Bailey's Girl wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: 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.
::
:: lol -- well *I'm* home now! I did get burned out pretty quick --
:: actually I think the term "disgusted" sums it up better.
I can see why....
::
:: Hubby's been driving for over 30 years. Some do it forever (and go
:: through a lot of wives <g>), some, like me, figure it out quick and
:: get out quick.
One of the guys at my gym is a truck driver. He seems pretty stable to
me....of course, I only seem him at the gym...
