Eating at Home

So I passed last week goal of food journaling and no cheating with flying colors. This week I've gone back and forth for my goal and I've decided on bringing my lunch all week and eating dinner at home on the night's I don't have meetings. Now some people swear that eating at home saves money and I would bet that holds true for a family of four and more. However for just one person I can spend 20 easily for each meal I make at home. Now granted I have leftovers but now that my human garbage disposal, I mean boyfriend, has relocated to LA the leftovers usually go to waste before I get a chance to eat them. My main reason I'm setting this goal is because cooking your own food this the best way to control your calories. With the wonderful power of the internet you can get the nutrition information for most prepared food but it's always an estimate you can never be sure exactly how it was prepared in the restaurant. At home though you have complete control you can weigh and measure your ingredients so you have a much better idea of how many calories you're actually eating. I'm hoping that this goal will help me to have a calories deficit every day, meaning I've ate less calories than I've burned.