Guest guest Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 We started our son on this diet in the summer time, around late July. As we went through and completed the introduction to this diet, he started to loose weight really badly. He was 48 pounds and went to to 45 he's very slender naturally so after this weight loss we could see his kidneys and his ribs, it was really bad. Shorts that would fit him with ease at the beginning of the summer, he started having to hold them up with one of his hands. I was about to abandon the diet and go back to what I was used to and called his DAN doctor to let her know. She however was able to keep me from jumping off the ledge and helped me refocus our efforts. She reminded me that she told me to get the HC1 stomach acid at our last visit with her and that is one of the first things I needed to do. I did not get it because when she told me to, because at times I suffer from this condition of being a know it all. So we brought it, reread the book, went on countless websites concerning the GAPS diet. Recommitted ourselves not knowing if this was really going to work or not. Keep in mind while all of this is going on I'm having to poke new holes in his belt and we started seeing the bones in his shoulder blades through his skin. School started and every afternoon we had him eat a spoonful of sauerkraut, and having a bone in broth, chicken, lamb, duck, beef with various veggies. In the morning I started cooking him different things on the diet with a dollop of duck fat, he was taking various things allowed on the diet to school for lunch... WELL, WELL, WELL my son has gained 5 pounds in the last month and a half. He looks great is acting differently and I could not be more pleased. He really looks different, his skin is great and his face is filling out. I always hear about stuff like this happening and now I can say it has actually happened for us as well. His doctor told me we were looking for at least a pound a month weight gain, and he's already 50 pounds. I am so happy I know this isn't anything really big but I could not be happier about this. We have a long way to go as far as healing his gut goes, I am just so happy that this diet actually really works from what I've seen so far. So to anyone that is having a hard time and wondering if it is worth it, IT IS. Chinwe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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