Welcome to episode 129 of the first 40 miles.

If you're new to backpacking, or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love backpacking,

then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the

essentials, how to lighten your load and how to make the most of your time on the

trail. I'm your host Heather Legler. and I'm Josh Legler.

And this is the first 40 miles.

Today on the first 40 miles, Fortify

the Pretrail nutrition episode.

The time to build a solid nutritional foundation is now.

We'll share how we got back on track

and improved our off-trail nutrition. Then we're mashing up the

top five list and the Summit Gear review to share five ways to get good food

into your mouth without spilling too much on your hiking pants.

And we'll share a free resource that will inspire you to take the next step in your nutritional health.

All this, and that's a better. step in your nutritional health.

All this, and that's about it.

Today, on the first 40 miles.

Well, I've been wanting to talk about nutrition and specifically pretrial nutrition for a while.

And one of the reasons is because it's something that I feel like our family does really well at for a while and then we kind of slip back into our standard American diet habits.

And this last Christmas break when all the kids were home from school I

really struggled with just basic nutrition and I think around the holidays

especially you have special events that you go to you have special

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