How often do you eat takeaways?

Once a month.

My dad owned a Chinese restaurant and take away but we didn’t eat the food on the menu as it’s been changed radically for English palates. DH likes it as does DS so we do have one occasionally.

Almost never. I can practically do a weekly shop for the price of a Chinese! Plus I find most of them are so salty I wake up in the night really dehydrated when I eat them. And my own food is mostly nicer.

I estimate every three months?

3-4 times a year. Family of 5 so eating out/takeaways are expensive and I always feel like I've wasted money afterwards.

I was going to say a couple of times a year but then realised we haven't ordered a takeaway so far this year.
We do eat out a couple of times a week and despite trying to make healthy choices I'm sure it's sometimes as unhealthy as a takeaway.

Once a month if that. I don't know how ppl afford it, we both work and I hate to spend loads of money on a unhealthy takeaway, it's doesn't always taste great either so I regret it when we do.

Home cooked meal is far more nutritious and cheaper

Never. Genuinely trying to remember the last time. Think it was sometime in 2017 for a family birthday.

I often have really busy weeks but am sure many of my meals in these weeks are quicker than the time it would take to order a takeaway?

Some ideas:

• stir fry (can buy packs of ready chopped veg)
• fish (can get frozen fillets) and frozen veg
• omelette
• salad with various protein
• cooked chicken (either cooked earlier in week or can buy cooked chicken) with frozen veg or salad
• jacket potato
• pitta, houmous, chopped raw veg
• something on toast
• fresh soup
• pasta with pesto or chopped tomatoes and frozen veg
• microwave rice packs with tinned mixed beans
• even shop bought things you can stick in the oven will be cheaper/healthier (fishcakes, quiche, ready made packs of roast veg, look up tray bake recipes,etc.)
• if you ever make anything (on less busy days) such as bolognese, chilli, curry - always make double or even triple and freeze. It's no more effort and you'll build up a bank of ready means.

Never. There's always something that you can make at home in 15mins even if it's beans or egg on toast or an omelette or a tuna salad with boiled new potatoes. I cook meaks like spag.bol, chilli, homemade soups in bigger quantities than I need for one meal so I can just heat things up and not have to cook every night: I only have to cook rice or pasta if I haven't got some to heat up. Worst case I just eat some breakfast cereal - a mix of muesli, granola, bran flakes, chopped dried dates, some blueberries, raspberries, half a banana - it's not rocket science.

I had a take away Indian delivered on the day I first moved onto the house I currently live in because I hadn't unpacked anything and I was so tired - that was September 2001. I just don't see the need for take aways.

Even though you are thin,you can still have a high cholesterol level. It's possible for skinny people to have heart attacks!

Once every few months though I have to admit the only reason it isn't more is the lack of quality and choice round here. We go out for lunch or tea maybe once a month, again not much choice locally so we have to go further afield. I cannot justify spending money on crap food anymore.
Agree with pp. Slow cooker, a Ninja and M&S ready meals are what you need! You Tube and TikTok are chock full of easy recipes. Make more than what you need and freeze.

May get chips from the (excellent) chippy once a month or so but that is it.

Even when away in the MoHo we prepare our own meals, we never eat out or bring something back.

4 to 5 times a week is a lot. I couldn't do it simply from a wasting money perspective.
If I was you I'd find some really quick and easy recipes you can make on evening when you're tired. Things like:
Halloumi burgers and salad.
Veg omelette with crusty bread
Jacket potatoes (cooked the day before so it just needs re-heating)
Pasta, pesto and prawns
Nice shop bought pizzas etc.

You'd save an absolute fortune!

Once or twice a year?

We eat out quite a lot, lunches and the odd dinner but I find takeaways disappointing generally. We have however got a new Indian takeaway which is gorgeous so this may increase.

2-3 times a year and that's usually when staying with friends and they suggest a Chinese.
We've never used Deliveroo or Just Eat and I'm constantly shocked at how many people do, the city is rammed with delivery bikes.

Even if you're slim and feel healthy please make sure you're eating plenty of fruit and vegetables along with your takeaways, they act like little sponges cleaning as they travel along.

For easy healthy meals I like Emily English, she's Emthenutritionist on Instagram.

I usually keep some chicken in the freezer, just diced with cajun seasoning. Also I make up a batch of rice and portion and freeze that too. I usually stick it in the fridge the night before then stick chicken in the airfryer and just microwave the rice.

Make a batch of spag bol and portion out, it’s a super easy option.

Honestly as one person I would really recommend an airfryer, you can chuck salmon in there easily, just do a bit of veg, rice from freezer, nice healthy dinner.

Once in a month, if any. Try Hello Fresh if no time to make big meals, they're very handy and fast and you get lots of healthy options.

Rarely maybe twice three times a year. I have a coeliac daughter and would rarely trust that they can provide safe gluten free food.

I think though for your age group it is very common as it has got so much easier to order food for delivery from practically anywhere. I have colleagues that would order just eat or Deliveroo for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Once or twice a week.

It doesn’t affect our weights in the slightest because we split portions. We used to order sushi a lot but started making our own.

About twice a week. Yes i’m overweight! But most of the time one takeaway will do 2 dinners and it’s usually Nando’s (chicken and veg) or a Mexican salad. Hello Fresh is alright but I always miss the choice deadline so end up with stuff the kids won’t eat and there is sooooo much plastic waste!

Also that’s not for the kids. They’ll get a pizza takeaway once in a blue moon. But generally they eat jacket potato, pasta, salmon & potatoes & veg, roast etc (we’ll eat that with them). But it’s a lot easier for me to make them what they’ll eat and then make us what we want, or get it delivered. The kids hate square meals like curry, shepherd pie, stir fry etc. Last night they had pasta with homemade veg sauce but I really don’t like pasta 😅

Not even once a month. I do go out for meals a few times a month with friends, but rarely order a takeaway in. I sometimes batch cook a few days of food for myself, or get easy prepared things. I also find it easier to start making my dinner earlier on, when working from home so I might prep before i start or on a lunch break. My daughter is 16 and cooks her own food, when my son is home from Uni I cook for him, mainly pasta and home made sauces, they only take 20 mins or so. It really is very unhealthy eating so many takeaways. Have a look for some easily prepared meals and meal plan. Start with 2-3 home cooked meals. Even a pizza thrown in the oven is better than a takeaway and that takes less time than it does to order. Have it with a salad

I don’t have any food delivery nearby. Its a 4 mile drive to my nearest chippy and chinese/Indian. So we rarely get them. Last one was in march. Before that i was NYE

When my husband was alive we often had a takeaway Friday night. We stopped for a while to save money but missed it - it was a mark to end the week any we enjoyed it.
Now (I'm a widow with one child still at home), it's once a month or so? I am trying to eat healthy and not spend excess money.

Almost never. Sometimes once a year.
I think that when you have children it is not so affordable for a whole family and you are more conscious that you ought to be cooking healthy food for your children.

Surely as one person, you can put together a quick meal.

That's once a week! It doesn't not count because it's in the morning.

Once a month ish. We cook from scratch virtually all the time. It does help that dh really enjoys cooking- he does more of it than me. I don't dislike it, but don't enjoy it as much as he does!