Teen son ate an entire large container of Whole Foods smoked mozzarella pasta salad

[Anonymous]

he's a furnace and growing leave him alone.

[Anonymous]

Normal, serve more food at dinner

[Anonymous]

It is a reasonable amount for him to eat. I would not be concerned. I’ve had to adjust things to make sure the teens were not eating the ingredients for the next night’s dinner or my packed lunch, which are really my main concern.

Here’s what works in my house - labels. Mom’s lunch. Short and direct.

Or now I put ingredients in bags and tie them up. The whole family knows if they see a plastic grocery bag in the fridge or freezer tied up that’s off limits because that food is for a dinner later in the week.

But no, generally I don’t care if anyone finishes off a full container of raspberries or ice cream or pasta salad. We will buy more. They eat enormous quantities of food.

[Anonymous]

super normal; they can eat a whole pizza!

[Anonymous]

Growth spurt. DD, 13, eats like a maniac when she is growing. When DD is going through a growth spurt, complex carbs for breakfast (oatmeal, oat bran bagels with butter and jam, glass of milk and fruit, etc) and lots of proteins such as plain greek yogurt that she tops with nuts, raisins, and cinnamon or hardboiled eggs and protein shakes are readily available. I also stock the fridge with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and parboiled chicken. Having a variety of nutrient-dense foods that are readily available helps prevent DD from binging on sweets. DD also helps with grocery planning and cooks simple meals once per week.

[Anonymous]

Poor hungry kid. Nothing worse than judgemental people about food

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

I would make a whole batch of breakfast burritos and keep them in the fridge. Eggs, sausage, veggies all wrapped up in tortilla and foil and easy to re-heat as needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would make a whole batch of breakfast burritos and keep them in the fridge. Eggs, sausage, veggies all wrapped up in tortilla and foil and easy to re-heat as needed.

Oh potatoes too, so carbs in there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is 13 years old. Would you chalk this up to hungry "growing boy" or gluttony worthy of concern? The container was just over a pound. Purchased last night, noticed it empty in the trash this morning. He presumably ate it some time between our family dinner and his bed time.

I mean it really depends on your kid?

Some kids overeat.
Some kids need to be reminded to not eat all of something before checking with others in the house.
Some kids serve themselves more than they will finish and it gets thrown out.
Some kids are just going through a growth spurt and need more food.

[Anonymous]

My boys could 100% do this. If you need or want some to be saved for another time, you have to tell them.

[Anonymous]

I have three teen boys and I wouldn’t even blink at this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
But no, generally I don’t care if anyone finishes off a full container of raspberries or ice cream or pasta salad. We will buy more. They eat enormous quantities of food.

This is a good approach if you can afford it. Treat foods were rare when I was growing up. It created a lot of competitive eating that was hard to overcome as an adult. If I knew we could just get more, I probably wouldn't have always overstuffed myself with the good things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
But no, generally I don’t care if anyone finishes off a full container of raspberries or ice cream or pasta salad. We will buy more. They eat enormous quantities of food.

This is a good approach if you can afford it. Treat foods were rare when I was growing up. It created a lot of competitive eating that was hard to overcome as an adult. If I knew we could just get more, I probably wouldn't have always overstuffed myself with the good things.

PP^ Having a bunch of cheap, but good tasting foods like burritos would have been helpful. I remember I just couldn't get full on apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

You shop at WF, you have money. Why not buy enough to satisfy the family. Posts like this show how messed up some people are around food.