Weight loss

Stop the Mountain Dew...get out of the truck!! Sweep out your trailers, walk around and inspect every time you stop, park away from everything including the shipping or receiving door. Get a tennis ball and throw it up against the wall or bounce it and catch it...I know it sounds stupid but you can work up a sweat chasing a tennis ball.

 

I agree with the above, cut out the soda, eat from the "light" menu, walk around the parking lot, park as far away from the truck stop as possible, I had a trainer when I first started driving that was extremely overweight and he would park or tell me to park as close to everything as we could, when we would eat he would make excuses, "I order only water for a drink" and "I'm eating my veggies" Trust me, deep fried okra, and deep fried corn on the cob is NOT a veggie! Chicken from Chester's and Popeyes, although VERY tasty, is not nutritious....just my 2 pennies.

 

I agree with everyone telling you to stay active and watch what you eat. I use an app called My Fitness Pal. It's free and extremely helpful. You don't know how bad you are eating until you start logging your meals. It takes a little discipline and getting used to at first but it really helps. I've lost 45 lbs since June and now understand how my body reacts to the calories I consume. It's not easy but it can be done. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

 

"While a nice crock pot filled with vegetables, potatoes and chunks of turkey would be a fantastic healthy meal, truck drivers do not get this luxury. They must cope without ovens, blenders, freezers, and many amenities other people use without much thought. In addition, truck drivers are relegated to whatever food happens to await them at a certain mile marker, making food choices very limited. As such, they must be very smart about food preparation on the road in order to stay healthy."

To learn more about great choices and workable diets click on this link and read the whole article:
http://www.ehow.com/way_5615074_good-diet-plan-truck-drivers.html

Nevertheless, START WALKING MORE at the truck stop.

 

Here it goes another great article to all of us TRUCKERS:

How to Eat Healthy as a Truck Driver

By Kristyn Hammond

With a few healthy alternatives, you can eat healthy as a truck driver, while still taking in the food you need to stay focused on your job. Truck drivers often eat compulsively, using the process of eating as a way to stay alert and in control while driving. This often leads to a very unhealthy diet for truckers who drive eight or more hours each day. Eating healthier is a process of changing your habits and making smarter food selections.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

• 1Keep a small refrigerator, or ice chest, in your cab. Stock it with zero calorie foods, which burn more calories to digest than they add to your body. Include foods like celery and pickles -- snacks you can grab and eat easily while driving. Eat these foods when you are hungry or just need to eat something to keep your mind focused and your attention on the road. And eat a few more of these right before you walk into a restaurant or truck stop.
• 2Make a plan for a few daily snacks, packing things you intend to eat each day. Design your list based on the necessary nutrients your body needs. For example, salted almonds are an excellent source of fiber, and grapefruit provides vitamins A and C. Plan to eat one of each item from your snack pack each day. Keep it near you as you drive, for times when you crave something other than celery or pickles.
  
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• 3Read the nutrition labels on everything you buy, locating problem foods by examining health facts. Keep a list of your necessary daily vitamins, as well as your daily limits. For instance, you may require 60 mg of Vitamin C, 18 mg of iron and 1,000 mg of calcium each day, while limiting yourself to 65 mg of fat, 2,000 calories and 2,400 mg of sodium. Keep a running total each day of the things you eat, adding each vitamin, as well as calories, fat and sodium. If you are dieting, you can decrease your caloric and fat intake each day to help you shed some pounds. Compare the foods you buy to these numbers, and begin making dietary decisions based on your daily limits. Use this to convince yourself that bag of chips you would like to eat may not be worth your daily limit for fat intake.
  
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• 4Ask your waitress for a copy of the nutrition guidelines for the food at restaurants where you eat. Make your evening dining decisions based on these facts and the food you have already eaten during the day. Check your daily list, and add your meal's nutrition to the list. On days when you are close to your limit of fat, calories or sodium, look for healthier alternatives, such as salads or fruit for dinner.
  

 

I cut fast food, truck stop food and soda. I replaced it with Sandwiches and fresh fruit.

It was much healthier, but still not the best for weight loss. Fruit is nothing but healthy sugar. Bread is carbs that convert to sugar if you do not burn it off with exercise first.

Mikeeee

 

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I use this app, it's great!

 

A friend of mine has his refrigerator in the truck filled up with little plastic containers. Each one has frozen meals he brings from home. And those are good for at least 3 weeks on the road. Most are light cooking, rice, vegetables, chicken... All he has to do is to prepare his dish and put it in the microwave. While he drives, he snacks on raw vegetables, carrots, celery, cheese... He doesn't drink sodas... He drinks plenty of water and eats fresh fruits too. He lost a lot of weight after he stopped eating truck stop food.

 

I recently lost 110 lbs. It took 2 years and it was worth it.

For me, I slowly replaced the bad foods with not-so-bad foods. So, for example, instead of Frosted Flakes I ate Kornflakes. Then over time I cut out all bad foods altogether. Today, I like eating Oatmeal with Agave (a healthy sugar substitute).

I started with walking. And exercise videos. For me, it was Taebo cardio kickboxing [at first, I could only go for five minutes then rest or walk. Gradually added more]. And weight lifting [great for increasing metabolism so you burn fat faster with less work] on days I didn't do cardio and 1 day off. Getting mad at myself (for the way I had let myself go) was channeled into my workouts.

Also found ways to make exercise fun. Always listened to music and even audio stories while walking. Watched action movies while working out. Before long I didn't even realize I was working out.


Also curbed appetite by eating healthy smaller meals more often. If you don't get hungry then you'll binge less.

Good luck.

 

I commend you for your commitment! It will be a long haul but you can do it. I carry all my food for the week with me. I am blessed to have a wife who is health conscious and a great cook. She makes casseroles and other great stuff, I put it in pyrex containers and heat it up in my 12 volt oven. One thing we are learning is that carbs are the problem more than fat. Cut out the sugar and the white bread. Even go easy on fruit which is high in sugar. Veggies, lean meat, low fat yogurt, salads, an apple a day.