Truckers Diet

I bought a rice cooker. It has a steam tray in it, I cook two cups of brown rice and steam broccoli and green beans.

I also have a tiny George Forman grill, cook two chicken breasts. I eat one breast and half the rice and veggies for lunch, the other faster dinner.


For breakfast I do oatmeal. Usually keep some 2% milk to get with it. Some mornings I don't raisin bran if I don't feel like oatmeal.

I keep oranges, almonds, baby carrots, celery and peanut butter, bananas on the truck if I get hungry between meals.

The biggest thing will be exercise. Get out and walk for 30 minutes or so a day. I've dropped 75 pounds in a year, my doc is thrilled.

 

Definitely stay away from the energy drinks. They annihilate the enamel of your teeth. I went from having perfect teeth to needing over $10,000 worth of work done to try and save them.

For exercise, get a kettlebell and some bands, and a tarp to put on the ground so you aren't doing exercises on piss soaked ground. There are alot of body weight only exercises that will blast you Harder than any piece of equipment with.
Google 'BodyRock' but be careful, as it is easy to hurt yourself if you go too hard or do exercises too advanced for your level of fitness

 

Stay away from sodas and energy drinks like red bull and others. Water or fruit drinks with NO corn fructose are the best.
As far as carrying the Whirlpool refrigerator around, I don't and won't! I do carry a small plug in igloo cooler in winter for sandwich fixings and such in case i'm stranded.
Start looking for the mom and pop restaurants you can park at or near they usually have the best grub. And out west it's almost always Mexican food.

 

This relates to something I've been wondering about regarding good Ethnic restaurants. I should finally be getting time off soon and there is a really good Mexican place near my home terminal. I've just been there once, but everything tasted really fresh.

There is also a good basic Thai food place there.

I guess in general I wonder if anyone has thoughts on what to get or what to avoid. Sadly, most Chinese places are pseudo food to be honest, unless you get a good one that serves Hunan or Schezuan style.

 

I'm sorry, but most restaurants in America do not serve authentic anything. It's all built for the american buyer and therefore crap. Seriously, make a salad in your truck. Guaranteed to be 10 times healthier.

Ed

 

Check out OMAD revolution on YouTube and Dr. Fung on intermittent fasting. Keto and fasting are the way to go but keto is hard on the road so OMAD (one meal a day) will be the way to go. No exercise needed and it's free. You can eat anything but in moderation. It's all about insulin spiking what packs the lbs on the less you do it the better for you.

I drive nights fasted and I'm more alert then if I ate. When I eat I want to go to sleep cause of the insulin spike. Sometimes I get sleepy when fasted but not too often. Been able to keep off the 70lbs I lost and maintain it. If I wasn't fasting I'd gain it all back quickly. I now get 2yr medical cards and BP is under control without meds. Before fasting I got a 3 month medical card and had to be on BP meds at the age of 34.

It's a power tool in my eyes but it's not for everyone. Plus it'll limit the stress of havin to pack a boatload of stuff to bring.

 

Haul a flat bed that requires tarping. You'll sweat and burn some calories!

When I was on the road I was either pulling a deck or heavy equipment on a low boy so I was always doing physical work.

Tried to eat my own food from home as much as I could to control what I was eating but when I couldn't or wanted something different I'd try and get subway or something along those lines.

Stay away from pizza and deli counters at the truck stops.

 

I think that's what I used OTR. I had to replace the cord and fuses from time to time and ONCE had to replace the fan in 3 years. That cooler was my primary & daily source of food. Just keep the air vents unblocked and vacuum any dust from the fins. I think the OP isn't allowed to idle and has a battery apu, not thermoking. I wouldn't work someplace where I couldn't idle or have a real APU. I don't mind forgoing the fuel bonus if the idling eats it up, but I will have air conditioning even if it harelips everyone on Bear Mountain.

 

I'll second the koolatron. Had one when I was heavy haul float work. Would fit nicely in the passenger foot well of a t800 KW and easy to grab a sammich. Wouldn't kill my batteries if I was parked for the night either.

When I was flat bed, I had a Pete with a fridge and that would run even with the truck off so it was nice.

If you've got a microwave, then healthy choice meals are #### tasty and can be found at wal mart or worse case *gulp* a truck stop. 4 minutes and you've got fancy food that doesn't taste like the north end of a southbound moose if ya get what I'm saying

 

Beer and cigs