Sounds good, SRS, on all counts.

Salt is nother one of those "enemies" that athletes and highly active people soon discover is their friend, at the right time and in the right amounts. So is fat-- if you cut too much you won't have enough for the fat-soluble vitamins you'll also need.

BTW fat is a great fast-burn source of burnable calories. If you are going to go right off to a vigorous activity, THAT is the time to have that hight-fat item you love because that fat will not clog anything or be stored anywhere-- it will immediately and efficiently burn for quick energy.

Before my metabolism converted from the muscles I developed, I had a lot of trouble staying warm enough in the water where I worked out. Carbs were not processing properly.... The answer-- half of a McDonald's double cheeseburger off their dollar menu, just before hopping in and the other half midway through a 2-hour pool workout. Plenty of energy (sometimes I skipped the bun in an Atkins approach) and nothing gained but more muscle. I know, "McDonalds, yeeeecccchhh." Cheap and appropriate to the body's needs at the time, though, salt for sweating, and no excuse not to eat no matter how crazy-busy I am because it's right next to the pool.

Better to eat something else, of course-- but better to eat MickeyD if you haven't eaten at all and if that is all there is. Do what you need to do on the day, and THEN plan to do better the next day.

[insert standard disclaimer-- YMMV and check with your doc or dietician regarding your particular medical issues.]

~Susan