A heated lunch box that plugs into your 12 volt cigarette lighter outlet in your truck is worth every penny. Plug it in a hour or two before lunch and you have a hot meal with steam coming off it. Highly recommend!
Yes. One of the guys on my crew has one and uses it everyday. Just got mine off amazon today. The one i have has a 12V and 120V cord. 120V warms it up way faster or you can warm it up while driving if your travelling alot
The fact he just educated me...about the rounded edges of the metal container and the microwave...im humbled and grateful. Thanks bro..this was wholesome.
Night before: Make 2 turkey sandwiches and a ham bagel, cut apple slices, prefill Mr. Coffee maker. Morning: Press button on home coffee maker, fill 32 oz. coffee mug, eat a ham breakfast bagel and handfull of baby carrots. Lunch: 2 bottles of water, 2 sandwiches and apple. Every single day, same food for breakfast and lunch.
Absolutely. I am a union tradesman as well. A lot of guys talk about how "taxing" the work is on the body. In reality, it's their excess weight that is taxing...
@RexDorse yeah dude I dont feel like anything we do in my trade in particular can be called "taxing" just a bunch of folks who don't take care of themselves and bitching just to bitch
I rode a bicycle to work three miles each way for thirty years. It's amazing how much better my legs ended up after standing all night on a greasy floor compared to others I would usually sleep at break time at the end of the night
I’ve been brown bagging for decades. The way to make it achievable was to let myself eat out once a week. In the first year, I leaned heavily into that one lunch of tacos or whatever to keep me on track. Now, I know I can eat out once a week, but I eat out about 4 times a year, instead.
I use to pack a mac-daddy lunch for my hubby so that he wouldn't be tempted by the junk. His friends were always jealous of his food not the other way around.
I am also a blue collar worker and meal prep as well I would recommend if you live in a warm area or there’s sun around you is to put your food on the dash prior to lunch time and by then it will be somewhat warm
Great video! This is very helpful. Im 19 yrs old and am going into the HVAC trade and it’s a lot of new things but these videos on tools and meal prep for blue collar workers helps me out a lot.
Lunchbox with a hot plate that runs off a cigarette lighter is a game changer. I’ve had the same cheapo one for years and it still works great and can get so hot you don’t even want to touch it sometimes
I'm 34 now, since about 6 yrs ago now I just stopped eating before or during work and just have 1-2 coffee's throughout the day and a big meal when I get home. Its way cheaper, a lot less hassle and if you are active and on your feet all day its a lot easier on your body if your on the lighter side. I'm 5'9, decently lean and find my current weight of about 140lb is about the sweet spot for having enough muscle to do everything I need to do but being light enough I can still be up in a roof or working off a ladder all day without any problems
New to your channel. Hi from UK. Good channel. I like it. Your attitude and thoughtful advice is on point. You have the same mindset as me, you don’t want to look like a pregnant man. You have pride in your appearance. Please keep uploading.
Great video , thank you! In the winter something I like to do is crunch ramen noodles in my Stanley soup thermos and fill with boiling water in the morning. By lunch I have piping hot soup to warm me up a bit and go with my sandwiches , since the soup isn’t very nutritional 😄
I meal prep meat (ground beef, chicken in the corckpot, ground pork or ground turkey) and mixed veggies on sunday night and eat it for every meal and just switch up the sauce Monday-Friday
My parents always made their lunch for work after supper. They usually had leftovers the next day. That and a thermos of coffee that was made fresh in the morning. I as an adult who worked nights for most of my life would eat something at night before I went to work and I had a couple sandwiches at work with one can of diet pop I didn't like coffee.
Dude, I’ve worked outside away from power for years…. Get yourself the mini crockpot heat up container. Power it with the Milwaukee inverter with a batt. Takes 40 mins to heat and uses about 1/2 a 5amp hour batt. No more cold lunches…
I’m getting ready to join an apprenticeship with my local this summer. Literally starting from the bottom up about a new workplace and environment. Sometimes eating two three meals a day. How do I heat stuff on the job site. Staying simple with meal but not being repetitive.
