Most People are Doing *it* 5 Times a Week!

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  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    Not often. I can't really afford to.

    ~Gael~


    Pssst....that's illegal!!!

    I don't get it??? harder_a.gif


    You would if you had 50 bucks. :blushing:
    tHANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP. fREAKING HILARIOUS.
    lIGHTBULBS ON.
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    Not often. I can't really afford to.
    ~Gael~
    Pssst....that's illegal!!!
    I don't get it??? harder_a.gif
    You would if you had 50 bucks. :blushing:

    That is a lot of beef. :huh:
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    is bbqing in my back yard considered "out" ....cuz that's as good as it gets:ohwell:

    I love back yard munching!!! I am addicted to s'more.
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    The wife and I did it @ Taco Bell last night. I know I know I was desperate and needed a quickie. Tonight when we do it we'll stay home, more healthy.
  • faythe
    faythe Posts: 245
    When my son was first born (about 4 months ago . . . wow, time goes by fast!), we were eating out about once or twice every day . . . there just wasn't energy or time to cook!

    Since we've started getting serious about weight loss, though, we haven't done *it* in about a week. I'm not looking forward to doing it again anytime soon, either.
  • faythe
    faythe Posts: 245
    Not often. I can't really afford to.

    ~Gael~


    Pssst....that's illegal!!!


    Super LOLZ ^
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    The wife and I did it @ Taco Bell last night. I know I know I was desperate and needed a quickie. Tonight when we do it we'll stay home, more healthy.

    Guilty today!!! Subway, but in the car so nobody would see or have to get wet from the rain. It was great, and I don't feel too guilty. :embarassed:
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    We rarely do it in the evenings, but nooners are frequent. :love:

    Wooo hooo... a woman after my own :heart: But seriously, we prolly eat more lunches out than dinner. For us, it depends on what's going socially as to eating out. But we both do really prefer to have meals at home (both quickies, and otherwise :wink: ) as we're both good cooks.
    And I abso *luv* to grill, so when we have company, and it's above freezing, I'd much rather grill steaks, shrimp, or ribs, and toss a salad for dinner. :bigsmile:
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    I'm with ya there!!!

    I don't know why I'd ever go anywhere else...my hubby is a great *cook*. I was a smart girl...When we were in high school I got him a job as a butcher before joining the military. Now he can totally serve some good meat! I'm lucky! :bigsmile:
  • alifelessevident
    alifelessevident Posts: 390
    *facepalm*
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    BUMP
    :bigsmile:
  • iTim__
    iTim__ Posts: 6,823 Member
    I have to confess... I used to do it often. Sometimes I would even be sneaky about it. I'd take out some cash (using credit cards would leave a paper trail) and I would get a little before coming home to the family.

    Now I'm on a business trip and I'm doing it three times a day -- I have a drink or two and bam there it is... and it is so easy, just sitting there waiting for me to partake. I want to be good but it is hard, what can I say?

    :wink:
  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
    My wife and I do it about 3 times during the week and about 4-5 times during the weekend. It is ok to do it at your house but there is something about going out in public that makes it more enjoyable.

    :blushing: :laugh:
  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
    We did it tonight - but only because we did extra exercise to get ready for it! It takes a lot of working out to make sure you are in good enough shape to do it, so we've been working out extra just so we can do it a couple of times a week...
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    I have to confess... I used to do it often. Sometimes I would even be sneaky about it. I'd take out some cash (using credit cards would leave a paper trail) and I would get a little before coming home to the family.

    Now I'm on a business trip and I'm doing it three times a day -- I have a drink or two and bam there it is... and it is so easy, just sitting there waiting for me to partake. I want to be good but it is hard, what can I say?

    :wink:

    Is your first name John.
  • nightangelstars
    nightangelstars Posts: 337 Member
    I do *it* most everyday...heck, if I'm feeling frisky sometimes twice a day.

    LOL :laugh: :blushing:

    Um . . . what were we talking about again?
  • shemricquick
    shemricquick Posts: 33
    Since I've lost my job we have really cut back on it, but I'd have to say that we were one of "those" families. My husband manages an Olive Garden though, so he works odd/unpredictable hours.
  • ComplexMuffin
    ComplexMuffin Posts: 5
    Only 1 or 2 times a week.
    Money is tight lately.
  • Wolfena
    Wolfena Posts: 1,570 Member
    We tend to eat out twice a week one week, then once a week the next.... it's ALWAYS when we take the long drive to drop my daughter at her father's house (every Wednesday and every other Friday) & then an extra night at the end of each school semester as my daughter ALWAYS makes the honor roll and gets to chose where she wants to go for a special dinner.

    When I was in full weight loss mode I managed to have the power to stay out of the restaurants except for maybe once a month (and the special dinners for my daughter). I have a lot less willpower these days, but both my boyfriend have made the decision that we NEED to cut back again if we want to lose weight, and have managed to stick to just the every other Friday nights and been skipping the Wednesdays to eat at home.

