Starting again

I have decided to start again but this time with only me.  I have decided to do the intro diet for breakfast , snack and lunch and do the full GAPS diet for dinner.  I wanted to see if this would help with the detox and not make it as bad.  So far so good.  I was a little light headed and week this morning but nothing like before.  This morning for breakfast I had veggies in chicken stock and had the same for snack.  I did have a spoonful of almond butter because I needed to something to give me energy.  Do night I had meatball soup with cooked cabbage that I did with onions and carrots and some garlic and tomatoes which was really good.  I was so hungry but after eating the cabbage I was so stuffed I could hardly eat the soup.  The soup was good.  It was made with chicken stock, mat rolled into balls, onions, carrots, squash and garlic and sauerkraut. For seasoning I put in salt and chipotle powder which has become my new favorite spice.  My symptoms of bloating have not gone away yet but may only go away when I do the full intro.  My nutritionist Sarah Bingham is going to see Dr. McBride this weekend so I am anxious to find out everything she learns.  

New Plan

It's been a rough few days.  I have met with our nutritionist and we are doing a different game plan.  We are now trying to do the full GAPS diet which is nothing like the introduction diet.  We have had Cilantro Lime Chicken, BLT Salad, Taco Salad, Tomato, Avocado,  Greek Olives Salad.  Last night we had stuffed peppers and veggies from our chicken stock.  This morning we are having banana and almond butter pancakes.  After we do the full GAPS for a while then I think we will go back and try the introduction diet.  I just hope we don't have the same reaction as last time.  The meals on the full GAPS diet are very good.  The kids eat some, my daughter like more of it then my son, but then my son is very picky on what he eats.

Day 4

Oh thank heavens we are all feeling a bit more alive.  The kids went to school today and I went to work.  I was still very sore and weak but I made it.  I couldn't stand laying in bed one more day not matter how hard it was to get up.  For breakfast we had bananas and almond butter which is not on the diet but we just had to get feeling better.  Our Dr's think we got a stomach bug on top of changing our diet.  It just hit at the wrong time because they said detox shouldn't have been so bad for us.  Have no fear if you do this diet it wont be so terrible for you! For lunch my husband and I had veggies and chicken and the kids I had to give them almond butter sandwich, grapes, watermelon.  The nutritionist gave us 6 foods that our son can have.  Gluten free bread, grapes, watermelon, bananas, avocados, and almond butter.  We have to go and get him some more test done.  For dinner we are going to try meat balls with carrots.  We will see if the kids eat it.

Day 3

OH what a day we have had.  Our daughter woke up at 4 am throwing up and I was throwing up by 8 am.  My son has been fine now that he gets to eat his gluten free bread.  For breakfast we where supposed to have chicken and veggies except I don't think anyone ate but my husband.  For lunch we had meat patties and carrots again and at least my daughter and I where able to eat those.  For dinner we caved with out daughter and gave her anything she wanted to eat so she would eat and feel better.  I ended up having to go to the Dr because I had gotten so weak.  My weight has dropped about 6 lbs which I didn't have 6 lbs to spare.  I had to go off the diet last night and had to eat a banana because my body and muscles where so sore.  I did feel better after eating that.  We all had an early night.

Day 2

Wow this has been one horrible day!  My husband is the only one that has not gotten sick but the kids and I are going through a terrible detox.  We have been asleep most of the day and just really getting up to eat.  It's been really hard watching the kids be so miserable.  We have had to cave in for my son and give him some gluten free bread.  It's been very hard not to quit.  Today for breakfast we had onion and leek soup and for lunch we had boiled meat strips, veggies, and more onion and leek soup.  Tonight for dinner we are having meat patties and carrots and squash as a side.  I am hoping we start to feel better really soon.  We are all supposed to go to work and school tomorrow.  I guess I will just have to wait and see how things are.  So tired going back to bed and wait for dinner to be ready.

