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I'm Saving At Least $5000/Yr On Food

This is kind of a back of the napkin calculation. Assuming that my at food at work expenses been reduced by 85%, I'm saving about $5000 per year on that alone.

I had previously estimated that I was spending about $20-25 per day on lunch and snacks. The reality is it probably was a little lower than that. Let's say it was $20/day, and I'm now spending about $3/day.

The old math is:
$20x5x50=$5000/yr

The new math is:
$3x5x50=$750/yr

This accounts for 5 day work weeks with 2 weeks vacation where I'm probably eating out at restaurants for most of that time. This ignores new nightly dinner costs which have also been reduced probably by about 70%, but that's a little more unpredictable since I usually eat dinner with my wife who is, how shall I say, slightly less fanatical about the dollar per calorie economics of eating than I've become.

It also doesn't factor in a practical elimination of alcohol from my restaurant bills and foregone taxi/ride sharing expenses since I'm rarely under the influence anymore and can easily drive. Even if I splurge with one drink or two, I can still drive. It also ignores my reduction in sales and restaurant tax expenditures from ordering smaller meals.

So, the reality is I'm saving at least $5000/yr, but it's probably closer to $6000 when you factor in those other efficiencies.

I'll probably run a more in-depth analysis of my food expenditures at some point, but it's hard to argue with nearly 40 pounds off the scale and $5-6k back in my bank account every year.

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