Bushwalk Australia

Hi guys,

Just wanting to get an idea on everyone's eating frequency while out on a multi-day hike?

Mine goes like this...

Breakfast
Snacks x 2
Lunch
Snacks x 2
Dinner

Wash.Rinse.Repeat.

What about you?

Mine depends on the walk I'm doing, but I always eat every 1.5 to 2 hours. Lately it has been: Snack, snack, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. I have been doing it in this order for a few reasons. 1) I'm usually walking before the sun is up and don't like making breakfast in the dark, 2) it gets me out of camp more quickly, and 3) I like to have at least 16km walked by 10am and it gives me a good opportunity for a long breakfast break. Depending on the the distances I have to walk for the day I can sometimes take the afternoons a lot easier after my breakfast too.

whitefang wrote:Mine depends on the walk I'm doing, but I always eat every 1.5 to 2 hours. Lately it has been: Snack, snack, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. I have been doing it in this order for a few reasons. 1) I'm usually walking before the sun is up and don't like making breakfast in the dark, 2) it gets me out of camp more quickly, and 3) I like to have at least 16km walked by 10am and it gives me a good opportunity for a long breakfast break. Depending on the the distances I have to walk for the day I can sometimes take the afternoons a lot easier after my breakfast too.

.........................I do much the same...............gives me time to smell the roses or malt in the late arvo...

whatever works for you.
breakfast, then i eat snacks when i get tired hungry or my energy starts to drop, whichever happens first,
lunch, repeat random snacking
dinner
the longer or harder the day then more snacks.

for me its usually breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and then dessert before bed. unless i'm in a hurry then its just snacks and meal bars instead of lunch

breakfast or a fruit/nut bar if in a hurry + hot choc
snack mid morning
lunch (unless its pouring rain then maybe a snack)
snack mid afternoon
dinner and maybe hot choc if it's cold

+ constant supply of unsalted nuts/choc/peanut m&ms

Simple, when hungry eat!

I'm bush so forget the washing and rinsing. Plenty of repeat though

In addition to snacking I supplement my energy intake with Glucodin Tablets and on one occasion in an horrendous continual downpour on a solo walk that was all I ate in a 4 hour walk

- Coffee, not a food I know but vital to all bushwalking endeavours except in dire conditions.
- Breakfast while packing up, usually porridge but a bar if in a hurry to get an early start.
- Snack every couple of hours during the day, no formal lunch. I don't get that hungry while walking and have to make a concerted effort to eat during the day.
- Cuppa soup or similar once in camp.
- Dinner, maybe dessert.

Breakfast (not from hunger but because I know I'll regret it if I don't).
Chocolate (usually a Cadbury's Boost bar) to celebrate attaining a peak.
Dinner & hot soup (at camp) along with Glucosamine/Chondroitin tablets.
Interspersed with a little jerky from time to time and even occasionally some lollies or nuts or crackers.

I find I lose my appetite when walking. Food is mostly making myself eat through sheer commonsense and self-preservation.

Jerky is easy to eat on the move especially home made I also like Scroggin also home made

Coffee, a couple of muesili bars, snack, snack, later lunch, snack, hot drinks on stopping if cold, dinner. Like North North West I tend to lose interest in food when walking and have to apply discipline to make sure I do eat enough. I wonder how common that is? At home food is continually on my mind. Out bush I couldn't care less about food beyond having enough energy to get up that next hill.

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I am still at planning, preparing and dreaming.
I like the sound of JohnStrider and WhiteFang's eating routines. When I do short walks I always start them early/very early mornings because that's when I am at my best. What would be a typical days 'menu' and what would a days food weigh?

Coffee
More coffee
Sometimes porridge with black sugar and butter
Snacks and chocolate while on the move
Hot brew if cold and tired and a break is needed
More snacks and chocolate
Dinner
If I've done my planning and preparation properly my snacks are nutritionally complete and tasty enough to eat as a full ration but not so sweet as to be overwhelming and dinners are as simple to prepare as possible
If it's cold a high fat snack like a Mars bar before bed

Hunger doesn't usually hit me until the end of a day on a big hike. But I ensure I have something to eat every proper rest break. A proper rest break in my book is when I take my backpack off - of course excluding those times where you have to take it off for some unplanned reason, e.g. harness adjustment.

A standard day for me looks like this:

Coffee
Breakfast - Oats or muesli
Break 1 - Handful of mixed nuts, chocolate, lollies
Lunch - Tortilla bread with peanut butter or salami and cheese and a handful of the nut mix
Break 2 - Whittaker's dark chocolate peanut slab
Dinner - Start with a cup of soup. Then Back Country Cuisine / pasta or rice meal
Dessert - More chocolate and tea / wine / port

Donna13Rik wrote:What would be a typical days 'menu' and what would a days food weigh?

They say 700g-1kg per day.

For me....
Coffee
Breakfast - Carmens quick oats with powdered milk'
Lunch - wrap + smoked salmon (day 1 only) or sachet tuna + dehydrated cucumber/zucchini + mayo or dehydrated hummus
Snack options - crackers and laughing cow cheese (the pantry pack version), hard cheese, salami, jerky, scroggin
Dinner - homemade dehydrated meal + dehydrated veggies + deb or couscous
Dessert - the list of options is long
Drinks - teas, cocoa, red wine