Hi guys, this is Meg with the blog WilsonHelpsda.com and today I wanted to do a little update on the gap style. So a few videos ago I shared with you guys that I was starting the gap style. I went over why I was doing it and what I hoped to see from it as far as results and then also a little bit about what the gap style is. So I have been on it for two months now, well I brought two and a half months and I'm excited to let you guys know how it's been going and any results I've been seeing. And let's get right into this video. So we started this diet at the beginning of the year so January 1st. We started the gap style. I went through the whole intro diet which is six stages. I explained more about that in my last video and I'll link some more videos about the gap style down below. The YouTube channel Bumblebee at Poth here. I had some really really good info on the gap style. So if you're curious anymore about it, I don't have that many videos on it yet. If you're curious to know what exactly it is, you can go check out her videos. Otherwise, I'm planning on doing a bit more of a series about this. So I moved through the six stages pretty quickly just because you're on each stage until your symptoms clear up. So you kind of have some die off when you add in foods from the next stage. You'll have maybe upset stomach for a couple days and then once you're upset stomach clears up or whatever other symptoms you've been having, you move on to the next stage. So I, some of the stages I never even got an upset stomach from the foods I was adding in. So I was pretty happy with how quickly I was able to move through it. So it was about a month, maybe a little more than a month. I was on the intro diet and then once I made it to the sixth stage, I transitioned over into what's called the full gap style. So there's the intro diet, that's the six stages and then the full gap style. So right now I'm still on the full gap style and it's been about a month and a half on that. I'm planning on being on that for a total of two to three months and then hopefully transition over more into a Westin A price diet. So we'll add in more grains but only if they're properly prepared and fermented. If we're having rice, they'll have to be soaked overnight in some sort of a in either way or upset or vinegar. If we have bread or anything like that, it'll have to be sourdough bread. So if we when we do add in those things again, it'll be a lot more, they're going to have to be a lot more specific and prepared better. So one of the things I was hoping to see with this diet was a little bit more regulation of my thyroid. So I have Graves Disease which is high thyroid and after I had Vivian, my third child who is seven months old now, my thyroid went way up high and then it shot way down low, it was way too low and that's about when I started the gap style. And since starting the gap style and I've still been on my thyroid supplements, you're not supposed to keep taking all your supplements. There are certain ones you can take on the gap style, but I still had to take my thyroid supplements just to manage that. So I kept up with my thyroid supplements and then on the gap style, my thyroid came back up a little bit. Right now it's just barely too high and I'm taking some different herbs and stuff to bring it back down. But I feel like being on the gap style helped bring it back up a little bit. I'm also completely avoiding any gluten or grains or processed sugars and that can really contribute to your thyroid. So being off all that is just going to be really helpful anyway. And then hopefully as I just continue longer with having really healthy gut after doing this whole gut rebalancing with the gas site, it will just continue to help my thyroid regulate. I'm going to interject here real quick because I realized I forgot about something that I wanted to mention in this video is that I had a lot of detox pain and I didn't know this before during the gap style was that your detox a lot of toxins out of your legs and your hips. So on the second or third day, for a couple days, my hips and my legs just hurt so bad. And I was like, what in the world is going on? This is so weird. So I called my sister and I was on the gap site several times and I was like, could this possibly be related to doing the gap site? And she was like, yeah, you actually detox stuff out of your legs and it makes them hurt really bad. So it was a lot of Epsom Salt Bads. So if this happens when you want the gaps in your head, don't be alarmed. It's actually a good thing because you're detoxing stuff out of your body. I thought that was important to mention because it really definitely took me by surprise when that happened to me. I was also hoping to see some more weight loss on the gas site and that definitely happened. So after I had Vivian, during her pregnancy, I gained about 70 pounds. And normally I lose it within three months because of my high thyroid. But because my thyroid shot down this time, I was like not losing any weight. So when I started the gap site, I still had 40 pounds to lose. And I wasn't restricting anything. I was eating as much as I possibly wanted of each of any of the foods that were allowed. I would eat like two bowls of soup for breakfast. Of all the stuff that I could have, I ate 10 of like so much. So I lost 20 pounds during the first month of the gap site and that was the intro diet. And then since then, I've lost another 15 pounds. So I've only got like five to ten more pounds to go before I'm back to my pre-cigurance weight. I'm feeling really good. I've definitely gotten more energy since doing the gap site, which is really exciting. I was feeling really, really sluggish, which also probably has a lot to do with how my my thyroid was really low. And then it came back up. But I was feeling really sluggish and not very good when we started the diet. And then now I've definitely got a lot more energy. I was also worried about breastfeeding on the gap site because I've heard your breast milk can kind of tank when you are that restricted about foods. So I was a little concerned about that. I was like, we'll try it. And if my milk supply starts going down, we'll just stop and try again after she's weaned or after she's a year old. Someone wanted to join me. So anyway, I was pleasantly surprised to actually notice that my milk supply went up during the gap site. So I had like a crazy oversupply during the whole time I was on the intro diet. And then only just now of being on the whole gap site for a little over a month, it's gone, it's gone back down a little bit. I've noticed that my breasts feel a little bit more normal. Not quite so ginormous and full. So I still have plenty of milk now. It's just they're finally regulated again. But it actually did the opposite but I was worried it would do. I was worried it would make my mouth supply go too low and it actually brought it like way up. So the baby girl was eating good when I was on the gap site. So as much as doing the intro diet, especially was super hard, it was really hard for that first month. When I couldn't have any coffee, I had a lot of headaches. I felt really, really fatigue the first week or so. It was so hard. I almost gave up so many times. But I'm really glad that I stuck with it and I've definitely been happy with my results. So if you're struggling with any health issues, especially ones that you know for sure stem from gut imbalance and you would be surprised how many health issues stem from an unhealthy gut. I highly recommend doing the gap site. One thing I love about it is that it's temporary. So you do the gap site, you go through all the stages and then you go back to somewhat of a normal diet. You don't want to be eating all the process crap you get from McDonald's or anything. But the end goal is to get back to a more normal diet. So I don't want to just eat soup broth for those to my life. But if I can if I can just do it for a few months, I can totally do that. It's just it's a temporary thing to get your gut to a healthier place and then you add in more of your normal foods. I'm planning on doing a video soon of a week of full gap site meals. So I want to take you through our whole week and show you for I'm going to do for the dinner for for for each dinner. I'm going to film what I'm making film how I'm making it and just give you some ideas on ups and different dishes you could make well on the full gap site because it can be kind of intimidating when you first start. You're like what can I even make on this? There's like it feels so limited at first but there's actually quite a lot that you can make. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video and a little update on it. I'm really just happy that we did it and it's done now and we're I'm happy I can have coffee again. That was my main thing that was really hard. But thank you guys for following along on this journey and I'll see you in the next video. Bye.