@@KD-mm3li well as everyone on here said you should get yourself a 12 V cigarette lighter plug-in lunchbox, or try to find a local gas station, or one on the job site.
Coleman Classic 1-Burner Butane Stove for heating...all you have to do is buy butane cartridges and have the food stored in one of those small camping saucepans.
Thanks for the reminder. I wfh and I've added the freshman 35. Not happy about it. Dropped the coffee creamer this week and have other plans to eliminate other junk. The first two weeks suck but it's with it
You should look into luncheaze. Its a self heating lunchbox pretty much (a hot plate essentially) it was pricey to get started but use it everyday and still use it and love it. I get hot meal everyday. Food is definitely a huge moral boost (Also legit just giving a shout out to the luncheaze cause I wish I had found it sooner. It will help save money after it pays it's self off. Plus not food is enough lol)
As a fellow blue collar worker(Truck Driver), hell yes. I try to eat pretty healthy on the road even being local. I just switch things up from time to time! A few staples I ALWAYS have in my lunch box are beef sticks or summer sausage, cheese, apples, berries, sardines, and my main meal currently is oats with two tbsp scoops of whole milk yogurt, tbsp of peanut butter, cinnamon and honey with blueberries. Before that it was homemade tuna pasta salad with black and green olives. I try to be healthy out here but keep it nice and simple, especially seeing SO many in my industry that are anything but healthy… Nice side: I have that same Carhartt vest and love it! Lol
Grocery shop on Sunday to buy everything for the week. Everything prepared the night before and placed in the fridge to take in the morning. Coffee; brewed at home, fill a 40 oz Yeti and stays warm well into afternoon, while avoiding the drive-thru expensive stuff. Breakfast; scrambled eggs with bacon or sausage, and hash browns or tater tots. Find a microwave somewhere and heat up so I start with a hot meal. Mid-morning snacks; mozz cheese sticks and some kind of power bar. Lunch; usually ham & cheese on rye sandwich, a few chips, and a half dill pickle to finish. Afternoon snacks; two hard boiled eggs and maybe some trail mix. Note; when coffee runs out I switch to water for the rest of the day. Been a solid routine, for a good 3-4 years now, and I sure don't see going back to fast food drive-thru's daily anytime soon. Share ideas with your work friends and really ramp up good ideas for breakfast/lunches. Cheers! Pete in Arizona - KI7LIL
@@TheFarmsteadWay It's nice going all week not spending a dime (besides what Sunday's groceries cost) to have coffee, eat two meals, and snacks daily for the week. It's painful to see how much co-workers spend on junk food eating out. Glad to share. I'm going to check out your other videos. Take care!
Royobi makes a cordless microwave I use a rtic food container wrapped in a towel for my food. I heat it up in the microwave in the morning then put it in the container and most days it stays hot or at least warm.
You don’t have to eat cold food there’s several options for a warm meal. You can get yourself a little backpacking stove set up, a really good thermos or a cool box that is insulated… they keep stuff warm too. 🙂 Thanks for being out there doing the hard work every day!
I always heat my food up in the dash of the truck, in the summer the sun does it for me and in the winter i have the truck heating on and it warms it up a bit.
for me, meal prep is the key. Failing that I'll just bring rice. tinned tuna, kimchi and chili oil to a job site. I get in 30 mins of kettlebells in the morning, 30 mins body weight training every day though
Heated lunch box is a dream. Luncheaze is what I use. It cost, but it’s worth it. If you eat out, dont get the fries as that’s just high calories. Better off gettin two double bacon cheese burgers because of the protein to calories ratio and having water or non sweet tea.
If you have a sweet tooth and don’t have homemade cake every day, substitute it with a MODERATE serving of dried fruit without added sugar (e.g. raisins, dried mango slices, etc.). Tastes sweeter than normal fruit since it doesn’t have all the water but just as healthy
Along with the homemade sweets I think homemade bread is processed by the body different too. My wife's sourdough bread and sweets make me feel way different than the processed stuff.
Get yourself an insulated thermal lunch bag I used to work as a property manager and for lunch I bought an insulated bag that can keep your food warm for hours 🌡️It was a life saver and much better than having your lunch cold as ice ❄️
No way? You did do a video! Thank you so much. This is great. Hopefully ai am not the only one that wouldn’t mind seeing more. What does your normal workout routine look like? I love seeing promotion of being healthy.
