Article-restaurants to expand into truck stops
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Just go to the Store get urself and .89 Banquet TV dinners Meat Loaf & a couples Loafs of Wheat bread, & Case of water. Get a Bag of Ice if you dont got a Fridge and turn the stinking cooler on its side Then get yourself some Cambells soups Chicken Corn Chowder and Sir Burger. for a snack you can get Honey Nut Cheri OO and put em in a plastic bag, The soups and that you can put in a big plastic bin. Get ya some Ice tea mixes as well. Hit the Dollar TEE that got a Fridagator get some of those Bacon and Cheder Potatoes that u can Nuc. they come 2 to a box & some of those Burretoes that are Beef and Bean and the Bean and Cheese.
You can go into the TAs and Pilots and use there Micro waves and cook ya some grub. Yup you can live off it.
One thing dont buy the Pizza at the Dollar tree the dough too much like eating cardboard.
Beats paying 10 to 12 bucks for meals all the time.
However please note you will loose those unwanted pounds. That U put on over Thanksgiving and Christmas.
You can go into the TAs and Pilots and use there Micro waves and cook ya some grub. Yup you can live off it.
One thing dont buy the Pizza at the Dollar tree the dough too much like eating cardboard.
Beats paying 10 to 12 bucks for meals all the time.
However please note you will loose those unwanted pounds. That U put on over Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Iceroad, I like the "Attachment" !!!! 
You won't lose weight eating most of what's listed, though you will save money.
The closer you can stick to nature [fresh fruit & veggies, brown bread, plain cuts of meat] the better for your health - though it's not easy to do at all. Even with the best intentions, eating better takes time [prep and cleanup] that we often don't have.
Which makes exercise more important, and I'm a real slug in that area - especially when it's bitter cold, or raining, or too hot, etc, etc, etc.
I just need to figure out how to get a wii in the sleeper, cause I think I'd do that a lot - at least until I hurt myself on the 'ski jump', lol.
PreacherRich
Seasoned Expediter
January of 2011 my wife and I started eating healthier. I lost 30 pounds the first 9 months of the year. I started expediting the 1st of October. I have gained 15 of that back in the last 3 months and really effected my profit margins! I have enjoyed the truck stop menus WAY to much! About the beginning of December I started looking for healthier choices on the menus and they are very few. So I agree with the advice in the posts above.
Buy your food at the store, smaller portions, healthier choices. It is not only good for your body but also healthy for the bank account. Diet is a big part of it but the decreased amount of exercise has been a contributer to my waste line as well. Going to walk at least 2 miles a day at least 5 days a week. Hard to do when you are needing to sleep and budgeting time but it has to be done. (for me at least)
Let's be healthier, wealthier and wiser!
Buy your food at the store, smaller portions, healthier choices. It is not only good for your body but also healthy for the bank account. Diet is a big part of it but the decreased amount of exercise has been a contributer to my waste line as well. Going to walk at least 2 miles a day at least 5 days a week. Hard to do when you are needing to sleep and budgeting time but it has to be done. (for me at least)
Let's be healthier, wealthier and wiser!
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pearlpro
Expert Expediter
One thing about being an expediter even in a 26' truck I dont eat at truckstops, the food quality is not great, the choices even worse, Tacos, Mcdonalds, FAT FOOD EXPRESS....If they had some salad bars I think they would find a renewed interest by drivers,
But most salad bars in truck stops look as if a bomb went off, disgusting thick greasy whatever with lettuce thats been spray painted green.....Truck stops need to look around and see whats going on, Yes I love a big meal once in a while but Im determined to lose weight myslef this year, get better rest, enjoy life more not Live on Caffeine and 5 Hour energy drinks....
Good Health to you all in 2012
But most salad bars in truck stops look as if a bomb went off, disgusting thick greasy whatever with lettuce thats been spray painted green.....Truck stops need to look around and see whats going on, Yes I love a big meal once in a while but Im determined to lose weight myslef this year, get better rest, enjoy life more not Live on Caffeine and 5 Hour energy drinks....
Good Health to you all in 2012
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
Again, the collectivist, nanny-state principle rears its ugly head. If you don't want to overeat, don't. We all make the choice every time we eat. Make it for yourself, not others.
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You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.
Where did he call for the "nanny state" to step in? Saying people should boycott and protest seems pretty harmless, it's not like he's calling for neighbors to band together and kidnap children from a gay household...
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
Well, that's true...he didn't call for actual government action to make certain eating habits illegal. It's just reflex because that's what he usually does.
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You know the problem with bad cops? They make the other 5% look bad.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
collectivism?
