I am seeking some expertise in estimating daily caloric consumption. I will be tree planting in the very near future and would like to maintain current weight.
The exercise is as follows and will be done over the course of 9 hours (including meal times) and repeated 6 days a week:
Note: I will be wearing a bag around hips weighing about 30 lbs. that will be emptied down to 5 lbs. roughly every hour or hour and a half.
- bare minimum of 2000 squats (held for about 6 seconds each)
- roughly 6 regular distanced steps between each squat
- striking a small one handed shovel into the ground (3lbs) about 2500 times
These tasks will be performed on, more often than not, terrain that is on an incline.
I neglected to mention the climbing over top of fallen trees, walking to and from other caches of trees saplings, and the inserting of the trees into the ground. I feel that these are much less physically intense activities and so I won't include them in the assessment that I request you provide me with.
This is generally performed without stopping, except to eat, and the steps between each squat are of the pace one would take while power walking or a very light jog.
I am currently 160 lbs, at 6 feet, out of shape, but have a low body fat content. I'm wondering how much protein/calories and I should look at consuming on a daily basis. I went planting last summer and ended up losing weight (about 10 lbs).) by the end of the season due to insufficient food consumption, despite me having eaten pretty well as much as body could handle. So a second question I have for you is, what are some additional foods (apart from regular 3 course meal) that I should look into eating? Preferably something easily prepared and quick to consume that will provide me with a lot of energy. I should also mention that I am a pescatarian.
I would prefer to maintain current body weight or at least not stray to far off.
Thank you in advance for your help, it is greatly appreciated.
(Very High Calorie) Tree Planting Diet
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Re: (Very High Calorie) Tree Planting Diet
Hi WP, good to talk to you.
Your exercise plan doesn't seem unfeasible, if a little unusual, but I would say just doing the regular digging should work, rather than try to add other elements into it, as the exercise regimen couldn't be sustained anyway in the long term, because of its nature, so treating the exercise as mainly a cardiovascular workout, as opposed to one with strength building benefits, would seem to me like the way to go.
As for the diet there are other things you can consider as snacks or to be used to make snacks, one or two you already eat like microwave baked bean, soup and rice dishes, vegetables like pineapple, raw carrot and celery sticks, fruits including tomatoes and cucumber, bread, peanuts, low fat cheese, nuts, flax seeds, low sugar yoghurt. sandwiches, pre-boiled eggs, ham, turkey, beef and chicken from a packet and oat granolas.
Your exercise plan doesn't seem unfeasible, if a little unusual, but I would say just doing the regular digging should work, rather than try to add other elements into it, as the exercise regimen couldn't be sustained anyway in the long term, because of its nature, so treating the exercise as mainly a cardiovascular workout, as opposed to one with strength building benefits, would seem to me like the way to go.
As for the diet there are other things you can consider as snacks or to be used to make snacks, one or two you already eat like microwave baked bean, soup and rice dishes, vegetables like pineapple, raw carrot and celery sticks, fruits including tomatoes and cucumber, bread, peanuts, low fat cheese, nuts, flax seeds, low sugar yoghurt. sandwiches, pre-boiled eggs, ham, turkey, beef and chicken from a packet and oat granolas.