Great video. How functional is the clip-on coffee cup vs the traditional twist-on Stanley lid? My original lid is coming apart and I’m deciding between replacement or adopting your method.
I use a thermos for my hot food. Once lunch comes round the food is still warm. I have to blast the stuff and dump it in the thermos right away. But it helps. Beats cold food. My coffee I drink cold. Don’t love hot coffee.
I've seen people stick their leftovers in a gallon ziploc then stuff that into their thermos with some hot water. Hot food at lunch that you dump into a container to eat so you're not eating out of a bag.
This is the first time I’m hearing about microwaveable metal containers. This is really a thing? I’ve been using plastic just to cut down and the weight/bulk of storing glass.
@ the metal container that I use is something that I found at the local Marshall’s. So far I really like it and I’ve not had any issues with it. I used to have a glass container, but I broke it in a factory break room and decided to try to find a metal container
@@TheFarmsteadWay You mentioned something about having rounded edges on your container. Will any metal container work as long as there are no exposed sharp edges?
@ I have no idea. All I know is that on the packaging for the metal container is it said that it was microwave safe and I did some research online. It said that rounded edges on a metal container allows the microwaves to safely pass around the container without reflecting and causing sparks. I cannot guarantee that any medicine container with rounded edges will be safe
@@BobtheHobo324 I do heating and cooling and some mechanical on mobile homes. I also install vinyl and insulated skirting. I enjoy the work now, I didn’t used to. there’s moments where it can be brutal because mobile homes can get trashed really fast so sometimes it’s not the most glamorous work.
@@Gryle Because bottled water is what we have at the house lol. Maybe someday I’ll get a fancy water bottle but right now it’s just not that important.
Dumb question. Why not buy an inverter and hook up a microwave or go to lunch later in the day and focus on high protein snacks to sustain you until lunch? No disrespect
@@xXLoSeRXx7mainly cash and the intentional effort to pull the trigger on a good set up lol. Cold food isn’t that big of a concern for me to dish out the cash to have a good truck rig. And good high protein snacks are hard to come by out here without making them at home.
Luncheaze battery powered heated lunch box. 10 out of 10, don’t get the wifi model just get the standard and set the timer when you leave for work and never have a cold meal again
People love to say blue collar work kills your body....Eat semi clean, use proper form, get some help if something is too heavy. You are getting paid to work out might as well take advantage.
@@tyler4081 blue collar work is very physical, but as long as you are smart and safe, you’d be surprised how long you can do the job without hurting yourself
I fix air conditioners too. I eat in restaurants for lunch. A lot of restaurants have a lunch special that is about the same price as fast food. I also stop at restaurants for breakfast, I work for myself, so I make time to eat, and I am a skinny guy. I’m not eating cold food, unless it’s a sandwich from Subway. Once you start eating the lunch specials at restaurants, you will know which ones have the $10 to $12 special, plus they have all the coke or tea you can drink.
@@Panotaker I mainly just tried to avoid restaurants because of food quality. I try to stay away from processed food, poly, unsaturated fats, genetically modified food, and non-organic food making my food at home is the best way for me to eat this clean as possible.
Working the trades got to stay healthy and eat healthy the better shape you are in the better you feel. lol I just got my new hvac installed I’m remodeling my entire house at the moment. The workers last two days they been here I’ve cooked lunch for them. You take care of the workers they will take care of you the customer
I am a first time viewer,born and raised in Ohio. This video caught my attention about packing a healthy lunch to avoid fast food. I paused this video to check out your other content and what do I see? You working out with whatever is available to not get a “Blue Collar Pooch” and to be healthy, next shot is you lighting up a pipe and belching smoke like the trains of my youth! What is wrong with your video content, have you learned nothing about the dangers of tobacco? You don’t like heating food in the microwave in plastic containers and yet you promote one of the deadliest health habits known to medicine. I grew up in the 50’s and everyone smoked, my mother carried her own ashtray all of my childhood. When they began to link smoking to cancer and heart disease my father loudly proclaimed “That is Communist Propaganda!” He died at age 54. Take a step back,think about your family and get help wherever you can. I have heard that this addiction is harder to overcome than heroin but it can be done.
