Spam singles and chicken/tuna creations with mayo or olive oil packets are things that I’ve used. Brazil nuts and pecans are great options as well. The difficult thing is keeping your macros correct. Thanks so much for the KETO focus! It’s inspiration to keep me on my program and on the trail!
This was awesome. The link to Next Mile Meals is so awesome. I'm having such a hard time finding pre-packaged meals that are gluten free and also more keto patterned. Really appreciate the information. And, you are looking great and keep doing what makes you feel great.
You are doing an awesome job in presenting the Keto way of living and hiking. Thank you. Yeah, I'm Keto for almost a year. PCT sections on Keto. I'm a type 2 diabetic. It works.
Thanks so much for this!! I'll definitely check out some of your suggestions. You may be able to get a better deal on macadamia nuts by buying in bulk online or somewhere like Sprouts Farmer's Market or Wegmans. Good luck with keto resupply in Scotland and thanks again for the info!!
I learned about FBomb brand from you, now I carry a couple of the nut butter ones in my purse everywhere! I got SO many good ideas from this video, right when I was starting keto a couple months ago, and it really got me off to a good start even though I’m not hiking! I have one question: what is the brand on the tortillas? Again, thank you for such a helpful video! Oh, and try Lily’s chocolate chips! No sugar and perfect for trail mix, or whatever!
Perfect Keto makes some pretty good bars. I usually also pre-package my breakfasts from low-carb protein powder, Perfect Keto MCT Oil powder and instant coffee with Sweetleaf powdered Stevia all mixed into one of my 1L smart water bottles. Pepperoni is another fantastic option for snacks or meals when combined with the low carb wraps and some cheese. You didnt mention anything about electrolytes, which after a few years of backpacking on keto I have found is the BIGGEST issue that people overlook. Your body is constantly flushing sodium, etc and you need to replace it. I typically mix 1/2tsp of pink salt, 1/2tsp of No Salt (Potassium), with a bit of Mio Naturals and some liquid Stevia in 1L of water... tastes like Gatorade but NO sugars or crap you cant pronounce. Magnesium in the form of tablets is the easiest on the trail. Cant wait to see how you do on the TGO with it being overseas and resupply options.
Great vid, thxs. I just started using Laird’s Superfoods (keto) creamers and coffee, along w alpine starts. Also, what’s the brand if your low carb tortillas? Heathers Choice is great for breakfast too.
Gosh, it may be too late, but I really hope you are shooting some of your food purchases in Scotland and put it in your trip videos OR do a follow up video about what you ate from your resupplies from the local stores there.
Thanks for the vids. An important topic for those of us who want more than Ramen and mash potato sides on trail! Eating healthy on trail is a big challenge. I bring coconut oil, almond (or PNB), lots of 86% dark, and 20 oz of olive oil to get the healthy fats I need. Love traders J beef jerky but it is devoid of fat and unsatisfying. Will be trying good old bacon instead. Haven't found a good solution for my veggies. Going to try bringing some baby spinach to add to dinners, see how it goes. I always start day 1 with an avacado, klamata olives, any always lots of cheese ! What a change from the "old" days when I lived on sugar and processed carbs! Thanks for the tips.
I use hard salami on my roll ups and use a mayo packet. I will add some olive oil on my dehydrated meals Also I eat Quest bars and some other lower card energy bars. Also Keto granola with coconut powder is a great breakfast. My favorite is Bubus Bourbon Vanilla. Remember since you are being very active, you can eat a few more carbs than usual and not get out of Ketosis. It more of a “targeted keto” diet when you are backpacking. Great vid!
Just The Cheese Bars, Crunchy Baked Low Carb Snack Bars are great with wild caught sardines in olive oil. Fat Fuel Company Keto Coffee is a good breakfast. Wild Zora meat and veggie bars are a good snack bar. All available on Amazon. Also, if I'm eating Keto on the trail I seldom have to snack in between meals. Love the F-Bombs too - wish they would grind the macadamia nuts into a butter - to many chunks are left in the packaging. Enjoy your trip.
Awesome vid. Trader Joe’s has some good prices on nuts, individual olive oil packets and grass fed beef sticks that are fantastic. How does the weight compare to standard backpacking fare?
Have great fun in Scotland! Try 50/50 nut butter and regular butter on low carb tortilla. Also protein shakes with coconut powder powdered cream and stevia protein powder.
Glad to see you got on board with Keto. It makes a huge difference I’m sure you’ve noticed by now. Once I got fully adapted after a few months I changed it up a bit and added more carbs here and there. KYOK!
