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"I figured out my gluten intolerance when my doctor did the blood test for Celiac disease.  I, being the ever curious, did some research on celiac/gluten, and discovered all the foods that made me sickest (and then some) had gluten in them.  So I decided then, I would go gluten free, and this was before I even heard that I tested negative for celiac. When I found out the results, I vowed I'd still do it.  Been feeling amazing since. \n \nAnyway, lately, the above mentioned coworker keeps mentioning my dietary choices to me, and I am going crazy.  I don't know how to respond.  So I just remain silent, or try and walk by without her noticing... (not always the easiest thing)  But anyway, it bothers me how often she says, \"You are losing so much weight.  You're getting really skinny.  That diet is really working for you.\"  How many times do I have to say it ain't because I am gluten free necessarily that I am losing weight, and I am not doing this diet to lose weight.  Admittedly it is helping me get back down to my normal body weight (I gained 40 pounds for some unexplained reason in the past year and been unable to lose it until recently).  But that's because I stopped eating the foods that make it respond with unexplained weight gain! \n \nMeanwhile, my mom calls me up today to tell me that we are going out to lunch tomorrow.  Because I am so strict and am highly worried about cc, (after being glutened twice...) she thinks I am going overboard.  \"It is not like you have Celiac.\"  But my dear mother, gluten intolerance is serious too.  It is like an allergy, just manifests itself differently!  And whatever happened to her being so proud of me for keeping to my diet, and the beneficial outcome of that strictness?  I think my mom thinks I am doing it because it is some fad...  No way.  I did my research, I talked to my doctor, and it makes me feel a million and one times better?  How is any of that a reasoning to support me doing it because of some fad diet? \n \nAnother incident with my mom, this one a little less recent.  Last friday I was discussing my diet and the benefits it has had for me.  She goes, \"Hmmm maybe I should tell *Sally,\" Sally being a replacement name for my sister for anonyminity sake, \"about this.  She could probably benefit from it.\"  Keep in mind, my mom and sister are pretty up to date on all the fad diets having tried nearly all of them, so this is kind of more of a fad type pass along, not a \"I recommend you go see your doctor and get tested for celiac.\" And as far as I know, this sister of mine has few to no symptoms of the intolerance/disease.  My mom is basing this referral on my results, and not my symptoms. \n \nArgh... and here I thought she was supportive of me doing this because I am gluten intolerant, not because of the resulting weight loss... (A frequent phrase of hers of late being, \"You're beginning to look like my Karen again.\")  But whatever.  I don't care, as long as I have some support, even if it be because of the resulting weight loss, I am fine.  Any support is better than none... I guess... \n \nOoops, I'm rambling again... *shuts up* \n"
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