At this point I would probably prefer audio only. Not sure if I will return. I realize I am only one viewer and don’t have much impact I just cannot get beyond the smoke. Please don’t smoke around your loved ones, second hand smoke is equally dangerous. I didn’t breathe fresh air until I married a non-smoker and moved to Alaska. I wish you success in all your future endeavors. Stay well.
A heated lunch box that plugs into your 12 volt cigarette lighter outlet in your truck is worth every penny. Plug it in a hour or two before lunch and you have a hot meal with steam coming off it. Highly recommend!
Ya stole my thunder with this one. I highly recommend this as well. I absolutely love mine. And they fit Pyrex perfectly.
Yes. One of the guys on my crew has one and uses it everyday. Just got mine off amazon today. The one i have has a 12V and 120V cord. 120V warms it up way faster or you can warm it up while driving if your travelling alot
I love my hot logic
The fact he just educated me...about the rounded edges of the metal container and the microwave...im humbled and grateful. Thanks bro..this was wholesome.
Night before: Make 2 turkey sandwiches and a ham bagel, cut apple slices, prefill Mr. Coffee maker. Morning: Press button on home coffee maker, fill 32 oz. coffee mug, eat a ham breakfast bagel and handfull of baby carrots. Lunch: 2 bottles of water, 2 sandwiches and apple. Every single day, same food for breakfast and lunch.
Preparation is everything!! Thank you for sharing!
What do you have against ham sandwiches and turkey bagels? Why does it have to be the same meat and bread pairing? 😂
Set the clock on the coffee maker and it will go off like an alarm clock, wake up to fresh coffee!
Probably don't need to be eating that much
@@mattblah7737 much? that aint shit
As a union tradesmen its wild the amount of chunkers we work around. I dropped from 240 to 173 finally taking decent lunches to work.
@@Stinkypete0126 that’s awesome!
Absolutely. I am a union tradesman as well. A lot of guys talk about how "taxing" the work is on the body. In reality, it's their excess weight that is taxing...
@RexDorse yeah dude I dont feel like anything we do in my trade in particular can be called "taxing" just a bunch of folks who don't take care of themselves and bitching just to bitch
@ For real! If your back and knees hurt it’s probably because your 240 and your don’t eat enough quality food to support your joints and bones
I rode a bicycle to work three miles each way for thirty years. It's amazing how much better my legs ended up after standing all night on a greasy floor compared to others
I would usually sleep at break time at the end of the night
I’ve been brown bagging for decades. The way to make it achievable was to let myself eat out once a week. In the first year, I leaned heavily into that one lunch of tacos or whatever to keep me on track. Now, I know I can eat out once a week, but I eat out about 4 times a year, instead.
Thanks, these are some great tips, easy to follow.
Great video. Good advice for anyone with a job, not necessarily just "tradesmen".
Start with a sweet lunchbox! Like that awesome Stanley one you got!
I use to pack a mac-daddy lunch for my hubby so that he wouldn't be tempted by the junk. His friends were always jealous of his food not the other way around.
You sound like a wonderful wife
love the discipline to stay consistent with this, worth it to eat healthy!
I am also a blue collar worker and meal prep as well I would recommend if you live in a warm area or there’s sun around you is to put your food on the dash prior to lunch time and by then it will be somewhat warm
@@johannalfarojfitnesslionle5731 I’ve also put my food on top of the engine in my truck sometimes to warm it up
Great video! This is very helpful. Im 19 yrs old and am going into the HVAC trade and it’s a lot of new things but these videos on tools and meal prep for blue collar workers helps me out a lot.
@@gusbus_1324 awesome I’m glad it helped!
HVAC sucks
@@ZekeHern I like it
@ Only on the return side. H.V.A.C. mainly blows, and how hard it blows is determined on the blower speed settings, cfm rating, and duct sizing !!
Young man! Start now, drink your water, brush and floss your damn teeth, and do your damn stretches!!
