And the Results are In!

Three weeks later, or 46,105.28 calories and $357.99 later to be exact, the end of the first phase of this experiment is over.  That comes out to less than a penny per calorie, by the way!  So, how did I do?

Weight change was insubstantial. I weighed in approximately every three days, and there was a cumulative change of -0.91%. Interval changes ranged from -1.99% to +2.81%.  So, I guess that goes to show that you can eat exclusively at restaurants and not see a huge change in your weight! (You may see a huge change in your bank account though!) 

So, over the course of three weeks, we visited 41 different restaurants.  It comes as no surprise that the most calories were consumed from Starbuck's - a grand total of 6,579. Number two on the list was Ryan's - I had estimated the calories consumed at that buffet to be about 2,500, so it could be higher or lower than that...but probably not higher than Starbuck's!  Number three is Einstein Bros Bagels, four is Scotty's Brewhouse, and five is good ol' Mickey D's. 

Calorie intake by day ranged from 1,363 calories on day 3 (wow, that's low!) to 3,037 on day 20.  The high day is nearly entirely attributable to the Loaded Fries we shared as an appetizer at Scotty's Brewhouse. 2,836 calories in a full order!

So, where did the $357.99 go? Probably the places we ate the most calories at, right? Well, Starbucks is number one on this list - $91.62.  The rest are all a far cry from that... Next is Einstein Bagel ($17.70), La Scala ($16.75), The Cheesecake Factory ($15.00), and McDonald's rounds out the top five again ($14.93).  Keep in mind that these prices were apportioned out to represent only my spending. Francisco was participating in this experiment as well. We use https://www.mint.com/ to track our spending and budgets. If I run a query on our Mint records to look at our restaurant spending over the course of this experiment, the total that comes back is $613.55, and this only includes credit card transactions up to September 26th.  So, exclusively eating in restaurants...very, very pricey!! Definitely caused us to go over our monthly food budget. 

My most expensive day was Day 2, which included a pricey visit to La Scala - total for the day was $26.54.  Cheapest day was Day 7 at $6.10 - everything but breakfast was leftovers. 

Meijer produce section - a sight to behold!

We had breakfast for dinner last night at Bob Evan's - our last meal to wrap up the experiment. Then we stopped at Meijer to re-stock on some groceries. I will miss my morning Starbuck's Skinny Caramel Macchiato, and yeah, I will miss the convenience of having someone else prepare all our food for us. But I am looking forward to trying some new recipes and having lazy weekend mornings again!  And just in time, too...a co-worker brought in homemade apple crisp that I wouldn't have been able to eat just a day before...and Friday is Goodie Day at work....sooo bring on the homemade food!