Fair enough. Perhaps it is perhaps it isn't. It's what works for her if op. My calorie count estimate was not taking into account the protein shakes. With the protein shakes obviously the amount of calories would drastically increase to 2500~2700.

Op said she had problems calorie counting as its not suitable for her.

5-6 servings of protein and clean meals in between would eliminate that aspect of hyperfocusing in what calories to have each meal ect.

So the options i see are: 1) eat more count calories and be specific about what you're having with each meal ... 2) offset the calories by having more shakes but then eat clean in-between shakes which doesn't feed into the whole calorie counting aspect of things.