Having fast food for the first time in 2 months

[Nightfall]

For the last 2 months, I have been eating leftovers, soup, and sandwiches for lunch. Today, I went to Wendys and dropped $6 on a chicken sandwich (no mayo), fries, drink, and small frosty for desert. After not having fast food for 2 months, this tastes so good. However, by my calculations, I am saving at least $3 a day by not eating out. That means $15 a week which equates out to about $60 a month in savings.

Anyone else here try to save cash by not eating out? When you do eat out, how often do you do it? Once a week? Twice a week?

 

[akubi]

ytmnd

 

[Nightfall]

ytmnd?

 

[Ika]

homemade soup is the best if you make it right.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: Nightfall
For the last 2 months, I have been eating leftovers, soup, and sandwiches for lunch. Today, I went to Wendys and dropped $6 on a chicken sandwich (no mayo), fries, drink, and small frosty for desert. After not having fast food for 2 months, this tastes so good. However, by my calculations, I am saving at least $3 a day by not eating out. That means $15 a week which equates out to about $60 a month in savings.

Anyone else here try to save cash by not eating out? When you do eat out, how often do you do it? Once a week? Twice a week?

Now, how do you value that $60 a month? Is your taste bud happiness worth anything to you?

 

[Nightfall]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Nightfall
For the last 2 months, I have been eating leftovers, soup, and sandwiches for lunch. Today, I went to Wendys and dropped $6 on a chicken sandwich (no mayo), fries, drink, and small frosty for desert. After not having fast food for 2 months, this tastes so good. However, by my calculations, I am saving at least $3 a day by not eating out. That means $15 a week which equates out to about $60 a month in savings.

Anyone else here try to save cash by not eating out? When you do eat out, how often do you do it? Once a week? Twice a week?

Now, how do you value that $60 a month? Is your taste bud happiness worth anything to you?

My taste buds are just as happy eating food I pack from home. Besides, if I ate like this all the time, I would be a blimp. Sure, I play hockey 3 times a week, but even that couldn't rescue me from fatness if I ate fast food every day for lunch.

 

[duragezic]

Eh, I really should eat home for lunch while on my co-op. At the start of it I did but lately I've been eating out pretty much every day. I live 5 minutes away with my parents so theres almost always food and everything but often I just feel its easier to go grab something from a restaurant. I'm not worried about getting fat (not happening no matter what) and around here its only $3-4 for a meal, but it is kinda stupid to waste the money on that when I could eat for free. No wonder I don't have jack for money after having this co-op for 6 months already. OTOH, it's kinda stupid to worry about a few bucks like that (that will get spent anyway) if I wanna eat out, well just eat out.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Nightfall
For the last 2 months, I have been eating leftovers, soup, and sandwiches for lunch. Today, I went to Wendys and dropped $6 on a chicken sandwich (no mayo), fries, drink, and small frosty for desert. After not having fast food for 2 months, this tastes so good. However, by my calculations, I am saving at least $3 a day by not eating out. That means $15 a week which equates out to about $60 a month in savings.

Anyone else here try to save cash by not eating out? When you do eat out, how often do you do it? Once a week? Twice a week?

Usually I do 2x from home and 2x from the company cafeteria (which s cheap but good).

 

[mugs]

Food is a pretty small portion of my budget, so I mostly eat out for lunch ($4 a day)

 

[mbcrump]

I bring my lunch daily because I refuse to eat fast food. Let me say the food I bring is much better than a greasy burger/fries.

 

[fbrdphreak]

I try to eat food from home most of the time, but still end up eating out a couple times a week usually. I do it for both health and money reasons

 

[Tommouse]

I brownbag 9 out of 10 work days. Some days I don't feel like making my lunch, and/or I ran out of bread or some other lunch necessity. I work on my college campus and the prices seem to be really high here. I have a hard time being satisfied for anything less than $7-8. Which is a lot of money especially when I can bring it from home for $2-4 a day.

I do it mainly for cost savings, I can use the saved money to go out and eat at a real restaurant with much better food some other time. Also for health, fast food and prepared foods are a mystery. You don't know what's really in there, when you make it yourself you know what your getting.