I've been eating Keto for several years....I ended up making my own dried meals for hiking....dehydrating burger and chicken is easy....I did some veggies too but bought broccoli already dried ...i even did some eggs....pretty tasty. The Chia low carb wraps are the lowest in carb count.....the kid sized Rx bars are better in carb count for snack bars.....Enjoy your trip......I'm gonna look into some of your suggestions....thanks
I make my own Keto granola for breakfast, since I do not like sweet stuff. I barely put any stevia in it. Coffee with coconut oil and powdered heavy cream (yum!). Lunch: spam, tuna, chicken. Dinner: first night I usually cook (dehydrated corned beef, riced cauliflower, salsa verde, heavy cream powder and some cheese all mixed up in a cook pot. Other nights: summer sausage, pepperoni, any veggies that will keep in my pack (celery, cucumber, broccoli, etc). Salted mixed nuts (no peanuts), unsweetened almond butter packets are good for climb energy. I find that I do not even cook anymore, just heat water for bullet proof coffee. I also make sure that I carry my own personal mix of electrolyte powder (K, Na and Mg, especially) mixed with packets of propel fitness water. I would love to try the Next Mile Meals, but I am a really low-budget hiker (aka Poor :) )
Thanks for sharing. I eat a keto diet and on the trail it’s more like keto light. I drink my coffee with Ghee, packets I get off Amazon. At home I am very rigid with my eating but not so much on the trail. I am burning through all my calories very fast anyway. I get my nuts, cheese and keto bombs at COSTCO. I will check out those meals you suggested. Take care
Try pouched salmon,tuna or chicken in your roll up. Add mayo packet or other favorite condiment packet. Buy bulk freeze dried meats and veg and mix up soups and stews packets with bullion cube, packet, seasoning and healthy oil added in on trail. I mix dehydrated coconut milk with Garamond masala and curry for an Indian twist in soups sometimes. I like coconut flakes (unsweetened) and nuts for snacks. The dinners (next mile) look really good. Stuff your face with fresh low cal veggies and avocados while in town. 🍀😊. I’m keto too, hard to maintain without food drops, at home trail support. Best of luck! Oh also for drinks, I like tea, coffee, dehydrated coconut milk, flavor water packs, electrolyte supplements and the real lime, real lemon dehydrated packets added to water. Smart to try out meals at home, I’ve met many a hiker with the poops from the sugar alcohols used in many low cal high protein bars and shakes. Have a great trip!
Just an FYI, in the US when in town I have found that ham and cheddar cheese omelets are available just about in any restaurant/diner that they will serve during the whole day. I don't get any potatoes or toast with it, just the omelets. I do a keto load eating 2 or 3 like we used to do back in the 70s eating a carbo load with pancakes, etc. I don't through hike, but, average about 2400 miles a year doing trail maintenance and trail magic over 300 days. As you know for thru hikes it is all about calories so if you want to stay completely keto you have to do a lot of research before hand to find or make foods you will eat over 4-8 months. The rule of thumb I have used for fourty years now is 200 calories per mile for continuous hiking running over a two week period or more. Hope that helps???
Hi I’ve been following you for a long time, I’m an avid hiker a hike in high altitude here in Nevada, and I’ve been on keto for about seven weeks and I went to go on a hike up to 11,050 feet and I couldn’t make it a mile and a half and I became nauseous and dizzy, and the thing is is I ate a protein powered shake with spinach and I have never felt so weak on the trail in my life I had to turn back
Tour Divide Keto Bikepack Racers have found that… Although they cannot avoid carbs in trail town resupply… They consume lots of healthy fats...and are able to stay in ketosis.
slim fast has a keto bomb (peanut butter chocolate) which taste awesome, uses stevia as a sweetner so not too unhealthy. Their keto meal bars are not too bad
Thanks for this.......we use many of these for backpacking. Will have to look at the fbomb macadamia nut butter.. The Beef Jerky we found on Amazon in People’s Choice Old Fashioned Beef Jerky original. Ingredients: beef, water, sea salt, spices, and garlic butter. Nutrition facts: 2.5 servings per package, 90 Calories per serving, calories from fat per serving 20....total fat 2.5 g, carbohydrates 0g, protein 16 g.......and it tastes pretty good! There is no sugar which we like. As for what you are carry, I would probably eliminate the tortillas....we look at total carbs, not net carbs in figuring our carbs out.
I guess my question is whether you need to keep your carbs quite as low when you’re doing sustained exercise like in a through hike. If you consume low-glycemic carbs like fruits just before and during your hiking day, I think your body would just burn them rather than store them, and since you’ve already depleted your glycogen stores while being on a Keto diet, I don’t think it would throw off your Keto. Might be a good option if you’re bonking really bad while hiking. I plan to carry some emergency carbs until I figure out how my body reacts.
If you have a Trader Joe's nearby....macadamia nuts are $10 a bag there (and they use better healthier oils on them). Cheaper than at the Hy-Vee Health Market. My wife recently had weight loss surgery, and she has to live pretty much on a Keto-like diet to avoid negative side effects of eating sugars and (bad) fats. Thanks for putting this up, this gives me a few ideas for her. I've been trying to get her to go the the Boundary Waters for over 20 years, and hoping with the lifestyle change (for her) she'll join me to Isle Royale, SHT, etc in the future. Feel free to talk more about this, interesting topic:-).
