhere in here- you say no one reads this but this is one of the few long threads I've gone through and read every word of- that it's ok to ask questions here). My mum reckons that swimming isn't a suitable cardio exercise, that I need to do several hours of it to make up for half an hour of regular gym cardio (cross trainer, climber, rowing machine). Is this right? I much prefer swimming but if it's not going to give me the results I want I won't do it as often (or will do less of it after some regular gym cardio).
 
Swimming is on par with jogging for calories burned, it all comes down to the intensity for both exercises, If your just cruising along in the swim then your not burning a lot but if you pick up the pace then the calories burned increases just like any other cardio exercise.

Where I live we don't have access to a public pool in winter and the gyms don't have pools but I find swimming a challenge and If I could push myself to do it I would burn a lot of calories. As an asthma sufferer I was pushed into swimming at an early age and hated it and will only swim If i need an active recovery session the day after a heavy training session.

There is a reason many top athletes in Australia will swim after their sport or event. The water pressure on the body works like a gentle massage for getting rid of waste products out of the muscles and reducing DOMS.
 
Thank you very much, that's what I suspected. I swim moderately hard but not as hard as I probably could, I might step it up a bit.
 
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