 

[booger711]

Originally posted by: Nightfall
ytmnd?

you're the man now dawg -sean connery

 

[chickadee]

Originally posted by: Nightfall
For the last 2 months, I have been eating leftovers, soup, and sandwiches for lunch. Today, I went to Wendys and dropped $6 on a chicken sandwich (no mayo), fries, drink, and small frosty for desert. After not having fast food for 2 months, this tastes so good. However, by my calculations, I am saving at least $3 a day by not eating out. That means $15 a week which equates out to about $60 a month in savings.

Anyone else here try to save cash by not eating out? When you do eat out, how often do you do it? Once a week? Twice a week?

chicken sandwhich - $1
Med Fry - $1
Small Frosty - $1
Small Soda - $1

= $4

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ehh .. sometimes I'll just grab a footlong sub from Subway and drink a can of RC when I'm not really hungry, however, on most days I will get at least a tripple whopper combo from BK, or a few Gyros from the local Gyro place, or a really good huge sub from the local privatly owned sub shop. Usually costs me under $10 to eat lunch. I probably spend around $150 per month on lunch. I don't like to brownbag it since it requires effort. About the money part, given the amount I eat, it's a bargain.

 

[Spineshank]

I spend probably around $100 a month on eating out for lunch every day.

 

[xrax]

packing a lunch saves me time and money. no lines to wait in, no driving to restaurant. my lunch is considered unpaid (salary) so I am required to work 8 hour days not including lunch. I can eat my packed lunch pretty fast or while I am working at my desk.

 

[jmdeathsquad]

hahaha eating out

 

[slightlyhuman]

penny pincher

 

[2Dead]

6-10 bucks a day for me. Its not like going to McDonalds or Burger King, its a local deli that has a buffet or build it for you salads, fresh made hamburgers, local trendy places that make all the stuff on site. A pretty big jump when you can get a frosty, chickensandwich/junior cheeseburger deluxe, and chicken nuggets for $3.23 at wendys. The wendys near me closed down a week before i found out where it was

 

[gorcorps]

I try not to eat too much fast food as both sides of my family are known to have heart problems, diabetes, and pretty slow metabolisms which mean I gain weight pretty easily and the junk really gets to me fast. I work at a restaurant (Fuddruckers) and only eat there when I do eat out since I know what I'm doing to the food. Plus I get a 50% discount giving me cheaper than fast food prices but quality upthere with Applebees, Red Robin, etc...

 

[tfinch2]

I never eat out for lunch. It's just too much of a hassle where my office is located. With the traffic it takes 20 minutes just to get anywhere except for the McDonalds in the Walmart, blah.

 

[Gunslinger08]

I usually spend about $12-13 a day to eat lunch. Multiply by 5 days a week, 4.5 weeks per month = $281.25

 

[djheater]

I used to eat out a lot, but I've stopped. It helps me keep weight off and saves me money and time, I eat left overs or Trader Joes frozen entrees.

They have lots of good stuff that's comparitively healthy and an entree is never more than $3...

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Nightfall

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Nightfall
For the last 2 months, I have been eating leftovers, soup, and sandwiches for lunch. Today, I went to Wendys and dropped $6 on a chicken sandwich (no mayo), fries, drink, and small frosty for desert. After not having fast food for 2 months, this tastes so good. However, by my calculations, I am saving at least $3 a day by not eating out. That means $15 a week which equates out to about $60 a month in savings.

Anyone else here try to save cash by not eating out? When you do eat out, how often do you do it? Once a week? Twice a week?

Now, how do you value that $60 a month? Is your taste bud happiness worth anything to you?

My taste buds are just as happy eating food I pack from home. Besides, if I ate like this all the time, I would be a blimp. Sure, I play hockey 3 times a week, but even that couldn't rescue me from fatness if I ate fast food every day for lunch.

If you replace the fries with a baked potato, the drink with water or diet soda, and got rid of the frosty you'd be having as healthy a meal as you really can.