As far as dinners go, I've basically gone from cooking on most nights a dish of vegetables, beans and rice to a dish of vegetables and meat. The kids have not shown any change in their willingness to eat dinner. Still lots of complaining and they still usually eat it all. Breakfasts have been hit and miss. They enjoy eggs and meat some days, but others still want the bagels or oatmeal. The bagels are gone but there's still been oatmeal. It's almost gone. I need some other breakfast ideas. Lunch has been going great. Since both kids are home I've been either feeding them leftovers (they hate that but I remind them that's just what we have to do sometimes) or making plates of cold meats and cheese and apples and/or carrot sticks. Snacks are okay, but I really need more options.
I'm still on the fence about making the house sort of a grain-free zone, at least for a period of time. Grains would not be off limits for the kids, just not something they'd get at home. I don't want to be weird or radical, I just want to do what's right to keep them healthy and give them the best start to a long, healthy life. Trying to find the balance is hard. And I'm also dealing with two things here: one is healing past damage, two is long term maintenance, and those things are different. I can see already that grain-free meals leave them satisfied longer. We've had less constant hungriness and less extreme hunger, esp from the boy (who I say is hypoglycemic). Overall I've noticed, again esp in the boy, a need for less food overall. (I've noticed the same in myself).
So, here on day 10 since I made the switch, the kids are doing really well with it all. I'm being really open about why we're doing everything and they are mildly interested :)
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