This is what I took for snacks on my 8-mile hike. 
Two boiled eggs and two peanut bars (held together with some kinda hard syrup). A folded piece of aluminum foil that contains salt and pepper for the eggs. Also, four 1/2 liter bottles of water.
As mentioned, I used to have exercise induced hypoglycemia (and reactive hypoglycemia as well). The Lord hooked me up with all the teaching that I needed to figure out how to handle these, and then healed me. I no longer have problems with either. Yea, God!
In my twenties, it was bad enough that I wasn’t expected to live through my thirties. But, I did. And, I don’t have diabetes! =D
Anyways… What I did that beat the exercise induced hypoglycemia was:
- Eat a good, balanced meal within two hours of leaving to hike or workout.
- Bring a bunch of small, balanced snacks along.
- Stop and eat a snack every fifteen minutes
That’s it. And, it worked!
Now I don’t have to eat right to keep from passing out. But I still like to pay attention to my body and know that eating good food on time and especially balanced snacks when hiking keeps me stronger. So, this was my makeshift attempt to get some carbs and protein available for a several hour hike.
Examples of snacks I used to use would be half a fruit plus one of these for protein:
- a handful of nuts,
- chunk of cheese,
- a little meat, or,
- one slize ezekial 4:9 bread with crunchy peanut butter, folded in half.
I would prepare a variety and choose a carb and a protein on the trail. My carbs could be something other than fruit but that was my favorite and a whole fruit would be too much.
Note: Yes, the eggs pictured are really boiled. I waited for them to boil before taking the pic. No, those are not the actual eggs and peanut bars I ate that day. This pic is a *re-enactment.* These I may eat tomorrow, or over two days of hiking if I don’t do a long hike tomorrow.
Play along: Have you ever *crashed* or run for the food immediately after working out?
