Originally Posted by Helpin Him W/His Dreams

I am concerned about that happening with my husband, vinsanity. In one of the above entries, I mentioned all of the stuff I made and packed for him. I figure it's not what you eat, but how much. But it was all for naught, unless you count it as "lesson learned". All of his food went bad because he didn't fill up on ice at the OC when he was there. So I went out and got him a thermostatic cooler. Fancy name for a small fridge. He was basically living on fruit cups and snack mix, since he ate the ham earlier in the week. I am against lunchmeat and I know a ton of you drivers out there eat it, but...
So I will go to the store today and get him some canned goods (another dislike because of all the preservatives and sodium) so he will have some "back up" food. I'll make him his favorite biscuits and sausage gravy over fried potatoes over the weekend so he won't feel too bad about his first week out! I know, I know-I'm making you salivate again. Maybe I will make up some videos on how to cook this stuff I send with him. It's not that hard or expensive. A small investment of a few hours will yield a week's (or more) worth of food. Just make sure you get a fridge to keep it all in...

I have a 12v cooler. My wife makes me a ton of stuff to take back out with me. I usually can't eat it all before it goes bad. I have this thing about not eating food that's been in the cooler too long.

I do eat a lot usually. The time I was referring to was when I had an idiot for a co-driver. It was very stressful and I didn't have much of an appetite. I also did not get enough sleep. I've corrected that problem.

Originally Posted by Winkjr

Hey az I'm in the same shoes you are. I'm 38 a former marine and tired of being out of shape. I just bought a new pair of go fasters that need to be broke in. The only thing I'm having trouble figuring out is showering. I don't have time to stop every day I'm thinking of getting those adult or maybe run when I'm able to get a shower. Good luck in that marathon.

Yeah, I run when I can get a shower. Sometimes I have to pay for the shower if I'm at a truck stop where I don't have credits, but it's worth it to me, and I deduct the cost from my taxes, so it's not a total loss. Some weeks are better than others, and I don't always stick to my training schedule when it conflicts with my work schedule. I just do what I can. I have built up to 8 miles so far, and looking forward to more!

And what's with this "former" Marine crap? We may not be serving any longer, but we ARE Marines! OOH RAH!!!

Originally Posted by sw6g

Meal replacements like Metrx and Myoplex maybe some soup? As far as workout get some adjustable dumbbells. You can get a good whole body workout with just dumbbells.

These are both great shakes I would also like to recommend (Designer whey) There are very few bad additives compared to other brands.