If you are eating sugar it is not Keto diet man. I know you got things down to as low amount as possible and I love your knowledge and have massive respect for you. Its just it would be nice to be able to be strictly Keto and all of the insight that might involve. I always learn a lot from you, its just I do not want sugar in my body and I am looking for as much information to stay Keto as possible. I really love Keto so much man. It makes me incredibly happy in life.
You can even find ghee in Walmart now. And instead of fbomb packets, just buy small bottles of oils. Even coconut and avocado oil is in the supermarts these days. Keto is close enough to "low carb" which goes back to the Royal Canadian Air Force Diet of the 1960s. Which the internet doesn't seem to mention.
*Generally* speaking... the more active you are, the more carbs you can tolerate and stay in ketosis. So, a couple grams here or there for better tasting beef jerky for example, should be doable. Especially if it boosts morale and keeps you moving!
How do you manage your electrolytes? That is the only thing that concerns me when I'm traveling. I don't worry about food much anymore but being without my sole water is a big concern.
From their website FAQ... WHY ARE THE MEALS $14? Open your nearest bag of traditional hiking food. You know, the ones with the smiling people and the mountain vista and the warm fire and the oh, what's that? Most of the bag is filled with noodles? Or rice? Or potato flakes? Where's the meat? Carbs are cheap, which is why most camping food manufacturers dump inexpensive pasta or grain into their meals, keeping their cost low and their profit high. Next Mile Meals are 100% keto, meaning none of our ingredients are cheap shortcuts. Our meals are full of meat, veggies, and cheese, which increases the cost but keeps you full and fueled up and is a great value. As we continue to grow and scale, we expect this price to come down; our mission is to make all of your outdoor adventures achievable on keto, and that means affordability is our goal.
@@Rileyjsnow To me, none of those MREs are worth the price. If you like that type of stuff (Mountain House) Knorr rice or pasta sides are very cheap. Just add summer sausage, Vienna sausage, beef jerky or SPAM or foil pack chicken like most hikers who can't afford all these expensive and over-priced MREs do. Personally, I hate all those foods. I prefer fresh veggies and fruit (non-Keto foods) but also take pepperoni, cheddar cheese and wraps (those are Keto). I'm not buying "it's the meat" that increases the price of these meals. People are paying the price of these meals (same with tents, quilts, down jackets, shoes, and just about any ultra light gear) and that is why the cost is so high. If they didn't sell, the cost would come down.
You are paying for the convenience of freeze drying, which significantly reduces weight. There are cheap non-keto options (knorr sides, etc) but Keto equivalents in freeze dried ingredients are not readily available in normal resupply spots. Freeze dried ingredients are available online, and buying these in bulk and putting together meals would be the cheapest option. Dehydration, which is cheap to do at home is not at all the same as freeze drying, which requires an expensive machine. It’s one option, might work for someone on shorter trips. I think it’s cool that the Next Mile company was started by a woman who hiked the PCT on Keto, so she probably knows her stuff better than many.
I make my own. Buy the beef and chicken in #10 cans and the veg of your choice. All freeze dried. You can’t get enough fluids out on trail so I eat a lot of soups. I can’t do dairy anymore. But cheese powdered and cream sauce powders are available as well. Save all the stay dry packets from jerky or other backpacking meals and the bags, you have to carry them out anyway, and reuse them a time or two. By sending yourself vac sealed meals to resupply points when possible, then transferring them to the reuse bag you can be a little more thrifty and stay on the Keto diet. All left over freeze dried food is put in mason jars with the dry packets and vac sealed to maintain freshness.
For the calories you get the Macadamia nuts are less expensive than any of the packaged commercial keto snacks. I just make my own and pour it in a plastic peanut butter jar.
I think to be a good idea if you made a video is going through Walmart like you did before but on a keto diet because it seems like the keto diet you won't be able to get at Walmart food City or wherever
I,m on a keto diet,, Just did a 30 mile on the AT in Southern PA in two days. I don't think I had enough carbs to fuel my body. Be careful. I finally ate a double serving of a high carb pack meal at lunch the second day. it definitely made a difference in energy levels,, that and the hail storm that pummeled us the last three miles before we finished.
Do you supplement your electrolytes while your hiking? Thats usually the number one reason people feel like they have low energy when hiking on keto as long as you are taking in enough fats.
I'm surprised you're not recommending olive oil or coconut oil. I'll probably bring a bottle of both as staples (not sure what bottles to use yet..) I suppose you've got the fats to add to coffee, but on a longer trip I would think oils would be an easy way to have staple food.
