TT rocks

“New to TT but have been using the site for some time now. Folks here seem very cool. Hope to get to know everyone...my backpacking friends are dropping out like flies so perhaps meeting a few diehards on TT is not such a bad thing:)”

“I can't ever remember having a bad experience meeting a TT'er.”

“haven't met me yet...”

“hey vern - who turned you on to the scdiet?”

“Gotta be a die hard around axe murderers.”

“yeah but we're TITANIUM axe murderers
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“Except for a spork I found at a wilderness campsite in West Virginia I don't own a bit of titanium.

It cold hard steel for me, boys!

Chili, meet Bearmagnet....”

“hey Vernal, where in PA are you? There are always trips going on in PA. PA is the most active state on TT so you are in a good place. I'd say there is atleast 1 trip in PA a month. Sometimes there are 3-4 PA trips a month. Come out and join us. Check the trips page. I plan a lot of trips. What kind of trips do you like? Lots of hills and big mileage?”

“there are some good back country chefs on this board too. TT rules, I love it. I never have trouble finding someone to go hiking with since I found TT.”

“Vern, Vern,Vern,Vern,Vern! Ya went Backpacking without your old buddy Ernest and now ya look as confused as a MooCow at a Hog Callin Contest, YaKnowwhatImean!

(Sorry I couldn't resist)”

“lol at JS..

Hey dude, smoky trip is coming up soon! Woohoo! Wanna carpool?”

“"There are always trips going on in PA. PA is the most active state on TT."

If this nut lived in Timbuktu that's where all the trips would be going on!


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“LOL everyone. Thanks for the warm welcome:) Get this, the first year i haven't b-packed at least a handful of trips and it's driving me insane! I was turned onto scdiet.org after being diagnosed and hospitalized with IBD (Colitis/Crohns) last spring--searched for a natural healing solution online etc... I'm 100% now due to scd, mountain bike almost everyday, but haven't been able to incorporate the diet into my b-packing food system. Please, anyone with suggestions please e-me alpinealex@gmail.com . Thanks again for the warm welcome and i hope to meet everyone on the trail asap:)”

“Vern, what sort of food do you eat/not eat?

There are lots of things that I just don't eat and for good reason...............crap!!”

“TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“No sugars, starches, lactose. It may allieviate symptoms but it's doubtful that it slows down disease progression much.

No drugs, vern?”

“Sorry Vern but BM is pretty correct. But hey enjoy life as long as you can.”

“No sugars, starches, lactose

holy shiz! thats my entire breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu!”

“The diet was a BIG transition for me to say the least. I'm not looking for a cure b/c there is none but i do want to be able to work and play and be in 100% remission. I won't bore you with the details but let's just say that this diet not only changed my dire physical state but also my mental state as well. Most of the stuff i cannot eat is garbage anyway, empty calories invented by coporations to turn a buck and slowly kill of the population. But #&%!$ man, friggin miss potatoe and rice like a mofo!! I just started eating sprouted spelt bread like two months ago and it's been a life-saver! Anyway, thanks for your words but i need your help in getting a food system together. So i can get back in the saddle and hang out with some of you trail monkeys:)”

“Hey-ell, yes!

"Most of the stuff i cannot eat is garbage anyway, empty calories invented by coporations to turn a buck and slowly kill of the population."

Ain't that the truth?”

“mmmmmmm garbage”

“mmmmmmmmmmmm poptarts....”

“What chilly sayed!
(BWT he sayed ever buddy he knos at pakpakker is good peepel and dogs and I wold say the same theeng in sept I never did kno pacpac and klteen - BOL!)”

“Every once in a Great while I get the urge for garbage. And my foodie wife looks the other way. Bless her heart.”

“Even Sarabelle like a little chili dog now and then!

Rowr!!”

“My Confession: i have lived only a few blocks from Ben's Chili Bowl since 2000 and have yet been delighted with their delicacies.

:(”

“MarkO,
It sure is the truth brother! Took me a while to figure it out but gladly it finally dawned on me. Next step is to go vegan but it's nearly friggin impossible on the scd :|

Guys and gals...treat your bodies right eh...don't allow the corporation to feed you. Enough preachin tho:)

mmmm...i'd kill for a potatoe or bowl of rice”

“Vernal, hike with us this weekend. I'm sure we can figure out what kind of meals you can take.”

