Frizz,

Allow me to re-phrase your self-description, in more objectively true form:

You are a obligate meat-eater who is bound and determined to be a vegetarian, damn the torpedoes.

Welcome to the forum, frizzbk9.

I'm glad to hear that you are starting this new lifestyle; I hope it provides you with much health and energy.

Alia

Welcome to the BTD Forums, thanks for starting such a good discussion.  

I was a vegetarian for about 4-5 years in the 90s-- from about '91 to '96-- and while I can say I was not totally unhealthy, I was not really healthy either, and have been felt better since adding animal foods back to my diet.  I found the blood type diet in 2000 and knew immediately that it was true but did not follow it at a level of what we here call "compliance" till about the last year.  I did not eat red meat regularly, ate too much oatmeal, refused to exercise, etc.  At the end of last year I noticed my joints hurt when I got up (I felt old at 35!!) and was getting a layer of fat around my stomach and thighs that would not go away.  Also, I had no energy, was depressed, and often considered suicide.

So I decided I'd add some red meat and got a package of buffalo.  Then I joined a gym and started going several days a week.  Now a year later I am pretty conservative on the meat servings-- 2-3 a week rather than 6 like Dr. D says-- and feel like a totally diferent person.  I have TONS of energy, am able to work long hours and exercise, and finally really feel "involved" with life in a way that I never did before.  My vegetarian period though mellow and enriching in some ways now seems frankly sad and I would never go back to that way of life.  I was even macrobiotic.  Sure meat is too yang.  So I have a lot of vegetables and fruits in my diet to balance it.  And true to from I learned from the macro viewpoint, dairy (especially for type Os, not for other blood types, like B) is the worst and I have benefitted from cutting dairy out entirely.  It has made such a difference in how I look and feel.

What I would recommend to you is that you start small with a couple of servings of organic beef a week and choose the other foods on the diet that work for you, making sure to avoid dairy and wheat.  Your digestive problems will clear up quickly.  I was constipated for years before switching to this diet.  It is mind boggling to me now that I had that problem.

That's a great report, Virgo, and very informative.  Thank you for sharing.  

You are among many ex-vegetarians/macrobiotics, not to mention ex-vegans, starchetarians and anything else you might think of.  It's been a process of getting to know our bodies in a different way, eating what we need for our blood types!  

impressive testimonial, thanks so much for sharing!!
a true example of how, no matter what, you can take control of your health through the right nutrition designed for your physiology.