Fueling the hike.

I started putting together the meal plan for the CDT and understanding what type of calories I should be ingesting.  During the hike, your body is a machine.  It is a power plant.  You ingest food and your body turns it into 30+ miles of rigorous hiking every day.  It's not a long walk on the beach with a young love interest.  It's a fast pace grind where you are pushing your body at all moving times of the day.  I need the right fuel for the fire.  The right amount of protein will keep my muscles strong and replenished.  Too much and I'm taxing my body's system.  Carbs are my fuel.  They supply my body with all the energy it needs.  It is the main source of fuel.  Fats are the vessel for receiving necessary vitamins.  Good fuel storage that my body will be burning constant stores of.  A good diet is necessary.  I need to find more information on high performance sports nutrition.  Everything I have found so far has no clue to how much protein my body really needs.