How much have you spent on take aways in the last 6 months?

[Eenee]

$0 very rarely do we ever get take away and haven't at all in the last 6mths

[Beach Mama]

$30 - $70 a week and sometimes more if we go to a restaurant rather than nasty stuff like maccas etc. That would also include things like sushi for lunch. Terrible really and we really need to cut back as well and make it a treat and make it something nice when we do do it, have been telling Dh we need to cut back but a lot of it is my fault as I am the one who will be feeling lazy to cook!

[Phteven]

We get takeaway no more than once a week. Usually from Oportos or a Turkish restaurant so we spend $20-$40 a week.

[meow]

$0. We don't eat any convenience foods and haven't had takeaway in the past 6 months. I wouldn't mind sometimes though!!

[wysiwyg]

Maybe $30 a month if that on what I class as Takeaway - so food you buy ready to eat and eat at home. Very very rarely do we grab food to eat on the run from a takeaway - only if there is no sit down options around. Some months we don't have Takeaway at all. However we do eat out a fair bit, maybe once a week sometimes more, usually using a entertainment book voucher or a shop a docket - so I think maybe $200 a month on eating out. In my book that is different to takeaway though because eating out is about more than the food itself - it is the outing, the surroundings etc and is normally part of a trip somewhere. Probably have coffee out maybe 4 times a week. So that is about maybe $80 a month - but again the act of sitting in a cafe and having the coffee is an event too more than the just the coffee. My mum always goes on about the coffee but I don't spend anything else, I hate shopping and apart from food shopping rarely buy anything so that is my treat. Eating out is something we love doing as a family so I don't feel is excessive or is something need to cut down on - and if you like Takeaway and have it as an 'event' then why not.

So in response to the OP, I wouldn't try to stop takeaway completely, I would just identify on which occasions you get most enjoyment out of it and try and cut it back to those - make having it an event/treat however frequently you decide and just try to eliminate the times when you are having it out of habit.