How to Eat Healthy, Well-Rounded Meals as a Truck Driver

There are a wide range of different benefits that come along with being a truck driver – but there are also a number of potential obstacles, too. In addition to the amount of time that you’re spending away from your friends and family members, living a healthy lifestyle is often something that people who are new to the profession see as an uphill battle.

Obviously, you have to eat and you’re often limited to the options in the area that you’re driving through. If you only rely on truck stops, you’ll find a lot of frozen meals or restaurants that don’t exactly cater to the healthiest lifestyle.

Thankfully, all hope is not lost. Not only is it possible to eat healthy meals as a truck driver, but you can also prepare them yourself and wind up with something delicious that you’ll actually enjoy when you’re done. All you have to do is keep a few straightforward things in mind and make sure that the right ingredients are at the ready depending on what you want to eat today.

High protein tortilla dessert

250g Low fat Greek yogurt

2 whole eggs

30g all purpose flour

30g whey protein

2 taco tortilla's

Few frozen or fresh berries 

Mix Greek yogurt, eggs, flour and protein powder together. Place taco tortillas in the bowl and fill with the mixture. Put a few berries of your choice on top and cook for 40 minutes at 355 F. Enjoy!

Chicken cheese bake

70g Quaker old fashioned oats

140g kefir

1 egg

1 chicken breast

100g red pepper

80g cheese of your choice

Mix oats, kefir, egg thoroughly and leave for 30 min to rest in the fridge. After that add finely diced chicken breast and finely diced red pepper. After mixing everything together, top the mixture with grated cheese. Bake at 355 F temperature for 50 minutes. Enjoy! 

Chicken vegetable stew

70g uncooked rice

200g chicken breast

150g mixed frozen vegetables

130ml milk

1 egg

Put rice in a heat resistant glass bowl. Top the rice with finely diced chicken breast and top that with frozen vegetables of your choice. Blend milk together with egg and pour on top of vegetables covered with tinfoil and bake in 400 F for 60 minutes. Enjoy!

In the end, it’s always important to make every effort to stay healthy, especially when you’re living a lifestyle that can be as sedentary as that of an OTR truck driver. But keep in mind that diet alone isn’t enough to get the job done. Whenever possible, you’ll also want to prioritize physical activity as well.

The next time you hit the truck stop, get out there and go for a walk. If your truck is going to be unloading for a few hours before you can leave the dock again, see if there is a gym or park that you can hit up in the area. So long as you’re able to fit in some type of physical activity in a given day (it doesn’t have to be a full workout), it and the combination of the meals outlined above will be a great way to keep you as healthy as possible.

If you’d like to find out more information or if you just have any additional questions about pursuing a life on the road that you’d like to discuss with someone in a bit more detail, please don’t hesitate to contact Bloom Services today.