Originally Posted by
RockDoc
No, that's not true. You'll never eat enough calories to equal what you are burning on a hard day of hiking. Hiker hunger is the body's response to insulin swings, caused by the kind of food you recommend, Cheerios, granola, etc. It doesn't happen if you don't eat those foods, and take the trouble and time to get fat adapted. But you wouldn't know if you have never fat adapted.
It's wonderful to be free of horrible hiker hunger, which leads to disgusting gluttony on the AT. Mind your insulin swings and this will not happen to you. Freedom! (and tons of energy from the almost limitless energy from burning fat on your body). No you don't need more calories, that's so wrong.