Have you ever ever been on a backpacking journey and never had an urge for food? Even if you happen to’re climbing 15 to twenty miles a day?
It’s irritating as a result of you need to be hungry, and want power to hike the subsequent day, however you may’t convey your self to dig in at time for dinner.
“We will by no means eat what I take…simply not hungry. I eat extra sitting at my desk at work than when climbing 15-20 miles a day on the AT”
There are 3 the reason why you may lose your urge for food on a backpacking journey:
- Totally different Consuming Schedule
- Totally different Meals
- Much less Free Time
Totally different Consuming Schedule
In case you have a hard and fast routine of meal serving occasions at house, it could possibly be that your physique and thoughts should not acclimated to your new backpacking schedule if you happen to eat at a unique time, particularly throughout the first few days of your hike. In case you’re like most individuals, and you may solely take brief 1 and 2-night backpacking journeys, you would possibly by no means get used to the modified schedule. In case you can keep out longer than a couple of days, my guess is that your physique will ultimately acclimate to the schedule change and also you’ll be hungry once more when dinner is served.
Totally different Meals
It may be that you simply desire regular meals over industrial backpacking meals or the sort that you simply put together FBC type. I’ve largely given up gave up on shopping for freeze-dried or dehydrated backpacking meals and bringing the identical meals on journeys that I are inclined to eat at house, like cheese, crackers, bread, nuts, granola, tuna fish, rice… simply common meals, so there’s not any “adaption” required.
Much less Free Time
In case you’re sitting at work and munching on meals, it’s since you both have free time or you may multi-task. Strolling is much extra lively than sitting nonetheless and also you would possibly simply must take longer breaks to snack than you do in the present day.
A few years in the past, I might by no means cease for breaks throughout the day and in consequence, I ate sparingly between breakfast and dinner. At the moment, I make some extent to load up the again pocket of my backpack with about 1,000 energy value of snacks every morning earlier than I depart camp. I take lengthy breaks each few hours to relaxation and soak up my environment and I really feel relaxed sufficient to munch as a result of I’m not in a rush to rise up and stroll.