Truck drivers who are looking to eat healthier and even lose weight will typically prepare food in bulk during home time and keep kitchen tools in their trucks to make healthy options on the road.
What You Need To Eat Healthier As A Trucker
Here are things you can bring with you in the truck if you are OTR and want to make healthier foods options for yourself:
- Air Fryer
- Rice Cooker
- Microwave
- Alpicool Fridge
What Should Truck Drivers Eat?
Junk and fast food shouldn’t be your default if you are a trucker who cares about their health.
It’s better to opt for healthier food options, whether you bring foodstuffs from home or purchase on the road.
Some frozen food you can make:
- Pinto beans
- BBQ beans
- Baked chicken
- Hamburger helper
- Pork chops, I freeze them in ziploc baggies
- Dirty rice
- Frozen veggies and steak
- Overnight Oats
Some healthier food options you can buy in a pinch:
- Subway
- Premade salads
- Frozen chicken strips
- Fruit
- Yogurt
- Nuts
- Protein shakes
How To Lose Weight As A Truck Driver
The easiest way to lose weight as a truck driver is to embrace the long stretches of time where you aren’t eating.
This way you burn more calories than you consume, causing you to lose weight.
One of the greatest methods to lose weight is to eat the carnivore diet. Meaning you only eat meats along with any sauces and seasonings you want. Feel free to throw in green veggies and diet/zero calorie drinks.
It helps to also maintain a small fitness regimen. For example, every day perform:
- 50 Pushups
- 50 Crunches
- 50 Bodyweight Squats
Treat this like a circuit you are trying to beat a speed record to every day. This urgency works out your cardio, heart health, and blood flow, as well as build some muscle and burn additional calories.
You can also do what I do and do heavy club training, which works out your entire body with one piece of versatile equipment.
Lastly, you can work out the times you eat. Some people choose to eat only one giant meal a day, others prefer two. You can do “no snacking” or only have several small meals. Truthfully, your meal timing is entirely up to you and what you determines works best for you.
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