Bigfoot: I have been on the Keto diet for the last year. I have lost 55 lbs, but my LDL and Cholesterol numbers were high. Do you think rigorous exercise such as hiking would bring the numbers down?
You should watch dr Eric Berg’s video about that. The keto doctors say its ok. Hmmmm. Maybe it was Dr Ken Berry. Sorry, I’m not sure now, but its one of those fellas! If you query YT, you’ll probably find the video about it.
I tried Keto 3 yrs ago for 10 days. Couldn't do it because you have to limit fresh fruit and I couldn't. I do think it's probably the healthiest diet for LD hiking due to all the fat and protein in that diet. That is what you need for muscle nourishment and added calories via fat. I haven't found the foods I like most (fresh veggies and fresh fruit) to eat while hiking. I'm more WFLC (whole food/low carb) than hiking allows. I don't do processed food; if I can help it. Trail food is all processed. Macadamia nuts are too expensive. Brazil nuts and raw almonds are cheaper (Brazil nuts only by a little) and are high fat. You should be able to buy some type of summer sausage in Scotland and probably cheeses.
Thank you for the video. I live in the Netherlands and have been on a low carb diet since 2012. A few months ago I found the Next Mile Meals. To bad they can't sell to Europe. I've been using products from Atkins, the Chocolate brownie bar is to die for! nl.atkins.com/producten/repen/chocolate-brownie.html For lunch a use 1 low carb wrap with fresh spinache, a package of tuna and a avocado. And I have a dehydrator and make my own biltong/beef jerky and all sorts of vegetables. Just trying to compose some good dehydratet dinners for the trail.
Add the “Keto Brick”. 1k calories, keto macros. I like all their flavors. Ketobtick.com. They are thick food ‘bars’. Tad heavy per brick, but 1k calories
Why a low carb diet in cold wet Scotland? You will need to constantly generate heat. Especially one that can not readily be sustained once you are over there. I must be missing an important fact. Enjoy Scotland, especially any sunny days!
I think you are more low carb than keto. Grains and anything processed with cane sugar/maltodextran are not keto.As you journey through the keto diet, the ingredients are key even though products are low carb they are not keto. Suggest skipping the wraps they are grains fat bomb has cane sugar. Chocolate bar cane sugar . Suggest Lilly’s chocolate bar sweetened with stevia. Meat sticks switch to nicks sticks and chomps. And need to add electrolytes like keto chow electrolytes. I realize there is a continuum of keto but most folks are low carb. Still good and weight loss and healthy is always good. It’s not easy on the trail with food.
Dukes smoked shorty sausages are way better then EPIC.
Spam singles and chicken/tuna creations with mayo or olive oil packets are things that I’ve used. Brazil nuts and pecans are great options as well. The difficult thing is keeping your macros correct. Thanks so much for the KETO focus! It’s inspiration to keep me on my program and on the trail!
Spam has sugar in the ingredients
Thanks for posting. I’m looking forward to your follow up vids.
Wow!! Learned about a lot of different foods for Keto from the video! Will def be trying some of these!! Happy hiking!!
This was awesome. The link to Next Mile Meals is so awesome. I'm having such a hard time finding pre-packaged meals that are gluten free and also more keto patterned. Really appreciate the information. And, you are looking great and keep doing what makes you feel great.
Thanks for sharing! I have been exporting all the different angles to find food to eat while backpacking and day hikes
You are doing an awesome job in presenting the Keto way of living and hiking. Thank you. Yeah, I'm Keto for almost a year. PCT sections on Keto. I'm a type 2 diabetic. It works.
Thanks so much for this!! I'll definitely check out some of your suggestions. You may be able to get a better deal on macadamia nuts by buying in bulk online or somewhere like Sprouts Farmer's Market or Wegmans. Good luck with keto resupply in Scotland and thanks again for the info!!
Thanks for the great ideas. I take salmon or tuna packets as well.
Thanks for sharing. I've been really trying to focus on healthier eating both on and off trail.
Bigfoot you rock man!!! I super appreciate this video!!!!
I learned about FBomb brand from you, now I carry a couple of the nut butter ones in my purse everywhere! I got SO many good ideas from this video, right when I was starting keto a couple months ago, and it really got me off to a good start even though I’m not hiking!
I have one question: what is the brand on the tortillas?
Again, thank you for such a helpful video!
Oh, and try Lily’s chocolate chips! No sugar and perfect for trail mix, or whatever!
Perfect Keto makes some pretty good bars. I usually also pre-package my breakfasts from low-carb protein powder, Perfect Keto MCT Oil powder and instant coffee with Sweetleaf powdered Stevia all mixed into one of my 1L smart water bottles. Pepperoni is another fantastic option for snacks or meals when combined with the low carb wraps and some cheese. You didnt mention anything about electrolytes, which after a few years of backpacking on keto I have found is the BIGGEST issue that people overlook. Your body is constantly flushing sodium, etc and you need to replace it. I typically mix 1/2tsp of pink salt, 1/2tsp of No Salt (Potassium), with a bit of Mio Naturals and some liquid Stevia in 1L of water... tastes like Gatorade but NO sugars or crap you cant pronounce. Magnesium in the form of tablets is the easiest on the trail. Cant wait to see how you do on the TGO with it being overseas and resupply options.
