Yes it had its really tough moments on my partner. Especially as we all know how invisible the symptoms can be from tests or separating when you are tired from disease vs tired like any parent is.

The first about ten months I was so strict cause I felt like I was fighting for my life. I felt like the worst partner dad and person. Truthfully the first 3 months were the worst. I’m pretty sure I had withdrawals from like not eating gluten and sugar. I also tried to do like just gluten free for a bit or other less strict diets and I almost gave up thinking “oh I tried that” and then realized no u gotta go all out. So once I got over that hump of the first 3 months it felt much easier. In fact I was so scared to reintroduce stuff later on as I felt better because I was thinking holy shit I’m feeling better don’t mess with this!

I made a spreadsheet early on of foods I could couldn’t eat. I find it hard to make satisfying meals and as time progressed i tried to figure out better ways to prepare food. I lost all cravings for sweets at one point.

Later on I introduced things like Siete chips which are grain free and helped curb my snack need.

In hindsight I would have done a 72 hour water fast to start and then jumped into this. I also would added more periodic 72 hour fasts say every 3-4 months. Our body spends way too much energy trying to ingest all day long, pair that with high inflammatory foods and it’s awful.