Navigating

Trying to determine what I can and can't eat has been a frustrating experience.  Still no luck eating brown rice, corn or soy... but, I can eat liquid aminos which are soy based, so it's not all soy products. An issue that further complicates me trying to figure out what I can and can't eat. It's emotional, though it's hard to explain to someone why. For someone that doesn't deal with it everyday it's hard to put into word what dealing with it feels like. They have the freedom to go to a bagel shop, order their favorite one and slather it with cream cheese... I get to drool and wish I could do that. I never really realized how lucky I was being able to eat whatever I wanted, and now I can hardly eat anything. Walking into a grocery store sometimes is hard... I don't think anyone realizes how much of the shelves are stocked with things that contain gluten, or are animal based products. I can shop out of the produce section and the frozen vegetable section, sometimes if I'm lucky the organic section of the store (even then I have to read the label very very carefully). 

It's hard because a lot of the time that I say something about it, it comes across as whining. I'm really not trying to whine or complain, just express how it makes me feel. I think the most inconvenient part about all of my dietary restriction is convenience, there is nothing convenient about the way I have to eat now. Every meal I eat, I have to make and prepare ahead of time or wait to eat. There is no pop it in the microwave and it's done (unless I pre-made a soup or I'm warming up a previous meal) there is nothing else I can say about it except it sucks.