Pack or eat out?

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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    What do you usually do for lunch on workdays?

    Pack a lunch, or eat out? I usually eat out. I'm about and about all the time for work and there's great restaurants at my finger tips so I usually eat out.

    I've come to realize I'm spending well over $200 a month just on lunch. Yikes.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    make a sandwich, bring a bottle of water and I'm good to go.
     
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    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    I need 2 sandwiches, a bag of chips, a piece of fruit and some kind of chocolate.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I used to, but found that drinking more water helped. Not that I have healthy eating habits, just that I hate eating big lunches.
     
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    i stay at home now, but when I did work, I would generally try to cook extra at night to have a good amount of leftovers in the morning. Lunch every day or so out adds up a LOT. And, as I've seen from close friends and family who have many lunch meetings, it's generally crap eating that puts on bad gut weight
     
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    it's weird..when I'm stressed/due to lack of employment or lack of funds, i eat crappier food/candy.

    when i'm less stressed/have more readily available funds FOR crappie/junk food, I tend to eat is far less often.

    Even though I can afford a bag of Butterfingers, I convince myself I don't need them. But if I'm stressed/out of work, i can con myself into buying it (kind of a reward for dealing with crap I guess)
     
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    Usually take left-overs for lunch, but our working group usually does lunch about once a week - which usually turns into either Pho or hot-wings.
     
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    Subway. Eat Fresh!
     
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    Eat out. I gotta get out of the office or I go cray cray.

    hoop fam
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I need to start packing. This shit is getting expensive!
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I wish it was socially acceptable to have a beer during the day. And they were cheaper.

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    When I had a regular M-F job, I always packed a lunch. Couldn't afford going out. I get per diem now, so that solves that.


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    Meh. Subway gets old quick.
     
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    My problem is leftovers aren't really an option because I don't have microwave access.

    I'm thinking about buying some hoagie rolls and making my own subs.
     
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    Yeah... it's a fallback for me, but I do get tired of it. It's just so accessible though. There's a Subway everywhere. I think I actually heard that there are more Subway shops in the US than there are Starbucks.
     
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    Pack.

    Protein Shakes and fruit daily.
     
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    You work at Darcelle's?
     
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    Eat out. I am horrible about packing a lunch, even though I know it would save me well over $100 month.
     

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