I thought it was mind over waist line. For the one and only time in my life I was skinny and enjoying my new fit physique. Heck I could fit into a 30" waist pair of jeans just like a high school sophomore. I was totally rad man!!!
I figured something wasn't quite right when I returned from a Mediterranean cruise. While on the cruise I ate everything the steward put on the table, I snacked from the buffets and had ice cream from the machines. Didn't matter to my waistline. I came home from the trip and weighed less than when I got on the boat. I thought smugly, mind over waste line.
My regular doc knew something was up so he sent me to gastric doc. After a couple of not too glamorous probes (one up and later one down) I got the call...."sorry to tell you, but you've got Celiac Sprue". Sounds Yuk!!!! What's that?
If you found this blog, you can do the research for yourself. The short of it is, if it looks like bread, has gravy or batter on or in it, or has been thickened or seasoned to taste good, then it's probably poison to a celiac. This makes food selection at the grocery store pretty easy. The gluten free (that's what I can eat) section is about 2 feet long. Most restaurants struggle to put out something that I can eat and I'm a total pain in the butt for a waiter.
One of my friends says I have a glutton problem. I can't say he's wrong. Here's what is so sad....as soon as I quit eating all that good tasting fattening food and started to eat the rather bland special stuff off that 2 foot long grocery shelf I started to gain weight. Does that make any sense to anyone? Actually, I've been thinking throught this problem and I have a solution. When my waistline expands to the point I need to lose weight, then I just start eating all the wonderful fattening food that I'm not supposed to eat. I then eat and eat and eat until I get skinny. When my mother whispers to my wife that I look sick, then I will know it's time to change back to eating the bland stuff and fatten back up. Everyone should have it so good!! There...problem solved!
My unnamed better half and I will be doing that cruise thing again next week. It's off to Alaska to get an early start on winter and snow, get blasted by cold wind and rain from our cabin balcony, and face buffet after buffet of incredible food I can't eat. I expect I'll have a story or two to share with you and even a couple of pix. Sadly (or not) I won't be posting again for a couple of weeks.
Alaska!!!!! Can't wait to experience the beauty of the place. We've been all over God's earth the past few years and we are always totally amazed at just how perfect God made it all and how it fits together so precisely. There are people that question whether God exists. I just don't get that line of thought. What better proof than to just look at nature in the world or at the heavens around with its planets and stars. The enormity of it all is staggering and the complexity is mind boggling, wow! Want some good reading on this topic....spend a little time in Psalms 104 contemplating creation just as David must had done when he wrote it.
"God is alive and well and in his heaven!" That is an incredibly reassuring fact in this day of uncertainty.
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