How to manage to stay healthy on the road

In all seriousness though, I stay away from sweets. Which is really #### hard with all the sweets I accumulate from customers. I've a cooler that's got eggs, milk and veggies. Also sandwich meat, but I don't carry bread. I boil or fry (with sandwich meat) eggs in a fancy 12v heat box. A lot of canned vegetables under the bunk. Some canned chicken as well for an oh #### moment. I've a set of 15lb dumbbells I use for exercise. There's a good workout routine on thehealthytrucker.net

I buy coffee at truck stops in the morning or if there isn't one readily available (like today) I have a few cases of water bottles and a box of that Starbucks instant coffee. Two of those packets in a water bottle and it's cold, but pretty great otherwise, coffee. I tend to only drink coffee and water, no soda or juice.

With all that, I'm certainly not losing weight. It's annoying.

 

You could take pics of at least two types of salads and three types of fruit in the same place. Pilots offer gluten free alternatives as well if you are avoiding grains.

 

I've listed my exercise regime a dozen times already. Common sense goes a long, long way.

 

This is my standard fridge at the house.
Work is involved keeping some of these things on the truck. Petro's offer the best food by far, and have a good selection of fruits & veggies. You'll learn how to be creative cooking on the truck. Once you get used to it, it doesn't take so much time.

 

I've got my fridge/freezer, microwave, 2 slice toaster, crockpot, and a standard size George Foreman grill. I do my own cooking, just about anything I can make at home I make on my truck. Speghetti, Tacos, ham egg cheese bagel, cols and hot sandwiches, chicken and beef stew/soups, cold cereal, oatmeal, salads. I pull my truck into Walmart like once a week and stock up hit the produce section good. As far as exercise I exercise outside my truck everyday or night, depending if I'm running days or nights, if not good weather I do inside my truck, do a lot of stretch exercises also . I get the 2 year DOT card. You not only just save money by cooking/making up your own meals, but your not limited to where you want to stop, especially in remote areas for your break, and you can eat a whole lot heathier. I use my crockpot a lot in the winter especially, cooks up while I drive, hot great meal when I stop, and plenty left over for a couple more meals. Have a safe one driver. You can cook healthy and doesn't take forever either.

 

Resistance bands attached to top bunk latch. There are so many upper body exercises you can do with just this.

 

Situps, Crunches, Ab Flexes on the bottom bunk. Use the top bunk for pullups. I have a 50 pound dumb bell I curl a few times a day. (My arm strength atrophied quickly on the road.)

As far as meals, I budget 6 meals a week in the truck stop, at 11$ each. I usually get under that. The meals I eat are usually breakfast, and usually involve eggs, or roast chicken.

Meals inside the truck usually:

Protein Shakes, with fiber supplement powder.
Fruit (I am partial to pineapple, I keep a very sharp knife for this purpose)
Veggies (I am partial to Cucumber and Broccoli) I also keep frozen veggies (I have a portable freezer)
Sandwich Stuff (PBJ, Turkey Lettuce Tomato two favorites)
Milk
Water (Make sweet tea in the truck. I'd buy it in the truck stops, but get much further north than Amarillo and they don't make it right!!)
Lots of crockpot meals too. (Chicken breasts, brown rice, and broccoli I eat about 5-6 times a week)

I personally avoid canned/bottled drinks as much as possible (I do like a Dr. Pepper every now and then). Canned veggies, pastas, fruits (Sodium and sugar!).

When I first started I had a 12v skillet that I used to make hot sandwiches. It really spiced things up for me, was small enough to pack and no cleanup! (other than crumbs). I didn't use butter/cooking spray though.

 

Cheese stick yogurt and banana for breakfast, subway for lunch or dinner, and then pbj for whatever else. Comes to about 11$ a day, less than 1800 calories a day, kind of high in salt... 110% at 1800 calories, and then walk a lot. That's all I do, and my weight fluctuates a lot, but my bp and everything is in check.... No sodas or fillers... Don't drink up your calories, either vitamin water zero, Powerade zero or water

 

At least all or some are trying. The key is to stay away from all corn syrup, fructose, process meats, fried and GMO stuff for beginners, and guess what, most of the food you eat or was mentioned here, has one or the other in it.