How much food do we really need to satisfy your bodies and stomaches requests for food. Like most of us, we head to the local fast food joint, and order according to how appealing the pictures are on that menu board.

Most every fast food joint, has their menu board broke up into three basic sections. Comb meals which consist of a main course, a side dish, and a drink. The value items usually include a small sandwich, fries, drink and desert. Each item ranges in price from 99 cents to $2. Then there is the regular price individual offerings.

Now, for most of us, a combo meal is more than enough. The average combo meal averages about a 1,000 calories. That is one half of the recommended calorie intake for one day. These supposed money saving combo meal puts us over weight, and puts us in the doctors office. Where a little less will do us a whole lot more good.

The basic combo meal costs about $5. Most fast food restaurants will up sale you to a larger size or some extra thus bringing that combo meal to the $6 to $9 range. We comply just because we are hungry.

What if I take items just from the value menu. A $2 sandwich, add a Pepsi for 99 cents, along with a desert for $1.59 makes a nice lunch for around $4.85 after tax.

Bottom-line: What I am saying, let us compare prices. We all go to basicily the same fast food place, every week. Don’t let your stomach rule your wallet. Take a few minutes, compare prices. You may just find yourself saving from a few pennies to a few dollars every time you go to your favorite fast food restaurants.

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