Thanks for the insights!
Thank you! This is really really helpful.
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Great vid, thxs. I just started using Laird’s Superfoods (keto) creamers and coffee, along w alpine starts. Also, what’s the brand if your low carb tortillas? Heathers Choice is great for breakfast too.
Gosh, it may be too late, but I really hope you are shooting some of your food purchases in Scotland and put it in your trip videos OR do a follow up video about what you ate from your resupplies from the local stores there.
Looking forward to seeing your Scotland videos
Just leaving Glasgow now. Should have the videos up in the next 1-2 weeks.
@@FollowBigfoot Great. I've got the popcorn ready. 😄
Thanks for the vids. An important topic for those of us who want more than Ramen and mash potato sides on trail!
Eating healthy on trail is a big challenge. I bring coconut oil, almond (or PNB), lots of 86% dark, and 20 oz of olive oil to get the healthy fats I need. Love traders J beef jerky but it is devoid of fat and unsatisfying. Will be trying good old bacon instead. Haven't found a good solution for my veggies. Going to try bringing some baby spinach to add to dinners, see how it goes. I always start day 1 with an avacado, klamata olives, any always lots of cheese !
What a change from the "old" days when I lived on sugar and processed carbs!
Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for your Keto video. Very helpful. Press on.
Could you do a video of how your keto worked during the TGO. What worked, what not and what did you resupply.
I use hard salami on my roll ups and use a mayo packet. I will add some olive oil on my dehydrated meals Also I eat Quest bars and some other lower card energy bars. Also Keto granola with coconut powder is a great breakfast. My favorite is Bubus Bourbon Vanilla. Remember since you are being very active, you can eat a few more carbs than usual and not get out of Ketosis. It more of a “targeted keto” diet when you are backpacking. Great vid!
Just The Cheese Bars, Crunchy Baked Low Carb Snack Bars are great with wild caught sardines in olive oil. Fat Fuel Company Keto Coffee is a good breakfast. Wild Zora meat and veggie bars are a good snack bar. All available on Amazon. Also, if I'm eating Keto on the trail I seldom have to snack in between meals. Love the F-Bombs too - wish they would grind the macadamia nuts into a butter - to many chunks are left in the packaging. Enjoy your trip.
Awesome vid. Trader Joe’s has some good prices on nuts, individual olive oil packets and grass fed beef sticks that are fantastic. How does the weight compare to standard backpacking fare?
Have great fun in Scotland! Try 50/50 nut butter and regular butter on low carb tortilla. Also protein shakes with coconut powder powdered cream and stevia protein powder.
Glad to see you got on board with Keto. It makes a huge difference I’m sure you’ve noticed by now. Once I got fully adapted after a few months I changed it up a bit and added more carbs here and there. KYOK!
Great vid, thanks
I've been eating Keto for several years....I ended up making my own dried meals for hiking....dehydrating burger and chicken is easy....I did some veggies too but bought broccoli already dried ...i even did some eggs....pretty tasty. The Chia low carb wraps are the lowest in carb count.....the kid sized Rx bars are better in carb count for snack bars.....Enjoy your trip......I'm gonna look into some of your suggestions....thanks
did you dehydrate raw burger and chicken or cook it first?
Stock up on biltong. They sell it everywhere in the UK.
I make my own Keto granola for breakfast, since I do not like sweet stuff. I barely put any stevia in it. Coffee with coconut oil and powdered heavy cream (yum!). Lunch: spam, tuna, chicken. Dinner: first night I usually cook (dehydrated corned beef, riced cauliflower, salsa verde, heavy cream powder and some cheese all mixed up in a cook pot. Other nights: summer sausage, pepperoni, any veggies that will keep in my pack (celery, cucumber, broccoli, etc). Salted mixed nuts (no peanuts), unsweetened almond butter packets are good for climb energy. I find that I do not even cook anymore, just heat water for bullet proof coffee. I also make sure that I carry my own personal mix of electrolyte powder (K, Na and Mg, especially) mixed with packets of propel fitness water. I would love to try the Next Mile Meals, but I am a really low-budget hiker (aka Poor :) )
Body mass numbers ?
Thanks for sharing. I eat a keto diet and on the trail it’s more like keto light. I drink my coffee with Ghee, packets I get off Amazon. At home I am very rigid with my eating but not so much on the trail. I am burning through all my calories very fast anyway. I get my nuts, cheese and keto bombs at COSTCO. I will check out those meals you suggested. Take care
Try Quest bars and cookies. My keto go to on the trail.
