Early Stages of the Diet and Moving Cross Country!

July 10, 2007

Hi All,

I really need your help and advice. We are moving from NY to CO in three

weeks. We knew the move was coming, but recent events have accelerated it. At

any rate, we are barely out of the intro ( we will have been SCD two weeks on

Friday). We are doing great, so great that I certainly don't want to risk

messing with the diet! So far, other than Intro foods, I have introduced,

bananas, zucchini, and applesauce.

Next week we are taking a house hunting trip that will involve a day of flying

and five days in a hotel. We have a hotel/suite with a kitchen which will help,

but with my limited choices, what can I take on the airplane? What can I prepare

in the hotel (there is a microwave and stove, but no oven)? If I am able to

introduce 1-2 foods before the trip, what would I get the most use out of for

travel purposes? Should I consider introducing something advanced, like a muffin

or bread for portability and/or sandwich options or would that just be stupid?

After this trip, we will then come back and drive from NY to CO which will

involve at least two days on the road and I'm not sure if we will be in our

house or in temporary housing when we get there. I really need options and

advice! Thank you.

Mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd/Asperger's Traits (almost fully recovered)

and 8 months (so far so good!)

GFCFSF January 2007

SCD June 2007

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July 11, 2007

Hi Lise!

We recently did an overseas trip and spent a few nights at a hotel

with a kitchenette. It went fine doing SCD!

Here are a few tips for the plane:

Burgers

meatballs

ribs

Chicken peices

Hardcooked eggs

Canned sardines

egg and veggie and meat " pancakes "

zucchini fries/carrot fries (bake strips in oven covered in olive oil)

soup or stew (we have a large widemouthed thermos and highly

recommend as a good SCD investment)

Personally I think egg would be a great item to be able to add in.

Then you can whip up all sorts of things at the hotel in no time,

like omlettes, pancakes, etc.

Make some meals in advance, freeze, carry in cooler, and thaw out to

eat when you want. Like sauteed chicken and veggies. My kids love

roast pork or chicken with zucchini gravy. Make lots of stock, cook

down, put in portion bags, freeze and at the hotel place either

chicken, beef or lamb in it and cook with carrots, celery(discard),

onions (discard), and zucchini. Also easy to make in advance: roast

beef or pork or lamb, once again freeze: this time in slices and

prepare at hotel with veggies you buy there.

Since you can eat applesauce you could make fabulous pancakes with it

if eggs are tolerated. Or pancakes with grated and cooked zucchini

and carrots. Yum!

I also made pancakes with small peices of meat and veggies. Or you

could even grind up the meat and veggies and make thicker pancakes.

I would definitely bring some boxes/bags with large portions of

frozen applesauce to portion out daily. That will save you lots of

time and hassle on your hotel stay.

Hope that this was of some help!

Have a great move!

>

> Hi All,

>

> I really need your help and advice. We are moving from NY to CO

in three weeks. We knew the move was coming, but recent events have

accelerated it. At any rate, we are barely out of the intro ( we will

have been SCD two weeks on Friday). We are doing great, so great that

I certainly don't want to risk messing with the diet! So far, other

than Intro foods, I have introduced, bananas, zucchini, and

applesauce.

> Next week we are taking a house hunting trip that will involve a

day of flying and five days in a hotel. We have a hotel/suite with a

kitchen which will help, but with my limited choices, what can I take

on the airplane? What can I prepare in the hotel (there is a

microwave and stove, but no oven)? If I am able to introduce 1-2

foods before the trip, what would I get the most use out of for

travel purposes? Should I consider introducing something advanced,

like a muffin or bread for portability and/or sandwich options or

would that just be stupid? After this trip, we will then come back

and drive from NY to CO which will involve at least two days on the

road and I'm not sure if we will be in our house or in temporary

housing when we get there. I really need options and advice! Thank

you.

>

> Mommy to 4 yrs pdd-nos/asd/Asperger's Traits (almost fully

recovered)

> and 8 months (so far so good!)

> GFCFSF January 2007

> SCD June 2007

>

> Being a Mom is the BEST job I've ever had.

>

> ---------------------------------

> Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see

what's on, when.

>

July 11, 2007

,

The most important thing is not to eat anything illegal during the moving

process. I highly recommend erring on the side of eating more advanced foods on

the diet than erring by eating illegals. We were fortunate that my daughter did

well with everything legal right from the start of the diet. (Though, I didn't

offer anything that Elaine advised to wait for diarrhea/constipation to

disappear, such as seedy things.) Only when my daughter improved drastically

did it start becoming obvious what gave her a good day and what gave her a bad

day, and we were able to start eliminating. But just having all the illegals

out of her body made her feel so much better that the less tolerable foods

weren't noticeable; because she wasn't in pain all the time from constipation,

she was so happy finally, any " less tolerated " food still made her feel better

than any illegal ever made her feel. Anyway, all to say: Err on the side of

going more advanced on the diet, rather than falling off the diet. Have happy

travels.

Nannette, 22 months SCD for IBS

daughter, , 15 yo, 22 months SCD for autism

July 11, 2007

Hi -

How did you get the food there. Was it carried on or checked luggage? I have a

trip coming up and I didn't think I was allowed to carry on food or liquids.

Thanks,

Kathy

son 4yrs old, SCD 11 weeks, GFCF 9 months, PDD-NOS

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