Hiking? When You Eat on Trail Is Just as Important as What You Eat
A dietitian writing for Backpacker magazine said something I've needed to see in print: hikers don't think of themselves as athletes, so they don't fuel like athletes.
I've been that hiker. I've also been the one whose hands were shaking so badly I couldn't open my food bag on trail. It took hours to climb back from that.
For my GLP-1 community specifically: if your appetite is suppressed, "eat when you're hungry" is bad trail advice. Your body is working whether your hunger cues are or not.
Built for this: What nobody tells plus-size pilgrims about walking the Camino de Santiago
I'm a health coach who has walked the Camino at different sizes. And before my very first step, a stranger pointed at a larger pilgrim and said "don't worry — if she can do it, you can do it."
I hadn't been worried. Until that moment.
I wrote the guide I wish someone had handed me before that first Camino. Gear, training, pace, albergues, the emotional side of it — all of it. For plus-size pilgrims who are wondering if their body belongs on the trail.
It does. Full post at the link.