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Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 08:45:32 No.303328 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>303373 >>303374 >>304395 >>307124 >>308504 >>311131

How many calories are there in a standard US Army MRE?

I'm asking because none of the local sites that deal them are telling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 11:15:00 No.303358 Report

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1250 calories normally

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 11:50:58 No.303370 Report

Quoted By: >>303390 >>304395 >>306386

1250-1300 usually if you are just hiking you need only one a day because of their nutrition but if you are in the military you need (which I might be wrong) 3 a day

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Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 11:55:43 No.303373 Report

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>>303328
BP5. think about it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 11:58:02 No.303374 Report

Quoted By: >>304388 >>304403

>>303328
NRG 5. think about it. just because its already 2014.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 12:28:52 No.303378 Report

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it's listed right on the packaging, op...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Apr 2014 13:03:46 No.303390 Report

Quoted By: >>307106 >>307135

>>303370

Do you even into math?

I am male and a slim guy, relatively tall. My basic need is nearly 2000 kcal everyday. That is, 2000kcal in warm temperature while lieing still and not using my body.

If I am "just hiking" and cover 30km a day while humping a backpack, you can easily add 2400kcal to that. Making it over 4 fucking thousand kcal a day.

>need only one a day because of their nutrition
>1300kcal

Because of their nutrition, my ass....
Do the math. You will need several MRE's everyday.
MREs are extremely impractical from their weight+volume to energy ratio.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 18:51:31 No.304388 Report

Quoted By: >>304713

>>303373
>>303374

What are these?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:15:11 No.304395 Report

Quoted By: >>304400 >>307133

>>303328
There's nutrition info on the fucking packages. They're calorie dense and if memory serves they're around 5k. I was just happy to not get the vegetarian omelet and you don't exactly count calories out in the field or on deployment.

>>303370
You can easily rat fuck 1 MRE for an entire day. I've had to split one a day between two people for several weeks, and while we were fucking hungry it wasn't crippling starvation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:19:30 No.304400 Report

Quoted By: >>304402 >>304404

>>304395
>I've had to split one a day between two people for several weeks, and while we were fucking hungry it wasn't crippling starvation.

What happened?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:21:35 No.304401 Report

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dinner
powder soup base with high protein. potato, broccoli cheddar, etc. you can find these at normal groceries and not at trader joe's. add a fast cooking starch. couscous, quinoa, ramen. quinoa has a lot of protein, otherwise i'd supplement with dehydrated ground beef. something fresh is also good. mushrooms, onions, bell peppers. these all keep well for a few days without refrigeration. spices like garlic, pepper to taste. keep them premeasured in a separate bag and dump them in. dessert: choco, cookies, brownies

breakfast
instant oatmeal/muesli/granola with powdered milk
luxurious but heavy: real eggs, bacon, granola. so good.

snacks
trail mix, tortillas with pepperonis and cheddar, peanut butter

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:22:35 No.304402 Report

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>>304400
Taliban set up us the bomb.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:23:51 No.304403 Report

Quoted By: >>304412

>>303374
what's the best? NRG-5, BP-5, or plumpynut?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:29:38 No.304404 Report

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>>304400
Out on a COP with fuck all for supplies. Never have I wished more that I'd joined the Chair Force.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Apr 2014 19:46:15 No.304412 Report

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>>304403

I don't know what they are?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Apr 2014 01:29:14 No.304533 Report

Quoted By: >>304580 >>304688 >>306085 >>306386

Do these things induce constipation? When I went elk hunting with my uncle a couple years ago I ate nothing but MREs for four days straight and didn't shit for a week.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 18 Apr 2014 05:31:13 No.304563 Report

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I went to a winter survival course where I had to make 3 MRE's last a week and that was rough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Apr 2014 07:41:12 No.304580 Report

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>>304533

>mergan ready-to-eat
>fiber

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Apr 2014 15:09:29 No.304688 Report

Quoted By: >>308871

>>304533
> didn't shit for a week.

And when you did, it was a cinderblock. Yes, MRE's are legendary for their stopping power.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 18 Apr 2014 16:26:27 No.304713 Report

Quoted By: >>306070 >>306189 >>308867

>>304388
Lifeboat/emergency rations.

Calorie dense bars. Not very dense in (good)flavour or texture apparently.

Seems to be a euro brand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 07:26:10 No.306070 Report

Quoted By: >>306077 >>306107

>>304713

so each bar is 2300 calories

or the entire box(9 bars) is 2300cal?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 07:42:52 No.306077 Report

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>>306070
The entire box is 2300, distributed into 9 bars.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 08:16:44 No.306085 Report

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>>304533
did you use the chewing gum? it works as a natural laxative.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 09:15:48 No.306107 Report

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>>306070

Entire box.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 15:13:05 No.306189 Report

Quoted By: >>306396

>>304713

>Calorie dense bars. Not very dense in (good)flavour or texture apparently. Seems to be a euro brand.

