RE: Asia trip, and Italy

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

A couple of tricks I use are to look around me at all of the fat people and feel

thankful that I have to pay attention to what I eat.

Also, I try to make sure that my daughters and I do get to eat delicious treats

(i.e. like you did with gelato in Italy).

Finally, for me I feel so sick when I accidentally eat gluten that

gluten-containing food looks like poison to me, even if it might look tasty to

someone else.

On the other hand, your comments on Italy have me worried. My family and I,

including 4 celiacs, will be living in Florence next spring, for 6 six months.

I had heard it wasn't that hard to eat gf there . . . Please share any tips or

good restaurants that you found.

Take care--

(palmer@...)

________________________________________

From: [ ] On Behalf Of

CalicoSue [susan.hersom@...]

Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:51 AM

Subject: [ ] More thoughts on my Asia trip

Thank you for your responses! Celiacs can sometimes feel emotions that most

people don't - i.e., feeling deprived when you can't eat something everyone else

is enjoying, sometimes feeling isolated and different, not being able to totally

enjoy eating out. Boy, we could go on and on, couldn't we?

When we visited Italy a few years ago, I had heard so many stories of how easy

it was to eat g-f in Italy. I found that not to be true, for me anyway. Of

course, I had my own food and the pharmacies in Italy had g-f food that I could

snack on, but to be able to easily eat lunch or dinner somewhere was very hard.

We took taxis at night to certain restaurants that I had researched before we

left to make sure they had g-f pasta and pizza, so I knew I had at least one

meal a day I could look forward to, but it was so hard to walk around the cities

in Italy during the day and not be able to enjoy a slice of pizza, etc. for

lunch like everyone else. All I could find to safely eat was gelato (and my

snacks). By the 5th day or so, I was starting to cry and dreaded eating the same

old thing again. I think I even started feeling resentful. I think my

deep-seeded fear is that I'm going to ruin our vacation to our son's wedding by

not controlling my emotions – and I know I WILL be deprived because I cannot eat

most of what will be offered to me in Asia. Thank goodness we will only be gone

for a week, but I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not being a stronger

person. Geez, I'm really opening up, aren't I?

Any thoughts on how to control these emotions of feeling deprived and a bit

resentful?

Sue

[Guest guest]

Hi ,I am so happy for you that you and your family will be able to live in Florence for 6 months. Living abroad is such a great opportunity to see new places and meet new people. My husband and daughter visited Florence in spring of 2009 and took a picture of a Pizzeria in Florence that serves gluten free Pizza. 

There is a celiac society in Italy that you can contact: www.celiachia.itThey celebrated their 30th anniversary last year and published a restaurant guide for this occasion: Guida per l'Alimentazione Fuori Casa. It contains listings of restaurants, Hotels, Pizzerias, Trattorias, Bed and Breakfasts etc. sorted by cities.

The celiac societies address:AiC (Associazione Italiana Celiachia)Via caffaro 68A/rosso16124 Genovatel: 010 25 10 235segreteria@...

Good luck in Italy.SusiOn Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Palmer, <palmer@...> wrote:

Hi Sue,

A couple of tricks I use are to look around me at all of the fat people and feel thankful that I have to pay attention to what I eat.

Also, I try to make sure that my daughters and I do get to eat delicious treats (i.e. like you did with gelato in Italy).

Finally, for me I feel so sick when I accidentally eat gluten that gluten-containing food looks like poison to me, even if it might look tasty to someone else.

On the other hand, your comments on Italy have me worried.  My family and I, including 4 celiacs, will be living in Florence next spring, for 6 six months.  I had heard it wasn't that hard to eat gf there . . . Please share any tips or good restaurants that you found.

Take care--

(palmer@...)

________________________________________

From: [ ] On Behalf Of CalicoSue [susan.hersom@...]

Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:51 AM

Subject: [ ] More thoughts on my Asia trip

Thank you for your responses! Celiacs can sometimes feel emotions that most people don't - i.e., feeling deprived when you can't eat something everyone else is enjoying, sometimes feeling isolated and different, not being able to totally enjoy eating out. Boy, we could go on and on, couldn't we?

When we visited Italy a few years ago, I had heard so many stories of how easy it was to eat g-f in Italy. I found that not to be true, for me anyway. Of course, I had my own food and the pharmacies in Italy had g-f food that I could snack on, but to be able to easily eat lunch or dinner somewhere was very hard. We took taxis at night to certain restaurants that I had researched before we left to make sure they had g-f pasta and pizza, so I knew I had at least one meal a day I could look forward to, but it was so hard to walk around the cities in Italy during the day and not be able to enjoy a slice of pizza, etc. for lunch like everyone else. All I could find to safely eat was gelato (and my snacks). By the 5th day or so, I was starting to cry and dreaded eating the same old thing again. I think I even started feeling resentful. I think my deep-seeded fear is that I'm going to ruin our vacation to our son's wedding by not controlling my emotions – and I know I WILL be deprived because I cannot eat most of what will be offered to me in Asia. Thank goodness we will only be gone for a week, but I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not being a stronger person. Geez, I'm really opening up, aren't I?

Any thoughts on how to control these emotions of feeling deprived and a bit resentful?

Sue

------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

So glad that we "fat people" can make you feel better! That was uncalled for. You can actually have trouble with your weight AND be a celiac. But that is beside the point. > > From: palmer@...> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:43:53 -0700> Subject: [ ] RE: Asia trip, and Italy> > Hi Sue,> > A couple of tricks I use are to look around me at all of the fat people and feel thankful that I have to pay attention to what I eat.> > Also, I try to make sure that my daughters and I do get to eat delicious treats (i.e. like you did with gelato in Italy).> > Finally, for me I feel so sick when I accidentally eat gluten that gluten-containing food looks like poison to me, even if it might look tasty to someone else.> > On the other hand, your comments on Italy have me worried. My family and I, including 4 celiacs, will be living in Florence next spring, for 6 six months. I had heard it wasn't that hard to eat gf there . . . Please share any tips or good restaurants that you found.> > Take care--> > (palmer@...)> > ________________________________________> From: [ ] On Behalf Of CalicoSue [susan.hersom@...]> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:51 AM> > Subject: [ ] More thoughts on my Asia trip> > Thank you for your responses! Celiacs can sometimes feel emotions that most people don't - i.e., feeling deprived when you can't eat something everyone else is enjoying, sometimes feeling isolated and different, not being able to totally enjoy eating out. Boy, we could go on and on, couldn't we?> > When we visited Italy a few years ago, I had heard so many stories of how easy it was to eat g-f in Italy. I found that not to be true, for me anyway. Of course, I had my own food and the pharmacies in Italy had g-f food that I could snack on, but to be able to easily eat lunch or dinner somewhere was very hard. We took taxis at night to certain restaurants that I had researched before we left to make sure they had g-f pasta and pizza, so I knew I had at least one meal a day I could look forward to, but it was so hard to walk around the cities in Italy during the day and not be able to enjoy a slice of pizza, etc. for lunch like everyone else. All I could find to safely eat was gelato (and my snacks). By the 5th day or so, I was starting to cry and dreaded eating the same old thing again. I think I even started feeling resentful. I think my deep-seeded fear is that I'm going to ruin our vacation to our son's wedding by not controlling my emotions – and I know I WILL be deprived because I cannot eat most of what will be offered to me in Asia. Thank goodness we will only be gone for a week, but I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not being a stronger person. Geez, I'm really opening up, aren't I?> > Any thoughts on how to control these emotions of feeling deprived and a bit resentful?> > Sue> > > > > > ------------------------------------> >