Excellent video!!! Inspiring. Thank you!
Just subbed cuz i heard "blue collar" STEEL WORKER/NAVY VET HERE😊 💪🏿
Lunchbox with a hot plate that runs off a cigarette lighter is a game changer. I’ve had the same cheapo one for years and it still works great and can get so hot you don’t even want to touch it sometimes
Great and simple video. I really appreciate this for the new year!
@@joeBlowing thank you for the support and happy new year to you!!
I use a small portable croc pot to heat my lunch, works great as long as there is an outlet nearby
when you have some spare cash, they sell an inverter from the car jack to a standard outlet
Love how you break it down. Eating properly is just as important as exercising. Keep it up!
Get a Hot Logic food warmer. I work out of my truck and I use it almost everyday and it works really well.
Hot logic is goat, local trucker who has nice hot lunch miles away from
home. 45-60 mins to heat. Keep a spare one!
I like your mindset
@@UpstateMaveric normally simple is best!
I'm 34 now, since about 6 yrs ago now I just stopped eating before or during work and just have 1-2 coffee's throughout the day and a big meal when I get home. Its way cheaper, a lot less hassle and if you are active and on your feet all day its a lot easier on your body if your on the lighter side. I'm 5'9, decently lean and find my current weight of about 140lb is about the sweet spot for having enough muscle to do everything I need to do but being light enough I can still be up in a roof or working off a ladder all day without any problems
great video. thank you. love the Stanleys!!!!!
@@josephmalecki9114 glad you liked it!
New to your channel. Hi from UK.
Good channel. I like it. Your attitude and thoughtful advice is on point.
You have the same mindset as me, you don’t want to look like a pregnant man. You have pride in your appearance. Please keep uploading.
@@grantchanin2878 Thank you so much for the support! It means so much!!!
Great video , thank you!
In the winter something I like to do is crunch ramen noodles in my Stanley soup thermos and fill with boiling water in the morning. By lunch I have piping hot soup to warm me up a bit and go with my sandwiches , since the soup isn’t very nutritional 😄
I meal prep meat (ground beef, chicken in the corckpot, ground pork or ground turkey) and mixed veggies on sunday night and eat it for every meal and just switch up the sauce Monday-Friday
My parents always made their lunch for work after supper. They usually had leftovers the next day.
That and a thermos of coffee that was made fresh in the morning.
I as an adult who worked nights for most of my life would eat something at night before I went to work and I had a couple sandwiches at work with one can of diet pop I didn't like coffee.
Dude, I’ve worked outside away from power for years…. Get yourself the mini crockpot heat up container. Power it with the Milwaukee inverter with a batt. Takes 40 mins to heat and uses about 1/2 a 5amp hour batt. No more cold lunches…
looks nice. thanks for the inspiration
@@suplaxrav6630 glad you liked it!!
This vid got you a like and a subscribe. This type of information needs to be promoted more often!
I’m getting ready to join an apprenticeship with my local this summer. Literally starting from the bottom up about a new workplace and environment. Sometimes eating two three meals a day. How do I heat stuff on the job site. Staying simple with meal but not being repetitive.
@@KD-mm3li well as everyone on here said you should get yourself a 12 V cigarette lighter plug-in lunchbox, or try to find a local gas station, or one on the job site.
@ all these little things you learn as you go. Listen and watch the journeymen
Coleman Classic 1-Burner Butane Stove for heating...all you have to do is buy butane cartridges and have the food stored in one of those small camping saucepans.
Thanks for the reminder. I wfh and I've added the freshman 35. Not happy about it. Dropped the coffee creamer this week and have other plans to eliminate other junk. The first two weeks suck but it's with it
@@pnowikow you’ll get use to it, but like I said consistency is key
they got lunch boxes that heat up now. powered with cig lighter or a battery powered which is a little more expensive
You should look into luncheaze. Its a self heating lunchbox pretty much (a hot plate essentially) it was pricey to get started but use it everyday and still use it and love it. I get hot meal everyday. Food is definitely a huge moral boost
(Also legit just giving a shout out to the luncheaze cause I wish I had found it sooner. It will help save money after it pays it's self off. Plus not food is enough lol)
@@zomdee9449 that sounds awesome. Have to look into one of those.!
