1. The food sucks
2. I simply cannot afford to particiapte anymore, at $50-65/week minimum.

I don’t know where all my money seems to be going these days, but it’s becoming obvious that I need to cut back in some areas. And JC is one of those areas.

If doing this doesn’t help me as much as I need, I am also considering cutting out my gym membership ($70/mo) too. Needless to say I have already made an attempt to cut back on how much I spend going out on weekends.

Spending a lot on weekends was a new thing for me, and I think it caused the most damage. I had been going out with MR regularly and spending oodles with her, which I had never done before. I think we’re settling down now though. We cook together and enjoy our company that way!

Since I’ve made this decision to quit JC, it means this will be my first week where I attempt to cook for myself. I want to try and continue my weightloss, and I think cooking my own food and dividing it into portion-controlled meals will help me lose weight and save cash.

For this week I have tacos, taco soup, taco salad, pumpkin pie and omelettes planned. Lots of taco-related stuff! But it’s because I can re-use the base ingredients and save money and food wastage. For example I don’t normally make omelettes, but I will need eggs for the pumpkin pie, so why not use up the rest of them? I can also throw in the leftover veggies from tacos and taco soup.

Hopefully next week I’ll have some leftovers from Thanksgiving I can use to tide me over, and I’ll also have to investigate some other meal options.

Does anyone have some advice or suggestions for me? I’ve only got myself to feed, so it can be difficult making things in single batches, or finding a big dish (like taco soup) that I like enough to eat over and over.