Try pouched salmon,tuna or chicken in your roll up. Add mayo packet or other favorite condiment packet. Buy bulk freeze dried meats and veg and mix up soups and stews packets with bullion cube, packet, seasoning and healthy oil added in on trail. I mix dehydrated coconut milk with Garamond masala and curry for an Indian twist in soups sometimes. I like coconut flakes (unsweetened) and nuts for snacks. The dinners (next mile) look really good. Stuff your face with fresh low cal veggies and avocados while in town. 🍀😊. I’m keto too, hard to maintain without food drops, at home trail support. Best of luck!
Oh also for drinks, I like tea, coffee, dehydrated coconut milk, flavor water packs, electrolyte supplements and the real lime, real lemon dehydrated packets added to water.
Smart to try out meals at home, I’ve met many a hiker with the poops from the sugar alcohols used in many low cal high protein bars and shakes.
Have a great trip!
Just an FYI, in the US when in town I have found that ham and cheddar cheese omelets are available just about in any restaurant/diner that they will serve during the whole day. I don't get any potatoes or toast with it, just the omelets. I do a keto load eating 2 or 3 like we used to do back in the 70s eating a carbo load with pancakes, etc. I don't through hike, but, average about 2400 miles a year doing trail maintenance and trail magic over 300 days. As you know for thru hikes it is all about calories so if you want to stay completely keto you have to do a lot of research before hand to find or make foods you will eat over 4-8 months. The rule of thumb I have used for fourty years now is 200 calories per mile for continuous hiking running over a two week period or more. Hope that helps???
Hi I’ve been following you for a long time, I’m an avid hiker a hike in high altitude here in Nevada, and I’ve been on keto for about seven weeks and I went to go on a hike up to 11,050 feet and I couldn’t make it a mile and a half and I became nauseous and dizzy, and the thing is is I ate a protein powered shake with spinach and I have never felt so weak on the trail in my life I had to turn back
Tour Divide Keto Bikepack Racers have found that… Although they cannot avoid carbs in trail town resupply… They consume lots of healthy fats...and are able to stay in ketosis.
slim fast has a keto bomb (peanut butter chocolate) which taste awesome, uses stevia as a sweetner so not too unhealthy. Their keto meal bars are not too bad
pre cook bacon from Costco
Thanks for the info! Great video.
Add pickles too, it gives you a lot of the salts you need while keto and they pack and hold well too.
Olives are good. Just pour them into a ziplock baggie and you're good to go. They are Keto.
Thanks for this.......we use many of these for backpacking. Will have to look at the fbomb macadamia nut butter.. The Beef Jerky we found on Amazon in People’s Choice Old Fashioned Beef Jerky original. Ingredients: beef, water, sea salt, spices, and garlic butter. Nutrition facts: 2.5 servings per package, 90 Calories per serving, calories from fat per serving 20....total fat 2.5 g, carbohydrates 0g, protein 16 g.......and it tastes pretty good! There is no sugar which we like. As for what you are carry, I would probably eliminate the tortillas....we look at total carbs, not net carbs in figuring our carbs out.
The fbomb macadamia nut butter was incredible!
Keto bars - try quest bars. They are good. I live in so cal. They have them in Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods
Some high-fat/low-carb backpacking options I'm experimenting with:
Kiss My Keto Chocolate Instant Coffee
Hoosier Hill Farm Heavy Cream Powder
Next Mile Meals - Sausage Scramble
Greenbelly Mud Meals (shake)
Bertrand - Classic (shake)
Next Mile Meals - Beef Tacos
Olive oil
Epic Artisanal Pork Rinds
Vermont Smoke & Cure Meat Sticks - BBQ Beef
Dubliner cheese
Macadamia nuts / Pili nuts
Almonds
Dang bars
Love Good Fats Bars
I guess my question is whether you need to keep your carbs quite as low when you’re doing sustained exercise like in a through hike. If you consume low-glycemic carbs like fruits just before and during your hiking day, I think your body would just burn them rather than store them, and since you’ve already depleted your glycogen stores while being on a Keto diet, I don’t think it would throw off your Keto. Might be a good option if you’re bonking really bad while hiking. I plan to carry some emergency carbs until I figure out how my body reacts.
If you have a Trader Joe's nearby....macadamia nuts are $10 a bag there (and they use better healthier oils on them). Cheaper than at the Hy-Vee Health Market. My wife recently had weight loss surgery, and she has to live pretty much on a Keto-like diet to avoid negative side effects of eating sugars and (bad) fats. Thanks for putting this up, this gives me a few ideas for her. I've been trying to get her to go the the Boundary Waters for over 20 years, and hoping with the lifestyle change (for her) she'll join me to Isle Royale, SHT, etc in the future. Feel free to talk more about this, interesting topic:-).
god bless you for this
How did you go with the diet during the trip. I noticed you didnt do a follow up video regarding that. I suspect that it would have been difficult.
