Posts by sparkprincess

Awesome! Thank you so much!   It's good to hear it takes time. We all got sick this past week and I was really bummed. I think my expectations are too high, sometimes.   Happy Thanksgiving!

Do you guys do almond flour or coconut flour? There are a TON of awesome recipes out there with those ingredients, especially muffins and the like for breakfast. Muffins might make for a good breakfast and for a good on-the-road snack?...

Thanks for the response! It's great hearing how this diet has helped others. We are on full GAPS right now and so are in that holding pattern. We've pretty much added in all that we can add, but aren't healed yet. Somehow it was easier...

Okay, good! I know someone who has come through the diet, which is great, but it would be SO nice to talk to others who are going through it currently.   The whole family is doing GAPS. My husband, my two boys 8 and 5, and...

I'm so glad to see this thread! Is everyone still on the diet? It looks like it's been a couple of months since the last post.   We've been on the diet for several months and are seeing improvements and are doing well,...

I did the SB diet years ago when I needed to lose those last 10lbs post pregnancy. It worked and it seemed very healthy to me - I left artificial sweeteners out. I started the diet again after Christmas and successfully lost the...

Quote: Originally Posted by scsigrl    Thanks for taking the time to reply!   What kind of blood test?  Was it a RAST? If so those results are only accurate 50% of the...

Background: My almost 8yo ds is sensitive to dairy. When he was a baby/toddler, he had bad reflux and when he (or I) had dairy, it would cause him a lot of stomach pain. As he got older, we noticed that he could have dairy without any...

For us, right now, we want to rent. We live outside of St. Louis and the housing bubble was big here. We built a house right as the bubble was bursting. We spent $275k and then dropped $20k into if for landscaping. Not too smart. The...

I don't think you are crazy at all OP. Or, if you are, we are too. Just 4 years ago, DH and I were your typical "I want the American Dream" types. We sold our perfectly fine house to build a different house and went all out on the...