COUVILLION, Special Trial Judge: This case was heard pursuant to section 7463 of the Internal Revenue Code in effect at the time the petition was filed. ¹ The decision to be entered is not reviewable by any other court, and this opinion should not be cited as authority.

Respondent determined deficiencies of $ 2,168, $ 1,958, and $ 1,470, respectively, in petitioner's Federal income taxes for 1999, 2000, and 2001.

The issues for decision are: (1) Whether, for the 3 years in question, petitioner is entitled under section 162(a) and (a)(2) to deductions2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*184 for unreimbursed travel and transportation expenses in connection with his employment and (2) whether, for the 3 years, petitioner is entitled under section 162(a) to deductions for certain expenses incurred in a body building trade or business activity. ²

Some of the facts were stipulated, and those facts, with the annexed exhibits, are so found and are incorporated herein by reference. At the time the petition was filed, petitioner's legal residence was Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

Petitioner is a boilermaker and has been engaged in this activity since 1993. During the years in issue, he worked exclusively within the State of Wisconsin at various plants2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*185 and paper mills throughout the State. He was a member of the boilermakers' union, and all of his job assignments came from the union. The union was affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Petitioner's work assignments were exclusively in the repair, maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation of paper mills and power plants, which included nuclear, gas turbine, and coal-fired plants, engaged in either the generation of electricity or the production of pulp or paper products. Petitioner's work assignments were temporary, lasting a few hours, a few days, several weeks, or for months. The latter categories usually involved new construction or the major overhaul of an existing facility. Petitioner was never an employee of the regular workforce at any facility.

Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the union and the owners and operators of the various mills and power plants in Wisconsin, all work involving boilermakers at mills and plants was directed and coordinated by the union from its offices at Waukesha, Wisconsin. Whenever a call or request came from a mill or plant for one or more boilermakers, the union assigned boilermakers to the requesting plants under what was described2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*186 as a "ladder" system, wherein the union maintained a list of its boilermaker members. Whenever a call or request came for one or more boilermakers, the first name or names on the list were assigned to the job. When a job was completed, the union steward at the mill called the union office at Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the "laid off" workers' names were placed at the bottom of the ladder. The union had a "no turn down" policy, which required each designated boilermaker to accept an assignment. Members of the union were never required to report to the union hall. They were called by the union at their respective homes when they were given job assignments. The boilermakers, in essence, were always on standby at their respective homes when they were not on assignment.

Petitioner's home, at Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is practically in the geographic center of the State of Wisconsin. The union offices, at Waukesha, Wisconsin, are in southeast Wisconsin, approximately 30 minutes west of Milwaukee.

For each of his job assignments, petitioner traveled from his home at Wisconsin Rapids to the job site on a daily basis, except that at more distant places (the farthest being 115 miles) when, 2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*187 occasionally, he was required to work 10-hour shifts, petitioner stayed overnight at a local motel. Some of petitioner's assignments were in his home area of Wisconsin Rapids, or its environs, and petitioner always drove home each day from these locations, even if he worked a 10-hour shift.

For the 3 years at issue, petitioner worked at 19 different locations throughout the State of Wisconsin. The farthest location from Wisconsin Rapids was Kakuna, Wisconsin, approximately 115 miles from Wisconsin Rapids. Other locations, as noted, were elsewhere in the State, including some within the environs of Wisconsin Rapids.

Petitioner received no reimbursements for his expenses in driving to and from the job sites or for the room and meal expenses he incurred in connection with his assignments. On his Federal income tax returns for 1999, 2000, and 2001, petitioner claimed itemized deductions for these expenses on Schedules A, Itemized Deductions, as unreimbursed employee expenses. These expenses included mileage for the use of his automobile and the living expenses incurred at the more distant locations, from which it was neither practical nor feasible to drive home each day. Petitioner did2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*188 not claim any deductions for expenses incurred on any job assignments that were within a 35-mile radius of his home at Wisconsin Rapids. The net amounts deducted on petitioner's Federal income tax returns as miscellaneous unreimbursed employee business expenses, after the section 67(a) adjustment, were $ 9,845, $ 8,652, and $ 5,035, respectively, for 1999, 2000, and 2001. In the notice of deficiency, respondent disallowed all the claimed deductions on the ground that the expenses were commuting expenses and, therefore, were personal and not deductible under section 262. Respondent has not questioned or challenged the substantiation of the amounts petitioner claimed.

In addition to his work as a boilermaker, petitioner was also a professional bodybuilder. In this activity, petitioner lifted weights, posed to display his muscular finesse, trained other bodybuilders, and gave seminars. Some of his poses were published in bodybuilding publications. Petitioner won awards and received at least one endorsement from a supplement manufacturer for which he received supplements valued at $ 100 per month. Petitioner's income from this activity, therefore, came from posing, seminars, publication2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*189 of his poses, training bodybuilders, and the supplements from the supplement manufacturer.

