So here's the deal. For some sorta personal reasons that I am not gonna go into here for now, I went to see an acupuncturist for the first time yesterday. She said a number of things that made a lot of sense to me and it fits within my philosophy of treating the whole body to correct something before you resort to taking a pill... kinda like how I dealt with my husband's high cholesterol issue - change the diet before chaining yourself to the pill.
Now it is my turn to change my lifestyle/diet to improve my overall health and hopefully the end result will be worth the pains of making these adjustments. These will be kinda big changes to make for me... gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, sugar free.... coffee free?! *sigh* I committed to a 30 day trial to see how it will go and see what improvements I feel. It is what it is, right?
D-Day - or maybe I should call it F-Day - starts Monday. This weekend, I imagine partly thanks to the snow, will be spent doing a good bit of research on exactly what I can eat and what recipes sound even moderately appealing. The funny bit is if my diet changes, so will everyone else in the house - learn to cook boys ;) But I suspect it will be an all around good experiment for all of us and I am really curious to see if some of my theories about the kid's behavior issues are in fact partly linked to a wheat/gluten or dairy allergy.
ok, well, I am off to check out the tried and true recipe sites and try to cobble together some sort of a menu plan for the next week or two. Wish me luck!
