For The Birds

Hey y'all! I hope everyone had a great day. I did! I received some great news on the professional front earlier this week and every day has gotten better since then. I'm not comfortable talking about it on the blog yet because it's work related, but once things are sorted out, I'll let you in on the news. I'm sure you understand. I received a few emails today about why I would be upset if I lost weight because of my tooth problems. To make a long story short, I've lost a lot of weight over the past few months and am trying to gain it back and a few more pounds. I've increased my calories and have been strength training, but it hasn't been working out so great for me. I just want to feel comfortable in my own skin again (and fit in my clothes) and it's very frustrating. That's all. I'm not sick or anything...thanks for your concern though! Enough talking about weight...that's boring and I have a giveaway to talk about!

I've decided that going gluten free is for the birds. Every time I eat a gluten free product like bread, cereal or pasta, I have terrible diarrhea for days. I know it's from the products because the only time it happens is after I eat a sandwich using gluten free bread, after I mix gluten free cereal with Chobani, or make a gluten free pasta dish. Any other meal, I'm fine. I don't know what is in these products (xantham gum perhaps?) that my body is rejecting, but I'm not eating them anymore. Yes, I could stick to the gluten free challenge and not eat bread, pasta, or cereal, but I know myself and a month without some sort of bread or pasta will only lead to a binge. I fear that even attempting to go on with the gluten free challenge would be very triggering for me. I don't want to ever start the cycle of binging and purging again nor do I want to restrict anything from diet.

I know a lot of people benefit from a gluten free diet and some people just happen to like rice noodles over regular noodles. I have a few unopened gluten free products that I'm giving away to MelissaNibbles readers. My loss is your gain! My first giveaway is for Notta Pasta.



Notta Pasta are gluten free, straight cut rice noodles. The winner of this giveaway will win a box of spaghetti and a box of linguini! To enter: Leave a comment below saying how you would prepare the noodles, link back to the giveaway on your blog, or tweet "I want to win Notta Pasta from @MelissaNibbles." That's three chances to win! You don't need to be a blogger to enter. I'll pick a winner at random on Thursday, March 25th at 8am.