In the long run, you’ll be healthier if you stick to a good diet plan, and it’s easy as hell once you do it for a while and it becomes second nature. Sure, treat yourself to a burger and fries on rare occasions, but after changing your habits, you may not even have the desire to eat anything greasy.

If people realized how easy it is to make healthy eating their lifestyle by eating healthy consistently and not just consider themselves as “dieting” they would kick themselves for not doing it sooner. Great advice top to bottom. Thanks!

A couple of things to add; Plan a budget that works and stick to it. Buy enough groceries for your time on the road and if you have anything left over in your budget, treat yourself to a restaurant meal or two, or better yet, deposit that money into your savings.

Also, don’t forget about hidden costs, such as your health. Eating restaurant food, especially fast food, buying processed junk at the grocery store, will certainly impact your health at some point. And of course, having poor health means having to pay doctor bills, hospital bills, and the price of prescription drugs, not to mention the cost of taking time off to deal with medical issues.

So, make wise choices at the grocery store: Stay away from soda, all you really need is water. Avoid the fried stuff, try to stick with cold-cuts, baked or even grilled, if you can. Tuna is perfect, easy to prepare and great for you. Sweet potatoes, oatmeal, whole grain bread instead of white bread, low-fat yogurt — all good. Instead of chips or beef jerky, whatever your poison is, get plenty of fruit and healthy snack foods. There are chips and popcorn and all kinds of other snack foods available that don’t contain all those bad cholesterol building and artery clogging ingredients, just check out the nutrition facts and the list of ingredients. And if you have room in your cab, get a small juicer, make a gallon of juice with fresh fruit (and vegetables) before you head out, drop in some protein powder if you want.

In the long run, you’ll be healthier if you stick to a good diet plan, and it’s easy as hell once you do it for a while and it becomes second nature. Sure, treat yourself to a burger and fries on rare occasions, but after changing your habits, you may not even have the desire to eat anything greasy. You’ll save money on health costs, you’ll be more alert and focused while driving, possibly saving you more money because you’ll be a safer and happier driver. You’d be surprised what a healthy diet can do for your attitude and overall mood.

-Bob