My younger brother makes at least $125k a year now in his job but still packs leftovers everyday for lunch.
As a fellow blue collar worker(Truck Driver), hell yes.
I try to eat pretty healthy on the road even being local. I just switch things up from time to time!
A few staples I ALWAYS have in my lunch box are beef sticks or summer sausage, cheese, apples, berries, sardines, and my main meal currently is oats with two tbsp scoops of whole milk yogurt, tbsp of peanut butter, cinnamon and honey with blueberries.
Before that it was homemade tuna pasta salad with black and green olives.
I try to be healthy out here but keep it nice and simple, especially seeing SO many in my industry that are anything but healthy…
Nice side: I have that same Carhartt vest and love it! Lol
@@shawng4886 Your lunch sounds awesome!! Thank you for sharing
Grocery shop on Sunday to buy everything for the week. Everything prepared the night before and placed in the fridge to take in the morning. Coffee; brewed at home, fill a 40 oz Yeti and stays warm well into afternoon, while avoiding the drive-thru expensive stuff. Breakfast; scrambled eggs with bacon or sausage, and hash browns or tater tots. Find a microwave somewhere and heat up so I start with a hot meal. Mid-morning snacks; mozz cheese sticks and some kind of power bar. Lunch; usually ham & cheese on rye sandwich, a few chips, and a half dill pickle to finish. Afternoon snacks; two hard boiled eggs and maybe some trail mix. Note; when coffee runs out I switch to water for the rest of the day. Been a solid routine, for a good 3-4 years now, and I sure don't see going back to fast food drive-thru's daily anytime soon. Share ideas with your work friends and really ramp up good ideas for breakfast/lunches. Cheers! Pete in Arizona - KI7LIL
@@peterkunka2694 sounds like you had a really good system going. Thanks for sharing!
@@TheFarmsteadWay It's nice going all week not spending a dime (besides what Sunday's groceries cost) to have coffee, eat two meals, and snacks daily for the week. It's painful to see how much co-workers spend on junk food eating out. Glad to share. I'm going to check out your other videos. Take care!
@ I agree snacks get really expensive really fast
Sending this to my trucker husband.
Royobi makes a cordless microwave I use a rtic food container wrapped in a towel for my food. I heat it up in the microwave in the morning then put it in the container and most days it stays hot or at least warm.
Looks like you need to invest in a luncheaze. I have one and it’s fantastic. I’m a surveyor and I have no access to heating food
You don’t have to eat cold food there’s several options for a warm meal. You can get yourself a little backpacking stove set up, a really good thermos or a cool box that is insulated… they keep stuff warm too. 🙂
Thanks for being out there doing the hard work every day!
Thank you so much for the support! After so many comments suggesting one I really need to get a 12 V food heater for the truck
@@TheFarmsteadWay what about the gas station? I see Many people warm their lunch every day at gas stations!
@@concernedpersons1995maybe the gas station is far away from the workplace ? Idk
I always heat my food up in the dash of the truck, in the summer the sun does it for me and in the winter i have the truck heating on and it warms it up a bit.
for me, meal prep is the key. Failing that I'll just bring rice. tinned tuna, kimchi and chili oil to a job site. I get in 30 mins of kettlebells in the morning, 30 mins body weight training every day though
Heated lunch box is a dream. Luncheaze is what I use. It cost, but it’s worth it. If you eat out, dont get the fries as that’s just high calories. Better off gettin two double bacon cheese burgers because of the protein to calories ratio and having water or non sweet tea.
Went job optional really early brown bagging my lunch and brewing my own coffee. Right on!💪
Great advise
If you have a sweet tooth and don’t have homemade cake every day, substitute it with a MODERATE serving of dried fruit without added sugar (e.g. raisins, dried mango slices, etc.). Tastes sweeter than normal fruit since it doesn’t have all the water but just as healthy
@@jonnytap I love dried organic mangos when I can find them
@@TheFarmsteadWaythere’s hot logic heater you can buy that plug into the cigarette lighter
Try getting a small camp stove. Not sure if it's possible for you but I keep one in my truck to cook
Another golden video!