They aren't that bad. Of course, they are pretty dry. But they taste okay, slightly sweet and powdery. I have this in a BOB. Can't go any better for calorie/weight/volume ratio.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 21:59:28 No.306386 Report

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Tonnes but the food is meant for personnel in combat.

>>303370 Only 1 per day per person and I've had lots of the snacks left over very often.

>>304533 They do bung you up because they are very protein heavy. There are usually biscuits that help you resume normal movements and the chewing gum does contain a very slight natural laxative.

they are also designed to be used in a specific way - protein to induce constipation, sugary sweets and drinks to give you energy throughout the day.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 21 Apr 2014 22:13:57 No.306396 Report

Quoted By: >>307116

>>306189
>Of course, they are pretty dry
this is why you mix them with milk, energy drinks, water or other fluids. they use them most in time in africa.

NRG5
pro Riegel (55,6 g)
255,6 kcal

we have also milk powder. picture releated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 09:50:42 No.307106 Report

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>>303390
I said I might be wrong I never said you CANT survive from one a day. If you're doing a longer hike such as what you're doing you will need more. I just you could survive off one day

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Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 10:47:37 No.307116 Report

Quoted By: >>307185

>>306396
>Therapeutic Food

Wut.

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Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 10:50:10 No.307118 Report

Quoted By: >>308253

OP found something you might be interested in.

The British Army do a 24 hour ration pack which has 4000 kcals in.

Has everything a Brit soldier needs for a day (yes including tea)

http://www.cadetsuk.com/contents/media/vesty24hourwithbritisharmypakaging.jpg

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 11:25:15 No.307121 Report

Quoted By: >>307125 >>307128

Out of curiosity: I've always wanted to try an MRE diet...if I ate 1 MRE a day (portioned out throught the day) and engaged in moderate physical excercise, does anyone have any thoughts as to the possible results?

Besides a plugged-up asshole.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 12:11:14 No.307124 Report

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>>303328
The better question is, how long do you plan on being constipated?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 12:21:03 No.307125 Report

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>>307121
How long would you be doing the diet for? I wouldn't recommend it long term because of the distinct lack of fresh fruit and veg you'd have no fiber or vitamins

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 12:48:59 No.307128 Report

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>>307121
I heard MREs are but for bulking but I dunno about one MRE a day for the entire day

But if you're looking to lose weight, MREs don't look like the best way to do it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 19:41:07 No.307133 Report

Quoted By: >>307137

>>304395
Regular mre's aren't that much. You may be thinking of those new fangled strike 24hour mre's.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 19:45:13 No.307135 Report

Quoted By: >>307155 >>307171

>>303390
>That is, 2000kcal in warm temperature while lieing still and not using my body.
Wow, you sure are pampered.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 19:47:50 No.307137 Report

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>>307133
This OP
http://www.mreinfo.com/us/fsr/first-strike-ration.html
They seem widely improved over old MREs

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 20:37:46 No.307155 Report

Quoted By: >>307174 >>307186

>>307135
>pampered
I'm not OP, but still I'm not sure what was your goal.
My daily requirement is app. 3500 kcal - 90kg, 185cm, 15km a day bike, 12hrs office work.

When backpacking it goes up to 4000-4500kcal a day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 21:43:27 No.307171 Report

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>>307135
This doesn't make sense?

What are you trying to imply here poster?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 21:57:59 No.307174 Report

Quoted By: >>308177 >>308191

>>307155
>office work
>3500kcal

fat fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 22:39:49 No.307185 Report

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>>307116
F100 is a is very nutritious milk powder. they also added various vitamins.

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Anonymous Wed 23 Apr 2014 22:42:54 No.307186 Report

Quoted By: >>308177 >>308191

>>307155
>15km a day bike, 12hrs office work.
>When backpacking it goes up to 4000-4500kcal a day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2014 16:05:19 No.308177 Report

Quoted By: >>308191

>>307174
>>307186
>what is base metabolic rate

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2014 16:47:58 No.308191 Report

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>>308177
>>307174
>>307186

my BMR is ~2060 kcal
15 km of riding a bike (racing type, my average speed is 25 km/h, but I ride mostly in the city) consumes ~500kcal, the work itself consumes ~900kcl.

BTW it's funny how your imagination works - "fat fuck" and "wlamart walrus" seems pretty odd when speaking of a 185cm/90kg guy (or, if you'll be more pleased no knowing how to calculate mesurements, 6 feet 1 inch / 198 pounds)

cheers

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2014 20:07:06 No.308253 Report

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>>307118
I can confirm the rat packs are god tier. Dat beans and sausage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2014 20:27:35 No.308283 Report

Quoted By: >>308354 >>308501

Hello, I am wondering why would people want to eat MRE ?

