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Clarifications:

The 5000-7000 calories per day is not a consumption goal, but rather is what I calculated would be burned daily based on the participants and activity parameters set. Some weight loss is acknowledged and expected. Solutions resulting in people returning emaciated however are not within our meal plan goals...

The excercise is non-tactical, although the meal plans should also be useful in an unsupported tactical setting. I see this as a distance vs. time vs. fuel weight/bulk equation that we are working. Pre-positioned caches would be contrary to the self imposed goals here. Solutions that are totaly non-workable in a tactical setting would not be as desirable to me or everyone else (this is a tactical field craft thread afterall).

MRE's, canned goods, and any goods packaged with water were pretty well written off by me from the start due to the water weight. Fresh produce in great quanties was also out in my mind for the same reasons.

Dehydrated meals are certainly part of my own vision for this, but I wanted to go beyond just planning for 42 dehydrated prepackaged meals as a solution and perhaps identify base meal elements that were light, nutritious, calorie rich, low bulk, reasonably non-perishable and resilient when packed, and applicable to different prepared meals, (rice, pasta, others?). Critical vitamin and other supplements were also a thing to be considered (particualry immune system boosters while in the bush for an extended period under conditions that will be otherwise taxing the immuno system).

The parameters are meant (in part) to push outside the scope of mainstream military and civilian meal solutions somewhat.

Good discussion. Keep it going.