Pack or eat out?

[MickZagger]

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.

 

[julius]

make a sandwich, bring a bottle of water and I'm good to go.

 

[MickZagger]

make a sandwich, bring a bottle of water and I'm good to go.

I need 2 sandwiches, a bag of chips, a piece of fruit and some kind of chocolate.

 

[julius]

I need 2 sandwiches, a bag of chips, a piece of fruit and some kind of chocolate.

I used to, but found that drinking more water helped. Not that I have healthy eating habits, just that I hate eating big lunches.

 

[RR7]

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

 

[julius]

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)

 

[Nikolokolus]

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.

 

[tlongII]

Subway. Eat Fresh!

 

[barfo]

The Three Martini Lunch
Things will get better soon, I gotta hunch
The three martini lunch, wasting another afternoon
Punching a hole in my life

barfo

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Eat out. I gotta get out of the office or I go cray cray.

hoop fam

 

[Natebishop3]

I need to start packing. This shit is getting expensive!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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

hoop fam

 

[THE HCP]

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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[MickZagger]

Subway. Eat Fresh!

Meh. Subway gets old quick.

 

[MickZagger]

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.

 

[Natebishop3]

Meh. Subway gets old quick.

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.

 

[THE HCP]

Starbucks- 10,924
Subways-23,336

In the US-2012

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[OneLifeToLive]

Pack.

Protein Shakes and fruit daily.

 

[MickZagger]

Pack.

Protein Shakes and fruit daily.

You work at Darcelle's?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Eat out. I am horrible about packing a lunch, even though I know it would save me well over $100 month.

 

[magnifier661]

Pack most the time. My wife wants me to eat healthy; so she packs me organic foods and shit. I fought it the first couple months, but now won't eat anything else. My body thanks me

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

50/50

Either I bring a sandwich or go to a Philly Cheesesteak place, Fire on the Mountain, Killer Burger, Subway or Mongolian Grill.

 

[crandc]

Julius, your comment is pretty common - under stress we go for sugar. Biological imperative, actually.

I always (well, 95% of the time) bring both breakfast and lunch. Fortunately I do have access to refrigerator and microwave, as otherwise peanut butter sandwiches would get really old! Our group does a monthly lunch; sometimes there are lunch meetings or other events (food provided); on rare occasions I got home really late and too tired to pack food so use the cafeterias. They are partially subsidized and not terrible but still cost more than making my own.

For today: breakfast, 2 whole grain muffins (homemade) with peanut butter and plum jam (from my plum tree), some mixed fruit & plain yogurt
lunch: mixed green salad (I keep a bottle of dressing, homemade, at work) with a container of lentil/vegetable soup (I make big pots of soup on weekends and freeze individual servings) and a Fuji apple from my tree.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Eat out every day. I'm so bad I walk almost every day to go buy coffee even though the office has coffee. I think I use lunch and coffee as a way to escape the office.

 

[magnifier661]

Eat out every day. I'm so bad I walk almost every day to go buy coffee even though the office has coffee. I think I use lunch and coffee as a way to escape the office.

Could be healthier. I mean walking is exercise; and staying in just one place may give you more stress. The release could be just what the doctor ordered.

 

[BlazerWookee]

KFC buffet, baby...

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I like the variety of eating out. Lots of options around me. Particularly good Japanese (esp Ramen), Mexican and Persian food.

 

[Eastoff]

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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hey are you still on a diet?