Day 8, We don't need dinner every night, do we?

We live in a little mountain town that has one highway in and out.  Yesterday a landslide closed that highway.  Knowing we wouldn't be going to work today we slept in.  A late breakfast lead to a later lunch, long story short come dinner time we weren't really hungry.  Since I don't feel the need to force feed my family we just decided to have some snacks and family movie time.

We each picked a guilty pleasure and passed them around, chips, dip, cheese, crackers and ice cream for hubby and daughter.

As of now the highway is still closed but I will be cooking tomorrow 😃 I'm not sure what though, but come on, would you expect anything else.

Since I'm not cooking tonight I thought I'd make this post be about something else.  I floated the idea of this blog several years ago and had a decent response.  But what really helped give me the nudge I needed was the fact that we were eating out WAY to much and spending too much money.  I was also near my highest weight ever, not quite but close. 

Truth time, the amount we spent eating out last month was embarrassing, at least to me since I'm usually so frugal. So here's the truth bomb, we spent nearly $800 last month eating out, that is ridiculous!!!!  In contrast the groceries that I had to buy for this first week of April cost me a mere hundred dollars.  So I'm well on my way to a great savings this month.

Along with the monetary savings let's talk about weight loss.  Keep in mind, I'm not on any kind of diet and I've been eating each of the dinners I've posted.  Yes, I have been kickboxing 3-4 days a week but I was actually doing that on a free trial pass for a couple of weeks before I started this challenge.  This week I lost almost 6 lbs!  If that doesn't speak to the crazy amount of calories, sodium and large portion sizes in a restaurant meal I don't know what does.

I'm hoping the weight loss trend continues with the simple change of cooking at home, saving me money and calories.