The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. Yet for whatever reason, that step is almost always the hardest to take. My first few miles on trail were filled with fear, anxiety, uncertainty, and a desire to turn around. No, seriously! Those were the emotions I was feeling the first 4 miles I hiked on the Appalachian trail. I was constantly thinking I missed the sign to get on the trail or that I missed a turn-off, or would run into a bear, which I did, that definitely helped my state of mind. Yet I kept telling myself to keep going and that it was just my mind playing tricks on me and old insecurities playing out in my mind. Which turned out to be true. Lesson 6 in todays episode: Your trail legs come day 3-4. Not only does this apply to our legs, but our minds. If we keep going, we will get better, and we will catch wind in our sail. We just have to get past the first few steps.
This episode is the first of a 5 part series encompassing the lessons I learned from 10 days and 173 miles on trail. Not only are these lessons simple and basic truths to backpacking, they readily apply to our everyday lives. This series will review similarly grouped lessons, how they apply to backpacking, and how to use them in everyday life. Many are straightforward and simple to understand, while others need parsing. Stay tuned to learn more lessons from the mount.
This week we covered 2 episodes as I was so excited about getting back into the habit of podcasting last week, I forgot one.
Recipe 1: Snickers yogurt cup
1/2 cup vanilla greek yogurt
1 Tablespoon peanut butter
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
1 pinch of sea salt
1 Tablespoon of salted peanuts
Melt the peanut butter and mix it with the Greek yogurt. Next, melt the dark chocolate and spread it evenly on the surface of the yogurt. Add the pinch of sea salt and salted peanuts on top before placing it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. Take out and Enjoy!
Homemade protein cookie dough
1 cup full-fat cottage cheese
1/2 cup almond flour
1 scoop vanilla whey protein
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Put all the ingredients but the chocolate chips into a food processor and turn on until it has a cookie dough consistency. Turn off the food processor, add the chocolate chips, and turn the food processor on to mix them in. This recipe provides 8 servings at 170 calories. 13g Carbs, 8g protein, and 10g fat per serving.
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