FOUR DAYS TO (SC) D DAY

I have been laid low with a bad back for the last few weeks - thought it might delay my D Day, but thankfully it has and is still improving.  It has meant I have had more time (it is possible when obliged to lie flat on your back with knees bent to have a laptop on your tummy and surf/type away) to research the diet and other websites etc and plan for it.

I think planning is going to be crucial - if I don't have foods ready in advance I will no doubt fail.  So, as I can now sit up and drive reasonably comfortably, I headed out today for a 'farm visit' Not to any old farm mind, but a brilliant wee organic farm not that far from where I live.  


It was a bit of a trip down memory lane as I haven't been there for a while.  It's just not as convenient as the numerous big shops nearer by.  I used to go here a lot when the little bears were wee.  Having Crohns and reading/hearing that it was likely to be genetic/heredity I was determined to all I could to save my little ones the same plight as me - so - ALL their baby food was home made with as much organic goods as possible.  Who knows if this will protect them, but at least it will not have done them any harm and I can honestly say I have kids who eat almost anything... I always think it was because they got 'real' food and 'real' tastes from an early age... anyway, I digress..


Back to Ballylagan today and through their gateway..

past the duck pond and on to the shop..

that's the fresh goods outside - the building behind holds all sorts of things from tinned goods, household products to diary and meat.


Here's what I bought for my first days on the intro part of the diet:

A chicken, carrots (love it when you get the green tops and soil still attached - these babies have NOT been washed in bleach!), onion and celery - for the intro soup, mince meat for the patties, eggs (one box free as their chickens have been laying like crazy) and some very ripe bananas.  Hidden underneath is a cucumber which I needed as my four year old would live on it and wanted cucumber sandwiches for lunch!  


Behind the box (from a major retailer) is more milk for my second batch of yoghurt and also the Welch's grape juice to make up with gelatin - can't say I fancy that at all, but will give it a go and see.


While the book suggested 2-3 days (five max) for the intro diet, I am thinking of just trying for the five days straight and looking on it as a kind of detox too (hence the emphasis on organic produce).  I'll let you know how long I last.


So tomorrow will be a day for the kitchen and cooking up an SCD storm ... getting excited now.




Lyn-de-lou