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Post by shastabubba on Sept 6, 2019 12:53:06 GMT -8
Since I made this video, my wife has turned me on to whey protein bars, specifically the Robert Irvine one available at our Costco (tastes like a $100,000 candy bar, if anyone remembers those). Much more filling and lasting as a breakfast option, or to avoid the late afternoon bonking. cweston "I also always have an actual lunch stop where the pack comes off and a larger variety of "real" foods come out of the pack. I think that's an important ritual: taking a moment to rest and recharge and enjoy the lunch fare." Your lunch ritual sounds really appealing, I just can't hike straight through that long without resting. My 10-minute break is a smaller version of the same concept though.
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Post by zeke on Sept 6, 2019 13:04:44 GMT -8
There's breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, and then lunch. After that comes something along about 2:30 or 3, then something nearly immediately after finding camp, before supper. Sometimes a little something along about bedtime, just to tide me over.
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Post by ErnieW on Sept 6, 2019 15:04:05 GMT -8
I may take this stopping thing to the extreme. I no longer carry a bladder or easily accessible water bottle. Every hour to hour and half I like to stop put my pack down and have a quick snack and drink of water. Food takes water to digest and I like having them together. If this can happen when I am at a water filter site all the better.
I definitely follow the rule eat what you feel like eating from what you have left.
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Post by tomas on Sept 6, 2019 15:17:28 GMT -8
I also always have an actual lunch stop where the pack comes off and a larger variety of "real" foods come out of the pack. I think that's an important ritual: taking a moment to rest and recharge and enjoy the lunch fare. Meals, as a whole, should be enjoyed and experienced and not simply be a fuel stop. Taking the time for a lunch break and enjoying where I am with the food is a great way to recharge for the next part of the hike.
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Post by zeke on Sept 6, 2019 15:52:01 GMT -8
Here is an interesting article , but just one person's ideas. the trek Personally, I go heavier on the protein and fat, and lighter on the carbs.
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Post by Westy on Sept 6, 2019 21:13:17 GMT -8
I quit sussing out calories, carbs, etc. a long time ago. It's simply Excedrin Headache #823. Dietary correctness is totally beyond my scope and comprehension. In the end my backcountry culinary mantra is variety, variety, variety. The only requirement is: Culinary selections must conform to my preference for dry camps and accommodate a preparation skill limited to boiling water.
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Post by cweston on Sept 7, 2019 4:07:44 GMT -8
I quit sussing out calories, carbs, etc. a long time ago. It's simply Excedrin Headache #823. Dietary correctness is totally beyond my scope and comprehension. In the end my backcountry culinary mantra is variety, variety, variety. The only requirement is: Culinary selections must conform to my preference for dry camps and accommodate a preparation skill limited to boiling water. Yep. In a good year, I spend maybe 15-20 days backpacking. If I were doing weeks-long through-hikes, then optimizing every gram and every calorie would be important, but it’s not such a big deal to me that I’m willing to turn planning for a trip into a science assignment. Also, even at home: I eat well (nutritionally speaking) but I’m not willing to buy completely into any one nutritional philosophy, because it’s too hard to know what’s “correct” with enough certainty to go all in like that. Nutrition studies are often obviously tainted by agendas, and so on. Media reporting on them is terrible, etc. PLUS, like you, I refuse to regard food as medicine. Food is also a primary source of pleasure in being alive, at least for those in the developed world lucky enough to be able to live that way. (Just saying what works for me: HYOH, of course.)
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Post by ErnieW on Sept 7, 2019 5:34:12 GMT -8
I take a general multi-vitamin every day. Deficiencies are not good and they just make your food more nutritious.
And I hope the reason for this isn't TMI but a lot of times I have brought along prunes. Tasty to me and a lot of nutritional value. But by their nature and their fiber they help me have good poops on the trail. If you are bound up you could be carrying a couple of pounds of unneeded weight.
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Post by bushmaster on Nov 24, 2021 5:45:24 GMT -8
I have heard of people using the SOS brand survival bars as an on the go food source but haven't tried them myself
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Post by zeke on Nov 24, 2021 6:39:47 GMT -8
We aren't so much on Survival foods here, but some do very basic eating while in the backcountry. I mostly do freeze-dried meals purchased in #10 cans and divided into meals. I also own a dehydrator that I keep intending to use some day, but seldom do. I saw some Curry noodles, that reminded me of Ramen noodles, the other day at my grocery. I am always on the lookout for food choices for the field. Many people use Knorr Sides as something to add pouched meat to for their supper.
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Post by Coolkat on Nov 24, 2021 6:59:33 GMT -8
Many people use Knorr Sides... I've stopped using these as they seem to take much longer to "cook". However, they are definitely a good option.
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Post by bobcat1 on Dec 1, 2021 20:58:02 GMT -8
A few years ago, I had a big long trip with no resupply, and In the process of planning for that I came up with and documented a rotating scheme that works for me - I have a 4-day repeating cycle of dinners, and a corresponding 4-day pack of breakfast-lunch-snacks from which I eat whatever I feel like at any given moment. I don’t have to dig through all my food each time, just the 4-day bundle I am eating from that day. This way I still have some of the good stuff left toward the end of the trip! I have a repertoire of about 8 or so dinner meals to choose from when planning any trip, and the other stuff is pretty much always the same. There are bars on my menu, but not as meal substitutes.
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