It can cost you a heckuva lot of money buying your work lunch every day. There are several indulgences you could likely cut back on including eating lunch out and buying your coffee on the way to work every day.  Treat yourself to a great travel mug and make coffee at home and start packing your lunch.

If you really enjoy going out at the lunch break, go out for a walk or to window shop and leave debit and credit cards back at the office or at home. Some will eat lunch at their desk and go for a walk to increase their fitness and get away from work for a bit.

If you’d like to see just how much of an impact saving lunch money and eating sensibly could have on your bank account, do a quick calculation. If you’re spending $7 a day on your lunch, you’re spending almost $1700.00 a year on lunches when you could easily factor a bagged lunch into your weekly grocery budget.

If you want to treat yourself to lunch and a morning coffee once a week, go for it. You’ll still be saving money every week without entirely depriving yourself. Consider assigning a weekly budget in your money jars or envelopes for treats such as going out to lunch once in a while instead of every day.