Skip to main content

And so it begins...( GAPS continued..)

meal prep
 
We set a date. We prepped. We even made a trip to Shanghai, to indulge in Taco Bell. It was go time.
Two days before the start day we talked with the kids and explained that things were going to change. Not only was their diet going to change, but our routines had to as well. No eating out, no Chinese food, and no school snack for Lucy. I gave Lucy some verses to help her when she was discouraged and we prayed that the Father would give us strength. 
We started documenting each day, but then stopped. After day two, we didn't want to remember what we were going through. 

Day One: I am not sure if you have heard of the term "Die-off", but its no joke! Our bodies were starting to detox. With absolutely no sugar, no grains, no gluten there was nothing for the bad bacteria to feed off. We were only drinking chicken stock and eating boil chicken. Our bodies ached. The kids were crying, because I mean... who really wants to drink soup for breakfast?
I knew the first few days were going to be hard. I had been warned. 

Day Two: Jeremy was literally in bed all day with flu like symptoms. The kids really did cry every meal and were starving.

Day Three: We had to move onto another stage. We needed eggs! We added eggs over easy to the diet. Lucy and Luke call them lava eggs because they liked exploding the yolks over the whites. Eggs may have saved the diet. Pretty sure, thats all my children ate. Jeremy, yup, he was still in bed. We had to take turns in bed. I was feeling horrible as well. The kids were still crying. I made detox baths for us all that night. Hoping to ease some of the discomfort.

Day Four: We moved onto another stage. We just weren't going to survive if we didn't add something else to the diet. We added meatballs. Made from ground pork, egg yolk, and salt. These were game changers! And still a staple in our diet today! We were feeling better. The kids were still crying at meal time, but we were all eating and getting full.

We decided to move through the introduction stages faster than originally planned. We got the advice that it was better to continue on the diet than to give up. After day four we were darn close to giving up. We didn't like what we were doing. We missed our normal food and we weren't sure it was actually worth it. So we moved through the stages in a week or so. We wanted to make it to the full GAPS diet. Being able to eat raw veggies, use seasonings, and eat fruit seemed like the best thing EVER!


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Bieber Fever

Surrounded by sounds of horns, buses, and loud Chinese while walking down a crowded street can seem so foreign and a somewhat out of body experience. As we were walking down a shopping street trying to find our way, to my utter disbelief, I heard Backstreet Boys! Yes, I did stay and listen to the whole song, and it was wonderful! It is funny the things that remind you of home, the thing’s that make your heart smile when you live here. I would never think that hearing “Baby, baby ..ooohhh” by Justin Bieber would be a heart warming experience, but sadly because he speaks English and is totally American, I now have bieber fever! I have really enjoyed hearing some older, not so popular, pop songs and was not expecting to hear what I heard one day shopping for rugs. It was as if the Father was talking directly to me. It was a praise song in English! They had no clue what it was, but to me it was a reminder that He is with me…. anywhere I go! I was praising Him in English in a rug store! ...

Heart Break

I have been contemplating what to write on my blog lately. I am going through a time in the culture shock/stress phase that is hard to put into words. However, just the other day as I sat on the floor starring out the window the words came. Heart Broken. That kind of heart- ache that consumes your body, leaves you somewhat depressed and the pain is so real it feels physical. I feel like I just had a bad break-up. I was told Nov/Dec are going to be hard months, but I got through November and then …heart break. I am not sure why. But I have my guesses. The adventure of moving here and starting life here is over. I am officially here. I am living life in China. With that being said; now I am realizing that life in China isn’t easy all the time, I miss home and life there, and that living life here is going to be more of a sacrifice than I originally thought. Its not temporary. This is a hard realization. I think for the past 5 months I have been in survival mode. Knowing if I just pushe...

One Click

Have you ever had a moment in your life that you just knew that the father was totally real and listening to your every thought? I realize that dad is real and I know he promises in his word that he hears our every request….but recently I had one of those moments. Picture a beautiful baby girl with bubbles, a waterfall with a sunset, or a bride and groom gazing into each others eyes, these are all sights to behold! Well, I wanted the opportunity to capture those moments not only with my 10 year old camera but a new big camera that took quality photos! As I wandered through best buy and day dreamed about taking pictures of the Great Wall or little Chinese girls I couldn’t help but notice the Huge price tag at every camera I liked. I found one camera in particular that I would really like to have. For weeks I thought about this camera and decided it was ridiculous that I was thinking about a hunk of metal and some mirror pieces that much, so I presented a request to Dad. I told him I ...