Not surprisingly, food quickly became my biggest expense, and I bet I was spending about $30 per day. Note: I still lost weight, even though I ate, I bet, close to 6,000 calories per day. (I averaged 83 miles per day for the 56 days I took.)
All this talk about food is already making me hungry....
I can attest to the increased appetite that comes with weeks of extended physical effort- I'm a little guy, but I've amazed people at how much I need to chow down when the calories haven't been coming in enough. I'll start eating meals every 2 to 3 hours and all i can think about is FOOD! I figure I'll eat at least twice as much on tour as I do at home.