For as long as I can remember, my family has eaten out 75% of meals. My mother is the only mother I've ever known who is a certifiably terrible cook (my dad refuses to eat any fruits or vegetables or anything with spices other than S+P, so that doesn't help). Throughout college, I worked full time while going to school full time and spent most of my money pursuing the same habits, getting Wendy's or Taco Bell 4-5 times a week. I've never really learned to cook and when I think about it psychologically I realize I definitely turn to Fast food as a comfort and really enjoy the feeling of "being out" at a restaurant or something. I'm really unhappy if I manage to not eat out for a week or so and feel miserable.
Now I'm older, 30, and I make around $200k a year. But my habits have still not matured. It's not fast food, but I still go to fast casual restaurants and fancy places 7-10 times a week, often paying for my GF. I checked my Mint.com records recently and found I was spending upwards of $1500/month on this, which I realize is ridiculous. I need to change and just feel a little overwhelmed with how to do so. Is this a case for therapy or is there something simpler I can do in the meantime?
Submitted June 13, 2017 at 02:46PM by foodbudgetguy http://ift.tt/2sZ3fLJ
