It's the first day of the NCAA Tournament so I spent the day tele-slacking - I mean, working from home. Right about the time that Louisville/Davidson was going into halftime, I was feeling a bit peckish and seriously craving pizza. Having had several conversations this week with my sister about plateaus, the role of "carb confusion" and mixing up the diet, and the deliciousness of pizza that cauliflower crust can't always satisfy, I decided to carb splurge on a large pie to ensure snacks through the weekend to fuel my basketball watching with a Primal restart on Monday.
I ordered from John's, my favorite local, and have to admit I was very very close to tearing into that thing on the drive home. Pizza is an absolute favorite food of mine and one thing I've had a very hard time doing without since starting Primal, and it smelled incredible.
I did hold out until I got home, but I definitely ate too much. 3 slices is kind of a lot for me. So I anticipated feeling a little yucky as I recovered from the overindulgence. I did not anticipate immediate bloating, GI distress, crushing fatigue, or a pounding headache. Or heartburn and belly cramps lasting throughout the afternoon and evening.
Now, I know it's not the cheese. I have been consuming astonishing quantities of KerryGold Cheddar as half of my favorite snack (with mission figs. Amazing), along with HWC in my chai and the aforementioned cauliflower crust pizza, which could more accurately be named "mozzarella crust pizza with some cauliflower mixed in and more cheese on top."
So I can only conclude there might be something to this whole gluten thing. This is upsetting, because I definitely had been of the opinion that the gluten-free craze was a load of marketing BS. Since this is an exact duplicate of the results of the Cupcake Experiment of last month, though, it might be time to admit that there might be some truth behind the hype, for me at least.
The remaining pizza has already been evacuated from the premises in fear that I would attempt further experimentation. I'm a slow learner.
