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2006/09/25, 04:33 AM
I'm in the army, and I am currently deployed in Iraq. Althought it's easy for me to hit the gym (soldeirs get free access to the facilities), being able to eat healthy is difficult, and eating clean is impossible.
I go to the dining facility for lunch and dinner only (I usually have a piece of fruit and a protein shake or power bar for breakfast). Every time I walk in, I see there are very few choices for me to choose from. Usually fried foods, and fatty foods, and TONS of carbs. I only allow myself to eat carbs during lunch, but not at dinner (I'm a carbaholic, and that is the only I've found that I could reduce my intake to a healthy level successfully... I'm short on will power here:laugh:) I usually end up getting the same thing every day for lunch and dinner... chicken sandwich or tuna pita for lunch, and chicken or tuna salad for dinner.
Does anybody have any recommendations for what I can do to get some variety into my lunch and dinner diets? Any non-perishable healthy foods that I can order online or have my family send to me so I don't have to eat the same thing every day?
I'm new to this site, so thanks for your help if you respond. I've tried looking up how to do this online since I've been here (about 6 months), but can't seem to find anything. I don't have a grocery store here, so I'm out of luck as far as being able to buy "clean" foods. HELP!
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2006/09/25, 07:11 AM
I remember some who was deployed and didn't have access to fresh foods - I think she ate a lot of canned beans and tuna and veggies. You are doing well with the chicken sandwich/tuna pita. Try to salvage what vegetables you can in the mess hall. Fried chicken breasts or thighs are okay if you remove the skin. You need some carbs. Rice or oatmeal? Whole wheat bread?
maybe have your family send you canned beans, some dried fruits, protein shakes/bars, beef or buffale jerky (make sure you drink plenty of water). ask your family to do some snooping at some camping goods stores and see what is available there, they often have a bigger variety of freeze-dried foods.
Good luck, and bless you for being there.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle
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2006/09/25, 03:52 PM
There isn't a lot of choices but there are choices. I just got back from Bagram and Balad but semi healthy food was available everywhere I went. If nothing else there were vegetables out (although canned) and usually a couple of kinds of beans. I don't know if you army guys can use the air force dining facilities but they were better (at least for the evening meal).
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