Wow! Man, you look great!
If you are eating sugar it is not Keto diet man. I know you got things down to as low amount as possible and I love your knowledge and have massive respect for you. Its just it would be nice to be able to be strictly Keto and all of the insight that might involve. I always learn a lot from you, its just I do not want sugar in my body and I am looking for as much information to stay Keto as possible. I really love Keto so much man. It makes me incredibly happy in life.
Albacore tuna packets and ranch dressing travel packets with low carb tortilla. Justin's Almond Butter packets
Bobby Vela where do you find the dressing packets? I do the tuna or salmon packets, but can’t ever find single packets of dressing.
I have a Winco grocery store here in Fresno ca. they have them there. ive also have bought mayo packs from Amazon and Ebay.
Keto bricks are really good hiking backpacking food.
You can even find ghee in Walmart now. And instead of fbomb packets, just buy small bottles of oils. Even coconut and avocado oil is in the supermarts these days. Keto is close enough to "low carb" which goes back to the Royal Canadian Air Force Diet of the 1960s. Which the internet doesn't seem to mention.
Combined with the Royal Canadian Air Force exercise program they had (5BX or XBX) you would easily be healthy and physically fit.
*Generally* speaking... the more active you are, the more carbs you can tolerate and stay in ketosis. So, a couple grams here or there for better tasting beef jerky for example, should be doable. Especially if it boosts morale and keeps you moving!
How do you manage your electrolytes? That is the only thing that concerns me when I'm traveling. I don't worry about food much anymore but being without my sole water is a big concern.
Is there a way you can get a keto menu going that you can go to local store on a thru-hike
$75. On sale for 6 of those next mile meals. 🤔 NOT worth it!!!
I would tend to agree, and I usually do backpacking food much cheaper, but have you priced Mountain House at retail recently? Not that much cheaper.
From their website FAQ...
WHY ARE THE MEALS $14?
Open your nearest bag of traditional hiking food. You know, the ones with the smiling people and the mountain vista and the warm fire and the oh, what's that? Most of the bag is filled with noodles? Or rice? Or potato flakes? Where's the meat?
Carbs are cheap, which is why most camping food manufacturers dump inexpensive pasta or grain into their meals, keeping their cost low and their profit high. Next Mile Meals are 100% keto, meaning none of our ingredients are cheap shortcuts. Our meals are full of meat, veggies, and cheese, which increases the cost but keeps you full and fueled up and is a great value. As we continue to grow and scale, we expect this price to come down; our mission is to make all of your outdoor adventures achievable on keto, and that means affordability is our goal.
@@Rileyjsnow To me, none of those MREs are worth the price. If you like that type of stuff (Mountain House) Knorr rice or pasta sides are very cheap. Just add summer sausage, Vienna sausage, beef jerky or SPAM or foil pack chicken like most hikers who can't afford all these expensive and over-priced MREs do. Personally, I hate all those foods. I prefer fresh veggies and fruit (non-Keto foods) but also take pepperoni, cheddar cheese and wraps (those are Keto). I'm not buying "it's the meat" that increases the price of these meals. People are paying the price of these meals (same with tents, quilts, down jackets, shoes, and just about any ultra light gear) and that is why the cost is so high. If they didn't sell, the cost would come down.
You are paying for the convenience of freeze drying, which significantly reduces weight. There are cheap non-keto options (knorr sides, etc) but Keto equivalents in freeze dried ingredients are not readily available in normal resupply spots. Freeze dried ingredients are available online, and buying these in bulk and putting together meals would be the cheapest option. Dehydration, which is cheap to do at home is not at all the same as freeze drying, which requires an expensive machine. It’s one option, might work for someone on shorter trips.
I think it’s cool that the Next Mile company was started by a woman who hiked the PCT on Keto, so she probably knows her stuff better than many.
I make my own. Buy the beef and chicken in #10 cans and the veg of your choice. All freeze dried. You can’t get enough fluids out on trail so I eat a lot of soups. I can’t do dairy anymore. But cheese powdered and cream sauce powders are available as well. Save all the stay dry packets from jerky or other backpacking meals and the bags, you have to carry them out anyway, and reuse them a time or two. By sending yourself vac sealed meals to resupply points when possible, then transferring them to the reuse bag you can be a little more thrifty and stay on the Keto diet. All left over freeze dried food is put in mason jars with the dry packets and vac sealed to maintain freshness.
Great ideas I'm gonna give the keto an attempt....you shed that extra weight so fast....
For the calories you get the Macadamia nuts are less expensive than any of the packaged commercial keto snacks. I just make my own and pour it in a plastic peanut butter jar.
