Has it really been almost three weeks?
July 2, 2008
I think we are heading into our third week of gluten, wheat, dairy, soy free eating. Well, sweet girl has. The house has for the most part…bun-less burgers and hot dogs, rolled lunch meat minus the bread, no crackers or cheese…the grocery budget has undoubtedly grown significantly, but for the betterment of everyone. She is eating things like zucchini and green peppers!! It took a few times of putting them on her plate, but when she sits down hungry and that is what is there to eat, well, she eats it! Imagine that.
Breakfast: Cereal, protein powder, almond milk, vitamin, enzymes and an almond butter smothered rice cake
Lunch: Calypso Cafe-Yum! Chicken, fruit, and rice
Dinner: mango, kiwi, peppers, avocado, scrambled eggs, nitrate-ite free sausage patties.
She was not a huge fan of lunch as she wanted to sit in a big chair and not a highchair so she could hardly get to her food and she was mesmerized by the salt and pepper shakers and some straws. She ate the rice and finally the sweet potatoes off of my plate with chicken stirred in. Gotta get that protein.
Hubby ordered us a pizza after the kids went to bed. I have been religious about sweet girls diet, supplements, etc. and I know I would really benefit if I could restrain from snacks and desserts and rally in with this diet change. I must confess an awful sugar addiction. It is HORRIBLE…rare do I fully savor the flavor, rather a savage in need of my next fix really.
I think we may be tackling the yeast beast next.
Behavior has been awesome!! NO…yes, I said No tip toe walking, no arm flapping, no spastic behavior, few things make it into her mouth…woohoo!! I need to brave it and take her to the mall to see the extent of this new found calm. She is still extremely busy and so many other things, but I am noticing the edge being taken off of their extreme highs. She is attempting to talk significantly more and she is initiating more interaction with sign and gestures. I started noticing some regression with verbal today. We also did our 3rd methyl B-12 injection today. More on that later after it has had some time to work into her system.
Great job! Just wanted to let you know that your almond milk won’t be soy-free unless you’re making it from scratch. From what I understand, all almond milks on the market right now have soy. Might want to check into that to make sure.
Tori
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We also have eliminated gluten, casein, and soy from our daughters diet several months back. We have seen some nice changes. Your meals you make sound a lot like my daughters including all the enzymes and supplements. Did you have any bloodwork done to determine if she has sensitivities to these foods? We did and found out that she was sensitive to many foods most likey due to “leaky gut” syndrome. We also give our daughter Almond Breeze milk. It does have soy lecithin in it which is good for the brain and heart. Since there is none of the soy protein, which is what people are most sensitive to, left in the lecithin, it is not usually a problem for people avoiding soy. I have read places that this diet should be tried for a least a year to see the full benefits. We have a ways to go! Good luck!!