“I don't think it'll happen for me this weekend, work is killing me right now. i know, i know... after the 15th i should be good to go (gonna do a WHites trip:)...but i'm concerned about the food prep either way :( IF something changes i have your invite ENS:) thanks again”

“Sorry i missed a few posts from MarkO and bearmagnet today...was distracted with work:)

BM, i was on entocort for a month and it helped the acute symptoms--surgery was ruled out b/c the meds helped at first. But i really wanted to get to the root of the problem and try to stay off the meds. Some are lucky enough to get results with nutrition and you don't have to have either disease to realize the benefits of putting good things in your body--most of it is common sense. Why i chose SCD is because it is well researched and deals with the molecular structure of food. It is working with amazing results. Stay of the poptarts dude, the last thing you need BM is more sugar. lol

MArkO,

nothing synthetically produced, no preservatives, additives, or any "manufactured" foods. no sugars, diary(i eat certain cheeses), or starches are allowed. basically, i eat fruits, most veggies, and protiens. my only sugar comes from the foods and raw honey(which is really good). may have missed some posts sorry:) but check out the website scdiet.org and e-me if you want more info

actually, anyone wanting to talk about diet, nutrition, whatever can e-me...this way i don't beat a dead horse and bore everyone eh:) don't worry i'm not an email bomber or lurker....gonna post my m.o. and some trip pics soon sos i don't scares yous:)

laters...thanks for the laughs today”

“good to meet you as well, vernal. join a few trips. i haven't met a loser yet... well... I have met a few losers but none that I didn't like...

JOKE!”

“good to meet you too Jimmy. noticed you'll be in the area...if you need a place to crash drop me a line. But, you MUST bring the seafoam green mattress:)”

“No Twinkies for YOU, bearmagnet!


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“Hi Vernal! You haven't met me yet, but I'm the Queen of TT, and you may address me as such. ;-D

Now about your diet...I think I have the perfect thing! You can eat most cheese, right, and also beans/lentils? Check out these things, they're deeelish! They are boxed, but I don't know if I'd consider them "processed" like a Twinkie or whatever, because you can read the ingredients, and they're just like what you'd put in it, if you were making it yourself.

http://www.tastybite.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=I00009BL&Show=ExtInfo

http://www.tastybite.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=I00003KS&Show=ExtInfo

I've taken these backpacking before, and they're deeelish! Well not the spinach one, b/c I don't like weird cheese. But the lentils rock!

So you can eat peanut butter, too, right? And those packets of tuna? And dried fruit? Those would all be good things to take, right. And tell me about the sugar...you can eat sugar as it's found in fruit, but not sugar from sugar cane or anything else except honey?”

“Oh I guess I didn't explain why those are so good for backpacking. The food is already prepared, in a foil/plastic packet, and all you do is boil a pot of water, submerge the packet, let it warm, open it, and eat it! No preparation whatsoever.”

“Lyra backpacks? ;-)”

“Hey watch it Princess, you ain't a Queen............just yet!!

>8^P

If too many of you eat right you will bankrupt the medical business.”

“Actually it's been a year since I've backpacked! Totally bad. Good thing you guys can't kick me off the site, being as I'm the Queen (okay Princess) and all.”

“Trader Joe's has that stuff!
I get most of my backpacking food from Joe's.

They also started selling ready-to-eat brown rice in a plastic boil-in/microwave bag.

I haven't tried the rice yet but I plan to.”

“"I just started eating sprouted spelt bread like two months ago and it's been a life-saver!"

Welcome to the boards.

I’ve modified my diet and it has made a world of difference in how I feel. Bread has always been a weakness of mine but I get the sprouted Ezekiel bread and love it.

”

“You guys are coming through! Good stuff. This is what i was hoping for...some help brainstorming.

lyra,

the packaged tuna won't do as it is a processed food, otherwise we'd be on the trail already and you'd just have to put up with my fish breath:) cannot eat anything containing added sugar. i simply gorge on raw honey, my only sugar fix--the lentils and beans don't, ummm, go down too well unfortunately and i'd hate to get poopy pants while pulling a pack.

MarkO,

don't dump your medical stocks and mutual funds yet buddy:) plenty of ignant folk out there on the standard american diet, sorry to say. in this day and age, the inforamtion is readily available there are no excuses to eat properly and avoid pitfalls. (i feel like a dad sometimes preachin this sht:)

Nigal,

Ezekiel bread tore me a new one :( i eat 'Berlin Sprouted Spelt Bread' with ease though, very easy on the gut and tastes great. http://www.berlinnaturalbakery.com

can't thank you guys enough for the suggestions and humor...will review and get back soon..peace”

“No ham hocks and pintos?”

“LOL...MarkO,

gd no, you wouldn't want to be bringing up the rear if i ate that :p”

“In my 20's I lived on every kind of dried beans known to man.

Beans and rice, etc........cheap!

Don't think I could do that with this body now!”

“Having been born in New Orleans, I need a fix of red beans and rice every Monday.”

“I hear you brother. For me, don't even want to think about what went into this body in my 20's, still paying for it years later :\ But i see the light, i see the light. Oh wait, that's just my neighbor with a flashlight kicking me out of his jacuzzi. Bedtime for me, yawn, mi get up "early in the morning" sing it:)...good hangin”

“Mmmm, red beans and rice with a little smoked sausage sounds good. Maybe I can make some for lunch or dinner tomorrow.”

“I just can't find any good sausage in Knoxville. I need to open up a connection to get some imported from New Orleans.”

“I love Andouille !!”