The First of Many....

I have been a vegetarian for almost three years now, and lately my body has been craving meat.  Let me first define "craving."  I am not talking about an occasional thought of meat, a fleeting longing for the stuff.  I am talking about a full on obession with the idea of eating meat - dreaming about it when I sleep, drooling over it when I see other people eat it, constantly wishing I could have a steak, porkchops, chicken wings... you name it - I HAVE TO HAVE IT. These cravings have been very hard for me since I am totally against the way most farm animals are treated and slaughtered. 

As I am lucky enough to have a whole medical community at my finger tips, I talked this over with a few of the doctors/nurse practioners/nurses that I work with... and they all agree... if your body is craving meat that strongly, it is trying to tell you that you need it.  One particular Nurse Practitioner really got through to me.  She said "The body is very smart Jessica. Your body KNOWS that you are trying to make a baby, and your brain is trying to tell you that it needs meat right now and help give you that baby you want so badly."  I went home that very night and had my first porkchop in years... It was very hard, but I am not going to lie.. IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD.... and I feel better. No more awful cravings that are driving me mad and stressing me out.

 So I have come to the conclusion, that for right now at least, I need to be eating some meat.   I am going to am going to be picky about it - I am only going to eat organic, free roaming, well cared for animals.  I can always go back to being a vegetarinan after baby arrives.  But I am choosing to look at this situation as the first of many times where it is no longer about me anymore. My baby comes first, and if my body thinks I need meat for my baby, then meat it shall have.

Until next time...

My first hunk of meat in almost three years.... SHAKE N' BAKE!!!!!