I'm been in the military for 6 months now with 3 months left of mandatory service (not US obviously) and the diet here is about 3900 cal per day ...

I'm been in the military for 6 months now with 3 months left of mandatory service (not US obviously) and the diet here is about 3900 cal per day (well above my TDEE). It's still not enough to gain any mass in the military but MRE's seem like they could be a super useful tool to bulk when I get out and don't need to burn all those calories. 3600 cal is about 3 MRE's (breakfast, lunch, dinner). They're dirt cheap and require almost no prep, so why don't people use them as super easy bulking material?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    there's different options in many countries

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >On average, a full military MRE meal contains 1,259 calories (43.3g of fat, 184g of carbohydrates, and 34g of protein)

    1259 * 3 = 3777 cal
    34 * 3 = 102 grams of protein
    102/2 = 51 kilos/112 pounds (based on 2g protein ker kilogram of bodyweight)

    gee fricking whiz anon, even at 51 kilos bodyweight this would be a terrible fricking idea considering you're getting 3800 calories per day

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      if you work a physical job you have to eat that much albeit

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    MREs are like 7 bucks a pop if you buy them on a military base and even more when you get them online, they aren't dirt cheap

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because when you eat enough of these you need to sue the brown spoon in the kit to dig the shit out of your ass

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      ***use

      These things are engineered to stop you up! You think the DoD wants you stopping with the squirts every five mins ?

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Not a good idea. Those are designed specifically to be as small as possible and last as long as possible. They are the anti-thesis of fresh food. If you do want to make do with cheap food like that canned foods can be very cheap, some peas here are only 25 cents a can. Peanuts are really high in calories. You might get a ready-made chicken meal for around 7 bucks that also has 1200 calories. They will taste a lot better and be a lot healthier. The only reason the army doesn't have all sorts of peanuts/fish/peas etc. going around is it would cause a lot of chaos and drama and be a huge distraction.

    It's literally goyslop, right? Even people at soup kitchens eat better.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >nobody posted Steve1989MREInfo yet
    for shame

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because they're overly processed and gunk up your insides. Some of them are decent (who /Beef Goulash/ here) but aside from the peanut butter I can't think of any MRE foods that are actually good, unless compared to other ration food.

    What country? Why don't you people make your own rations?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Who /milfit/ here? There's a guy in my platoon who met Rich Piana before he died. Gotta be strong, israel ain't gonna defend itself y'know?

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Cause they taste like shit compared to anything homecooked. Also homecooked is probably cheaper anyways.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because they're disgusting unhealthy and not actually cheap.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    i recommend cooking your own beef and veggies
    avoid whatever salty preservative filled shit this is

    if it was so great OP would post nutritional label

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I can't recall the exact amount of days, but even out in the field you can eat only MRS for a certain amount of days before they have to give you a hot meal.
    That shit actually fricks you up if you only eat that so i wouldn't really advise it.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    MREs have given me the worst bouts of constipation I have faced in my entire life. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Actually, yes I would.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    > he will never know the woe of getting the veggie omelet

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Us young bucks have creamy spinach fettuccine if that's any consolation.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    MRE23 was my all time favorite. God, I wish they’d bring it back and the jalapeño cheese spread.

    Unffffff

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    MRE's are fricking revolting, not that cheap, and will probably give you cancer if you eat them for too long. Just eat real food.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You're a moron. MRE's are expensive, full of sodium and preservatives and will make you constipated as hell.

    t. old campaigner (American)

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >They're dirt cheap
    >why don't people use them as super easy bulking material?
    Getting MREs as a civilian is costly.
    Not to mention that they're literal garbage that only legally passes as food.
    It's not worth it unless you're getting them for free, which typically means you're military.

    As a civilian, you're far better off with frozen vegetables, rice, beans, and whatever meat you can get on sale that week.
    You can easily hit 3600 kcal per day with better macros at a fraction of the cost.

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