Cut my grocery bill by $40 a week using just a timer

I kept buying snacks because I'd wander the aisles hungry after work. So I set a 15-minute timer on my phone to force myself to grab exactly what's on my list and get out. Has anyone else tried a time limit to stop impulse buys?

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green.mason1mo agoMost Upvoted

Does that timer trick actually work when you're already starving and just want to grab everything?

vera_roberts21d ago

Oh man @reese551 is right though, sometimes even 5 mins is enough to talk yourself out of it. Timer trick is just a gamble when you're actually starving lol.

reese5511mo ago

green.mason that timer trick works for me maybe half the time. When I'm really hungry I just set a 5 minute one and it's enough to break the impulse.