Vegan turned Meat-Eater

I randomly came across this after 3 years of neglect. I think I had moved back to my previous blog. I probably have a blog posted on every available blog site out there. I always tend to migrate back to one though. Probably because it has no connection to myself so I can complain and vent about everyone and everything without consequence. This one, I wonder how hard it would be to find if you were really searching for something on me.

How do you sum up the last 3 years in a single note... not technically possible. Interesting how so much has changed in my life, but there are always the constants. I am married to my childhood best friend. We have a daughter and now soon to be son. Amazing how intense the last three years have been.

I am 38 weeks pregnant and still trying to get over the bronchitis in my lungs. I am pretty drained and emotional. I say emotional because I am frustrated and cranky. I have gained 25lbs which seems like absolutely nothing when you are talking about a baby. However, its ALL in my belly. In other words I look ridiculous! I cannot even get off the couch without rolling over. I have this enormous basketball attached to my stomach making it impossible to move. I cannot clean, which is practically a death sentence for an OCD person. I don't remember being this RAWR with my daughter.

The best side effect to being pregnant... I have been a vegan for 15 years at least. I was even so extreme I did RAW for awhile. Even pregnant with my daughter I was completely normal. This pregnancy I am craving GREASE! I am talking the nasty grease that is stuck to the bottom of a cast iron pan after making hamburgers or bacon. I once was a vegan who didn't eat milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, basically any type of dairy, also add no gluten or soy I was pretty extreme. Now my body is craving MEAT. I tried the iron or protein to off set the cravings, nothing seemed to help. I was an endless pit of hungry and couldn't stop eating.

One day at a BBQ I was walking by the oven and saw a plate of burger patties just out for consumption. The smell is what propelled my body toward the dead cow so nicely arranged. I asked for one and the entire party went silent. Seeing as I had none these people since birth they were wide eyed and nervous. You would've thought I was trying to drink gasoline or something. I sat down after not eating beef for 15 years and inhaled an entire burger and then asked for a second one. My husband who I have known since I was maybe six years old was silent and awkwardly hovering. They thought for certain I would be ill. I honestly think that my body being A negative blood type doesn't require meat to survive. I know this because I feel better without it. If I do eat it I am exhausted and tired. I think mostly because my body has a hard time digesting it. This child definitely without a doubt has my husbands blood type. I can tell you without knowing for certain his blood type that this baby will have O negative blood. I know that people with O blood need meat. It's just something about their genetic make up I suppose. This child needed that. I actually felt full for the first time since I had become pregnant. It was almost like my head was cleared for a moment. STRANGE!

My doctor thinks I am a riot. He gets a kick out of my would be assumptions or theories. Although I am hardly ever wrong. He did however say to be careful. If this child is the one who is craving the meat or the grease, after he is born my body may reject the meat if I decide to continue eating it. I haven't decided yet what will happen. Although it is INCREDIBLY easier to eat meat it still grosses me out. I my mind I know it to be horrible, but I cannot get enough of it. I still haven't gotten over my psychological views on chicken. I mean anything that technically can run around with its head chopped off FREAKS ME OUT! Why would I want to eat that! Plus thank goodness while being pregnant it is not appealing to me. I am craving GREASE so the fattiest fat I can find. I even consumed an entire steak and literally was rubbing the pieces across my plate. Obviously my body needed something. EVEN BUTTER and MAYO! The two things that absolutely gross me out and I seriously could eat butter out of the package.

It will be interesting to see how my body reacts once this child is born. Becoming a meat eater is expensive! It is way easier to cook and my husband has enjoyed it immensely, but I am not sure yet. Our daughter has A negative blood type too so she isn't too big on eating it. I don't blame her. Although it has been fun and new to be able to go to a restaurant and actually be able to order something off the menu. When you are vegan and allergic to gluten and soy finding restaurant food is not happening! 2 more weeks to go and we will see what happens.