Guilt
I have such a guilty conscience. I feel guilty for missing a workout, guilty for missing a Sunday night call to my Mom and recently I started feeling guilty about….eating meat. Something about driving to the beach two weekends in a row and passing chicken houses and smelling pig farms just totally turned me off to it. I hate the way they are crammed into such tight quarters and don’t get me started on the way they are uh…handled. I had dabbled with the idea of giving up meat and 2 weeks ago I decided, no more meat from animals with legs.
Ofcourse I really didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t want it to be a big deal. I would stick to fish, shrimp, tofu and beans. I think Scottie caught on when I cooked barbeque tofu for me and a pork chop for him one night (which I severely overcooked, not on purpose either.)
Then on the way back from the beach on Memorial Day I got the worst headache. This headache lingered for a whole week. I didn’t know what it was because I rarely get headaches but this thing could not go away. I was popping advils like they were skittles and nothing was working. Then Scottie had a heart to heart with me…ok actually he basically called me a dumbass for not eating meat. With as much as I workout and as much as I weigh right now he essentially said I would wither away. Then I realized, maybe I needed the meat in my life. As guilty as I feel for eating it at times, I need it. But I still love the animals! I will stick to organic or local meat and that will ease my mind.
To celebrate, we had burgers for dinner last night and today the headache is gone 
June 8th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
I think if you buy meat at Whole Foods, some of it is from humanely treated animals. You might also try supplementing with Whey protein powder. I don’t like meat that much, so I try to get one serving a whey a day. As an athlete, you should be getting at least 100 grams of protein a day. I used to track that, but haven’t lately. I feel better when I do, so thanks for the reminder!
June 10th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
she needs to be on my diet…
June 11th, 2010 at 6:37 am
The beer and protein bar diet…sounds delish!