What (not) to Eat

Time to start thinking about the logistics. What am I going to EAT?

Generally, I try to eat high-protein, low-fat and relatively-low-carb. I did the Dukan Diet for a while, and certainly lost weight. However, the almost-no-carb aspect of the Dukan turned out not to work so well for distance running -- I’d flop out, cranky and dizzy, after only about 6 miles. So for the LT I’ll need to just eat. On the C2C, my sis and I ate every 2-4 hours. With intense hiking, that’s probably a refill every ~1,200 calories?

At first, I thought I wouldn’t take a stove – I’m notoriously rubbish at cooking (my pal LJF, correctly, says I’m the only person who can screw up pasta) and I don’t want to carry anything unnecessary. Here are foods I’m thinking of taking that don’t need cooking (or a can opener):

1)      Met-RX bars

2)      Cabot Extra Light Sharp Cheddar (well, any kind of cheese)

3)      Jerky

4)      Peanut Butter

5)      Tortillas (wheat)

6)      Various Nuts

7)      Some kind of flapjacky delight

ideally, freshly baked by an Enid Blytonesque farmer whose property I happen across

8)      For the peaks: special motivational sugar-treats from my dear mum: Kendal mint cake and Fruit&Nut (on the C2C, this got me back on my feet after a 20-odd mile day through deep snow).

Sorry America, when it comes to choc you are no superpower. 

Then a friend mentioned that, with a stove, I could make oatmeal. In a situation where I’m denying myself almost every other creature comfort – electricity, plumbing, marimba, drumkit, the Internet, laundry facilities – the difference between cosy oats and cold slimy PB-on-cheese could make all the difference.

Potential stove-foods:

1)      Instant Oatmeal

2)      Ramen

already feeling pretty bored just looking at this.

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