Days 7-8: GAPS Intro--ONE WEEK DOWN!

We made it a whole week!!! Yay! Seriously a huge accomplishment to check off seven days into this. Especially when I wanted to quit on day 1. We are still feeling a bit tired but are beginning to feel a bit more stabilized. This week has been hard, demanding and messy, with a lot of lows and highs. But we knew the first week was a hurdle and we are just so glad to have it past us!


Day 7:

We added egg whites this morning, and I'm fairly certain Vienna reacted to them. She broke out with her normal eczema/rash thing around her mouth...which, had disappeared at the start of the diet. She complained about it hurting (which she doesn't normally.) I find this strange because she has dealt with this thing on her face for so long, sometimes it would flare up, sometimes it was just dull and you couldn't really see it, but we were eating eggs pretty much daily--so that's a little bit mind-boggling because I would think it would've been consistent if that was the cause of it. I gave her eggs whites two days in a row and on the second day you could clearly see the rash intensify within a couple hours of eating them. So I'm pretty sure it's that, and I am going to hold off on the eggs for a few days and see if the rash clears. I'm going to do the sensitivity test before adding them again, I'm hopeful it's just a matter of time before her gut will heal further and she can have them.


Day 8:

I feel a lot more like myself today, not so emotional and more even tempered, I feel like my energy is a bit more steady, so I think it's a turning point for me! A week ago I couldn't survive without caffeine, and though I miss the taste of coffee, I am more alert and awake than I am hyped up on caffeine....but, I do have to say, I am ravenous! Seriously cannot believe how quickly this food is digesting, I am eating almost hourly! I added walnuts in my diet today (by making some squash, walnut, egg pancakes,) they were a nice change from all this soup and veggies. I was a little nervous about adding walnuts because before going on the Intro diet I couldn't tolerate them super well--I would get gassy and my stomach would churn--that, and Finley always got gas when I'd have them too. But this is exactly why I'm on this Intro diet because I ate them today (after they were properly prepared) with absolutely no problems! And better yet, Finely didn't react to them either! This actually amazes me how much of a rapid change my body has been in the last week...and will continue to be in as I keep consuming all this broth, fat, probiotics, etc. and gradually add more things in. This last week was probably one of the toughest weeks I've ever experienced, but I am glad to have a pay off at the end and am so excited to hopefully see more healing for our family as the days continue on!