Dedicated/staying fit questions

I belong to anytime fitness, there are somewhere around 2000 of them in the US and if you do a search on the website you will be able to see if there are enough of them to make it worth you time and money. Good luck!!!!

 

Those elastic weight bands you can get at any walmart can give you a great full body work out right in your truck. They look girly ,but they work.

 

I part agree in your first line of “you have to eliminate ALL carbs inc sugar”. A big cut back and more so when you eat them is the key for me.

I was told to lose 30+ lbs. and after a year of eating oatmeal for breakfast & salads 3 to 4 times a week for lunch and fresh fruits and veges for lunch & diner and going to the gym a few times a week not loseing weight I was told I was boarder line diabetic. I told the Dr. what I was doing and was not losing weight. The “diet” she put me on I could only eat carbs once a day be it breakfast or lunch not both & none for diner and could not eat pass 7pm at night, bed time was between 11pm & 12pm. You need time to burn off diner before going to bed.
I also cut back on sugar in my tea, from 3 to 1 tea spoon. No more dark cholate candy every time I walked by the bag, no more bags. I also cut back on the portion size, cant take in more than you burn! If I want more of something do veges or fruit.
I also do nuts, crasraisins (dried cranberries) and dry fruit as a snack.

I don’t hit the gym as much as I should but I do a lot more walking, 2.5 miles at the beach yesterday 37* and windy! I also use the stairs whenever I can as it all adds up to burning calories.
I did lose 30 lbs., need to lose 20 lbs. more but the Dr. is happy and the biggie no diabetic level issues now. I feel so much better, can tie shoes without gasping for air, back & leg don’t hurt if a stand for more than a half hour now too.
I also had to adjust my high blood pressure meds lower because of the weight loss.

Only bad thing from the weight lost had to buy all new pants (from 44 to 40) and shirts so $$ for them.

I agree it is a life style change, the only hard part is getting started on it not hard after that.
Good luck
Dave ----

 

Lepton - good suggestion, but I never thought about bread - the quality of bread is generally terrible, or else crazy expensive. I bake my own in a bread machine. There isn't any clean up - any reason not to do the same on the road?

 

It is REALLY DIFFICULT to find good, healthy bread. My simple rule is if the ingredients list has things I can't pronounce or more than a dozen ingredients OR has sugar anywhere in it I won't buy it. I'm stopping more at stores other than WalMart, although even at WalMart some locations will have a good local brand.

If I can't get a good bread I have a glass Pyrex bowl that I use for making whole grain cereal that I then put in the cooler. I'll use a microwave at a truck stop to heat it up. I'm focusing on barley, quinoa, and similar grains that have balanced protein.

The thing is I can't eat an entire loaf of bread in one week. One slice for sopping up the oil and vinegar a day is enough for me.

I'm considering purchasing the Burton Oven, with temperature settings from 100ºF to 350ºF and making my own bread on the road. Clean up will be the issue. I'll need to figure out a way to efficiently prepare it. The bread I'm most interested in making is Essene bread (sprouted grains that get mashed up into a patty and cooked at about 100ºF or simply dried a bit in the sun).

 

Sugar is very addictive because when you try to get off it, you get withdrawal symptoms, at least I did.
I used to take 4 tsp in my tea/coffee......now zilch. Kicked it over 40 yrs ago.
The only problem I have with doctors is that by and large, they have no clue about nutrition. They're not trained in that area, surprisingly. They're trained to get you on medication in the main. My doctor does his best to get me on statin drugs. I wave him away with that nonsense.
His rationale is that I'm old...61, so WTF. There's gotta be something wrong with you. Trouble is, he can't find anything. Now he's calling me a freak of nature......oh pleez!!
with the Internet you can do all the research on what will work for you.
What works for me may not work for others but sugar and processed foods have the potential to cause so many health problems.
Good luck.

 

Oh don't set me going with bread.....yummy, my main weakness. The missus bought a bread making machine from Amazon. Just bang the ingredients in and let it go. Great results., nice to see you enjoy oil and vinegar.
I've always got a bottle of balsamic and olive oil on the truck which goes great with avocado and Parmesan cheese. I rarely eat bread now so I miss it dearly. But the sprouted grains are a good choice.

 

Most of the time we ate really healthy. but, there are times like when your down south and ribs, southern fried chicken, and my personal weakness southern sweet tea, call my name. but these were just a small percentage of the time. Usually, we would grab boiled eggs, fruit and vegatable cups(if it looked fresh), most truck stops had em at the counter. We always kept odwalla bars, and dried fruit for a quick snack. as far as bread, it had to be Dave's or Ezekial, or we would eat something else. for sandwiches we would make letttuce wraps, ham and cheese on the inside. was definately easier to do when driving team with wife and whoever wasn't driving could throw a meal together. We bought a steamer that we used for several different homemade meals, once a killer gumbo, was awesome, but driving 3 hours smelling it cooking was torture. Not sure what I will do once I am back on the road driving Solo.