The Journey begins

I have been a picky eater for most of my life. Not sure how I got away with it for so long. Once I was out on my own and was in control of what I ate...well lets just say that, for me that meant that I could eat what I wanted and when. For a while after getting married I really tried to eat better. When the kids came along I started them out getting well balanced meals. My husband and I divorced when the kids were small, ages 3 and 4 months. I spent a good bit of time feeding my kids what foods they would eat...knowing that there were phases and that as long as they were eating more or less healthy things would be ok. I became the mom in the neighborhood that made all kinds of great tasting things, cookies, cakes, pizza and brownies. All the kids knew that I would feed all of them. I started gaining weight and did not worry about it...it was a cocoon to wrap my feelings in. At 11 my daughter was anorexic and so I would encourage her to eat anything. My son was not picky and would eat anything...so between the two of them our lives revolved around pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, mac and cheese and quick easy kid friendly foods. Fast forward to current time. I weigh a lot...not as much as I did...and I am working on getting healthy and getting my weight down to where it should be. I am diabetic and am seeing improvement in my diabetes by getting my weight down. I currently have lost 50+ pounds from my heaviest. This is my journey to getting my life back. I recently read a book called Wheat Belly and it was a eye opener and made a lot of sense. So Gluten free here we come...this is the journey to change my whole family. I will try not to bore you too much...and will be happy to talk over the things I learn along the way. I will post recipes and where I got them and how they turn out. I will post pics the good the bad the ugly and we can have a few laughs along the way.