Argh!

Well, we're almost to week 5 now, and today has been the first AWFUL day so far. I mean, I've had stomach aches and pains, but today I know for sure I ate something bad this weekend-- I just wish I had any way of telling what.

See, I was naughty this weekend. There was a hash, and at the hash they had cookies! BUT the household who hosted the hash is gluten-light and have gone through elimination diets before, so they were supposedly gluten and sugar free. I didn't ask for a list of ingredients, of course, but ate 2 cookies, and they were delicious. Then the next day, R convinced me that Nature Valley granola bars are ok on the diet. They do have sugar and oats, so I probably should have known better, but we were out & about, and I was starving, so I ate one (as in half a package, a single bar). Then later he convinced me that a latte with almond milk was permissible. I made brownies (gluten free & with fake sugar) too, so it could have been any number of things. But today is terrible, and I don't know if this has knocked me off track for an extended period and I have to go back to the start, or if it's just going to be a day or 2 of misery.

How long does it take for a bad food to manifest itself in, uh, unpleasantness? Is this simply the effect of too much xylitol, or something else? Could this be caused by traces of gluten in chocolate chips or the oats? Is it something else entirely? I hate all the unanswered questions!!

It's definitely throwing off my training, I was supposed to go run today, but that's sure not happening.