https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:11:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61296 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:24 +0000 Modern Daisy 61296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love cooking, but about 2-3 times a months it's impossible to avoid takeout. Like last night, I hadn't been to the grocery store in a few days and had a late work meeting followed by a hair appointment, so by the time I got home it was too late to grocery shop and cook - so we ordered sushi!</p> <p>Going out to eat used to be a once a week thing (saturdays) but now that we are homeowners we are cutting that out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61225 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:31:21 +0000 Mrs. Bee 61225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow no way we could give up ordering out. that is awesome you've been able to do it!</p> <p>i don't mind cooking (i don't love it either), but it just takes too much time with the shopping/cooking/cleaning. we order in a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61222 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:27:47 +0000 lemondrop 61222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't do much fast food, but I really do enjoy eating out at restaurants. We usually get breakfast on Sat or Sun and eat out dinner 2x a week. </p> <p>Eating only home cooked meals is very admirable, but not something I want to try- especially now being at home with Cam all day, every day... getting out of the house is going to be a big reward for mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61219 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:22:28 +0000 chopsuey 61219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cook a lot, but we eat out quite a bit too--especially on weekends! I don't think we could go 40 days without take out/eating out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61115 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:26:35 +0000 winniebee 61115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it - we ate at home S, M, T, W, Th! DH has to go to a game for work tonight so he will eat out, but I plan to dine in again. Then, we'll go out or get takeout Saturday night. Not bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61102 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:05:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 61102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before Little Jacks was born, we decided to give up all eating out to save money. It was amazing! We felt like it was more healthy, we knew where all our ingredients were sourced from, and we saved a ton of money. We did it for about 3 months. Now life is so busy that we probably get take out or go out once a week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61092 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:51:02 +0000 tequiero21 61092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we spent SO MUCH MONEY on food last year, that i'm trying to cook more. i think my only problem is, my hubby doesn't like to eat the same things over and over again, so i need to find stuff to cook! so that i can make things once or twice a month, each month! we've done so much better this month! i think we'll be spending at least $500 less this month than usual! woo hoo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-61052 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:17:46 +0000 looch 61052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We could do it easily because the options are so limited where we live. We had take out sushi for the first time this year this week, and we had pizza once. I really just use it when I am too busy to have made something decent for dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58934 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:47:29 +0000 sulli301 58934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really love to cook, &amp; DH does his fair share too, but enjoy the social aspects of going out to eat. I know the savings &amp; health benefits of eating at home are huge! As long as you aren't eating frozen pizza &amp; TV dinners every night it is healthier anyways ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58926 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:44:35 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 58926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Because I work at a bakery/cafe, my lunches are free every day. Don't know if that counts as eating out, because its free, haha. But apart from that, DH and I are bad about grabbing takeout. He's a youth pastor, so he's at work late four nights a week - he gets Subway or something those four days. I cook for myself most of the time, but its so easy just to swing through a drive through on my way home instead of cooking for one.<br /> On the plus side, with neither of us being home very often, we don't spend much on groceries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58915 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:36:51 +0000 MsMini 58915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try to limit fast food/eating out to 1-2 meals per week. We used to be really bad about eating take-out of eating out almost every day, but we have really cut back, and we are trying to cut back more in preparation to mat leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58904 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:32:06 +0000 obxwife 58904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother in law owns an Italian restaurant a few miles from our house and we eat there frequently! It would be an adjustment not to get take out or eat there at least once a week. He usually expects us Friday nights. ;)</p> <p>However, I love to cook so it wouldn't be so bad to not eat out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58819 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:44:59 +0000 hilsy85 58819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I could easily give up takeout, I would say we eat it about twice a week for dinner. I love cooking and really try to cook most nights. But we couldn't give up going out to eat, we enjoy it too much and its a social thing as well. We go out to dinner with friends all the time. As for lunches, I try to bring mine every day. Dh gets takeout every day, but it's paid for /catered by his company, so at least we're not paying for it. And its not like fast food (we never eat that stuff )- its like salads and wraps and things like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58779 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:32:14 +0000 betsyboop 58779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat out once or twice a week. Once I moved to Boston and realized I didn't like most of