Challenge accepted... challenge failed

Confession time:

So I lasted a whole 9 days of no gluten before I gave in and ate a pizza.  And the only reason I gave in was because it was late, I just got off of work, I was tired and hungry. Not a really good excuse but it happened. In addition, I failed the journeling. I also stopped that around the same time. But what I did do, was pay attention to how I have been feeling- and that has been CRAPPY! I am feeling like I did when I got sick, the calm after the storm but before the next storm.  My hands, knees, and feet are back to hurting.  I am so tried regardless of how much sleep I get. I am starting to get lightheaded and dizzy when I stand.  SO it is hard to completely blame gluten and if it is the demon that has possessed my body, then 1) it hasn't fully left my system and is still causing havoc or 2) it's not the gluten at all, but a whole different demon that is also causing damage.  My thoughts are that dairy is now also a prime suspect being that I have been consuming quite a bit- man I LOVE cheese.  So new goal- eliminate dairy.
Another thing I have come to learn about "gluten" or bread like products- they make me backed up and it makes using the bathroom tough and uncomfortable, so I must continue to keep those products to a bare minimum.
Word on the street is that it only takes a week or so of elimating diary to determine how it effects you. SO hopefully I will be feeling a tad bit better.  It has been a full 2 days of no dairy and eating out on gluten AND dairy free is a lot harder than people think. It forces me to cook meals to take for lunch/dinner when I go to work.

But I didn't want this post to focus on venting about constantly being sick. I wanted to focus my thinking on how we have to fail in order to succeed.  I mean if we succeed at everything in life without making any mistakes, what do we really learn?  So as much as I want to succeed at everything I do, I have to remember that it is okay to fail.  It is okay to not be successsful on the first try as long as I don't completely give up.  And based on this past year, I think I am doing a mighty fine job at not completely giving up.