OK so its my first post. I decided to be honest about my fatness this time after not really being succesful at weight loss last year!

So my weight on 29th June was 11st 8lbs which was border line obese if you pay any attention to BMIs, the weight seems to have just crept up and up since moving to MK. I was also a dress size 16 by this point. It was around this time that i started developing an allergy [itchy pallate, ears, toungue and sometimes nose; blocked ears and an unpredictably runny nose were the symptoms]. Being the middle of summer i assumed that it was hayfever. It used to drive me crazy at night and stopped me from getting a good night’s sleep.

I did some asking around and came to the conclusion that i may have a fod allergy so started cutting our wheat and dairy. I still found that i was getting milder reactions so cut out yeast too….unfortunately this has meant giving up beer and bitter : (

Anyway, it seems to be working and i only get allergic reactions when i eat out or when i eat packaged food that contains wheat/dairy/yeast. As a sideline i have also lost weight – all be it rather slowly cos i am soooo lazy! Today I am 9st 12 so have lost a total of 1st 10lbs and now wear a dress size 12 (although am still considered overweight according to my BMI). I also finally have my allergy test later this week, so fingers crossed that i will actually find out what i am allergic to as it is a pain in the backside having to carry around my antihistamines everywhere i go.

Cutting out wheat/dairy and yeast hasn’t been too traumatic for me as i do a lot of cooking myself and have found it easy to substitute wheat flour for rice flour and milk for soya milk etc. I was suprised at how expensive “allergy-free” food actually is and the lack of tasty wheat free, dairy free yeast free recipes out there so have decided to upload lots of my own. Olly has been my guinea pig and seems to think the food is amazing! Just thought i should share my recipes with friends…