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[quote=Anonymous]OP - can you make smaller changes, will that make you feel better? If you're spending $2k on food, takeout, etc, per month now, can you put $150 or $200 of that into a savings account and give yourself $1800 to eat with for a start?

$1800 seems like it should still get you a month's worth of nice things to eat - then maybe you can cut a little more, if it seems possible to do without making your monthly eating less pleasurable.

Also keep in mind that takeout and restaurant meals may be giving you more than just food in your belly. In our family, we spend way too much on takeout - but my husband and I have very different food preferences. So cooking one meal we will both enjoy is a real pain in the ass (we eat eggs, and spaghetti - and a little fish - and outside of that we just don't want the same things). Getting takeout a couple of times a week saves us having to compromise, or be hungry, or waste money on cooked food that one or the other of us won't want. It pains me to see the $$ leave our account, but I am also grateful that we both get to enjoy our food - and not have to fight.[/quote]

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