A family of 6 and just one large pizza?

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Anonymous wrote:In our family only two kids still live at home and one pizza is absolutely enough for four of us. No soda, just sparkling water. Someone makes a salad. There are always between 1-3 pieces left over.

The idea of eating 3-4 pieces in one sitting seems gross.

Let me guess, you've never been around teenage boys, right?

seriously. I have two teens and a tween right now, each eats at least three slices. I eat two, husband three...None of us are "fat". We usually order at least two, depending on how much extra we want. Yesterday we ordered 4, mostly because it was BOGO and I knew the boys would be home today all day today.

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Anonymous wrote:People weren't such pigs back in the day. You could have a slice of pizza for dinner and be fine. Nowadays, it's multiple slices of greasy pizza, breadsticks and a 16+oz soda. This is why most Americans are overweight.

+1

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We don't eat the part if the crust you hold at the end so that takes some of he calories away. We send leftovers for lunch the next day or freeze it for a dinner one night when we are in a crunch for time. We typically add a veggie to it but my kids still eat more than one piece!!! We only get it about once very six weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:I bet nobody was fat.

My thought, too

+1

You can eat more, you just don't need to.

And I say this as a petite person who loves pizza and can easily pack away 3+ slices. But I know that there's no "need" for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg it's the green beans poster. The one who always has everything with green beans. She sure loves her green beans. But no pizza and green beans is not a thing except for you, weird lady.

Literal LOL

I've never heard of the green beans poster...but I can bet you she's not fat!

At least it's not the "chicken marbella" poster.

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None of my now adult kids are even the slightest bit overweight. If anything, they could stand to gain. My boys could each eat a large pizza by themselves by about 14 years old. Totally serious. It was nothing for them to eat four or five slices. Pizza is so cheap. Why not buy more than enough and have leftovers?

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I did see a family of six share one sandwich and a can of Pringles recently at a local museum. I had brought lunch for my boys and saw just the mom go up for food while her husband and kids sat at the tables. I was wondering how she could carry all the food by herself but she came back with one sandwich and four sodas and pulled out a can of Pringles. She handed her husband half the sandwich and the poor maybe two year old was hungry pointing at the food and she gave her small pieces and some soda while eating most of the other half. Yes, none of them were overweight but I know own two year old's appetite and he would have been starving.

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My tween and my 8 year old will each easily eat 3 slices of pizza.

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My kids eat like birds. At 2, a couple bites of my sandwich would have been enough for them. And although DH can eat one or to large subs on his own, he's beginning to realize that he shouldn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People weren't such pigs back in the day. You could have a slice of pizza for dinner and be fine. Nowadays, it's multiple slices of greasy pizza, breadsticks and a 16+oz soda. This is why most Americans are overweight.

This 100%

Even when we order pizza at work, some coworkers act like they've never had pizza. It's disgusting watching someone inhale 3 slices then go back for more.

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Anonymous wrote:I bet nobody was fat.

Family of 5 here. 3 teenage boys, all ober 6'3" two of them heading to Navy with athletic scholarships. All 3 are all American award recipients
We order 4 large pizzas and nobody is fat. Both DH and I are active duty military and have run the MCM for the last 5 years.

My boys easily eat a full pizza each. Im 42 a size 6 and can easily eat a large myself if cheese didn't upset my stomach so much.

One large for my family would be an appetizer.

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Growing up in a family of 6 (1970's) my parents would order 2 large pizzas. And my dad was not a spend thrift by any stretch of the imagination.

Now my own 2 kids can easily each eat a medium pizza. I prefer to have a couple of slices or a personal sized pizza.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids eat like birds. At 2, a couple bites of my sandwich would have been enough for them. And although DH can eat one or to large subs on his own, he's beginning to realize that he shouldn't.

WTF? a two year old??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our family only two kids still live at home and one pizza is absolutely enough for four of us. No soda, just sparkling water. Someone makes a salad. There are always between 1-3 pieces left over.

The idea of eating 3-4 pieces in one sitting seems gross.

Let me guess, you've never been around teenage boys, right?

Or elementary school boys.

And her girls must not be active or do any sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bet nobody was fat.

Family of 5 here. 3 teenage boys, all ober 6'3" two of them heading to Navy with athletic scholarships. All 3 are all American award recipients
We order 4 large pizzas and nobody is fat. Both DH and I are active duty military and have run the MCM for the last 5 years.

My boys easily eat a full pizza each. Im 42 a size 6 and can easily eat a large myself if cheese didn't upset my stomach so much.

One large for my family would be an appetizer.

You and your husbaand work out at a high level. Overeating pizza once in a while is nbd for you two.