Guest guest Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Hello all, I am new to the list and haven't started the diet yet. I have been reading that a lot of people have the whole family go SCD. Well, I can't see that happening here. I wouldn't mind it, as I am GF already. My husband however, would not do it! How do you go about it with only half of the family being SCD? I can see limiting illegal foods to only the ones Sam (my son with ASD) doesn't like, but I am worried about it. I am also about ready to scream because my son is crying his eyes out because he wants corn chips and rice cakes and it is not that day in his rotation! I have the urge to just rid the house of all of it right now, but I have no idea how to do the diet, since I don't have the book, yet! Sorry about the rambling but things are difficult here. Jana M. <>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Hi Jana, My family is all over the place when it comes to eating. (ASD?) is 100% SCD. (NT) is about 90% SCD. I've been following a low-carb (not Atkins exactly) diet (with whopping cheating over Christmas, but we won't go there), and my husband eats whatever he wants whenever he wants to. rarely asks for any illegal food since I started saying no to her. The hardest things to give up were fries and bread, and she still asks for fries now and then when she sees the " golden arches. " However, we do have bread, crackers, etc. in the house. She is just not the kind of kid to go looking in the cupboard for food. She always asks before eating something, so I'm lucky. We try not to eat illegals in front of her (okay, I NEVER do it, but DH is less scrupulous). If she sees my husband eating toast, she might say, " ummm yummy toast. " And I say, " I'm sorry you can't have any. Toast hurts your tummy and makes you sick. " So, it can be done, but it will make you a bit more nutty about all the cooking you have to do. Sometimes it's easy -- for example, roast beef and carrots for the girls, roast beef and salad for me, roast beef and rice (DH is Chinese) and carrots and salad for DH. Sometimes we all eat something different. I can tell you we cook a lot of " large meat " items -- roast beef, chickens, pork roasts, etc. I admire those families who have gone SCD together. It takes great dedication, and I wish we had it! Sue (from Pickering) Mom to , 4, formerly? ASD, SCD 9 1/2 months > Hello all, > > I am new to the list and haven't started the diet yet. I have been reading > that a lot of people have the whole family go SCD. Well, I can't see that > happening here. I wouldn't mind it, as I am GF already. My husband however, > would not do it! How do you go about it with only half of the family being SCD? > I can see limiting illegal foods to only the ones Sam (my son with ASD) > doesn't like, but I am worried about it. > > I am also about ready to scream because my son is crying his eyes out because > he wants corn chips and rice cakes and it is not that day in his rotation! I > have the urge to just rid the house of all of it right now, but I have no > idea how to do the diet, since I don't have the book, yet! > > Sorry about the rambling but things are difficult here. > > Jana M. <>< > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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