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

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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.

Lol there are like 6 raspberries in each container.

In a pint of raspberries? You must be realllly bad at “guess how many jelly beans are in the jar” contests.

DP but are you unfamiliar with the concept of exaggeration?

Are you also unaware that there are fewer calories in a pint of raspberries than in a typical candy bar?

Apparently you’re unfamiliar with the concept of throwaway jokes and offhand remarks. Lighten up.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, there are two questions:

1) Is this a reasonable amount of food for a 13 year old boy? Yes, it is.

2) Does it seem that he considered the needs/desires of others? No, but that's developmentally appropriate. I'd talk to him about not eating all of a specific food, and never mention it again unless it happens again.

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DS who is a very polite and sweet and thoughtful kid did this a few times at 13. Grew out of it quickly but his friends' parents tell me their kids did the same thing. I mean if you are starving why not just eat the best stuff in the house? DS went through WF guac, 2-3 containers of berries, and other things we normally eat in smaller portions in one sitting one day.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell him to take a delicious piece of fruit and eat it outside.

LOL after he's eating a couple of those delicious asparagus spears on his dinner plate.

These women know nothing about growing boys. Nothing.

We do know that the majority of 13 year old boys do not need to eat more than 3500 calories per day. Did you know that?

Thanks for confirming that you know nothing about teen boys.

I have 3 sons... 24, 22, and 18. They are all a normal, healthy weight and have great eating habits. Do you have teen boys? If so, my guess is that your sons will all be overweight by the time they are over 25.

Since we are guessing, I guess that your sons hid their eating habits from you just like those lifeguards pp was talking about.

+1. Definitely an almond mom who eats tiny portions and doesn’t understand that other people don’t enjoy continuous pangs of hunger and dizziness from lack of sufficient food

I am a mom, but I actually eat about 2000-2500 calories per day. Our whole family is into various sports and very health conscious, so perhaps that makes me overly aware of the bad eating habits and overweightness/obesity that occurs in the majority of Americans. I realize that makes me unpopular on DCUM. I'll bow out of the discussion now.

Look, we all know it’s good to be physically active and focus on healthy foods. It’s not okay to shame a teenage boy for being hungry enough to eat a large portion of pasta salad. The mom was angry enough to post here. If it were me I would have said “hey bud, next time leave the pasta salad as something the family can share. If you’re super hungry right now, let’s get you some protein pancake mix or hummus (insert whatever you think is appropriate here)”

She can’t seem to get over that he ate the whole thing, then goes on to add that he’s a snob and prefers door dash to homemade quesadillas (which is a totally different story).

This. The kid is 13. He still needs to be parented and raised. That means reminding him (with love and humor) that other people live in the house and want some pasta salad too. But it also means recognizing that his body is growing and needs food. When my son was 13 he was maybe 5’5”. At 14, he was 6’ tall. That kind of growth demands calories.

I remember nursing him and hitting that four week growth spurt. After an hour-long nursing session I tossed him at my husband and ran into the kitchen eating anything and everything I could get my hands on for ten minutes, then took my son back to continue nursing him. It was a demanding hunger, and I absolutely have empathy for my kid as he goes through it himself.

I guess it bothers me that op calls her ds “gluttonous”. These are tender times for his development, and sensing such judgement and dislike from a parent is damaging. Corrections should be made from a place of love and an understanding that the child is still growing (literally!) and needs guidance, not condemnation. Everything should come from love and anticipation of growth, both physically and emotionally.

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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.

Lol there are like 6 raspberries in each container.

In a pint of raspberries? You must be realllly bad at “guess how many jelly beans are in the jar” contests.

DP but are you unfamiliar with the concept of exaggeration?

Are you also unaware that there are fewer calories in a pint of raspberries than in a typical candy bar?

Apparently you’re unfamiliar with the concept of throwaway jokes and offhand remarks. Lighten up.

Oh sorry. I DO have trouble identifying “jokes” when they’re not remotely clever or funny. It’s a problem I’ve had ever since I was a baby.

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Anonymous wrote:Raise your hand if you’re making pasta salad for dinner after reading this thread.

I made lasagna, inspired by this thread. Super heavy and rich and filling.

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Anonymous wrote:Raise your hand if you’re making pasta salad for dinner after reading this thread.

I made lasagna, inspired by this thread. Super heavy and rich and filling.

Ha, my plan tonight was to grilled chicken and broccoli, but we ended up ordering pizza. One kid had a track meet and I knew they'd be hungry!

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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.

Lol there are like 6 raspberries in each container.

In a pint of raspberries? You must be realllly bad at “guess how many jelly beans are in the jar” contests.

