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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

Police in riot gear outside the Culinary Arts building. There has GOT
to be a low-carb joke in there somewhere :-)

Quoted message said:

Life is too short to be overweight.

Today is my third day in ketosis.

Good for you!

Quoted message said:

Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

Try not to get too dependent upon shakes.

--
Saffire
205/137/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

I bet, yet surprisingly Florida seems chock full of fat people!

Quoted message said:

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

DO fill us in - what were you shooting??

Quoted message said:

Life is too short to be overweight.

You are so right! Have you always been overweight or did you gain weight
recently?

Quoted message said:

Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

Good job - and I agree w/Luna abou the shakes. Was that all your food for
the day? It seems like a starvation diet, you need more actual food. I don't
see how someone can last long eating that way - This isn't SLim Fast, this
is that great life plan where you get to eat lots of wonderful food and
still lose weight!

Dean S. Lautermilch wrote:
:: I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida
:: heat.
::
:: Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
:: http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586
::
:: Life is too short to be overweight.
::
:: Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
:: Newman's and chicken for today.

Which one are you? The guy about to get clobbered?

nanner wrote:
:: "Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:: news:[email hidden]...
::: I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida
::: heat.
::
:: I bet, yet surprisingly Florida seems chock full of fat people!
::
:::
::: Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I
::: see. http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586
::
:: DO fill us in - what were you shooting??
::
:::
::: Life is too short to be overweight.
:::
::
:: You are so right! Have you always been overweight or did you gain
:: weight recently?
::
::: Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
::: Newman's and chicken for today.
::
:: Good job - and I agree w/Luna abou the shakes. Was that all your
:: food for the day? It seems like a starvation diet, you need more
:: actual food. I don't see how someone can last long eating that way -
:: This isn't SLim Fast, this is that great life plan where you get to
:: eat lots of wonderful food and still lose weight!

Doesn't it depend on how much salad and how much chicken?

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.

The image was taken at a protest. Here are my images of the event.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/oas

The reason for the shakes is to get ride of the first ten pounds so I can
get on the weight loss 'high'. After I lose the first ten pounds I am on the
high knowing the diet is working and temptation is really not a problem at
that point.

"nanner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

I bet, yet surprisingly Florida seems chock full of fat people!

Quoted message said:

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

DO fill us in - what were you shooting??

Quoted message said:

Life is too short to be overweight.

You are so right! Have you always been overweight or did you gain weight
recently?

Quoted message said:

Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

Good job - and I agree w/Luna abou the shakes. Was that all your food for
the day? It seems like a starvation diet, you need more actual food. I
don't see how someone can last long eating that way - This isn't SLim
Fast, this is that great life plan where you get to eat lots of wonderful
food and still lose weight!

I really like the Advantage shakes and the Advantage bars. I limit
myself to one shake and one bar a day (usually around lunchtime, when
I'm most rushed). Still have lost 15 pounds (I didn't eat them on
induction).

Saffire said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

Police in riot gear outside the Culinary Arts building. There has GOT
to be a low-carb joke in there somewhere :-)

Quoted message said:

Life is too short to be overweight.

Today is my third day in ketosis.

Good for you!

Quoted message said:

Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

Try not to get too dependent upon shakes.

--
Saffire
205/137/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Dean S. Lautermilch said:

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

Anyway, enough of that -- I wish you well and agree with the what the
others have said about the shakes, bars and other low-carb "wonders".
I've always seen the "real food" aspect as the best part of this WOE.

Blessings to you!

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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nanner wrote:
:: "Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:: news:[email hidden]...
::: I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida
::: heat.
::
:: I bet, yet surprisingly Florida seems chock full of fat people!
::
:::
::: Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I
::: see. http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586
::
:: DO fill us in - what were you shooting??
::
:::
::: Life is too short to be overweight.
:::
::
:: You are so right! Have you always been overweight or did you gain
:: weight recently?
::
::: Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
::: Newman's and chicken for today.
::
:: Good job - and I agree w/Luna abou the shakes. Was that all your
:: food for the day? It seems like a starvation diet, you need more
:: actual food. I don't see how someone can last long eating that way -
:: This isn't SLim Fast, this is that great life plan where you get to
:: eat lots of wonderful food and still lose weight!

