Solus wrote on Mar 25^th, 2021 at 6:11pm:


This is exactly why using a scale can be self-defeating when you're trying to get into shape or stay there

  Google comparison pics of men/women of the same weight but one group has high body fat and the other is within the guidelines for their age/gender.

Don't worry about your scale weight, worry about how much of it is hanging over your beltline. 

Muscle and fat weigh the same (a pound of muscle weighs a pound, a pound of fat weighs a pound). It's like the old joke: "Which weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?"

Muscle is denser than fat. A pound of muscle will occupy less space then a pound of fat.

Jimbo wrote on Mar 24^th, 2021 at 11:45pm:




Dang varmints!!  Jimbo, you lie....er....exaggerate with the best of us....I've never lost a "full" meal to the varmints....unless they looked like they were scrawny and starving....

PK,

Your red squirrel friends eat more of your food than you do.

Jimbo 

Well, the guys I've tripped with the past couple seasons would not be surprised I lose about 5 pounds a week on my trips....they'll insist it's because I don't eat.  I beg to differ....I do eat, just not like them....   

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Not ALL weight is the same. I know from years working out that people who are new to strenuous exercise ( compared to their normal day) are often surprised they gain weight on their scale. 

I used to tell them how do your clothes fit now?
They would tell me their jeans are looser.

  You're building LEAN muscle paddling/portaging.
  Muscle weighs more than fat but takes up less space.
  That's why you can gain weight but lose inches.

  Of course, it also depends on how much excess body fat you start with.

Going in early May, I'm still carrying winter fat, so for me I always lose weight.

Wally13 wrote on Mar 24^th, 2021 at 3:34am:

I have the exact opposite experience.

I drive to the put-in and the first thing I do when I get there is take off my jeans with the leather belt and put on my baggy nylon camping pants with the elastic belt.

Ten days later...

At the take-out, I pack up and and put on my jeans and they are uncomfortably stiff and heavy and baggy. Oh, and the belt gets cinched up a notch.

Then I get home and weigh myself before a welcome shower and to my amazement, I've normally always gained like 5 pounds or so. Go figure?

Terry,

Thanks for the offer to help.

Mike

If you need road support here in MN, let us know. I can break away from whatever I'm up to in August and meet up with you in northern MN to re-equip your expedition or just move you past the wild rice bogs!

Sounds like a well-thought-out plan!
Look forward to reading about it and seeing some pics too.