5 Months

Wow.  It’s been 5 months.  That is a long time.  I am kind of awestruck.  Obviously 5 months gluten free/celiac would happen, just like 6 months, a year and 10 years will, but wow.  I didn’t realize that I have been eating this way for so long.  I kind of don’t notice it anymore, at least not at home.  My friends are getting better and better about remembering.  Often (at school) they would ask what I was eating, or if I could eat something.  Though, whenever something is spur of the moment, like someone brings a cake for a birthday, or someone says that they don’t want their cookie, then they don’t remember until after they’ve started eating the treat.  Thats fine.  When there is a big cake, I can tell, that unless someone says, “This is Gluten Free, it has no Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats, or Additives,” I won’t be eating the cake.  Thats ok.  Because, honestly, a lot of the time, the gluten free stuff tastes really good.  Yes, it takes getting used to.  Yes, it’s not the same as wheat.  But most importantly, I can eat it.  So what if it takes experimenting, doesn’t all baking?  With that said, this is 5 months.  I am ready to start getting into shape.  Be the athletic person I was, no I am.  I need to be that typical, fit, healthy teenager, that my friends are.  That I was, and I know I can be.  I will be.  Just give me time.  That’s all I need.