Successes and Failures of bringing my lunch

So for the last two weeks I have been diligently bringing my lunch and dinner to work with me Tues-Friday in the hopes of helping my weight loss and saving money. What I discovered is that I think I actually spent more money grocery shopping that I would have spent eating out. Week one grocery bill was approx $80 and week two the same. So in a two week time period I spent $160.00... My average lunch out is a Sonic Salad $4.99 and a large tea $1.99. So $7 x 5 is $35 spent on nice yummy lunches I look forward too.. For dinner I have no problem eating a microwave dinner as I have found some good ones ( Healthy Choice Asian Steamers Orange Chicken YUM, and south beach pizzas YUM ) .

I also bought things to supplement my lunches like cheese, chips and I have ended up binging on those off hours which I think has been killing my diet.. So lets face it. I work 2-11:30pm and the only meal I eat at home is breakfast which is cereal and coffee. When I come home from work at midnight I like to have a small glass of wine before heading out to feed the horses, and this is really all I need at home for food.. Other food will sabotage me..

Starting next week I will have 3 days off a week. I am working 4-10's with Sun, Wed and Thur off. I am going to do what my mom does and shop a couple times a week only for what I need the next following days. I think this will help my budget, as well as my out of control eating..

I will report my findings the following weeks and I am also going do budget $50 a week on eating out. Cash of course!