DIET is important, as most of the food in truck stops is very high in fat.

I carry a freezer & a propane grill to do my own cooking. I also eat a lot of salads & healthy snacks.

I also carry a mountain bike & weights in my cab, and I often like to go for a long walk or run when I can.

 

I have never been a real big guy weight wise but i started getting further and further out of shape after i started driving, getting a bit softer, less energy and putting on a couple of extra pounds....when i started my new job with Barr-Nunn and got on this 2 weeks out thing, i decided i could not just sit on my but, sleep and eat for 2 weeks at a time....I now make every effort to park as far away as possible at rest stops and truck stops as much as possible, I always take the fuel lanes on the far end and I get out and walk laps up and down the sides of the truck while waiting on loads and unloads when its not a drop and hook. I changed my diet drasticly, cut out a few snacks, cut back on meal sizes and improved the quality of the food. I also started carrying some dumbells, everyday/night before I hit the bunk I do a pretty hard workout with the weights and stomach crunches. I have trimmed off a few off those un-wanted pounds and started hardening back up in the middle and getting the upper body toned back out and back in shape, not to mention I feel stronger and just all together better. i do this stuff and pop the multi vitamins everyday and i am starting to feel pretty good for a guy who spends his days cramped up in an airconditioned box sitting on his but all day.

 

I'm still going to stick to my 1-2 hour cardio sessions anyway possible.
I've already been keeping in excellent shape by performing them for that long, every other day.
If there's a 24 Hour gym within 10-20 miles of me, then I'll go over there and burn out for a few hours, no problem.
If I'm stopped in some weird place that doesn't have that available, then it's two hours on the mountain bike, maintaining 140-170 BPM on the heart rate monitor.
That and a healthy amount of push-ups, crunches, jumping jacks, and leg lifts.
As I said in another post, I plan on going into the California Department of Corrections in the near future.
Beer bellies are NOT an option!! :x

And I know I'll be able to pull this off without worrying about time constraints.
Just do it every other day like I have. :P

 

I am soo tired of subway, im ready to burn it down!! Thats for the most part all you see at the "travel centers'.
I need alot of greasy food to keep me going...I have a high metabolism that just keeps me going.
I still find the time to go mountainbiking if Im in a hilly area.
I really think its not what you eat all the time, but where your metab is.
However the Wendys salads can be real good!

TKR

 

That is the most likely case with me and my "stay trim" success.
I still eat things like burgers, fries, pizza, etc,. on a regular basis.
It's just that ever since I've added a 3-5 day routine of vigorous exercise a week, it's been effectively kept under control.
It's all about staying active to a fairly moderate extent.
Rest and get plenty of sleep one day, get out there and get that heart pumping the next.

 

LOL!!!! :lol: :lol:

 

Wow, I am so impressed!

I was going to tell you about how I lost 22 pounds in three months by just doing this tiny bit of walking... but that's a ridiculous thing to mention in the face of your impressive success!!!!!!

(I had tetanus so I've been in bed for two years... I didn't get the antibiotic in time not to get nerve damage.)

Anyway, I had to lose weight so I ate a cracker, one single cracker and three pre-sliced pieces of American cheese for breakfast/lunch, combined. Then I ate half my dinner entre and no soup, no dessert...
I was just starving. Painfully hungry. And after two weeks I'd lost a pound. Or two, I forget. But I mean, it was hopeless.

So I went to eating brown rice which works great for me, and I did just this tiny amount of walking: like once around my back yard.... that was all I could do before my muscles tightened... so, I thought 22 pounds was Dynamite!

So, clearly I'm WAY impressed with what you did!!!!!!

 

Bad, bad, bad...

:shock: 8) :lol: :wink:

 

:twisted:

 

I can't tell if your smilie is mad at me... or not...

but... it was a joke...

right?