    Eating out definitely is bad for your waistline!! (and every other body part line :laugh: ) I also pack both of our lunches and breakfasts so we don't have to "eat out" for those meals.... But with 3 meals a day and people working, I could easily see how 5 times a week could happen without a problem.
  • Violet_Mist
    Violet_Mist Posts: 94
    I eat out maybe 3 or 4 times a month tops. It's just too expensive nowadays, and at home I know I'm getting HEALTHIER meals.
  • 12by311
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    Once every week or 2 weeks.
  • harlequsngirl
    harlequsngirl Posts: 7
    WOW that is a lot of eating out!

    We used to eat out a couple of times a week with my husband eating out for lunch just about every day. To save money we have stopped doing this. We go out maybe 2-3 times a month and I cook every night for the family.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I miss Princess Laundry :brokenheart:
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    We do *it* way too much!

    We use to eat out 4/5 days for lunch and at least 5 nights - Expensive and probably why we got so fat too!

    Now we're down to maybe 2 lunches out a week for my husband - me out to lunch maybe 1/month....suppers - well probably average 3/week--we're working on bringing that # down even more.

    Usually it's because we have to go to a sporting event for one of the kids, basketball practice and games, track meets, tennis matches, baseball tournament or games, baseball workouts....anytime it's the baseball bunch we have great friends that we go out with. Our kids have Sports for all seasons!
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    We eat out maybe 3 times a month.
    Not for money concerns, thankfully we make enough not to have that particular problem (we're not rich, we do ok, but we are both very good with money). More because restaurants put really BAD stuff in their food, and when you tell a waiter how you want your food prepared, they give you dirty looks like it's the biggest hassle of their life to use water to stir fry the veggies instead of oil. Or to broil that Haddock WITHOUT adding the 4 tablespoons of butter but instead just use a little lemon. THE TRAVESTY OF IT!
  • ChristyMomx3
    ChristyMomx3 Posts: 176
    Wow, staying away from that gutter.....

    We don't eat out anymore. If we do we grab a hot n ready $5 pizza or two from Little Ceasars. We can get 2 slices a piece that way. We have 3 kids and we started adding up a guestimate of what we was spending a week in eating out. When we ate out we went to O'Charley's, Chili's, Applebees, Outback and stuff, rarely did fast food. So one time cost us 70 bucks,, and sometimes we would go to Golden Corral buffet for 30 bucks. So you figure 100 dollars a week minimum. We done like this for oh... 5 years!!!

    so that is 400 a month, and 4800 a year in eating out!! So in 5 years time 24000!!!!!!!! Doh.gif That isn't counting gas, or stopping to get gas and grabbing stuff.. We could of started building our house just from eat out!! That's nuts and no wonder we are broke and fat! lol So we have put an end to it. Doing pretty good too!!
  • BEFORE
    BEFORE Posts: 1,291 Member
    I miss Princess Laundry :brokenheart:

    Me to. I am coaxing her out with this thread.
    :cry:
  • yellow_pepper
    yellow_pepper Posts: 708 Member
    I've eaten out or ordered takeout 4 times this week already, and I expect to go out for dinner tomorrow night and probably on Saturday, too. Two of the 4 times, I ordered in from a restaurant that caters to dieters and body-builders, so I knew exactly what I was eating, and it was very healthy.
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    Wow, staying away from that gutter.....

    We don't eat out anymore. If we do we grab a hot n ready $5 pizza or two from Little Ceasars. We can get 2 slices a piece that way. We have 3 kids and we started adding up a guestimate of what we was spending a week in eating out. When we ate out we went to O'Charley's, Chili's, Applebees, Outback and stuff, rarely did fast food. So one time cost us 70 bucks,, and sometimes we would go to Golden Corral buffet for 30 bucks. So you figure 100 dollars a week minimum. We done like this for oh... 5 years!!!

    so that is 400 a month, and 4800 a year in eating out!! So in 5 years time 24000!!!!!!!! Doh.gif That isn't counting gas, or stopping to get gas and grabbing stuff.. We could of started building our house just from eat out!! That's nuts and no wonder we are broke and fat! lol So we have put an end to it. Doing pretty good too!!

    I dare not even add it up - actually I may it will encourage me to eat at home!
  • MrBinkerton
    MrBinkerton Posts: 109
    My family and I and my boyfriend and I eat out alot. I am trying to cut back now that I am watching it. I feel WAY MORE IN CONTROL if I eat at home and sometimes it is honestly BETTER TASTING! For example, last night I went out to Applebees and got the Italian Chix portabella Sandwich from the weight watchers menu there. It was TERRIBLE!!!!! I could have made something 100X better at home, for half the calories, and half the price. Sometimes its convenient but just not worth it.
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