Cleanse -- Day 6

I forgot to make note of something very important yesterday.  Usually, on the second day after I do Body Pump, I am sore.  Not always terribly sore, but enough that I grimace when squatting down or my arms get a little fatigued when I'm drying my hair or whatever.  It occurred to me yesterday on my post-pump day 2, that I did not have a single, sore, muscle fiber in my body!  That has never happened, even when I regularily do Pump 2x a week for months.  And I did not phone that workout in, I added weight and did every rep 110%!  Amazing!  I'm not sure if that's the amino acids in the catalyst at work or just eating more protein, but I'll take it!  No more excuses for taking 2 days off after.

On to today.  After some more retail therapy this morning (hello, smaller jeans), we met up with extended family for lunch.  My baked salmon and green beans didn't seem so appealing as my family was eating pasta, cheesesteaks, paninis and onion rings.  It sucked big time.  What's even more frustrating are the questions of why I'm eating fish at an Italian restaurant...I don't want to be THAT person that goes into a 10 minute speech about what I'm doing.  My 83 year old Grandpa was getting so frustrated I wouldn't help him with his fries.  My salmon was good and the green beans with it were ok, likely sopping in butter, but I blotted off what I could.  Later, back at the house, the amazing double decker chocolate cake with oreo/cream cheese/cool whip mousse filling came out.  I've never seen anything like it.  I had a taste of it, 2 forkfulls to be exact.  I had a big internal argument with myself prior.  "The plan says to be 80-90% accountable...I've been 100%...this won't slip me up for good....it's my Grandpa's birthday, do I really want to be that jerk that doesn't try the cake?...but what if one taste starts my predictable downward spiral...but it's his BIRTHDAY for crying out loud, what if it's his last...do I want to remember it by not eating cake?"  So I told myself to shut up, ate 2 bites and moved on.  No ice cream or strawberries.  No coffee with the family.  And that was that.  I didn't regress, I didn't dwell on it.  It tasted awesome and I was able to stop.  Done deal.  Smelling coffee all freaking weekend was torture in itself!

So we're back home now.  Was going to spend another night, but considering we were low on clothes and we don't sleep well up there, we decided to come home.  Best choice for everyone!  Glad I got to spend time with my family and say goodbye to Gramps before he heads to Florida for the winter.

Wake up:  Spark, Catalyst as usual, probiotics
Mid-morn:  1/2c traditional oats with 1/2 mashed banana
Lunch:  Baked salmon with green beans, small side salad no dressing
Mid-aft:  Spark and the two bites of cake, gasp!
5pm:  3 catalyst, water
7:30pm:  Spinach salad with strawberries, egg, cukes, and a plain piece of grilled chicken pulled from a McD's snack wrap.  I had no chicken at home and hopefully it wasn't cooked in anything evil.
Snack:  Almonds and soynuts.  Omegas and herbals.

I kind of flipped up my lunch and dinner suggestions, but I made do with the options given.  Back to the normal routine tomorrow and back to the gym. 

On a side note, this is our first family pic since the baby came home 15 months ago!  Geesh!  My son had an assignment for school to bring in a family pic and we realized we didn't have one of all 5 of us.  Good thing for that or who knows how long it would've taken me to realize it!