What does my food look like?

So one of my goals this week was to eat out less.

I'll admit- I had become lazy and complacent. My usual breakfast at work was something from McDonalds- either a sausage biscuit + frappe or a hotcakes and sausage platter + frappe.

Medium caramel frappe- 550 calories
Sausage Biscuit- 430 calories
Hotcakes and sausage- 520 calories

So right there my breakfasts on any given day were between 980 and 1070 calories. And I was paying $4.50-$6.50 for all of the gross food! Figure that's an average of $28 a week.


Excuse me while I vomit.

And then I would skip lunch because I ate such a disgustingly large breakfast. And by the time I got home I was famished and ate a ridiculous dinner.

No wonder I gained 90 pounds. ICK!

So I've decided it's time to take my meals back! Or more accurately- take my meals to work.

I spent some time on food stamps right after college and learned to shop super thrifty, so I knew it wouldn't be a challenge to get nutritious and reasonably priced food. Here's what I bought this week

8 bagels- $2.50 (on clearance at the grocery). I split them in half
     Cost per serving- $0.16
10 yogurts- $6.00
     Cost per serving- $0.60
10 pears- $2.00 (they were seconds at the farmers market)
     Cost per serving- $0.20
6 peaches- $3.50 (farmer's market)
     Cost per serving- $0.58
3 cans of Progresso soup- $4.00 (coupon+ in store sale). Each can will provide two lunches
     Cost per serving- $0.66

So my typical breakfast has looked like this
1/2 bagel with butter (180 calories)
1 cup of yogurt (90 calories)
A piece of fruit (60 calories)
Total Cost - $1.20 (average)
Total Calories 330

And a typical lunch has looked like this:
1 bowl of soup (130 calories)
1/2 bagel  (180 calories)
Total cost- $0.82
Total calories 310

So I went from consuming roughly 1,000 calories a day at work to consuming 640 calories. I'm fuller for a longer period of time, and I've literally cut my dining costs in half ($2.02 vs $4.50)

I have a fridge in my office, so I just bring all of my food in on Monday, and then I don't have to worry about it again until the following week.

I'm actually flabbergasted at how easy it's been!