Have a great 2025😊😊
Thank you, you too!
Along with the homemade sweets I think homemade bread is processed by the body different too. My wife's sourdough bread and sweets make me feel way different than the processed stuff.
Get yourself an insulated thermal lunch bag
I used to work as a property manager and for lunch I bought an insulated bag that can keep your food warm for hours 🌡️It was a life saver and much better than having your lunch cold as ice ❄️
You can also do canned sardines
@@pianoplayer2260 I live king Oscar sardines, just don’t spill the oil or you’ll smell it for days
No way? You did do a video! Thank you so much. This is great. Hopefully ai am not the only one that wouldn’t mind seeing more. What does your normal workout routine look like? I love seeing promotion of being healthy.
@@RayceWood i’m glad you enjoyed the video. I can definitely do a video on fitness! Thank you for tuning in
Great video. How functional is the clip-on coffee cup vs the traditional twist-on Stanley lid? My original lid is coming apart and I’m deciding between replacement or adopting your method.
@@levihammond5353 Other than the clanging noise it makes when it’s in the truck, I much prefer having a regular coffee cup than the lid cup.
Cold lunches do suck. Have you looked in the car outlet food warmer lunch boxes? They also make battery powered ones that are a bit more expensive.
@@jthompson553 I’m gonna try to get one soon with so many people on here recommending I buy one
I use a thermos for my hot food. Once lunch comes round the food is still warm. I have to blast the stuff and dump it in the thermos right away. But it helps. Beats cold food.
My coffee I drink cold. Don’t love hot coffee.
I've seen people stick their leftovers in a gallon ziploc then stuff that into their thermos with some hot water. Hot food at lunch that you dump into a container to eat so you're not eating out of a bag.
@@camiloacosta1081 that’s a clever idea
They make portable heaters that plug into 120v or 12v cig lighter. They work great and will get your food piping hot
The dad in me was very "triggered" by how long the fridge door was open :-D :-D
@@idleeAmin lol our fridge starts beeping if it’s open to long, I definitely know your pain!
There’s self heating lunch boxes available . Solid video 🤙
And mini portable Crockpots to with car power cords.
Hot logic mini off amazon plugs into the cigarette lighter and can heat up a meal in a hour
I got a food warmer that plugs into a cigarette lighter, takes longer than a microwave but heats it up better I think
Old school Stanley are the best Stanley's.
They have lunchEAZ lunch box that is battery powered and it heats up
I do hvac as well
Good advice. Have a great day and Happy 2025.
Thanks! You too!
This is the first time I’m hearing about microwaveable metal containers. This is really a thing? I’ve been using plastic just to cut down and the weight/bulk of storing glass.
The metal container is pretty sweet, I would very much stay away from plastic just from it breaking down overtime and getting into your food
@ Agreed. I hate using plastic but at the same time storage space is an issue. You have a brand you like for your containers?
@ the metal container that I use is something that I found at the local Marshall’s. So far I really like it and I’ve not had any issues with it. I used to have a glass container, but I broke it in a factory break room and decided to try to find a metal container
@@TheFarmsteadWay You mentioned something about having rounded edges on your container. Will any metal container work as long as there are no exposed sharp edges?
@ I have no idea. All I know is that on the packaging for the metal container is it said that it was microwave safe and I did some research online. It said that rounded edges on a metal container allows the microwaves to safely pass around the container without reflecting and causing sparks. I cannot guarantee that any medicine container with rounded edges will be safe
What sort of work do you do on mobile homes? Would you recommend it?
@@BobtheHobo324 I do heating and cooling and some mechanical on mobile homes. I also install vinyl and insulated skirting. I enjoy the work now, I didn’t used to. there’s moments where it can be brutal because mobile homes can get trashed really fast so sometimes it’s not the most glamorous work.
@TheFarmsteadWay Thank you for the reply!
@ Anytime!
What kind of coffee bottle is that the big bottle not the cup
Get a LunchEaze battery powered heating lunch box. No microwave, no receptacle, no cold lunch needed. Your welcome haha
Why the bottled water? Wouldn't a large Nalgene bottle (or KleanKanteen or Hydroflask or whatever) be easier and cheaper?