Petitioner reported the income and expenses of his bodybuilding activity as a trade or business on Schedules C, Profit or Loss From Business, of his Federal income tax returns. For the years at issue, petitioner reported the following income, expenses, and net losses:

In the notice of deficiency, respondent disallowed deductions of expenses for supplements in the amounts of $ 4,630, $ 4,352, and $ 4,744, respectively, for the years in question. Respondent determined that these amounts represented payments for products that were personal and, therefore, were not deductible under section 262. No other deductions were disallowed.

Included in the disallowed deductions labeled as "Supplements" were the costs of bison (buffalo) meat, which petitioner consumed daily, year round, at the rate of 3 pounds per day. Petitioner contends he consumed the meat for muscle development because the protein levels in buffalo are much higher than2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*190 those in beef or other meat products. ³ In addition, petitioner also consumed enormous quantities of vitamins and minerals through various types of "shakes" containing ingredients to enhance strength and muscle development. Petitioner also used a variety of other products that were not ingested but were simply sprayed on or massaged into the skin to enhance his appearance. One of these products was called ProTan Muscle Juice Professional Posing Oil and, according to instructions, was applied "prior to pumping up backstage for optimum effects." Another similar product called Blow Out was applied to the body 5 minutes before a workout. Still another product was massaged over the body several hours before a posing to provide a suntan brown color or a deep tan to the body. Most of these products could not be purchased in local health food stores but were purchased solely through advertisements in bodybuilding publications. Respondent, in the notice of deficiency, disallowed the deductions claimed for the described items on the ground that, under section 262, these expenses were personal because the products described could be consumed by bodybuilders and nonbodybuilders as well.

2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*191 With respect to the first issue relating to petitioner's employment as a boilermaker, section 262 disallows any deduction for personal, living, or family expenses. Transportation expenses ordinarily incurred between one's residence and one's principal place of business (a job site) are typically referred to as "commuting expenses" and are nondeductible personal expenses under section 262. Fausner v. Commissioner, 413 U.S. 838">413 U.S. 838 (1973); Commissioner v. Flowers, 326 U.S. 465">326 U.S. 465 (1946). However, transportation expenses in going between one's business location and another business location are generally deductible under section 162(a). Additionally, when an employee, because of the nature of the work, is required to stay at a business location, and the stay requires sleep or rest, the expenses for transportation, meals, and lodging are deductible under section 162(a)(2) as travel expenses.

A taxpayer whose principal place of business is at a distance from his residence cannot deduct the cost of the travel to and from the business or the costs of meals and lodging at the place of business. Such expenses are regarded as personal commuting expenses and are not deductible2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*192 under section 262. 413 U.S. 838">Fausner v. Commissioner, supra; 326 U.S. 465">Commissioner v. Flowers, supra.Under an exception to this rule, a taxpayer may deduct travel expenses associated with employment that is temporary (as opposed to indefinite) in duration when the taxpayer is away from home. Peurifoy v. Commissioner, 358 U.S. 59">358 U.S. 59 (1958). Employment is temporary if it is expected to terminate within a relatively short period and such termination is foreseeable. Stricker v. Commissioner, 54 T.C. 355">54 T.C. 355 (1970), affd. 438 F.2d 1216">438 F.2d 1216 (6th Cir. 1971). In petitioner's situation, there is no dispute that all of his work assignments were temporary.

The first issue in this case is whether, under section 162(a), petitioner is entitled to deductions for his transportation expenses when he drove daily to and from his temporary assignments, and whether, under section 162(a)(2), petitioner is entitled to deduct travel expenses when he stayed overnight at more distant locations from his home.

Initially, this Court held in Turner v. Commissioner, 56 T.C. 27">56 T.C. 27, 56 T.C. 27">33 (1971), vacated and remanded per order (2d Cir. Mar. 21, 1972), that "Commuting is2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*193 commuting, regardless of the nature of the work engaged in, the distance traveled or the mode of transportation used" and disallowed the deduction by an employee of expenses for transportation from his residence to a distant temporary job. The Commissioner, however, in Rev. Rul. 190, 1953-2 C.B. 303, allowed deduction of transportation expenses of an employee where the expenses are to a temporary, as distinguished from an indefinite or permanent, job where the job is beyond the general metropolitan area of the taxpayer's tax home. Since Turner, this Court has decided cases where the issue has been framed in terms of the test of Rev. Rul. 190, supra. McCallister v. Commissioner, 70 T.C. 505">70 T.C. 505 (1978); Norwood v. Commissioner, 66 T.C. 467">66 T.C. 467 (1976). Rev. Rul. 190, supra, has been modified or clarified by the IRS over the years. For our purposes here, Rev. Rul 99-7, 1999-1 C.B. 361, applies, and this case has been presented for decision under its provisions. The parties do not dispute the applicability of Rev. Rul. 99-7, supra. Rev. Rul. 99-7, supra, in pertinent part, provides:

In general, 2004 Tax Ct. Summary LEXIS 183">*194 daily transportation expenses incurred in going between a taxpayer's residence and a work location are nondeductible commuting expenses. However, such expenses are deductible under the circumstances described in paragraph (1) * * * below.

(1) A taxpayer may deduct daily transportation expenses incurred in going between the taxpayer's residence and a temporary work location outside the metropolitan area where the taxpayer lives and normally works. * * *