Experienced truckers who eat healthy on the road.

Just looked it up. I might actually start getting that, since I buy my collagen online.

Once you subscribe to the idea that butter is not the enemy we’ve made it out to be (too many people call margarine/oleo butter though), then you can enjoy your butter.

Butter good. Bacon good.

Doughnuts still bad. :Sadface

 

I had said i wasn't sure if i was using the right kind or not cuz i had been hearing them reference collagelatin or something an i been using collagen peptides. But i got it cuz i could've swore that i heard vital proteins being talked about as being a quality brand. I visit my local health food store when I'm through home to get brain octane. It's the same kind that is on the let's truck store. Yea bacon good for sure. I eat it for snacks as well as with eggs.

 

In my truck whatever you could -keep- in your bunk was allowed. That did not mean at the end of the day you were going to pile it up on the floor or seats. I allowed one seat. We attempted to go to Wal Mart once a week, of you ran out, then get it it Love's or do without. If your whined you were taken back to the yard where your training started from day 1 with a new trainer who probably will not allow coolers and the like.

Get through training and then do what you want. Count your blessings if they accommodate anything.

 

When I trained I had a fridge with freezer on the truck. Being mindfully of most new guys wallet situation I bought the first round of groceries.they got whatever worked for them. After they had a Che c k or two under their belt they bought a round. Never had any problems.

 

I was eating Paleo before training with my first company, but gave up eating healthy for training because of the difficulty. Unfortunately, I didn't get back to Paleo until I got too sick to safely operate a CMV. I was off the road for a year because of health problems after only driving 4 months. When I was finally ready to get back in the truck, I took a big cooler with healthy food, and signed on for a home-weekly route so I could restock every weekend.

For you struggling with weight or T2 diabetes, another approach you might look at is the low-amylose diet. It's not as restrictive as Paleo (although there is some overlap), and was created specifically for controlling blood sugar and losing fat. You can read in detail about it in "Lose The Weight You Hate" by Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker.

 

I’m mostly carnivore myself. I vacuum seal whatever comes off the pit. But I’m kind of a 1 trick pony and always looking for new ideas.

F4T6UY’s Big Fat Thread of Accountability

I started a thread called F4T6UY’s fat loss something or other. Feel free to visit it and post pics to give me or anybody else fresh ideas, or get some yourself.

 

Glad to hear it's working out for ya. The wife just got done cooking up our meals for the week. Gonna pack the truck in the morning an head back out for another 3 week tour. When ya get your own truck just a suggestion. An electric skillet is an easy thing to have with. Ya can quickly cook all kinds of stuff in it. An yea ya can cook healthy with it. We use ours a lot for meat an eggs an things.

 

I try to stop at good restaurants whenever possible.
Avoiding truck stops makes eating healthier much easier.