Bored of being gluten free

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I'm bored of the limitations being gluten free has. Unless I eat a gluten-free diet, I have virtually no physical strength and can't even walk more than a mile or two a day before feeling like collapsing. To eat this gluten free diet generally requires staying near home at all times because, of course, most restaurants and shops couldn't care less about providing gluten free food options.

That is unless I cook a big batch of potatoes or something and put it in lunchboxes, then take them out to eat. I have done that but the issue is it breeds bacteria because cooked food isn't supposed to be carried around for more than a few minutes. So when you eat it you get a horrible time of indigestion while the bacteria's being fought off in your gut.

Now, I can manage that, I suppose. But now we come to our next problem. People find me boring. If I get friends or a woman wants a date think about how often food plays a part in it. Most people will want at some point to share a pizza on a night out, go to a buffet or have a meal at a restaurant or takeout. This can't be done on the gluten-free diet usually and even when it can a lot of people hate me for having to look for somewhere that can do it ... or they just find me boring because of course I have to eat the same old meals. It comes with the territory.

People generally don't like people who have a lot of routine and are obsessive about controlling their days. Many people can't tolerate someone with Asperger's, let alone someone with Asperger's who will only eat a few foods.

So I suppose I'm just saying I'm lonely. I don't think anyone will ever appreciate me. I annoy people. I have to always have something done a special way and other people just want to be spontaneous.

I am celiac too, and I know it really sucks to have to avoid gluten. However, on the flipside eating gluten is going to kill you several decades earlier than avoiding it. It will probably give you stomach or intestinal cancer, but not until it has ravaged your entire mind and body and left you a pathetic husk of a man who welcome the death it eventually gives you.

So, basically, suck it up and stop complaining. There is a tremendous amount of delicious gluten free food available to us. If you can't buy it in stores around you, then go on amazon.

You don't sound like you have adjusted very well to eating gluten free.

First of all - this blog has all the deserts, baked goods and classics that we miss:
http://www.elanaspantry.com/
There's even breads in there that takes 5 minutes to put together before you put it in the oven - and it isn't as hard as a rock!
When I first went gluten free I made sure to eat more of the typical things I was used to in order to allow me to adjust so I wouldn't break it and binge on things I shouldn't. It worked. I don't eat processed food much now after my mind got the message I could eat all of the old things I used to.

Secondly - you can eat out. Yes it can be a minefield to begin with. But there are always certain cuisines, certain chains and stores and etc that always do gluten free food. Most Latino (the proper stuff, not Tex-Mex), Indian (provided you don't order naan or entrees) and a lot of Thai/Cambodian/Nepalese/Tibetan food is all gluten free. Certain chains and stores offer gluten free pizza, pasta, deserts and more - it's just a matter of finding out which ones do and remembering them. I know at least 7 different chain stores that offer gluten free pizza. All of the most popular ones here do now. Not to mention almost every major chain coffee shop and major chain café has something gluten free.

It's about knowing which ones are safe to eat at and what is safe to order. If you know that then you can go out and it doesn't have to impact on your social life.

For taking food to work etc - here we have a company fridge at work. Failing that - there are containers that act as a mini-fridge and keep the food at the proper temperature - I use these a lot when I go out to dance and need to take food with me.

It sounds like your biggest issues are your lack of cooking skills (or you're so used to eating gluten that you don't know how to cook without it), your organisational issues and putting some attention and effort into finding which places are safe for you to eat at. All of the those are completely overcome able.

As much as it severely sucks to be a celiac, especially in the beginning - I actually am somewhat envious of you. I have to avoid more than just gluten in my treatment program and my diet is much more restrictive than yours (no gluten, no diary, no grains, no soy, no potato, etc). If gluten free was all I had to worry about, I think I would be in heaven.

I wouldn't mind going out with someone who was gluten-free. Maybe you'll even meet someone else who is the same and can share your diet. Where I live there are many vegetarian, vegan, and raw restaurants as well as gluten-free bakeries. Since such diets are trendy among those who don't even medically require them right now, taking a date there would simply make you look hip, not high-maintenace.