I work as a.. forester I guess in my country as well as a search and rescue guy (dont know how are those called in English) and I had to take a couple of side classes (like tying knots and that kind of stuff lol) out of which one was types of food. And all I can say, MRE, European or American, is not ideal food for you at all.

Not sure what your end goal is but there are some foods easily found and at moderate price that are far more cost-effective and effective as food then MRE.

That is just my 2 cents....
Also while I served the military, almost no one ete MRE's. And I worked for PMC for 3 years....

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2014 21:23:54 No.308354 Report

Quoted By: >>311434 >>311510

>>308283
Maybe if you want to have an emergency food supply that'll keep forever...but yeah, I'd much rather go with the NOLS cookbook for day-to-day eating /out/.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2014 04:56:36 No.308501 Report

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>>308283
>PMC

you are scum

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2014 05:07:44 No.308504 Report

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>>303328
Bout 1300 but varies.

Why the fuck would you want them?
>Source: I'm a marine

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2014 02:11:12 No.308867 Report

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>>304713
>>304713
>compressed high energy biscuits

sounds appetizing

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2014 02:20:06 No.308871 Report

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>>304688
sounds like they are in line with opiates
actual, literally butthurt
fuck this back pain man, i just want to go /out/

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Anonymous Thu 01 May 2014 06:29:38 No.310417 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 May 2014 07:30:14 No.310428 Report

Quoted By: >>310519 >>310527

Don't ever eat more than one MRE a day. Drink copious amounts of water with every MRE you eat if you ever want to shit again.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 May 2014 15:01:04 No.310519 Report

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>>310428
or eat dried fruits. semi-dry prunes.

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Anonymous Thu 01 May 2014 15:22:43 No.310527 Report

Quoted By: >>310555 >>311047 >>311080 >>313923

>>310428
Surprised it hasn't been posted, yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 May 2014 17:39:18 No.310555 Report

Quoted By: >>311052

>>310527
never seen that one, thought it was the one about the guy who shit all over his officers

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2014 16:19:57 No.311047 Report

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>>310527
>non-photographic jpeg
I'd direct you to /out/, but we're already there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2014 16:31:55 No.311052 Report

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>>310555
>shit all over his officers
>555
This must be true

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2014 17:21:22 No.311080 Report

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>>310527

Oh god, oh god.

I need to avoid coming to /out/

My fucking side. I can't catch my breath.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2014 18:46:30 No.311131 Report

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>>303328
>>/ck/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2014 09:53:49 No.311434 Report

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>>308354
>MRE
>last forever

Compared to freeze dried shit like Mountain house, MREs expire "quickly", at least relatively speaking.

>MRE
around 5 year shelf life IF stored at 50 fahrenheit

>Freezedried meal
30+ year shelf life so long as the package remains intact and the contents remain dry.

The down sides of Freezedry is that it's generally less calorie dense and requires you to carry water and boil it in order to use the food...so it's not "ready to eat" by any means, but is far better as a long term storage "emergency food" than an MRE.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2014 13:19:59 No.311467 Report

Quoted By: >>311779 >>311785

www.poopreport.com/Consumer/Content/MRE/mre.html

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2014 15:36:47 No.311510 Report

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>>308354
anyone care to post some basics or screen shots of the NOLS cookbook? I'm curious

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2014 16:09:23 No.311522 Report

Quoted By: >>312973

Guys, please do not buy MREs. They are basically just junk food. 80% of the calories are from the fat and sugar in all the snacky foods and the peanut butter. You can make superior ready to eat meals from shit you can buy at a gas station for less money. MREs are like 7 or 8 dollars each.

They are also bulky as fuck and create a fuckton of disgusting garbage you have to carry around with you.

The make sense only for the military because they simplify logistics for them and they keep for a long time. They do not make sense for people who can go to the store and buy canned goods. If you want emergency food, buy some peanut butter. It keeps forever and it's nothing but calories.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2014 01:08:25 No.311779 Report

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>>311467
>poopreport
this exists
top lel

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2014 01:22:36 No.311785 Report

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>>311467

>We named his creation Jesus, and he got the nickname "The Virgin Mary". The smell was so bad that we had to pack up our camp site and hike almost half a kilometer upwind before we got out of the smell.

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Anonymous Tue 06 May 2014 04:38:58 No.312973 Report

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>>311522
>and it's nothing but calories.

I mean, all food is nothing but calories.

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Anonymous Thu 08 May 2014 10:47:58 No.313923 Report

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>>310527
Captcha "eenmm calamitous"

Not even kidding

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