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Era, how much do you spend on lunch a day?
- Thread starter HamSandwich
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I bring lunch everyday. Desk salads erryday. I think it comes out to about 1.50 for 5 days or about 7.50/work week for my lunches.
Too much recently. I've been spending close to $20 on lunch when realistically I should be spending half of that, but I can't say no to some snacks at the grocery store.
Your body just adapts. It's rare that I ever feel hungry, and I don't notice a drop in energy or ability to do things. In the evening I get my macros and micros, and maybe augment them with something empty-but-delicious. I'm trying to drop a few pounds, and I suppose my body is pretty good at switching over to eating fat without much fuss.
Your body and appetite both adapt. It seems impossible until you get used to it, then something clicks and you really stop missing food and spending so much energy thinking about it.
This is what I hear from almost everyone that asks about this. "Oh my god I could never do that! I'd get so hungry!". Well yes, me too, at first it felt like torture because your brain and body are both expecting food on a schedule, and react accordingly. With discipline you power through and eventually after the hard work, it becomes a breeze.
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Yep, door to door via 2 trains and 2 subway rides. But I'm planning on moving closer so it's really a short term inconvenience
Sometimes $6, other times $20+. Depends on my day. A busy day, I may just grab something quick and cheap. A slow day I may go sit and sip beers with lunch and take a few hours.
I started bringing my own lunch to work, I don't feel like paying $10-$15 everyday on lunch anymore.
I'm curious about the inclusion of the "I bring lunch everyday" option? It's not like that food doesn't cost money. It could easily fit into the price range options. For example, there's a guy in my office that brings two frozen lunches every day. Each one is ~$3.50. So that's like $7/day, which is comparable to a fast food budget. Others that bring in leftovers are probably spending anywhere between $1-$4/meal. Seems to compromise data by lumping those two scenarios together.
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I get what you mean but I was thinking along the lines of lunch as an additional expense. But I realized people do buy groceries on weekends specifically for lunch during the week, so that was my mistake.
I bring my lunch every day and go out maybe once a week with coworkers. So prolly $3 when I bring a lunch, $10 when I go out.
3.50 or so if I bring my Huel, 10-12 if I don't
I usually make coffee too. I tend to do both or neither, which can be a 10-15 dollar swing
I usually make coffee too. I tend to do both or neither, which can be a 10-15 dollar swing
I throw together a sandwich or pack leftovers, and grab an Arizona at the corner store, so <$2 for me.
I burn calories fast, so by the time I'm off work I'm starving and usually pick up a McDouble for my commute home.
I burn calories fast, so by the time I'm off work I'm starving and usually pick up a McDouble for my commute home.
If I was to eat lunch out everday, it would be burning a hole in my pocket of about ~$10-15/day ($50-75/week, $200-300/mo, $2400-3600/yr). So I instead make extra when I cook dinner dinner and bring that as lunch (~$3/meal). I also try and limit myself to eating out once or twice a week at max; spread across all meals.
Somewhere between $3-$12, depending on if I eat something I pickup from Kroger (like a salad or frozen meal) or if I go out to eat.
$0 - We have a few free snacks provided for free by my office that are low calorie and enough to get me through the second half of my day. I offset this by having one Huel shake every morning that gives me a much needed boost in nutrition that I'd otherwise struggle to find.
Huel is shockingly good at making you feel full despite its lightweight appearance.
Huel is shockingly good at making you feel full despite its lightweight appearance.
I try to bring my own sandwiches to keep costs down, but should I forget I try to spend no more than about £3-£4 I guess. A sandwich with crisps and/or noodles.
$11-20. Way too much basically. I'd cook and bring food to work but then it would be weird to microwave it in the break room just to leave and eat it in my car.
I usually have some kind of microwave frozen dinner thing that runs between $3.50 and $5.50 depending on if it's a good one or a crappy one. Once a week I go out to lunch with some coworkers and we vent about all the things and people at work that frustrate us and then I spend ~15.
I tend to bring my lunch almost every day, which equates to about $5 a day. Sometimes I'll splurge and go out for lunch, which is between $10 and $15
I'm cheap. I bring mine almost every day. The days that I don't I'm usually getting a free lunch from a vendor or something related to work.
I try to bring lunch as often as possible and only go out for lunch once or twice a week, which is for the best as I work in the financial district in DTLA and lunch around here is generally in the $11-$15 range.
Why would leftovers not be considered a proper meal? They were considered a proper meal the night before.