Dinner

Dinner was ok.  We did the veggies and chicken again with the squash soup and I also made onion soup which was pretty good.  I am now trying to experiment with adding in spices so it's not to bland.  My older child ate it but the younger one didn't care so much.  We are still working on what he might like.  Tomorrow is meat patties and he is excited for those so that is a good sign.  I am suffering more then anyone in the family right now.  Besides being hungry all the time I feel light headed, my heart is pounding and I am ver tired and my stomach feels a little weird.  Kind of sour.  I know it's detoxing from carbohydrates so I can eat dates, drink juice and have onions immediately when I feel this way so I had onion soup and it seems to be helping some.  I wonder when or if the rest of family will have any symptoms of detox and die off.  Die off is when all the bad bacteria in your gut is being replaced with good bacteria so the bad is dying off.  I already wanted to quit but my angels Sarah and Jenny have encouraged me on.  I know it will only get better but it's tough.  The tough part for me is going to my moms house and seeing all the food their I have been craving which is weird because I don't usually crave these foods, like chips, cookies.  I just want my crackers!!! I am off to bed so I can start day 2!!

Breakfast/Lunch

This morning went pretty well with the squash soup.  Got one child to eat some and one child that didn't want to.  I was surprised that my husband and I were very hungry for lunch.  We had only eaten breakfast 2 hr before we had lunch. For lunch we had chicken, veggies which where carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, leeks and zucchini, all warmed up in some chicken broth.  My husband and I ate well and the kids did ok.  It's hard to get them to eat stuff they are not used to but so far not to many tears.  My little one is having the harder time with it but when he gets hungry I'm sure he will eat more. I am still hungry after lunch which is weird to me because I am usually never hungry, so to have this feeling is odd and I can't just go and grab some crackers or protein bars anymore. It's difficult for me not to just grab these things and eat.  I was surprised that when I went to my moms house and saw all this food I couldn't have and usually don't crave, that I craved it and wanted it and I had to leave and go home.  I am warming up some chicken stock we're supposed to be drinking and they say that will fill you up. We will see.  The side affects so far aren't bad.  Right now for me it's being hungry and a little tired.  My husband is also hungry but feels fine and the kids haven't complained of anything yet.

Today is the day!!

Today is the day we start this transformation.  I have been clearing out the cupboards and fridge of all the food that is not allowed on the GAPS diet.  It's a little stressful because its all looks so bare like we don't have enough food. After 2 months of cooking we have plenty but it's all frozen and getting defrosted to eat.  We will see how the kids do this morning with breakfast.  This morning we are having butternut squash soup.  It looks and smells wonderful.

2 More Days

Yikes 2 more days until we begin this life style change.  I just cut up more veggies to make more chicken stock tomorrow.  Now it's time to get all the food out of the house that is not on the GAPS diet. It's stressful because it's all the comfort food you now have to get rid of.  If we're hungry we just have to eat what is on the diet.  This way there is no temptation in the house for the kids to turn to when they don't want to eat what is given to them.  I also am nervous about the detox.  How is each of our bodies going to handle it?  Will we get sick, feel sick, be emotional.  I just don't know what to expect, and I hate the unexpected. So this will be a challenge.  It's only temporary and there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!

Beach Day

Beach Day

Took the family to the beach today even tho I have a head cold. Was hoping the salt water air would help. It was really hot so we only stayed for 2 hours. Sometimes it’s hard to take our 5yr old son places. We never know how he will act. He gets so over stimulated he acts out, cries over everything. Today was ok. He was mad when we got there because there was sand on his flip flops. Once he is in the water he is fine because its very soothing to him and relaxing. Of course the first couple of minutes in the water he gets bit by a crab :( but I am able to convince him after a while that the crab went further down the beach to bite someone else :). We ended up leaving early because he just wasn’t listening and that is our clue he has had enough. Overall we had a good beach day!!! #gapsdiet #healthyliving #allnatural