My Food Intolerance Battle

As promised in my last post, I contacted my NY therapist via Skype (definitely recommended if you don't have good therapy options nearby). After explaining that I felt as though I'd been acting like a miserable, pathetic victim, she told me that that was OK. I was a victim of a complicated food situation. However, the way to not feel victimized anymore would be to take control over the situation. So, starting now, I will be testing pretty much every food on the high histamine list--there are many--to find which foods do/do not make me itchy. This will be a very long-term project, pretty much a part-time job. On top of my full-time job and soccer coaching, this should be interesting. I have decided to start food testing with snack foods because, while I feel confident that I can make myself acceptable meals for the time being, I don't feel that way about snacks. And with school starting back up in four days, I need to get my snacks figured out. I will be creating another p...

I was talking to one of my former co-workers the other day about trying to doing a joint holiday at some point this year. The first one that seems to align between us is Christmas/New Years. My idea was that we try to find a location approximately halfway between us to make travel easier on both sides. However, she was more than willing to come almost all the way to me and suggested Italy, specifically Rome. She loves Italy and speaks some Italian, which would certainly make life easier. However, all I could think about was food. She is not the most adventurous eater and all I could picture was her wanting pizza, pasta, and gelato and me saying "I can't eat anything here" at every meal. I know I'm letting my new food restrictions take control but I can't seem to get a handle on any other way. I guess a call to the psychologist is in my future.