Yes sure am when it comes to this issue. Unless we, the drivers, step up and demand more than the slop they serve at these truck stops, it will continue. I remember going to a truck stop and getting a small burger (by today's standards), fries and a soda (no refill) - all reasonably sized for the times, all edible and freshly made but more importantly it was enough for most to work through their 10 hours of driving - nothing like the truck SIZED portions that we have today. We, the drivers, are fooled into thinking that more is better - got to have lots of them food to do a tough job.
I don't work in the oil field where I need 4000 or 5000 calories to do my job, on average we need about 1500 and that's about it. We don't work as hard (unless we unload our own trucks or run flat beds), as most other people in high risk jobs.
nanny-state??
no where near that, I don't believe in government's involvement into much, may have sided with some of the things that we need or tried to correct some of the skewed thinking around here but government keep out of my food. I don't even like the idea the FDA telling drug companies what they can produce and not produce.
It is where the consumer, this case the trucker, has the right to have better meals and better food (there is a difference). It is right where the trucker needs to speak up and demand that change so we don't have to deal with the government involvement - like neck size and sleep apnea.
I think that this holds true, as I live in the fatest state in the country, I work in the fatest industry in the world. Even the auto worker who I hold in contempt because of their demands can't compare to the average weight of the average driver being something like 40 pounds over their ideal weight. No where else can I get the entertainment of seeing a 55 year old 400 pound man try to get into and out of a truck without having his pants fall to the point we see his a** crack. You have to admit seeing some 350 pound 5' 6' tall guy going to the fuel desk and back and sweating so badly they need to change their shirt is a sight.
So where does this all start?
It starts with the access to a limited amount of food when you are a captive in a truckstop and the dumb waitress who tells about the "special of the day".
It actually starts with how much, and what, one decides to shovel into their pie hole. If the portion is too large and they eat it all anyway, that's their call, not the restaurant's. The problem with truckers and fat people in general is not portion control, it's (A) excessive carbs and (B) skipping meals, either of which is the surest road to obesity.
Something I decided in Nov was to lose 1 pound per year of age, this means I'll be losing 57 to 60 pounds this year. Started at 232 down to 224 right now plan on 2 pounds per week, so I hope to be down another 40 or so pounds by May.
Eating less in truck stops helps, now just need a gym membership to tone down the belly fat.
My go do you see what some of the put away at a buffet and then order diet soda, I'm ROFLMAO when I see this.
Eating less in truck stops helps, now just need a gym membership to tone down the belly fat.
My go do you see what some of the put away at a buffet and then order diet soda, I'm ROFLMAO when I see this.
Try Jack in the box for a breakfast Jack .99 to 1.29 per real egg cheese and thin slice of ham. If you want eat 2 only would cost 3 bucks with tax not counting coffee. Just skip the potatoes from the fryer.
Subway for a chicken and spinach salad, at the ones that have the spinach. oil and vinegar dressing just enough to coat after shaking salad in the container. only 5 bucks plus tax plus a drink either water or milk for me.
Their are ways to eat healthy while on the road, we just forgot as a industry how to do it. Plus there are ways to get to a gym because most of us don't drive a TT. Small trucks and vans got to love it when it comes to getting around
Better then eating in a restaurant and cheaper.
Subway for a chicken and spinach salad, at the ones that have the spinach. oil and vinegar dressing just enough to coat after shaking salad in the container. only 5 bucks plus tax plus a drink either water or milk for me.
Their are ways to eat healthy while on the road, we just forgot as a industry how to do it. Plus there are ways to get to a gym because most of us don't drive a TT. Small trucks and vans got to love it when it comes to getting around
Better then eating in a restaurant and cheaper.
moose
Veteran Expediter
This was actually one of the points made, as the HOS where toasted out the last time around. the 14 hours rule, did not take into account drivers health.
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
You all eat at those TS's..I just made 8 quarts of homemade bean soup with Michigan beans and the ham and bone that was left over from Christmas from a pig farmer here in NW Ohio...Half of it will be vac sealed in individual servings then put in the frig in the truck...
PreacherRich
Seasoned Expediter
You all eat at those TS's..I just made 8 quarts of homemade bean soup with Michigan beans and the ham and bone that was left over from Christmas from a pig farmer here in NW Ohio...Half of it will be vac sealed in individual servings then put in the frig in the truck...
Bean Soup? I hope you ride alone brother!
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
PreacherRich wrote:
Well for the rest of this week i do..then for the next week , my wife will be with me for a week then back to solo again. But... believe me, she can hold her own!!
but beyond that, just finished vac sealing homemade chicken soup and beef barley!!!
Well for the rest of this week i do..then for the next week , my wife will be with me for a week then back to solo again. But... believe me, she can hold her own!!
but beyond that, just finished vac sealing homemade chicken soup and beef barley!!!