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    Tim Halberg
    BPL Member

    @turtlehead

    Locale: Folsom, CA timhalberg.com

    I'm through hiking the JMT in July.

    I've done it once before, and my meals were as follows every day:

    Two packs of instant oatmeal
    Three chewy granola bars
    One box of couscous

    What can I say, I was in college, it got the job done.

    I realize now, I probably was far short on needed calories, thankfully though I was and still am a bit pudgy.

    I'd love to hear what you guys pack for trips.

    I'm looking to eat well, but still lose weight on the trail, as well as not carry too much weight in food. I'd be happy to pack and eat the same again, but at the same time, wouldn't mind eating in a way that keeps my energy up.

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks!

    #1436662
    Pedro Arvy
    BPL Member

    @pedroarvy

    Locale: Melbourne

    Sample Menu for 3 Day Hike

    3 100 gram museli bars

    300 grams bread
    9 slices (200 grams) cheese
    Pack of sprouts
    150 grams snow peas
    2 big carrots
    3 handfuls rocket

    400 grams fruit/nut

    2 soups
    1 pasta pack
    1 noodle pack
    ginger
    6 mushrooms
    4 freddo frogs

    600 ml Scotch
    2 cuban cigars

    #1436671
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Nuts: almonds,peacans,macadamium,pumkin,sunflower
    Dried fruit: rasins,cherries, mangos,pineapples
    GU energy gels
    250-300 calorie enrgy bars
    Bagels,PB,honey,humis
    M&M's, skittles, starburst
    Cheeze sticks, cheeze balls in wax
    Mary-Jane dehydrated meals
    SINGLE-MALT SCOTCH!
    Small carrots,apples
    Kornchips,pringles,grahm crackers
    Powdered gatorade

    #1436688
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    I don't eat much breakfast. Usually I tank a quart of beverage and some crackers. Then I pack a bag of snacks to eat all day. I pack things like dried fruit, potato chips, nuts – a balance of potassium, protein and fat. Chocolate as well. I often pack in shelf stable cheese to munch and servings of soup that make 1 cup. I tend to eat all day, grazing.

    For dinner I make a meal of choice with chocolate or cookies for snack.

    To up my fruit I often carry freeze dried fruit and make ice tea (herbal) I float the fruit in it.

    I always carry olive oil to add to dinner.

    I also like instant (homemade) hummus and crackers or tortillas.

    #1436707
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Oh yea, Don't foreget the new and improved tuna packets- you gotta get your protien!! plus Salmon packets

    #1436716
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    Hit up http://www.harmonyhousefoods.com for dried veggies, fruit, cooked dried beans and flavored TVP :-) Their stuff is very good and as well is all uniformly small – so it works well in trail meals.

    #1436851
    Christopher Holden
    BPL Member

    @back2basics

    Locale: Southeast USA

    I just picked up the some things, including a few trials of TVP from Harmony House. I'm still looking at the bags of TVP asking myself if I'm really going to eat it.
    The dehydrated strawberries make powdered milk tolerable. I think adding some granola will make a decent breakfast.

    #1436881
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    The flavored TVP is actually pretty good! Just start small – 1 Tablespoon per person. If not used to it and you eat tons it can cause gas ;-) But otherwise the Beef one tastes nearly identical to hamburger gravel!

    #1436883
    Laurie Ann March
    Member

    @laurie_ann

    Locale: Ontario, Canada

    Hi Tim,

    We eat pretty well on the trail and I have put many of my recipes into a cookbook. Basically I dry meals at home so they are lightweight and I simply have to add water at camp. I'm not one for mere sustenance as I look at good food as part of the whole experience. I think I'd get pretty sick of the same fare over and over.

    Some great books are….

    Lipsmackin' Backpackin'
    Lipsmackin' Vegetarian Backpackin'
    Backpack Gourmet
    A Fork in the Trail < shameless plug
    and Freezer Bag Cooking

    #1436890
    Sam Haraldson
    BPL Member

    @sharalds

    Locale: Gallatin Range

    Breakfast:
    5 oz. granola
    1 Snickers bar

    Morning Snack:
    2 homemade energy bars

    Lunch:
    One can Pringles (crushed and in Ziploc)

    Afternoon snack:
    Energy shake (Hammer Perpetuem, Carnation Instant Breakfast, Powdered Milk)

    Dinner:
    900 to 1000 calorie homemade/dehydrated meal (typically rice, bean, or meat based with veggies and heavy on oil).

    Desert:
    1 Snickers bar, cookies, et al

    #1436898
    David Neumann
    BPL Member

    @idahomtman

    Locale: Southern Oregon Coast

    I prefer to cook only in the evening, so my current regimen includes:

    breakfast: 1 Larabar, 1 Probar
    snack #1: 1 Larabar, 1 Granola Bar
    snack #2: candy bar
    snack #3: mixed nuts
    dinner: pasta or rice-based meal with protein
    dessert: chocolate bar

    24 ounces, 2650 calories (23% fat, 64% carbs, 13% protein).

    #1436952
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    This is a shot for a trip with my son. Two days, around 30 miles:
    Photobucket

    It is a good combo of everything with some junk thrown in.

    #1437004
    Tim Halberg
    BPL Member

    @turtlehead

    Locale: Folsom, CA timhalberg.com

    wow… ok guys! This is a great start for me to start switching things up, I really appreciate it!

    I'll let you know what I come up with.

    #1437090
    Scott Bentz
    BPL Member

    @scottbentz

    Locale: Southern California

    Someone mentioned the taste of milk on the trail. I like to use Carnation Instant Breakfast in the morning with milk. However, powdered milk that is freshly made tastes bad. So, what I like to do is make my milk up at night and let it float in a stream. By the morning the milk is cold and tastes great. Try this at home. Mix the milk real well and then let it relax in the fridge overnight. Tastes much better.

    It's interesting to see everyone's choices.

    #1437744
    Tim Halberg
    BPL Member

    @turtlehead

    Locale: Folsom, CA timhalberg.com

    thinking about doing a decent number of almond snickers bars, I've seen these bars repeated over and over and feel like it's something that'll help keep me eating and moving…

    #1437756
    Jonathan Ryan
    BPL Member

    @jkrew81

    Locale: White Mtns

    My long trips these days are only around 2-3 days unfortunatly, but here is my basic menu for a 30-40 mile weekend

    5 oz Mixed nuts
    5 oz dried fruit
    12 oz bag PB M&M's
    1-2 Freeze dried meals
    Bag of precooked Spanish rice and beans in tortilla's
    Hammer gels
    baggie of Gatorade powder
    4-5 Natures Harvest granola bars

    it is alot of food, but I always end up eating it all.

    #1439358
    Tim Halberg
    BPL Member

    @turtlehead

    Locale: Folsom, CA timhalberg.com

    I made the big mistake of thinking I'd eat 1 pound of gorp/trail mix each day on the trail.. yikes.

    Thankfully I did a test run earlier this week and am starting to get things sorted out.

    I'll post up a list of my final food plan hopefully early next week after I get it all packed and shipped out.

    Thanks a ton for the great ideas!

    #1439371
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    Just don't forget fiber. A lot of people do….and it sucks to be feeling icky cause you cannot go :-(

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