DP but are you unfamiliar with the concept of exaggeration?

Are you also unaware that there are fewer calories in a pint of raspberries than in a typical candy bar?

Apparently you’re unfamiliar with the concept of throwaway jokes and offhand remarks. Lighten up.

Oh sorry. I DO have trouble identifying “jokes” when they’re not remotely clever or funny. It’s a problem I’ve had ever since I was a baby.

Which was fairly recently, I see.

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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.

Lol there are like 6 raspberries in each container.

In a pint of raspberries? You must be realllly bad at “guess how many jelly beans are in the jar” contests.

DP but are you unfamiliar with the concept of exaggeration?

Are you also unaware that there are fewer calories in a pint of raspberries than in a typical candy bar?

Apparently you’re unfamiliar with the concept of throwaway jokes and offhand remarks. Lighten up.

Oh sorry. I DO have trouble identifying “jokes” when they’re not remotely clever or funny. It’s a problem I’ve had ever since I was a baby.

Which was fairly recently, I see.

There are some c-r-a-n-k-y posters in this thread. Probably low blood sugar caused by the absence of specialty pasta salad.

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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.

Sounds normal although he likely needs more protein. Not gluttony likely. Mine could and sometimes eats 2 dinners. His adhd meds wear off and he’s super hungry. If there is something I don’t want eaten entirely I ask him to leave me 1. I did have a missing bag of plantain chips I bought in Panama missing recently.

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Anonymous wrote:Raise your hand if you’re making pasta salad for dinner after reading this thread.

Whole Foods has been selling this pasta salad since like 2003 in the DC area, along wth the strawberry and whipped cream pie, etc. Everyone here is acting so "brand new" about it. We all know about this salad, please. In any event, it is not as good as it used to be since Amazon took over Whole Foods some years ago.

Let someone be happy FFS

Your are telling me what to do: am I allowed to say "yes" or "no"? Or is that not an option, would responding be considered offensive then you are going to report to Jeff?

Sprinkle some meds on your pasta salad.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm with you OP. That is glutinous behavior. He could have easily selected an apple, sliced veggies with greek yogurt or hummus, or had seconds of dinner. No need to consume all of those carbs right before bedtime. Next time tell him to take 1/4 of the salad, and pair it with something else. Just because he's a boy doesn't mean he can eat you out of house and home.

Agree that it's glutinous but disagree that it's gluttonous

As others have said, my kid eats a tremendous amount when he's going through a growth spurt. He doesn't like pasta salad but if he did, I could see him going for it.

I always laugh when I think of the summer my 15 YO nephew was both in a growth spurt and also was burning calories as an athlete. We do a “Christmas in July” meal with standing rib roast and all the fixings; typically this feeds 11 people with plenty of leftovers for roast beef sandwiches for a couple of days after. I went to get my sandwich for lunch the next day and there might have been 2 ounces left in a pitiful plastic bag. I asked my daughters about what happened to leftovers and they both rolled their eyes and said … name of 15 YO nephew.

I can’t even imagine how my sister kept two athletic boys fed. It’s unreal.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm with you OP. That is glutinous behavior. He could have easily selected an apple, sliced veggies with greek yogurt or hummus, or had seconds of dinner. No need to consume all of those carbs right before bedtime. Next time tell him to take 1/4 of the salad, and pair it with something else. Just because he's a boy doesn't mean he can eat you out of house and home.

Agree that it's glutinous but disagree that it's gluttonous

As others have said, my kid eats a tremendous amount when he's going through a growth spurt. He doesn't like pasta salad but if he did, I could see him going for it.

I always laugh when I think of the summer my 15 YO nephew was both in a growth spurt and also was burning calories as an athlete. We do a “Christmas in July” meal with standing rib roast and all the fixings; typically this feeds 11 people with plenty of leftovers for roast beef sandwiches for a couple of days after. I went to get my sandwich for lunch the next day and there might have been 2 ounces left in a pitiful plastic bag. I asked my daughters about what happened to leftovers and they both rolled their eyes and said … name of 15 YO nephew.

I can’t even imagine how my sister kept two athletic boys fed. It’s unreal.

Ha! I still remember going to Thanksgiving at my cousin's house one year when her youngest son, who was 16 at the time, ate a huge meal with all the trimmings, went back for seconds and thirds, and an hour later was back in the kitchen fixing himself a giant ham sandwich with mustard. He'd had a football game earlier that day, but still. It was impressive!

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Pasta salad is irredeemably vulgar.

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When my older teen is working out a lot he will eat a pound of meat in one meal.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta salad is irredeemably vulgar.

You win.