Walking by the grocery store sample ladies
May 18, 2009 at 3:09 pm 2 comments
Just went to the grocery store to get this week’s supply of food I can eat. During my visit, there were two ladies handing out samples of goodies. One was in the bakery section handing out brownies with ice cream. The other was in Deli section handing out bread with some sort of spread.
I glanced at each sample handler long enough to see what they were handing out and then I kept walking. I cannot eat brownies (no wheat flour, no dairy) and I cannot eat bread (no wheat). I do not know what was on the bread, but chances are very high that it contains one of the four things to which I am allergic.
I used to love getting these sample treats as I shopped. Now I weigh the joy of these fun treats against the fact that as soon as it hits my stomach, my body thinks it is a toxin and immediately produces a histamine to cleanse the offending food out of my system.
Yes, I want that sample treat. No, I do not want to send my body into alarm mode. I walked away and went to the next section, which was fruits and veggies, to buy some green peppers, rosemary, limes and potatoes.
I really am committed to living healthy and eating only what my body can handle, but it is so difficult to change forty years of habits. I wonder if it ever gets easier?
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1. Leigh | May 19, 2009 at 11:14 am
I totally understand how you are feeling. i am not allergic but my son is and we as a family decided to cut egg, dairy, peanut, and oat out of our diet. it was so hard, and still is, but we are doing it. it has been 2 years and my son has only had one reaction and has outgrown his peanut and dairy allergy. no eggs and oat is hard and most people don’t understand but the sample people at the stores are the worst for us with a 2 year old who does not understand why he can’t have it.
keep up the posts i love to read them!
2. stellargy | May 19, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Leigh, I tried cutting out all of my allergens from the house, but my teen daughter missed her “real” milk.
And she and her dad eat “real” bread. Seems it would be more difficult if one child could eat regular bread and another couldn’t. At least I understand why, a two year old doesn’t. Thanks for the encouragement!