How to eat healthy out on the road?

Best advice is to change your eating habits. The more you start eating the 'healthy' stuff, the more you will like it. My Hubby is a 'meat eater', not so much on the potatoes. Two of the 'staples' he keeps on the truck are peanut butter and cheese 'cubes'. And the best way to 'fill up' is by eating small amounts multiple times a day. When I was driving I would keep single serving packs of peanuts, trail mix, beef 'sticks/jerky', etc within easy reach. Make sure you eat something every 2-3 hrs, it keeps your blood sugar at a more even level, thus making you stay full longer. When I would stop for a 'bathroom break', I would fix an apple or celery w/peanut butter, get some cheese cubes, or get some veggies & hummus, all contain a good amount of protein. Good luck, hope you find something that works for you.

 

I had good luck with carrying a small propane grill with me and I'll get 2 or 3 packages of chicken breasts, grill them up then tear them into smaller pieces then graze on them all day. I keep a baggie of cooked chicken in a Coleman 12v cooler on my sleeper floor that I can easily get into while driving. The rest stays in the fridge for later.

The grill also comes in handy when you feel like having a good steak or whatever some night w/o having to tolerate a truckstop restaurant.

 

I've had a slow cooker (crock pot) in the truck for a few months now. you can use it for all sorts of things, but I mostly put some oatmeal in it before I go to bed and have it for breakfast. Oatmeal itself is gluten free, I guess to be 100% gluten free you have to get certain brands which gaurantee never coming into contact with other grains, (not sure how sensitive to it you are). I'm trying to eat healthier too, and this seems like a good step in the right direction for me. I like oatmeal and I grab apples to throw in there sometimes, or nuts, berries, cinnamon, syrup, etc... you can do alot with it.

 

I used to go to the grocery store and just by a whole bunch of caned fruit and vegetables and packets of chicken and tuna ground beef I cooked before I left then just reheated it and mixed in with the vegetables

 

I'm not Gluten intolerant but i have rheumatoid Arthritis and try to stay away from Gluten. I used to be a meat and potato guy, now my main meals are Very large Salads with a little tuna and lots of other ingredients. If i want a potato, i use a Yam or sweet potato. I try to have fish, mostly salmon as a main protein source. if you must eat out, find a place with a salad bar but stay away from macaroni and potato salads especially if you cant tolerate Gluten. Also stay away from white bread, probably the worst bread you can eat

 

Do you mean the canned fruit that has more sugar in the glop than a bag of sugar?

Mikeeee

 

You are going to have to search for healthy food.

Here is a practice example.
(Hint. You do not even need to use the search tool!)

Somewhere on the page linked below is a ton of info. See if you can find it!

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/questions-from-new-drivers/

Mikeeee

 

I'm " Celiac " ask away , just use that gray stuff in your head. The hard one is time out of the run to stop or find a big store for food in the truck. $20.00 turns out to be alot of miles out of pocket , so you can eat yourself in to the hole also!

 

I thought about this topic just recently, i was wondering if you guys tried the Subway diet. I mean, subway restaurants are everywhere so you'll be able to find one easily. About $6 a day for a footlong sandwich, multiply that by 7 days = $42 a week. Or is that just too expensive?