:afro: hi. i am happy that i found this forum and i feel like it came along at the right moment, since i am having a hard time with all this. i was a meat eater my whole life, until i was up in the beautiful mountains in nature, and in great shape, and a balanced mental state...i started to be repulsed by meat. first, i went gluten free. it started there actually...i had been gluten free for a few months and was feeling and looking the best i ever had. i was working hard on the mountain, carrying 50 lb bags of soil up the mountain and digging holes all day and getting so strong. i stopped eating meat, and even though it seemed o frustrate everyone around me and was a nuisance to them or they were offended that i didnt eat their delicious cooking. but, i felt so great. I would still at seafood. it didnt bother me as much...i still had some qualms, but then people could still cook dinners that i could eat....this went on for awhile and i got pregnant. i was eating this way throughout the pregnancy. towards the end, i ate buffalo. i dont know why i wanted it....pregnancy is weird that way.after my wonderful son was born, i had an iron defficiency and i started eating meat and everyone was cooking for me and i was taking care of a newborn and everybody eats meat and it was awkward to always need my own different meal and they are good cooks.... so, i have a moral dillemma about it because i keep thinking all the typical thoughts you think when you know you shouldnt be eating meat, but you are and its awful....but, lately, the nightmares have come back. i didnt eat my husband's beef roast last night. or the chicken the night before. i just cant...its just wrong. and disgusting. many close friends of mine have been vegetarian or vegan and my family and my husband love meat. most people do, i guess. but, instinctively i know that is not the way it should be! humans started to eat meat when they were scavenging for food and there was nothing else. it was out of desperation and those fisrt humans that did it probably felt awful about it, but were goin to starve otherwise.... so, i feel that i should stop. i wonder why i dont feel that bad about seafood? maybe its a compromise. but, anyway, i dont have a lot of support in this from people currently in my life. so, i am happy that i joined this forum, so i can not feel so alone in this. and i do not want to have those creepy nightmares anymore. and look at my plate and food and think all the non meat items are wonderful, but its awful because there are hunks of dead animals in it and i think about the animals and how wonderful they are and how i wish they were still alive and they would be if someone hadnt killed them for me to eat when i could just eat an avocado and a bowl of quinoa and a bar of dark chocolate....
well I for one don't know about all the no meat stuff but I will say you should follow your own path and do what makes you happy. Welcome to the forums eace:
Hello and welcome! Sounds like vegetarianism is the right path for you. So an iron supplement might be good, also B12 You might want to take up a meditation practice too.
Hey! I know ALOT of people that have decided to go vegan during pregnancy and thier children were born with deficiencies. I also know alot of people that ate exactly like the food pyramid said to and their children were born with deficiencies. I also know alot of people that went vegan during pregnancy and their kids came out just fine. I don't actually know anyone with iron deficiencies, but I also don't know anyone who made it through pregnancy without eating at all.... I jump to conclusions alot. You probably shouldn't listen to me for advice but if your teeth fall out, put them in a stock pot with some carrots, celery, and onion and boil them for a few hours. Make Man Stock! Oh and Welcome, I'm new too!
