I used to think meal prepping was a waste of time until I tried it for one week

I spent Sunday making 5 lunches for the week and saved about $45 compared to buying food near my office in Austin. Has anyone else had a similar surprise after actually timing it out?

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phoenix291mo ago

Gosh, did you actually track the time it took to prep versus just buying lunch each day?

eva9081mo ago

Tracked it for a full month back when I was trying to save money. Honestly, it took me about 45 minutes to prep five lunches on Sunday night, which is about 9 minutes per day. Buying lunch at the food court was running me 12 to 15 bucks easy, so I was saving around 10 bucks per meal. Plus I wasn't wasting time walking to the place or waiting in line. Ngl, the math worked out way better than I expected.