@@Gryle Because bottled water is what we have at the house lol. Maybe someday I’ll get a fancy water bottle but right now it’s just not that important.
You need one of those cigarette light food warmers. You can get a cheap one at WM
My dad has that same thermos same one my mom always packs him lunch cause he can’t stand fast food
Dumb question. Why not buy an inverter and hook up a microwave or go to lunch later in the day and focus on high protein snacks to sustain you until lunch? No disrespect
@@xXLoSeRXx7mainly cash and the intentional effort to pull the trigger on a good set up lol. Cold food isn’t that big of a concern for me to dish out the cash to have a good truck rig. And good high protein snacks are hard to come by out here without making them at home.
Sick of the $5 meal deal from McDonald’s lmfao… great video thanks
Organic made desserts are still deserts, fruit is a way better option to satisfy the sweet craving
Try to get a car powered food warmer!
Hooked up my BIL with an electric lunchbox for Xmas so he can have hot lunches. Plugs into the truck. (Amazon)
Luncheaze battery powered heated lunch box. 10 out of 10, don’t get the wifi model just get the standard and set the timer when you leave for work and never have a cold meal again
Hot Logic 12v meal heater...it'll change your life.
People keep telling me about these things. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of them.
I’ll second this! Went roughly 10 years eating cold leftovers. Then I discovered Hot Logic and total game changer!
Yep it changed how I eat. Been using mine for 3 years.
If someone is desperate for hot lunch they could do the meat overnight in the crockpot, wake up, prep the rest and shove it in a thermos or two
I have a plug in food warmer that you plug into your car charger
People love to say blue collar work kills your body....Eat semi clean, use proper form, get some help if something is too heavy. You are getting paid to work out might as well take advantage.
@@tyler4081 blue collar work is very physical, but as long as you are smart and safe, you’d be surprised how long you can do the job without hurting yourself
I fix air conditioners too. I eat in restaurants for lunch. A lot of restaurants have a lunch special that is about the same price as fast food. I also stop at restaurants for breakfast, I work for myself, so I make time to eat, and I am a skinny guy. I’m not eating cold food, unless it’s a sandwich from Subway. Once you start eating the lunch specials at restaurants, you will know which ones have the $10 to $12 special, plus they have all the coke or tea you can drink.
@@Panotaker I mainly just tried to avoid restaurants because of food quality. I try to stay away from processed food, poly, unsaturated fats, genetically modified food, and non-organic food making my food at home is the best way for me to eat this clean as possible.
Working the trades got to stay healthy and eat healthy the better shape you are in the better you feel. lol I just got my new hvac installed I’m remodeling my entire house at the moment. The workers last two days they been here I’ve cooked lunch for them. You take care of the workers they will take care of you the customer
Some of us like a little belly and some of us go home to our husbands.
I am a first time viewer,born and raised in Ohio. This video caught my attention about packing a healthy lunch to avoid fast food. I paused this video to check out your other content and what do I see? You working out with whatever is available to not get a “Blue Collar Pooch” and to be healthy, next shot is you lighting up a pipe and belching smoke like the trains of my youth! What is wrong with your video content, have you learned nothing about the dangers of tobacco?
You don’t like heating food in the microwave in plastic containers and yet you promote one of the deadliest health habits known to medicine. I grew up in the 50’s and everyone smoked, my mother carried her own ashtray all of my childhood. When they began to link smoking to cancer and heart disease my father loudly proclaimed “That is Communist Propaganda!” He died at age 54.
Take a step back,think about your family and get help wherever you can. I have heard that this addiction is harder to overcome than heroin but it can be done.
@@bobbieleesherry185 Well, I hope you enjoy the content that doesn’t go against your convictions.
At this point I would probably prefer audio only. Not sure if I will return. I realize I am only one viewer and don’t have much impact I just cannot get beyond the smoke. Please don’t smoke around your loved ones, second hand smoke is equally dangerous. I didn’t breathe fresh air until I married a non-smoker and moved to Alaska.
I wish you success in all your future endeavors. Stay well.
@ you to bud
I am fat