Day 9 and 10 EC

Things are going well still.  There are a few small things, but I don't think anything that will make me come crashing down.   Yesterday was a rest day - sore after the race on Saturday.   Oddly my legs and feet weren't sore, but rather my middle and  upper back.  Today was also a rest day because I had a macro exam at 7 pm so by the time that was over, if I wanted to be home at a decent hour the gym was out.

Day 9:
Meal 1: Muesli (oats, water, banana, apple, wheat germ, wheat bran, oat bran, flax, dried cranberries, dried cherries, raisins, honey and yogurt)

Meal 2: Mango smoothie (mango, ice, milk, yogurt and protein powder)

Meal 3: 2 wasa crackers with Mediterranean spread and carrot soup

Meal 4: 1 hardboiled egg and broiled grapefruit w/ 1 T brown sugar (this is 1 naughty)

Meal 5: shrimp sauteed in olive oil, old bay seasoning and lime juice on a whole wheat tortilla with red cabbage and sauce (chipolte peppers, yogurt and lime juice)

Meal 6: chocolate covered banana

Day 10:
I flavored my water with a crystal light packet today.  i only use half a packet per bottle of water b/c otherwise I find it too sweet.  Still I should avoid these, but I just needed more than plain water this am.  So this is naughty 2

Meal 1: whole wheat english muffin with almond butter and 1 banana

Meal 2: 2 hardboiled egg whites and 1 kiwi

Meal 3: whole wheat tortilla with shrimp, red cabbage and sauce

Meal 4: yogurt with blueberries and clean granola

MEal 5: carrot soup with 2 wasa crackers w/mediterranean dip

Meal 6: chocolate covered banana with 1 cup milk (I actually measured 1 cup instead of guessing) and 1 T hershey syrup (again this was 3rd naughty between the 2 days)

Overall feeling good.  I have to admit this is getting easier.  I can pretty much figure out what I can eat and I'm starting to feel comfortable enough to experiment more and break away from the meal plan ideas and recipes.  The important things are measurement/proportions of items and ingredients.  Also it does take a lot of preplanning.  This is the first time I've done meal plans and followed them.  i edit from time to time during the week, but nothing major - for example instead of eggs and a banana I might have eggs and kiwi.   Also it's a lot easier to figure out about when its time to eat without constantly calculating 2.5 or 3 hours or clock watching.   It really isn't that bad at all once you start getting into it and I've really reduced my fat and sodium intake.  I don't add much salt when I do add it to foods and I haven't used butter since starting this.  I do use olive oil but I measure it and I use coconut oil/butter and also measure this - there's mixed information as to its benefits vs the saturated fat, but when I look at some of the people who use it regularly I figure in the occasional dish it can't hurt.  mostly I use olive oil.