Calorie Counting

So we've been counting a lot of calories lately and watching what foods we're eating in order to maintain the appropriate diet and weight while on the trail. So far we've been pretty successful; Garrett has maybe lost 10 pounds and I've lost between 5 and 10 pounds!


Here are some of the foods that give us the most bang for the buck, because we really don't want to lose any more than we already have. It is not your typical diet...because we really do want to have the most calories for the weight we are carrying!

Oatmeal cream pies: ~ 300 calories each
Double stuffed Oreos: 70 calories each
King size Snickers: 280 calories
1/4 lb cheese: ~250 calories
2 tablespoons peanut butter: ~200 calories

For the next 8 days, this is what we'll have to eat between the two of us: 16 oatmeal cream pies, malto-meal & oatmeal with dried fruit and nuts, 16 protein builder bars, peanut butter & nutella with flour tortillas, 2 pounds of trail mix, a box of oreos, 1 pound of protein powder, mozzarella cheese sticks, beef jerky, olive oil, parmesan cheese, vegetable soup mix, couscous (20 oz for two meals), instant rice with soup mix (2 meals), mac & cheese with tuna & chili sauce mix (1 meal), sun dried tomatoes with 1 lb stuffed pasta (1 meal), instant mashed potatoes with instant stuffing and gravy mix (1 meal), fiesta rice with bacon bits (1 meal), mocha, tea and other drink mixes...we hope it will be enough!!