Oni, what snack foods do not go through you? Gatorlyte and protein bars (or beef jerky) would be the normal advice. How do you do with beef or Turkey jerky? I have observed that there are now sugarless jerkies put out by Tillamook and other jerky makers.

Dried fruits- no sugar added like apples, bananas, plantains, mangoes, apricots. Again, how do you do with those? I rather like dried figs but those could be a bit of a laxative. Mixed veggie chips,  like beets and string beans. Nuts like almonds, cashews, pistachios if you can handle them. Trader Joes/Whole Foods Markets are well stocked with such foods.

You can pack toilet paper if there are no portable toilets. Bears hike constantly, and do not need toilets. They just go in the woods. So can you.

If it were me hiking, it would be Gatorlyte, beef jerky, dried bananas (Trader Joes has great dried bananas), dried apples. Shelled nuts. I could survive on that for weeks and pack a few dried apricots for the Vitamin A.

Yay you for going on a two day hike - enjoy!

Hey, in your day to day life, can you eat peanut butter (or other nut butter) and jam or honey sandwiches? You can pack those pretty tightly in ziploc bags into a backpack and even if the sammies get smashed in your pack, they are still tasty and nutritious and you can live on PB& J for a couple of days. Also, have you tried Nuun tablets to add to your water? I like the lemon lime flavor the best and you can buy them on amazon. What about little baggies of Cheerios? Not very filling, but it's something that's day hike stable and fairly low fiber if you can't eat nuts as Barrister suggested (nuts would be great if you can handle them). Shelf stable cups of applesauce might work, too, although maybe a bit bulky for a backpack. The tubes of applesauce you can buy at Trader Joes and elsewhere would work better. When I traveled cross country for work, I took plain bagels along to get me through the trip to D.C. and back.

All that said, are bears an issue wherever you will be spending the night? If so, you will need some kind of stainless steel container to pack your food.

Speaking of bears, this story is a good reminder that unpacked food that can be smelled by a bear, or is not sealed in an airtight package, can make you a target:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66429736

From the photo, that bear clearly is not missing too many meals, and I think people leaving windows of their houses open resulted in the break ins.  Some years ago I read a book about bear attacks, and they have the best sense of smell of any land animal, very similar to sharks in the ocean.  They can smell the blood of an animal 8-10 miles away, which is why hunters are advised to NEVER dress their kills in the field, or do so with someone standing armed guard over the carcass.  There have been attacks on hunters who were in the process of dressing their kills.  The bears want that meat-it's food!!!!!!!!

Bears exist in virtually every US state.  I have seen them in Connecticut.  In fact, I almost hit one running across the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield many years ago.  Sightings in southern CT have been common the last few summers, in residential areas, although they are most populous in Litchfield County in the northwest corner of CT.

This was a big news story here in CT earlier this year.  Bears love sweets (and bacon) and this one stole 60 cupcakes from an Avon bakery, and then bluff charged 2 employees who wanted to check on what he was up to, see the video embedded in this article:

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com...avon-bakery/3037964/

Hi Oni, I agree, “yay you for going on a hike!” - I too have had pouchitis more than less, and things go through me fast.
I camp and hike a bit but not as much as I’d like; it’s a difficult balance between enjoying and stressing.
My go-to food is oatmeal in the morning- instant and plain as possible when camping. Just need a kettle. Then Hard boiled eggs, peanut butter sandwiches and cashews and cheese. I take an emtec (T3 without the caffeine) at night in hopes of only getting up to poop once between 11pm and 6am. Sometimes I take one around 3pm too bcz that is essentially when my gut starts to move but that just puts off the inevitable to the time I’d rather be sleeping. Like Seattlejane  i use the nunn tablets. Less sugar and no oil added. Good luck, enjoy the trees ❤️