Allergies and Exercise

So, Luiza decided to have Calvin tested for allergies. He has no physical reactions to food, so we never knew that he may have allergies. We had tried to go gluten/casein free for a while, but there was no real marked improvement that we could detect. However, after a doctor drew some blood and sent the samples to a lab, we were surprised to find that the majority of Calvin's favorite foods and snacks were quite bad for him.

Over the last month, we have stopped giving him any peanut butter, soy (which we were amazed he is severly allergic to), milk, eggs, whey and a couple of other things like wheat we have had to cut back. We received an unexpected confirmation that this is having good results when Calvin's school teacher called and told us that Calvin has shown much improvement over the last few weeks.

So, praise God that this is working! Hopefully we will continue seeing more rapid progress between the therapy, floor time and new diet.

Speaking of diets, I have been on a diet for about 7 weeks now and am down 20 pounds. I started exercising and am going into my 3rd week of doing that. So, we'll see how skinny I get!! I'm down to my premarried weight and feeling good. I can't wait to lose about 10 more pounds and get a whole new wardrobe. haha. That will be fun!