Step 5 - Completed

Rare meat - tastes so good, yet feels so weird to eat.  That’s right, even after completing the first 4 steps of my program, it still feels weird to eat the meat of the animal that goes, “Moo….”

Tonight, I crossed the line that was fully cooked meat versus juicy rare steak.  When the waitress came up, I said, “I’ll have the steak…medium rare…actually, make that rare.”  Had I gone with the medium rare, who knows how the night would’ve turned out?  But because I went rare, my GI tract, taste buds, and psyche were ready for an all out battle.

I can tell you that the battle is still going on.  Not that I can tell you who’s winning, but it’s likely a good battle worthy of pay-per-view television.

If all goes well, I’m basically finished my recovery.  All that’s left is the crowning achievement that is a 24oz rare steak from Nick’s Steakhouse.  No rush on that, though…what’s important is that my ascent to beef-dom is all but complete.