Hey....Can anyone tell me how to start a account for my hubby.
do you mean how to sign him up for an account or how to get him started eating more healthily?
You will have to sign him up the same as you did but using a different email address. You can only use an email address for one account.
Log out of your login, and then select create new account. :)
this is a tough one . . . As you can't force him to do anything - And who knows how he'll respond to you telling him he needs to lose weight. My wife would say things like "Why don't you take better care of yourself." "Why don't you go to the gym." - And while I know / knew she was right . . . It would actually make me put things off / Get angry inside a little.
It also may be hard for him to keep track of everything on the road. Unless he has access to the internet often.
I'm sorry I don't have any advice for you - I'm trying to think about how my wife could've approached this . . . and there's not many ways she could've . . . but that's just me and my personality style - your Hubby may be vastly different.
As for options on the road - I'm in sales and on the road a lot . . . and there are usually options. COke zero instead of classic if you NEED pop. Redbull sugar free, the right subway sandwiches at subway etc.
Yeah....my husband has a Georgia Foreman grill, a microwave, and a refrigerator. He has been cooking in his truck since the doctor said he had high blood pressure. Now dont get me wrong, he isnt severly over weight. He just needs to lose weight, and he is totally all for it. I mean he is okay with me helping him. I am a total diet freak and compulsive worrier about my weight, so its all good. He used to weigh 190lbs. He weighed 214lbs when he went to the doctor for his year physical. He actually has white coat syndrome, but you cant tell a doctor that so they put him on low blood pressure medicine with a dierectic. He now weighs 209lbs and thats because we have been watching his sugar and bread and fatty red meat. I just thought he could eat better on this diet that I am on and he wouldnt have to worry so much about having to stop and cook or stop at fast food. Plus...the water drinking is a must. Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it.
My step dad was an otr truck for 25 yrs and I've met other team drivers. My thoughts-
Does he have a lap top? I know more places offer wi fi but, could he actually do it? will he be able to log on daily?
Eating wise- I feel horrible for him as mentioned before it's so hard to loose weight eating truck stop foods. Here's a thought. You might consider getting him a crock pot for his truck. Stew, chili, most soups are a good option for him. I ran into a driving team who used those crock pot bags and cooked in their trucks all the time. Cakes, main dishes, soup. The lady said she would just stock up on those bags, prep her veggies and as much of her other foods as possible at home and just dump it in the crock pot. When they are done toss the bag when they were done. NO CLEAN UP! Hooray! and you might consider getting him some steamer bags. He could probably steam veggies and salmon together in a truck stop microwave if he doesn't have one in his truck. The easier you make it for him the better. You might consider getting a set of measuring spoons for his truck too. Eye balling it is HARD!
Hope I got you started in the right direction. Now if he just isn't interested than I can can't help you. Sorry. Just be a good example and he'll most likely change his mind.
best wishes
I travel a fair bit - although I'm not driving a truck all day! It takes ingenuity to eat healthily while on the road. Here's a few things I've learned:
Those George Foreman grills rock. I know a service tech who is constantly being sent all over the country and he travels with a George Foreman grill. Of course, he stays in hotels, and he always makes sure he gets one with a little mini-fridge. But I'm sure this idea could be adopted for OTR driving. (It would be like tail-gating every night, eh?)
Subway is your friend. When you're tired from working long hours you just want to get some food inside you and fast. There's a Subway practically everywhere, and if you stick with the basic beef/turkey/ham subs, and avoid the cheese, and the mayo or oil dressings, you know you'll be eating a reasonably healthy meal. (I rely on the juices from pickles and tomatoes to moisten my sub, and I always skip the bag o' chips that they want to sell you.) Actually, you could probably do likewise at any subway store.
Supermarkets. Getting enough fruit and vegetables is a real challenge on the road. Thankfully, many supermarkets -- even the ones in small towns -- now have pre-cut and sliced veggie trays. Some of them even have salad bars. I collect those plastic forks with napkins in a packet that some fast food joints give out, and always have a stash of them in my suitcase. This way I don't have the excuse of not having a fork with me as a reason not to get a salad. I've also discovered that getting a small tray of shrimp cocktail, while a little pricey, makes a nice meal and a good change from the usual
Laptop, hand-held PC, or PDA. You can get all three with WiFi capabilities, and I think more and more truck stops are offering WiFi. Certainly, many Starbucks have WiFi, and I noticed the other day that a McDonalds near me also offers it! (Just exactly why beats me.) I have a Palm Pilot and use it to track my daily eating and to chart my weight. (There's a wonderful FREE weight tracking software at Hacker's Diet - and you can get it in either MS Excel format or for the Palm. There's even a description of how to use plain ol' paper and pen to create the trend graphs.) I've discovered that most fast food joints publish their nutritional guidelines as PDF files. I store the nutrition files from fast food places on my laptop, so if I find myself stuck in an airport or rushing to my meeting in the morning, I can at least make reasonably wise choices at fast-food joints. You could also travel with a folder of them printed out, too. Yes, you can do a lot of your tracking with notebooks and paper and pen, but these electronic gadgets are also useful for so many other things, that I finally dumped my old Day Planner and joined the electronic world. The net result is that I carry less things with me on the road. (My brother is a truck driver, and he's planning on getting a laptop as soon as he can, figuring it'll be pretty useful -- and he's not even dieting.)
Note: You need to be careful about WiFi on the road. It's not always free. For example, at Starbucks you have to pay for it. But if you travel a lot, it might be worth it to set up a plan with Boingo or T-Mobile (Starbuck's provider). You can help justify the cost by using the internet to make your phone calls via something like Skype. Then again, who needs another monthly bill? Plenty of places offer free and open access. The only problem is finding them. My travel involves a lot of flying, and I have a rule that if I'm stuck in an airport for more than three hours, then it's worth it to me to pay the daily charge for WiFi. I use that time to check my email correspondence and to chat with my family on-line via AIM. (There's always someone on-line to chat with.) I don't travel often enough to set up a monthly account with a national WiFi provider, so that usually works out to be reasonably cost effective. It's amazing how it brightens up my day to chat with members of my family on-line.
Maybe not all of these ideas are practical for OTR driving, but maybe these'll spark some other ideas. Like I said, watching your weight on the road is challenging and requires ingenuity.
