Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

Good job. Stay with it. Some tips.

I listen to Kevin Rutherford a lot. Don’t drink all his koolaide, but there's a lot of of good info there.

I’ve lost 75lbs since March of last year (from 300 to 225). Would’ve lost more, but I reset at home and the family ain’t playing the keto game, so I usually go off on the weekends.

Your menu with get boring. It will be your undoing. Educate yourself on different things to take on the road. I haven’t researched apples, but fruit is loaded with sugar, so I don’t do it. Careful with fruit.

Subway: any sandwich can be turned into a chop salad (no bread). I get the steak and cheese, double meat, with every vegetable except pickles and banana peppers, with ranch and olive oil. I usually cut up an avocado and put it in there. Also, I keep cod liver on the truck and throw it in there too.

Luckily, I like sardines. I keep and eat a lot of those. Very nutritious. Look into canned meat. Chicken, salmon, tuna, etc... Canned meat stores well on the truck.

Drink lots of water.

Some other things, but I gotta get rolling. Educate yourself on the quality of food you’re eating, or you’ll get other issues.

 

And being that I’m honorary Mexican, by marriage and location, tortillas have been one of the hardest things to give up.

I’ll look into those. There’s also another brand I’ve heard of, but I can’t think of them right now and they didn’t carry them at my local Walmart/grocery.

But back to FARMERBOB1, or anybody else doing this, it’s important to get creative and look for ways to mix the menu up.

You can get by on roller dogs and bunless fast food burgers, but let’s face it, we are generally not in good health. Work on your quality of food.

One of my favorite meals on the road - mashed up avocado, Wild Planet brand tuna or salmon, Tapatio (or similar bottled salsa...or sometimes I use Rotel tomatoes in a can), maybe some other spices, mix it up, and scoop it up with pork rines. Filling and healthy.

I keep some bacon jerky handy and get hard boiled eggs at the truckstop so I can pretend I’m having bacon and eggs for breakfast.

I keep walnuts handy for a snack.

 

My girlfriend is keto, I’m not that hardcore. But I’ve cut out sugar (Mtn Dew was a tough one for me, as well as chips and salsa) and carbs since mid Feb. I do fast once in a while, sometimes you just have days where you don’t feel hungry so I just go with it. Other than avoiding candy and pop I’m not super duper strict. If I want a taco I’ll eat a taco knowing that I will feel like crap after I do it. I’m down to 205 from 228. My goal is to just get under 200 and maintain it.

 

Yeah...I can't resist juicy cherries in Summer or poppy seed cake on Christmas.
Portion control is a key thing. Life is too short to spend it on eating greasy meat and fat.
Which is to say, life would seem much less enjoyable, if eating were reduced only to Neanderthals diet.