A bit of a comical read. The author lives in Seattle and earns $1640 a week pre-tax. After claiming living expenses of about $1850 a month, it sounds like just about every spare dime from her income goes to food and drink. Ouch!
http://www.businessinsider.com/800-per-week-food-budget-2018-3
Ah, the memories.
Long ago and far away, when I was a young pup living in the DC area, I ate out. A LOT. Not at first. Ensigns don't make a whole lot of money and especially in the early 1990s.
But then I got promoted! And I got tired of spaghetti.
By the time my 5 years were up, I was eating out a LOT.
Sometimes, breakfast, lunch, AND dinner.
It wasn't terribly uncommon for me to stop at the deli for a bagel with egg, ham and cheese on the way to work (I walked to work).
Some days, I'd go to the gym or run at lunch. Other days, I'd either get a Reuben (my fave) or a tuna sandwich (the deli guy knew me and would guess). Sometimes, a veggie wrap from the Mediterranean place.
After work was either class (for my masters) or volleyball (I played in 2-3 leagues). After volleyball of COURSE was beers, and spicy chicken sandwiches with fries at the sports bar.
First of all, I started gaining weight. Not much though, maybe 15 pounds - because I was in the military and needed to maintain weight AND I worked out a lot.
Years later, when I bought my house, I found a credit card bill from that time of my life.
$800-1000 a month on eating out and booze.
Holy cow.
If I could get all that money back.
And this was the mid-1990s, remember.
Oh boy.
Who can eat out 3 times a day and maintain health?
Based on my own experience, I'm guessing she's young and exercises regularly. This lifestyle started catching up to me at 27, and only after I moved and stopped all the working out. Prior to the cross country move, I was walking to/from work (mile each way), working out at lunch 2-3 days a week, working out after work, and playing volleyball 3-4 days a week.