Doesn't it depend on how much salad and how much chicken?

Well, maybe. i had an ENORMOUS salad for dinner - I was just starving! But -
if that was all I had and 2 shakes for the day I don't think I could go on
that way.

I had a full head of romaine, a whole avocado, a huge chicken breast cut up
into the salad, half of a large cucumber, about 5-6 raw mushrooms sliced
into it and alot of grated parmesan, oil & vinegar. This was a salad for a
family and I was stuffing it in really - but I ate it all. Even if that was
lunch I know I'd need food for dinner, not a shake. But I persoanlly need a
lot of food.

I guess it's individual. I had eaten a HUGE steak for lunch with cheese &
salsa (in the broiler - mmm) and had snacked on almonds. I have a big
appetite and it seems to increase if i drink alot of soda w/aspertame (which
I did all weekend) I had pepperoni and greenbean salad for breakfast. I also
had a pickle at some point during the day.

I really overate yesterday! Boy - i need to get to Fitday LOL
JoAnna
176/141/120 never gone see that 120 if I don't cut back LOL

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

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.

bummer

Quoted message said:

The image was taken at a protest. Here are my images of the event.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/oas

Cool pix. I like the one of the drummers, the girl looks like me back in the
day LOL

Quoted message said:

The reason for the shakes is to get ride of the first ten pounds so I can
get on the weight loss 'high'. After I lose the first ten pounds I am on
the
high knowing the diet is working and temptation is really not a problem at
that point.

Well, I hope it motivates you, temptations is alwaysa prob for me. I may
actually post what the devil in my head was saying to me yesterday - it's a
constant battle.

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"nanner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

I bet, yet surprisingly Florida seems chock full of fat people!

Quoted message said:

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

DO fill us in - what were you shooting??

Quoted message said:

Life is too short to be overweight.

You are so right! Have you always been overweight or did you gain weight
recently?

Quoted message said:

Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

Good job - and I agree w/Luna abou the shakes. Was that all your food for
the day? It seems like a starvation diet, you need more actual food. I
don't see how someone can last long eating that way - This isn't SLim
Fast, this is that great life plan where you get to eat lots of wonderful
food and still lose weight!

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?

I used to be over 300 too. It takes time and persistence, but weightloss
can be done.

If I may offer some tips:

Read "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution" (I actually just read key sections of
it myself.)

Use the download from http://www.fitday.com to track eating and progress.

Avoid most made-for-low-carb products.

Don't try to do low carb as low fat.

Count calories along with carbs. Fitday makes this easy.

Make low carb a new way of life.

Don't cheat or have "cheat days."

Be the master of your own diet. Find what works for you and make it your
own program.

Cubit
311/169.8/165

PS: Did you go through the kitchen and toss all the carby stuff in the
trash?

PPS: You may want to have a better "before" picture, for the future.

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

Life is too short to be overweight.

Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

I used to be over 300 too. It takes time and persistence, but weightloss
can be done.

If I may offer some tips:

Read "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution" (I actually just read key sections of
it myself.)

Use the download from http://www.fitday.com to track eating and progress.

Avoid most made-for-low-carb products.

Don't try to do low carb as low fat.

Count calories along with carbs. Fitday makes this easy.

Make low carb a new way of life.

Don't cheat or have "cheat days."

Be the master of your own diet. Find what works for you and make it your
own program.

Cubit
311/169.8/165

PS: Did you go through the kitchen and toss all the carby stuff in the
trash?

PPS: You may want to have a better "before" picture, for the future.

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

Life is too short to be overweight.

Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
Newman's and chicken for today.

