Do you guys stick to paleo in the back country too? Seems like that would be particularly challenging as most backpack food is grain heavy, other than jerky and trail mix.
Its not just the grains in MH its all the soy and other chemicals that have no basis for being in food. It is challenging so you have to make your own.
I make my own food. See the sticky in the Cooking in the Wild section about freezer bag cooking. When I am under a heavy energy demand like hunting or hiking I am not going to be trying for the low carb 50 grams of carbs a day as I am no longer looking for body fat loss. I have not spent the time to turn my body into a fully ketosis based energy system burning mostly fats.
For my food I use simple carb sources that are also easy to prep without cooking: thin rice noodles and mashed potatoes. I use these for spaghetti and vegetable mashed taters. Real simple to make, pack, heat, and eat. I do not need anything complicated or a replicate of some home meal. But my meals are pretty enjoyable out of a zip loc when I'm dead on my butt.
My other foods are sweet potato crackers (see that sticky for the info), and date/nut bars, and coconut meat. I have tried pumpkin pie bark and it is a great snack (think thick fruit leather) but I needed more that it had to offer engery wise. My sweet potato crackers have a lot of vegetation in them and that fills the void in the gut of not having a salad every day.
I always add olive oil or coconut oil into the dinner meals for extra calories. I have experimented with cacao/coconut butter mixed in coffee for breakfast but I am stuggling with the bitter cocao. I don't mind a mocha but without the sweetness its hard to manage.
Artisana makes a whole host of coconut products including small packs of coconut oil and coconut butter and their cacao/coconut butter. Find them on amazon.
The biggest draw back to paleo back country is that your food is heavier due to the fat, but your food will have significantly more calories due to the fat. I don't know where the balance is in that as it depends on your body and how you've trained it to use types of energy.
Poser, I talked to Heather back in November and she was pretty freaked out to be sending stuff to TN, but all her meals have sold out each time they make a batch. I hope that when she gets back home I can get her some samples of my sweet potato crackers so she can see if they are something she can produce and offer in her line up.
I enjoy the lifestyle, but I have to modify it to keep on the weight. I train for hunting every day, and then I have a physical job (home construction). I am curious if others on here have had a hard time keeping on weight on a pure paleo diet? I honestly eat all day long, and then eat huge meals.
