Want to say hello & have a question

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Hello!

I've been lurking for about 2 days and I am astounded as to that

activity of this group (love the wonderful variety of recipes in the

files! yum! ). I belong to another group that has over 1,300 members,

and it's not nearly as active as this one (well, ok, the other is

gardening...and I guess we are all busy in the yard/garden!)

Long story short...several years ago, I turned to a vegetarian diet,

it just happened--was not as a result of a MD saying something, or a

conscience decision to reduce animal suffering...I don't fully

understand it, but it just happened. I loved how I felt, astounded my

doctor MD with my blood pressure (was always around 85/60) and

cholesterol was low (don't remember the numbers). About a year later,

because of major changes in my life, I fell back to eating meat...in

hind sight, I don't understand it, but it happened....I guess meat is my

drug of choice. During the time that I was pretty much vegetarian, I

couldn't go much more than 4-6 weeks without getting the most god awful

craving for any type of meat. I tried watching how much vegi protein I

was eating, tried iron pills (I know my iron was low because I was

turned down to give blood & that had never happened before) and other

vitamins, but it never seemed to help any.

Now that I'm trying to find my way back to where I was several years

ago, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to prevent those cravings?

Thanks so much!

Mary Beth