I think to be a good idea if you made a video is going through Walmart like you did before but on a keto diet because it seems like the keto diet you won't be able to get at Walmart food City or wherever
Great video. Costco has 1.5 pounds of Macadamia nuts for a little over $17
I,m on a keto diet,, Just did a 30 mile on the AT in Southern PA in two days. I don't think I had enough carbs to fuel my body. Be careful. I finally ate a double serving of a high carb pack meal at lunch the second day. it definitely made a difference in energy levels,, that and the hail storm that pummeled us the last three miles before we finished.
Do you supplement your electrolytes while your hiking? Thats usually the number one reason people feel like they have low energy when hiking on keto as long as you are taking in enough fats.
I have not really added e lytes. Probably not a bad idea.
Hey which tortilla brand? Can't find them.
Give Lilly's chcoclate bars a try.
Sardines in olive oil
Pre cooked bacon
I'm surprised you're not recommending olive oil or coconut oil. I'll probably bring a bottle of both as staples (not sure what bottles to use yet..) I suppose you've got the fats to add to coffee, but on a longer trip I would think oils would be an easy way to have staple food.
Whoa! Deja vu!
Oh man, please try Lilly's dark chocolate. The 86% tastes so bland and tart.
I love Lily's! The salted almond dark chocolate is my FAVORITE!
Bigfoot: I have been on the Keto diet for the last year. I have lost 55 lbs, but my LDL and Cholesterol numbers were high. Do you think rigorous exercise such as hiking would bring the numbers down?
You should watch dr Eric Berg’s video about that. The keto doctors say its ok. Hmmmm. Maybe it was Dr Ken Berry. Sorry, I’m not sure now, but its one of those fellas! If you query YT, you’ll probably find the video about it.
I tried Keto 3 yrs ago for 10 days. Couldn't do it because you have to limit fresh fruit and I couldn't. I do think it's probably the healthiest diet for LD hiking due to all the fat and protein in that diet. That is what you need for muscle nourishment and added calories via fat. I haven't found the foods I like most (fresh veggies and fresh fruit) to eat while hiking. I'm more WFLC (whole food/low carb) than hiking allows. I don't do processed food; if I can help it. Trail food is all processed. Macadamia nuts are too expensive. Brazil nuts and raw almonds are cheaper (Brazil nuts only by a little) and are high fat. You should be able to buy some type of summer sausage in Scotland and probably cheeses.
Wow, that is some insanely expensive food. Keep Keto Simple. LOL
I usually eat Keto but not when I'm hiking, I need carbs to hike all day.
I want to see how you get out of that corner your stuck in
bo ryder He has to push the barrel table forward
Thank you for the video. I live in the Netherlands and have been on a low carb diet since 2012. A few months ago I found the Next Mile Meals. To bad they can't sell to Europe. I've been using products from Atkins, the Chocolate brownie bar is to die for! nl.atkins.com/producten/repen/chocolate-brownie.html
For lunch a use 1 low carb wrap with fresh spinache, a package of tuna and a avocado.
And I have a dehydrator and make my own biltong/beef jerky and all sorts of vegetables. Just trying to compose some good dehydratet dinners for the trail.
Hate to get off topic but where can I find that hat???
I bought it off of amazon from headsweats
Add the “Keto Brick”. 1k calories, keto macros. I like all their flavors. Ketobtick.com. They are thick food ‘bars’. Tad heavy per brick, but 1k calories
Has anyone tried the Keto line of slimfast bars and powdered drink mixes?
ketobicks from the keto Savage
Why a low carb diet in cold wet Scotland? You will need to constantly generate heat. Especially one that can not readily be sustained once you are over there. I must be missing an important fact. Enjoy Scotland, especially any sunny days!
Mark Buckingham carbs generate heat? Who knew!?
Enjoy doing keto but it’s an expensive diet when done properly
Yes it is....
I think you are more low carb than keto. Grains and anything processed with cane sugar/maltodextran are not keto.As you journey through the keto diet, the ingredients are key even though products are low carb they are not keto. Suggest skipping the wraps they are grains fat bomb has cane sugar. Chocolate bar cane sugar . Suggest Lilly’s chocolate bar sweetened with stevia. Meat sticks switch to nicks sticks and chomps. And need to add electrolytes like keto chow electrolytes. I realize there is a continuum of keto but most folks are low carb. Still good and weight loss and healthy is always good. It’s not easy on the trail with food.
So trendy
So you’re going to Scotland and not going to drink any beer? Ok. Have fun.
Man, if you're going cheat, cheat with whiskey or heather cream! 😉😊
beeveedee yeah I guess he’s just going to drank scotch and cream liqueur, and that’s not cheating on a keto. Nothing wrong with that!
The Scots are much more into their whiskey anyway ...
That’s not food for a serious backpacker - WAY too heavy. This video was disappointing.
Roasted nuts, no. They are dead.