nutritional and supplementary considerations

When one tramps, there is damage to the muscles and the body will cannibalise protein from said muscles in order to effect repair. So the muscle mass is broken down to some degree. Seeing as my legs are on the scraggy side anyway, my post-tramping meal includes a decent whack of protein which is used for the repair job. But, hey we are definitely all different. I have observed many blokes with scrawny legs and builds who did a ton of exercise. But I noticed they didn't eat much protein during the trip or after e.g pizza flavoured bread with tomato soup for the main meal... I would hazard a guess that at least a cm thick, palm-sized serving of protein would be required. Matthew, chime in and tell us you're a muscle-bound adonis even though you're a vegan! We are all individuals but a feed of chips and tomato sauce isn't going to do your body a favour, post-hike.