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We’re only given as much as we can handle.

That’s what I need to keep reminding myself.

This potential celiac diagnosis seems like more than I can handle. I’m already resigned to no “normal” bread, pasta, etc. That’s the easy part. It’s asking *every* single time I go out to eat what’s in things and assuming that dishes are guilty until proven innocent that they don’t have gluten in them. It seems really, really hard. But if I do have this, I can deal, just like others who have this disease have to deal. And there’s definitely worse diseases out there; I know this, but this one doesn’t seem so fun either. (Yes, I’ll feel better. Yes, I’ll try new foods. But still…)

It won’t be easy. I love going out to eat, and I love trying new food. I just love food—usually good, healthy food, but sometimes not-so-healthy food, too. I love choice. This will be a big adjustment.

The marathon seems like more than I can handle. Because I haven’t been feeling well, I’ve missed a few of my during-the-week workouts for the past few weeks. So I have 20 miles on the schedule tomorrow, and I’m terrified of it. But I think I’ve done enough of my workouts that I’m ready for it. I hope. If I can’t handle all 20, I can always cut it short—but I hope to not have to.

For dinner, I made a turkey burger (and realized afterwards it had breadcrumbs in it…FAIL…), some brown rice and spinach sauteed in coconut butter, and I covered it all in a bit of spaghetti sauce.

Alice’s Tea Cup!

This afternoon, I headed uptown to meet some of my fave bloggers for lunch. Meghann and her boyfriend are in NYC, staying with Ashley, who was also supposed to come meet us—but she got stuck at work. Heather ventured in from NJ to come meet us.

We went to Alice’s Tea Cup, a precious little tea shop on the Upper East Side that I’ve wanted to try for awhile. Of course, with my new gluten-free diet, I was a little worried about what I could/should get. I decided to go for the grilled veggie sandwich—minus the bread, of course. It came with either a side salad or fries, and I asked if I could have both, since I’m still a little bummed about this no-bread thing. 

Maybe I didn’t ask enough questions, because I felt sick to my stomach after eating this. After my first day yesterday of gluten-free having me feeling so great, I was hoping to continue that trend. I had a few things I could have done tonight, but I’m just going to lay low. I have a 20-mile run (AH!) planned for tomorrow with Meghann and Ashley.