I am very allergic to gluten, and I actually know this completely thanks to bluelight! I came to health living 2.5 years ago complaining of my diahrea, lack of energy, excessive sleep and stomach cramps and some enlightened member said i should check out gluten intolerance and every symptom matched - i stopped eating it and within a week felt like i was on crack! Havnt eaten it since although i did a couple tests months down the line(eating gluten) and have periodically slipped up.
Dont be fooled, no one has 'no problem' keeping a strict diet.. im pretty sure we all struggle just as much as each other. Its horrible, end of. Dont think that it will get easier, because it doesnt really. But in saying that, heres how i handle it:
First off, realise its mostly carbs that are the biggest hurdle. At first, I got around being gluten intolerant by reducing my carbs, eating more protein and fruit etc. Then when i took this too serious, i realized i started going insane - we need carbs, dont forget that.
So, find what carbs are easiest/tastiest for you. For me, thats potatoes, rice, maize/corn, and gluten free bread.
I use potatoe flakes to make mash potatoe quite alot, its super convenient, cheap, fills you up, and is versatile. Fries are a great gluten free option at all fast food places, although some places contaminate there deepfriers with glutenous stuff, and im highly sensative so this isnt an option for me. The places i know that have gluten free chips FOR SURE are only mcdonalds and wendys. BK, KFC and others are usually contaminated. Oh, i eat alot of hashbrowns too, these are a great carb to mix with some fried mince, or some salmon, or whatever. They are awesome and very very versatile - quick too, in the toaster anyway(just dont let it catch on fire, which has happened to me).
For rice, i usually buy those pouches uncle bens makes, tomatoe and basil is the best one. They are only like 1-2bux and with a bit of meat, egg and veges, they are a very tasty, healthy, fast meal.
Maize/corn is usually in its most raw form and i dont really eat much of it. Popcorn is delicious, and nice to snack on. I dont particularly condone these grains though as they are hard to process especially if your intestines have been damaged for years by gluten.
Gluten free bread is amazing. At first i didnt quite appreciate it. I learnt how to when i toasted it! Always toast gluten free bread otherwise its shit and you will probably never like it. I most commonly use it with scrambled eggs, but i enjoy making sandwiches and other stuff too - just make sure you use lots of sauce in sandwiches cause otherwise i find the bread starts to 'wear' at your mouth due to being quite coarse.
Now, as for being out and on the go, I have a short list of what i can eat when out;
Wendys: A Chilli and some fries. I usually get them to add grated cheese to the chilli. MMMMMM. Frosty shakes are gluten free, but i dont eat them cause they are extremely bad for you.
Mcdonalds: I order some big macs and fries. Hold the buns and mac sauce, replace it with mayo. Mac sauce has gluten(barley). Everything else is gluten free in a big mac minus of course the buns. They will always look at you like a retard and ask you about 10x(atleast) if you are sure you dont want the buns - just tell them 'look i know this sound wierd but i want 2 big macs without the buns, mayo instead of mac sauce, in a salad tray, i cant eat bread cause im allergic and will die' seems to have been the best thing ive come up with to avoid this. I mix the chips into the salad tray and eat with knife and fork. I assume you can do this at BK or wendys too, but the one time i did it at BK i profusely vommited.. could have been the excessive drinking all night, though, as normally i dont vomit from eating gluten anyway.
Kebabs: kebab on rice(shaved meat on rice) is gluten free and tasty, fills you up and cheap. Just make sure you dont get bbq sauce or any other sauces that have gluten. For the most part, the sauces dont have gluten, but sometimes mayo and bbq sauce do so i avoid those. Sweet chilli and relishes are usually ok.
Special requests from chinese take out: Most 'noodle wok' or what ever places will happily make you a fried rice minus the dark sauces. Dark sauces(soy sauce, oyster sauce and so on) always seem to have gluten, as tasty as they are, tell them 'i will die if i eat dark sauces(name them) so can you please make me a X fried rice without them, and clean the wok out really well beforehand'. I have established this practice with a local place and they know what to do when i order from them, usually they will be like 'yeah yeah' not thinking too much about it but just look at them really serious like 'no seriously this is really important, i cannot eat it otherwise i will get really sick'. They usually get it, and when you start coming back they respect it becasue well.. they are getting money from you. Even ask to talk to chef if you are worried they dont understand, i still dont know what the word for 'gluten' is in chinese.
For eating 'on the go' when you are not in town or around fast food places, i munch on doritoes and sour cream based dip, usually. Some jerky is gluten free. Generally though its good to get into the practice of making your own sandwiches with gluten free bread. Tune on rice crackers is great, too. Just be creative, you can always find something thats gluten free.