I have become less rigid over the years as well. And I've found that I can almost always find something that works for me in restaurants. When I stopped eating wheat, things became a little harder, but I've only had one experience of a restaurant that really doesn't work well for me. It's one we go to when I volunteer at the Monte Vista Crane Festival. Everyone else loves it, so I will find a way to make it work. Next year I will either eat protein before we go to dinner, or bring my own bread so I can have one of their sandwiches. The only gluten-free option was pizza, but the pizzas were those gourmet ones that are delicious but very low in protein. I already bring my own lunches on that weekend trip because I know my own food works best for me, and there are little refrigerators in the hotel rooms.

I was so relieved to not be crazy and miserable anymore, and I was so afraid that I would go back there that I was more rigid in the past, but now I know that I may not feel as good after eating whites or not enough protein at a restaurant, but as long as I pay attention and attend to my next meals I will be all right.
Allison

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: I think the

: very much so ! and how fascinating it
: can be along the way looking at
: the scenery. ( well - it was,
: after my step three when my
: scenery wasn't so dramatic )

: I remember the whiterice , it seemed
: funny to me too as my view being
: it is all about finding what suits
: us individually

: its also a great lesson for me
: Kathleen, because for me learning
: how to let go of the control of
: things is a huge deal. I am much
: more spontaneous than I used to
: be...…… and it goes through all
: areas of life, not just where my
: dinner is going to be.

: Though I am proud I can go out with
: my girlfriends now without knowing
: where lunch is , that's taken me
: some years I still choose
: holidays online depending on the
: photographs of the breakfast
: buffet Well. it provides a
: great indicator for the rest of
: hotel

: so sometimes I have a fine line
: between being very organised and
: being rigid, but as I am thinking
: back pre steps and in the
: beginning, everything was very
: rigid, regimented, tightly
: controlled ( yes fearful ) and
: learning that trust and
: flexibility is so very freeing.
: And learning slowly how to bless
: something and let it go ….. its a
: peace and relief

: thanks Fiona you started me off with
: some takeaway food and left me
: counting blessings. And it has to
: be admitted, working some of my
: own Chinese wok creations into the
: menu, delicious , though I say so
: myself