The bf and I have been continuing on our gluten free challenge all week. The weekend was really easy – we went apple picking and made lots of gluten-free dishes with the apples. Monday night the bf was volunteering at the brewery and didn’t have a sip of beer – I was so proud! We ate out after the brewery at a Mexican restaurant, but cooked at home the rest of the week which made it easy to stick to the challenge.

Day 5:

Breakfast: Eggs
Lunch: Cheese, apples, nuts
Dinner: Roasted chicken, red potatoes, squash
Dessert: Gluten-free apple crisp
Drinks: Wine

Day 6:

Lunch: Chickpea, red lentil and paprika soup
Dinner: Pork with Cabbage and Apples
Dessert: Gluten-free apple crisp
Drinks: Wine

Day 7:

Breakfast: Apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch: Salad with black bean and corn salsa
Snack: Homemade applesauce
Dinner: Al pastor taco and pork enchilada with corn tortillas
Drink: Margarita

Day 8:

Breakfast: Apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch: Salad with black bean and corn salsa
Snack: Homemade applesauce
Dinner: Roasted chicken, red potatoes, squash
Dessert: Gluten-free apple crisp

Day 9:

Breakfast: Apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch: Salad with black bean and corn salsa
Snack: Homemade applesauce
Dinner: Southwestern Stuffed Bell Peppers
Dessert: Gluten-free apple crisp
Drinks: Wine

Day 10:

Breakfast: Apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch: Fajitas sans the tortilla, beans and lettuce
Snack: Homemade applesauce
Dinner: Southwestern Stuffed Bell Peppers
Dessert: Gluten-free apple crisp
Drinks: Wine

Day 11:

Lunch: Salad with black bean and corn salsa
Snack: Blue Diamond Nut Thins and dried apples with almonds and raisins
Dinner: Fish taco with corn tortilla, and tortilla chips and salsa
Drinks: Margarita, wine

We’ve substituted the beer with wine, and are trying different types which has been fun. I was definitely sick of eating the same thing for lunch every day – I need to mix it up next week. The dinners were varied, interesting, and yummy though – so that was no problem. 

So far, I haven’t lost any weight but I think that can be attributed to indulging in apple crisp all week and not walking as much as I should. I’ll definitely try to up the exercise next week and cut out the desserts to see what effect that has. As far as feeling differently, I will say that I am not having huge energy crashes in the afternoons like I do when I eat big, heavy lunches filled with starches and/or grease. I don’t feel quite as amazing as I do when I’m on a juice fast, but it’s still pretty darn good. 🙂

If you want to see more about how we’ve been doing so far, check out the other posts:

Gluten-free for 3 weeks
Gluten-free: Days 1-4
Gluten-Free: Days 12-18