View Full Version : What do you think about this menu?
Breakfast:
2 hot pockets 600 cal
1 pop tart 400 cal
Total 1000 cal
Lunch:
Water with crystal lite
Bagel 350 cal
3 tbs peanut butter 300 cal
3 oz cheese 300 cal
Total 950 cal
Dinner:
4oz tuna fish packet 160 cals
15 Triscuits 240 cal
3 oz Cheese 300 cal
Hot tea
Total 700 cal
Snacks:
1 oz Soy nuts, wasabi peas 150 cals
Ramble~On
02-13-2009, 17:01
That'd be light and you wouldn't need anything more than a Ti mug and esbit stove for your cooking - stick to stuff like this and adjust your tastes and calorie needs as you go. I eat like a horse, pig and hungry hiker all in one...I'd need more.
How are you going to heat up the hot pockets?
daddytwosticks
02-13-2009, 17:04
What's hot pocket? Isn't that one of those frozen food pastry thingies? Won't they thaw out and go bad over a period of time?
well im not gonna heat it up. im gonna eat it cold. i figure it will stay since it will be 30 degrees for my whole trip. PLus the flavor is much better than anything else one could make....arguably. Do you think i need more calories
daddytwosticks
02-13-2009, 17:11
How long are you going out for? Are you going to eat the same menu each day?
im going out for 3 days, 4 nights, 40 miles. Yes approx the same menu each day. i might buy different flavor tuna packets, hot pockets, and poptarts. I just added string cheese to each meal.
daddytwosticks
02-13-2009, 17:35
Looks OK to me...you'll survive. It will make that 1/2# greasy cheeseburger taste so much better at the end of your hike! :)
max patch
02-13-2009, 17:36
Except that I added jelly, your lunch menu is what I ate for lunch almost every day on my thru.
I don't think you have enough "bulk" for supper. I'd add something.
1 ounce of snacks per day is way too little. Gorp, power bars, fig newtons -- add something.
I prefer oatmeal or cold cereal for breakfast. Don't think I've ever had a hot pocket in my life; so I'm not going to comment one way or the other.
Bring a couple of sticks of butter. Won't go bad, will add calories and taste.