The Journey Starts

There are healthy options available if you look for them, even at the truck stops. Problem is it costs so much to eat healthy buying food on the road. The best solution if you can is meal prepping and bring all your food from home or restock from Walmart along the way. I allow myself one good meal out a week, and it's not roller dogs or fast food. Outside of that, I only eat what I bring with me. Just with that I've lost about 30lbs over my first year of trucking. I've recently started to make a point of walking at least a mile either at the beginning or end of my day. I got one of those smartwatches and it's actually been pretty motivating to get out of the truck and be active.

 

I'm right there with you brother. I turned 58 last week and starting training with Veriha Monday. If you saw a bright glow in the eastern PA sky about 3 months back, the was not the Limerick nuclear power plant melting down, but me finally fully burning out after over 25 years as an engineer.

I got to say, this is the first time that I'm excited to go to work in a decade or more.

 

Eating healthy is up to you, not mandates.

If your truck has a fridge and an inverter it is easy to eat healthy - if you plan your time correctly to allow yourself time to cook good meals.
Even without the fridge and inverter, a 12V cooler and a couple 12V appliances will do just fine.