Eating sensibly when on the move

[LittleGreyCat]

I am due for my 6 month review soon, and this reminded of one of my previous reviews.

My diabetic nurse was quite pleased with me, but (I can't remember why) she mentioned that I was atypical for her patients.

She said words to the effect that "Not many of them are as fit as you are - they are mainly overweight lorry drivers".
This is understandable as I live near a major container port but it did make me wonder how you keep to diet and exercise when you are nailed to a cab seat every working day.

This was brougfht home to me again recently in two ways.

Firstly, we went to collect our post-grad son from University the other week prior to him going abroad for 6 months as part of his PhD course.
We packed sandwiches as easy food for all three of us (holiday from LCHF for a day for me) but I was struck by the amount of bread compared to filling you get in the average roll.

Secondly, learning from this, when we went abroad for a week last week we packed salads and protein in plastic boxes to eat at the airport and on the plane. This worked well but took a lot longer to prepare, and was more difficult to eat.
Looking around at the airport there weren't many (any?) low cab options.
There certainly weren't any on the plane (Easyjet).

Eating out on holiday was also difficult - everything came with carbs.
Had a "sod it" evening and had a wonderful baked pasta with creamy sauce at out favourite Italian restaurant overlooking the harbour.
We always go self catering so most meals were no problem

So - from all this I conclude that if you are on the move a lot, eating well and sensibly can be very difficult indeed.
Unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time and effort preparing all your food yourself then following low cab diets (and most other diets) can be very hard.
So yer average trucker is probably surrounded by stodge and sweets all through his working day/week and doesn't even get to walk around the office and up/down stairs as most other workers can.
Very hard to stick to diet and exercise.

There must be other 'high risk' jobs as well.

Just thankful that I can devote a good bit of time to looking after myself.

Cheers

LGC

 

[phoenix]

how you keep to diet and exercise when you are nailed to a cab seat every working day

here's the story of a T1 who managed very well . He drove an HGV all over Europe.(got licence prior to 1994 so was able to keep it subject to an annual medical) He cooked in the cab and had a fold-up bike for exercise.
http://www.diabetes-stories.com/transcript.asp?UID=17

 

[snowy_barks]

I have the same problem.

I frequently have to travel for work.

I was working in Rotterdam and Antwerp last week. Breakfast in European hotels can be difficult as it doesn't always offer the UK style "fry-up" but you can normally get eggs and cooked meat.

I was working at an offshore construction yard and the lunch options were a none starter = the Dutch like their pastries!

I went to a local supermarket and bought cold meat and prepared salad, made wraps from rare beef and a greek salad, absolutely delicious!(Meat on the outside) Tub of olives for snacking. Not eating bread can be awkward at times!

I will eat a bit of fruit, apples and plums are okay with me.

Dinner, I tend to stick with steak or fish and ask for no potatoes and replace them with more veg.

Avoiding sandwiches is the most difficult thing!

 

[hanadr]

I find breakfast on the continent works pretty well, a plate of cheese slices and cooked meats, without any bread suits me perfectly. For cold meals I always have salads. For cooked meals I replace potatoes, rice, etc with more veggies. Last summer on a cruise with Michelin star cooking, I managed VERY well. "Fine dining" menus were pretty low in carbs anyway and of course I had cheese[without biscuits] instead of dessert.After 2 weeks of cruising with food available all day, I came home with an average Bg of 5.1 and 1 Kg lighter!
Hana