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Far-Queue posted...

As much as you want as long as it's within your budget

Was going to say, "How much money do you have, and how much are you willing to spend?"

If you're financially secure with a lot of disposable income, and enjoy having meals out, there's not a ton of harm in it if you feel like it makes your life better than the alternative.

On the other hand, if your budget is tighter or there's a lot of other things you'd rather be spending money on, it might makes sense to scale your meal budget back a bit.

There's no real one "RIGHT ANSWER" or optimal amount of times to eat out in a given time period. It's going to be different for everyone based on their own circumstances.



pedro45 posted...

When it comes to health, I know it's better to cook at home.

Depends on where you're eating out, and your habits at home.

If you hate cooking, so all you're really making at home is frozen or prepackaged foods and other garbage meals, at that point eating at home isn't necessarily healthier than eating out... especially if you're willing to go to actual restaurants or places with relatively balanced food (as opposed to just grabbing pizza or fast food).

If you're willing to cook (and are somewhat good at it), then yes, home meals can be both much cheaper and much healthier than almost anything you're going to be able to find elsewhere, but if your entire diet consists of buying frozen chicken fingers, pizza rolls, mac & cheese in a box, and microwavable hamburger patties, you're really not doing yourself any favors.
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