serious craving for meat after long ride
So, after I finished the STP (200miles over 2 days) I was not only ravenously hungry, but I really craved MEAT. Dh bought me a cheeseburger which I scarfed down like it was nothing and the craving did not abate. I awoke the next morning with the same urge to eat red meat, but settled on salmon, which I ate straight from the can like scoops of ice cream. Yummy and momentarily satisfying, but , still the craving remains. My eating hasn't been too out of control or anything, but I'm wondering if my body is trying to tell me something and also if I should listen to it.
I used to get intense cravings for red meat while suffering from extremely heavy periods (caused by a uterine fibroid) and was indeed anemic until I had surgery to remove the fibroid and an ablation of my uterus last year. I presume the anemia improved because the cravings stopped around the time that my periods stopped. so my body was correctly telling me something.
Do you need more protein after riding 200 miles? Iron? Could be salt, but, you know, the salty carbohydrates I have around the house don't even sound good.