Bailey's Girl wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: Bailey's Girl wrote:
::::: Dean S. Lautermilch wrote:
:::::: I've been fat and thin and back to fat again. I lost over one
:::::: hundred pounds on LC
:::::: many years ago and even met Dr. Atkins. I gained it back working
:::::: as a computer tech traveling a lot doing project work around the
:::::: country and living off vending machines.
:::::
::::: Hi, Dean!
:::::
::::: I'm kind of new here, too, but just wanted to say I love the
::::: picture and have to agree that someone here will come up with a
::::: great punch line for it -- lol
:::::
::::: But what I really wanted to throw in is, I feel your pain about
::::: trying to stick to a low-carb lifestyle while on the road. I
::::: drove a truck for five years and the challenge just became too
::::: much. It's really hard to stay committed when the only food you
::::: have access to for three days is from vending machines in rest
::::: areas. I guess people think you can just park that beast
::::: anywhere, but that's not the case. Even if you have the room,
::::: you're always being chased off. Wal-Mart used to be a haven for
::::: truckers on the road to stock up, but now that Sam's gone,
::::: they're blocking trucks from the parkings lots, ticketing them or
::::: towing them away. The truck stops don't help either -- besides
::::: they're "Travel Centers" now and cater to soccer moms, not truck
::::: drivers. Even though I've always found that low-carb is a
::::: cheaper way to live, if you stick to "real food", because you
::::: don't eat as much, when you're charged triple and quadruple the
::::: standard "super market" price for anything, it makes it tough on
::::: the wallet.
:::::
::::: I guess you could say I did the "30 Day Guy" bit for five years.
::::: lol
:::
::: Can't you put a little frig in there? Then carry nuts, pork rinds,
::: canned meats, etc?
::
:: Hi, Roger --
::
:: It's not just a matter of "can't you" -- it's also a matter of
:: expense and availability and practicality. Kinda like a "they can
:: put a man on the moon" kind of thing.
::
:: We went the fridge route (and they aren't cheap) and they lasted
:: three to six months, so we were constantly throwing them away, not
:: to mention the "goodies" that were in them. There's also the issue
:: of being able to get to a grocery store when you're on the road.
:: It's not just a matter of being allowed to park there in the first
:: place, you have to know where it is, get to it, get to is during
:: business hours, and on and on and on and on. And those sleepers
:: look big, but there's only so much storage available. Not to
:: mention the fact that we couldn't haul one load because we were
:: overweight on the steers -- dispatch never figured it out but it was
:: because the storage space under the bunk was full of canned food.
:: <lol>
::
:: I know a lot of guys who live in their trucks -- not even having real
:: homes -- cook in there and everything. When we were running team,
:: the truck didn't stop long enough to do much of anything, and when I
:: was running alone I was too darned tired to mess with it.
::
:: I supposed if I got to the point where I went back to trucking and it
:: was more of a paid RV lifestyle than a job, it might work. When
:: you're running, and running hard, to pay the bills, it doesn't.
::
::
It does sound like a hard life....how long does one typically make a living
this way? Seems like burn-out would eventually become a problem.