"Saffire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida heat.

Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I see.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586

Police in riot gear outside the Culinary Arts building. There has GOT
to be a low-carb joke in there somewhere :-)

That was not a joke. That is the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts,
the Florida branch one of the most famous cooking schools in the world.. A
person or persons unknown snuck in and replaced all the sugar wtih Splenda.
The search is still on.

If the police find the person(s) responsible and turn him over to the french
chefs who teach at the school, the poor perpetrator will be slapped to death
with plastic gloves.

I overate a salad yesterday myself. It's tough to kill that
"clean-your-plate" mentality that was drilled into my head until the
age of 18 (which was drilled into my parents' head by their
Depression-Era parents). I made a great salad, romaine lettuce, tuna,
some almonds, minced garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms. Only problem is I
made it too big. Then I ate it anyways. Ooog.

Gotta watch that.

nanner said:

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

nanner wrote:
:: "Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:: news:[email hidden]...
::: I'm hitting 300 and it really has caught up with me in the Florida
::: heat.
::
:: I bet, yet surprisingly Florida seems chock full of fat people!
::
:::
::: Someone took this image of me two weeks ago. I don't like what I
::: see. http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/44500586
::
:: DO fill us in - what were you shooting??
::
:::
::: Life is too short to be overweight.
:::
::
:: You are so right! Have you always been overweight or did you gain
:: weight recently?
::
::: Today is my third day in ketosis. Two Atkins shakes and a salad with
::: Newman's and chicken for today.
::
:: Good job - and I agree w/Luna abou the shakes. Was that all your
:: food for the day? It seems like a starvation diet, you need more
:: actual food. I don't see how someone can last long eating that way -
:: This isn't SLim Fast, this is that great life plan where you get to
:: eat lots of wonderful food and still lose weight!

Doesn't it depend on how much salad and how much chicken?

Well, maybe. i had an ENORMOUS salad for dinner - I was just starving! But -
if that was all I had and 2 shakes for the day I don't think I could go on
that way.

I had a full head of romaine, a whole avocado, a huge chicken breast cut up
into the salad, half of a large cucumber, about 5-6 raw mushrooms sliced
into it and alot of grated parmesan, oil & vinegar. This was a salad for a
family and I was stuffing it in really - but I ate it all. Even if that was
lunch I know I'd need food for dinner, not a shake. But I persoanlly need a
lot of food.

I guess it's individual. I had eaten a HUGE steak for lunch with cheese &
salsa (in the broiler - mmm) and had snacked on almonds. I have a big
appetite and it seems to increase if i drink alot of soda w/aspertame (which
I did all weekend) I had pepperoni and greenbean salad for breakfast. I also
had a pickle at some point during the day.

I really overate yesterday! Boy - i need to get to Fitday LOL
JoAnna
176/141/120 never gone see that 120 if I don't cut back LOL

Welcome aboard, Dean.

The beauty part of this WOE, is, you dont HAVE to rely on shakes and
salad, LOL.

Have yourself some eggs and bacon...heck, have a cheeseburger sans the
bun, of course, for lunch! Have a sirloin strip and a big salad for
dinner....ENJOY wonderful food!

You may be a little like I was, a month ago. I couldnt quite make my
self believe I could lose weight and NOT 'suffer". After all those years
of being taught to 'fear" fat....told to "cut calories!" made it very
hard to trust that I really could eat a cheese omelette with
bacon....and LOSE weight. It seems....so decadent and SURELY 'wrong".

But, it's true. Trust.

you GO, babe!

LassChance

Start LC~5-16-05
202-?-165
(i'm scale phobic)

Roger Zoul said:

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.

:-)

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.

Roger Zoul said:

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.

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. :-)

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

It does sound like a hard life....how long does one typically make a

living

Quoted message said:

this way? Seems like burn-out would eventually become a problem.

Every time my cousin goes back to driving he ends up on crank again and then
back to rehab.

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