Re: Dining Out

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If you keep giving into her you will not get to be 100% gfcf and this

diet will only work once you totally eliminate ALL the g & c. Even a

little is no good at all. Try and eliminate ALL the casein from her

meals first and once you have that mastered go onto the gluten. Get

yourself a Miss Robens catalog 1- or www.missroben.com and

start with pastas and snacks from there. Meals you can keep simple with

just meats and veggies till you get this all figured out.

They have GFCF cereals, waffles and eggs for breakfast.

You can make homemade chicken nuggets with GFCF bread, you can even make

your own pizza. Meat and rice,etc.

My son id GFCF for 19 months now and doing great - the diet is a breeze

for me now, was hard at first yes, but now I even make creative pretty

looking meals.

Ask us for recipes for things you may need. I am leaving list Monday

night for a couple weeks or so, but there are so many on here to help

you.

I bring all of LJs food with me when I go out to avoid any eating out

disasters.

in New York (LJs mom)

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On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:20:19 -0000 kathbuet1@... writes:

> My biggest challenge with my daughter and the GFCF diet is dining

> out. We do pretty ok when at home. We are not completely GFCF yet.

>

> I am making gradual substitutes as I find them.

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what else does she like that you could get at a restaurant? Will she eat a

hamburger or a peice of grilled chicken, baked potato? You can always bring

your own bun for the burger. Its hard at first so dont feel bad. And dont

stop going to restaurants or you will get depressed. We bring chips and

cookies for dessert and order the burger or chicken. enzymes help too in case

something ends up not being gfcf. keep up the good work. it gets easier.

[Guest guest]

I agree, . I bring Ross's food w/us. I don't ask, I just heat it up

and put it in an indulated cooler. I brought hot dogs, crackers, cookies,

carrots, etc. We go for pizza and we bring his favorite pizza. We did

this before GFCF, because he wouldn't eat the restaurant foods. It is 2nd

nature to us.

It is hard, but this is going to be your way of life, now. Your childs

health is important, but so is your every day way of life. You have to

make adaptations to your new way of eating. This is not a temporary thing,

it is for real and forever.

If you keep giving in, it will never be easy for you. If she makes a

scene, just explain. Believe me, we have caused quite a scene and when

Ross acts up, so do the rest of my boys. One lady on Mother's Day told me,

" boy do you have your hands full " . I just smiled and kept on doing what we

were doing.

Good Luck,

Loren

Loren Van De Griek

mommy to - 6yrs, Ross - 5 yrs(ASD), Seth - 2yrs

Hickory, NC

" the harder the struggle, the greater the victory "

At 11:53 AM 11/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>I bring all of LJs food with me when I go out to avoid any eating out

>disasters.

> in New York (LJs mom)

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>On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:20:19 -0000 kathbuet1@... writes:

> > My biggest challenge with my daughter and the GFCF diet is dining

> > out. We do pretty ok when at home. We are not completely GFCF yet.

> >

> > I am making gradual substitutes as I find them.

Loren Van De Griek

mommy to - 6yrs, Ross - 4 yrs(autistic), Seth - 16 months

Hickory, NC

" the harder the struggle, the greater the victory "

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[Guest guest]

Every child is different so you would need to decide what would work

best for your daughter. My son is pretty good about eating out and

has only been on the diet for 2 months. Sometimes he looks at our

food and obviously wants some but as long as I get him at least one

item there he doesn't mind food brought from home. If we do the fast

food route, I usually take GFCF nuggets with me and get fries from

McD's or In and Out. If we go to a restaurant, I take something in a

thermos similar to what they serve where we are going (eggs if it is

breakfast, stew or some sort of casserole if coffee shop, spaghetti

if Italian restaurant etc). Most places will serve applesauce or

fresh fruit so he gets something served to him. Another idea I had

but I haven't done yet is to order a plain potato and to bring with

me a topping in a thermos (chili, veggies etc.). There are some

foods that I keep in his bag that I only give to him when we eat

out. If where you go is a chain, you might send them an e-mail

asking about what is safe. I sent a number of them out - some have

responded and some have not. Of the ones that responded, some sent

us gift certificates for free meals. Let me know if there are any

favorite places. Maybe I have already gotten a response.

> My biggest challenge with my daughter and the GFCF diet is dining

> out. We do pretty ok when at home. We are not completely GFCF

yet.

> I am making gradual substitutes as I find them. However, I keep

> getting sidetracked when dining out. My fiancee, daughter and I

> frequently go out on the weekends and we are too far from home to

eat

> from home so of course we need to grab a bite out. I am still

> resorting to her pizza that she likes when we have gone to a food

> court at a mall or something. I think I am letting her continue

with

> the pizza right now because I don't want to put up with her making

a

> scene and plus I don't know what else I should get for her. Should

I

> refrain from going out on the weekends where we have a huge chance

of

> dining out until we have this diet under control at home? What

> should I do?