[pct-l] how to eat - question

[montypct]

>to offset less than adequate nutrition or calories
> during the day? Or doesn't it work that way?

Most thru-hikers eat constantly, so there's little or nothing to offset from 
the day.

Besides a quick cold breakfast and a lunch, I eat 4-5 snacks a day.  Quality 
of these can make a difference.
Dinner is usually two cups of boiling water with something like a 
Lipton/Knorr Noodle or Rice side added to it followed by a Snickers bar.

In town my brain says two pounds of fresh veges and my body says a pound of 
greasy meat, eggs and pancakes.  I usually find a balance in there.

Leaving town I try to carry something fresh as first-day-out food.

Just like most thru-hikers my favorite food 
is.............................................more.

Warner Springs Monty


Lightweight Backpacking
The fun goes up when the weight goes down
-Warner Springs Monty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GARY HEBERT" <hikerfedex at gmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 6:12 AM
Subject: [pct-l] how to eat - question


> Here's a pretty basic yet complex question I never quite resolved on my AT
> trek....(sometimes you can convince yourself something is so even if it
> isn't - so I still don't know the answer)
>
> Can you eat a big meal of protein, nutritious stuff, etc each nite,
> bordering excessive, to offset less than adequate nutrition or calories
> during the day? Or doesn't it work that way?
>
> Or is the issue more of optimal/ideal nutritional intake (throughout the
> day, all day everyday) vs. the next best thing, e.g., nitely or every few
> days in town eating well (quantity & nutritionally speaking)
>
> FedEx
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