the restaurants here, I learned how to cook :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58776 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:31:50 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 58776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we eat out twice a week. Usually on the days that my husband doesn't have to work. We are very busy on those days and never stop to cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58772 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:29:30 +0000 Andrea 58772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We generally only eat out/take out on the weekends. I just need a break from cooking and it is good to get out of the house with a toddler...even if eating out means not so tasty food court stuff at the mall or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58765 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:25:36 +0000 mrs. wagon 58765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to cook once or twice a week, but it was hard as a SAHM and it's hard now as a WOHM! We all get home at 5:30 and RJ's got to eat right away because bedtime routine starts around 6:30. If we don't have leftovers or crock pot stuff ready to go, we warm him up fishsticks or something quick like that, and Rob Sr. and I eat take out a LOT. We used to go out to eat a lot, but ever since RJ was about 22 months it's gotten a lot harder to eat out... so we mostly get takeout now.</p> <p>When friends come over we try to grill or some kind of cooking that we can both help with. Rob Sr. is great with the grill but helpless in the kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58680 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:46 +0000 T.H.O.U. 58680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. That's impressive. I would love to try that because we have gotten bad about eating out/take out during the week because we are too busy/tired to cook but then also eating out on the weekends for entertainment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58672 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:47:22 +0000 Rubies 58672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat take out a lot...Maybe 2 (sometimes 3 if we're bad) times a week. Sunday, on our way home from church we'll pick something up and eat it at home. And then during the week we'll order a pizza or something. Other than that, we cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58671 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:45:48 +0000 edelweiss 58671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i cook about 3 times a week so that we can eat in or have lunch leftovers most of the time, but it's still not enough! it is HARD--i hear you on feeling like i have to cook all the time. we usually end up eating out a couple of times during the weekdays and a couple of times on the weekends. i admire you guys for swearing it off for that long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58645 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:19:13 +0000 LuLu Mom 58645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do really good during the week with eating at home/eating left overs for lunches. However once the weekend hits we always seem to eat out or pick up stuff. We go out to dinner with friends on weekends &amp; I enjoy not having to cook on my days off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58642 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:16:12 +0000 winniebee 58642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat takeout and go out to eat without fail every single weekend. Every few months we try to give up takeout and dining out during the week - we both work a lot so it's difficult to get home between 7-8:30 and then whip up dinner. Right now, we're just trying to eat at home M-Th. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58639 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:12:32 +0000 GreenThumb 58639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We really like to eat out, but mostly cook at home to save $$. It is a lot of work, but makes going out more of a treat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58634 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:09:56 +0000 Rescuemom10 58634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dont like to eat out much. But tend to find ourselves busy or volunteering our time so much there are so many times where we get take out because of time reasons. I think it would be a good challenge not to. I think we could do it. Would just have to have better time mgmt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58631 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:07:22 +0000 heffalump 58631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat out a lot. I have migraines daily right now, so its hard enough to take care of lo and keep the house in order, cooking is just not something I want to be doing. Plus, I'm often stuck at home all day so its nice to get out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58628 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:06:20 +0000 PitBulLover 58628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would be very hard for us to not get take out (pizza) or eat out for a stretch of time. It would be easier for us to give up take out actually, because with going out, it's always friends inviting us places. It's hard to constantly say no when people are going out to eat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58626 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:03:34 +0000 Mrsbells 58626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During lunch time at work its easier to just buy food then reheat food from home. But when I do enjoy cooking and could live without fast food, take out etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/no-take-outfast-foodeating-out#post-58623 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:02:07 +0000 mrsjyw 58623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So for Lent last year, DH &amp; I decided to give up all forms of eating out... no fast food, no dining out, no take out. It was definitely an adjustment the first week or so... but after a while it wasn't that hard! The hardest part was having to cook ALL.THE.TIME. It definitely made it easier that there was an end in sight. I'm not sure I could give up "not cooking" forever!</p> <p>Which boggles my mind, because both my parents and inlaws RARELY get fast food/take out.. and only eat out a few times a year. </p> <p>We're planning on doing it again for the lenten season this year. </p> <p>Do you cook at home all the time? Do you think you could give up takeout/fast food/dining out?</p> <p>(edit - we end up eating at home mostly with takeout/going out at least 1x a week. we do try to pack lunches for work too.) </p>