the big news

are you ready?

here's my big announcement (i had to wait a day to get at least some of the readers' anticipation levels to their highest):

i've decided to...

START EATING MEAT AGAIN!

my body has been craving so much protein lately because of all the running i've been doing, that that time has finally come to welcome animals back into my diet.

secretly, i always knew the time would come again, but i just figured it would be when i got pregnant or something...

this has been building for a few weeks now... then i made the big decision on super bowl sunday, where i told conor, after our race (i was ravenous), that i'd have half of a grilled hamburger at my co-worker's party, and he could eat the other half.

except that i proceeded to eat the entire thing myself and didn't share.

and then i had 2 more hamburgers in the next 2 weeks.

i'm like a regular jughead from the old archie comics!

exactly 3 weeks later (today), i just had steak and eggs for breakfast. my first piece of steak in over 7 years.

i've also eaten a little chicken on some salads, but i'm not a huge fan of chicken, still. it kinda tweaks me out -- unless it is fried, like you can get at a bar with a big bowl of bbq sauce to dip it in and a beer to wash it down with.

i definitely still won't touch any bacon, pork, turkey, or duck so don't bother trying.

but old cured meats like pepperoni and other aged delights? delicious! the saltier and chewier, the better.

mmm.

you'd think the protien cravings would go away eventually, but i guess i need to keep eating more because i've been craving it like a fiend.

bring on the red stuff!