Exercise and healthy eating for the OTR truck driver

A 40 gallon fridge will be about the biggest you'll get without an inverter. If you work for a company that allows inverters, then you can get a dorm fridge any size you want. Your best bet for organic produce is to try to find farmers markets close enough to a truck stop you can walk. Sometimes I pass folks selling produce out of the back of a pickup when I'm on the back roads. Don't know if its organic or not. I can guarantee you will not find organic produce in a truck stop. It's hard just to find any kind of fresh produce in a truck stop.

 

WalMarts have big parking lots and most will allow you to park to shop - as to the ORGANIC produce - not sure what they have to offer. We have a 1.7 cu frig... and it is small, but works for us. We also have the small cooler up near the drivers seat so that we can grab as we drive. Where there is a will there is a way

 

Walking in a TS with lots of diesel soot in the air+the heat off the engines?

Don't get aby better than that!

The remodeled TA in Nashville has a work out room.

 

This is a great thread but something I noticed is missing and thats tracking your food. People can tell you what to eat but quantity is just as important as is making sure you're getting the proper nutrition. For instance eating 10 grilled chicken breasts in one day with nothing else is not a good idea. That's an extreme example but you get the idea.

I use dailyburn to track what I eat as it has an app for iPad and iPhone. Some others are fitday.com, nutrition data, livestrong, etc. Just Google any of those and they will point you in the right direction.

 

If you eat a slow carb diet, there is never a need to track the amounts of the foods you're eating. One would have to have Prader-Willi Syndrome to overeat on the slow carb diet.

 

It's so you can calculate the ratios of carbs, protein and fats, not amount.

 

No calculations needed with the slow carb diet. That's why it's what I consider the best way of eating out there. The easier something is, the easier it is to stick to it.

 

"slow" carb?

 

IMHO healthy diet is "natural" food. I mean, fresh produce, cooked or raw (and fresh meat for those who eat them). No white sugar, no processed food, no chips, no crackers, no deep fried food, no sodas... American food industry makes a lot of unhealthy food with the approval of FDA. And Americans overindulge their taste buds, their addiction to sugar, fat, processed food.... It takes some knowledge, discipline and time and effort to eat "healthy" in this country. It's even more challenging living in a truck but the benefits are priceless.

 

What does one of your typical days consist of?