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

I know when I do 10 -14 days in Quetico I lose an average of 8 lbs.

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?