Some Clarification

I usually avoid responding to comments on here because I do not want to get in a habit of letting the blog get bogged down with responses rather than new material. But, some of your comments from my vegetarian post made me realize I was unclear about some things (and perhaps too clear about others.)

So first, I'm sorry for the excessive description of the GI problems I face when I eat meat now. I was going for a little humor, but Andy suggested I may have gone too far down the gross-out road. It happens to all of us from time to time, but I suppose not everyone wants to hear about it publicly. If it did bother you, brace yourself: I am about to repeat it.

Second, I realize now that I was unclear about the motivations I had for officially going veg. In my previous post I said:

[W]hen I realized my body doesn't care what type of eater I identify as outwardly, inwardly my body told me (loud and clear) that I am a vegetarian. I will spare you the gruesome details, but rest assured that it is true: abruptly reintroducing a large quantity of an abrasive food into one's diet can cause unpleasant side effects (to say the least.)

Some of you took that to mean that my body is suddenly rejecting meat and telling me I should be vegetarian, as though my brain had no part in the decision. That's not what I meant to communicate. In the context of the rest of my post I am saying that I have been shifting away from the foods I used to eat (chicken, bacon, etc.) to a more plant-heavy diet. The dietary choices I have now that I am an adventurous eater have sky rocketed. I find vegetarian food to be the most intriguing these days, and since moving out here I inadvertently (at first) cut meat almost completely out of my diet. Still considering myself a meat eater, I could not resist eating all the delicious food at Adam and Mariah's wedding. It was only feeling sick afterwards that I realized my body had been getting quite used to going without animal in my diet. This could happen to anybody who alters their diet in such a way. I did not mean to indicate that meat is evil and my body was telling me to cut it out, I meant to say that it doesn't matter what title I give myself. If I don't eat meat, my body is going to behave as though I am a vegetarian. The title is merely for show.

And one final clarification, I do not want anyone to think that the meat that broke the camels back, so to speak, was bad in any way. In fact, it was indeed delicious. If there was ever an occasion to go out with a meat-eating bang, Adam and Mariah's wedding was certainly it.


These are the lovely caterers at that wedding in WV. Going forward, it will continue to be pig (in all its succulent forms) that tempts me most. Oink.

I hope that clears things up. Again, thank you all for the comments. Positive or negative, the feedback reminds me I have readers and keeps me inspired to write. Make sure to check out my friends' blogs up there on the right side of the page. I been collecting more and more bloggers for my "blogosphere." I am really excited that Tina and Rebecca have both joined me. Welcome to both of you!