Cook more, Eat out less

We do this now on a regular basis – I think we only eat out once in about every 2-3 weeks regularly. Sometimes we splurge and eat out more, but I cook 97% of the time! Much better for us, and so much easier to control what you aren’t eating!

We are definitely cooking more and eating out ALOT less. That’s what happens when you move and end up having less money for frivolities! But it’s so much better for us I really don’t mind :o)

I have gotten much better at this – we have cut down from eating out several times a week (3 to 4!!!) down to once or twice. I have actually enjoyed cooking more than I had in a while, which is nice.

November/December I did not cook hardly at all – maybe, MAYBE once a week, if that. I am trying to get back on track, and get us healthier while I’m at it. I started cooking every day (okay ALMOST every day – weekends don’t count darnnit!!) two weeks ago. Already I can tell a difference, and we are eating sooo much healthier!

I have been making a concerted effort to cook more. Hubby and I agree that we will only eat out twice a week including weekends. We have been cooking on the weekends, which is something that we didn’t ever do before – too easy to order something. Want to keep this up!

So I managed to cook from last Sunday up through Thursday. We went to a baseball game with friends yesterday, which sort of made it difficult to cook, but I did manage 5 days in a row, which is the longest I’ve cooked in quite a while. Want to keep this up, because I do enjoy cooking, and I know that it helps towards my goal of losing weight to prepare our food, so that we can better control what and how much we eat.

This week. I can’t believe how many times we eat out during one month. I’m not even going to post that number, it’s so high, and it’s ,well, a bit embarrassing lol. I am so bad when it comes time to cook. I think I justify it as, I got up, went to work, came home, worked out, my job is done LOL. For the sake of my health, my family’s health and my budget, I have GOT to start cooking every day!!