Eating/snacking healthy on the road

Can't eat much better then that,excellent advice freightlinerman.

 

Take osteobiflex if youre trucking...its for joint health and great for flatbedders AND steeringwheel holders!

 

You should consider avoiding the high fructose corn syrup concoction altogether (regular soda, and diet is just as bad).

Also, do a little research on Magnesium. You'll discover that out of all the minerals out there, this is the hardest for any diet to get in sufficient quantity. Low Mg has been linked to heart problems/attacks.

Not bad advice, although I'm inclined to say that if one truly wants to eat healthy, a refrigerator is really needed. A lot of food you mentioned are high in sodium. A frig will allow you to store fresh foods, along with yogurt which is extremely healthy for the diet.

Oh, and you might want to add fiber bars to your list.

 

when I was OTR, I would stay away from buying from overpriced truck stops. but a few good snacks

Beef jerky
already mixed canned protien drinks
protien bars
granola bars
dried fruit/ fruit leather....(not the ones that are like gummy bears..thats just candy in disguise)
pre packed lunchables
super markets have pre packaged, diffrant kinds of salads w/ dressing in bag

be carefull if you have high b.p. issues with those canned soups....they are really high in soduim

 

you seem to be just cheap, LOL I GOT A FRIDGE, MICROWAVE, BURTON OVEN, small gas grill and apu. I eat well , healthy. I just aint cheap.


all that effort and you still eat fast food. kind of negates the rest. with my burton I do smoked sausage, onions, sweet peppers, with a cubed potatoe, or a can of chicken breast meat and whole grain rice, and on and on. during the season I will stop and get fresh produce at roadside stands whenever possible, and snack only on fresh fruit and no sodas at all.

 

Ive been a weight lifter my whole life, I know you dont want o...but a cooler o frig while really open up your posibilities and options....could be mesy....bu i'd bring dried nonfat milk and add extra power so i wasent so watery and a lil extra protien

 

you know, not to ge to much into my pesonal ####, my mom just had a heart attack last night, albiet miner..the cardioliist showed us before and after pics of the very small artery that was clogged...thank god, it was a small aertery, in fact he said he could not insert the balloon, and only inserted a wire to open it up..runs in my family, lost 1 uncle to cancer. 2 have had stokes, one didnt make it.........what I',m getting at is.....it was a real wake up call for me o get back on track...its one thing not knowing. but another knowing what o do and not applying it

 

I'm big on fresh produce. When I didn't have a cooler I'd buy:

- Sugar snap peas
- Cherry tomatoes
- Red bell peppers
- Baby carrots
- Bananas
- Apples

Eat the tomatoes and bell peppers asap, within a day or two. Baby carrots within three days. Bananas and apples can keep a few extra days.

After getting a small cooler it opened up the possibility of getting leafy greens, blueberries, yogurt, etc.

I don't cook in the truck. All my meals are salads. Protein sources that are my "go to":

- Hard boiled eggs (many truck stops sell them for about $0.50 each, packed in 2's or 5's)
- Canned meats (mackerel, salmon, or chicken)
- Nuts
- Yogurt (plain, never go for the sugar loaded fruit flavors)
- Hummus

From the time I break out the salad bowl until I'm wiping it down and finished with dinner is no more than 20-30 minutes. I lost about 15 lbs my first year trucking and I'm back to my college weight.