<prompt> Human: Im having a serious problem. I am not able to stop spending more than 50week on eating out or fast food. I am able to cook at my boyfriends house, or I can eat meals at my own home with my family, but sometimes I find it so much easier just to eat something while Im out. During most of the week, my time is occupied by being at work or at school. While in school, I am becoming much better at bringing my own breakfast and lunch, or I will just drive to my boyfriends house from campus and eat lunch at his house during weekdays. My biggest budget kill is when Im at work. I say Ill bring food to work, but its rare if I do. I usually end up purchasing food from one of the local restaurants down the road or the local grocery store. And it doesnt help that my job is an active job, so Ill get hungry and want to snack on between meals. On top of all of this, I like to buy coffee and a snack from Dunkin or Starbucks everyday. Can I get some advice on how I can change my bad habits completely and save extra money when it comes to simple things like buying food everyday? What can I do so I can stick to bringing food to school and work daily, instead of every now and then? By the way, tonight I brought food with me to work because I had time to prepare a quick meal. Once I get home, Ill have dinner later tonight so Im not too worried.  <response>: Another thing that helps with prepping food is investing in some good food containers. It helps food travel so much better, and therefore taste better, and easier reheating and cleaning, so imo it helps motivate me to bring my own food.For example, we have a couple nice stainless steel travel mugs that hold coffeetea hot literally all day long. We make drinks every morning at home, it taste better because we can make them exactly as we like them, and the mugs keep the taste soo much better than a starbucks cup. Similarly for lunches, I have some glass bowls that I cover with saran wrap to carry lunches. This keeps food off my lids so I dont have to wash my lids every day, and bonus-- the seal helps prevent the dirty dishes from drying out over the day, so its super easy to wash off later instead of trying to wash crusted on food. 