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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Peak almond posting is not understanding that normal healthy people eat a variety of foods in a variety of situations. Almond moms think that any internet stranger who is relaxed about food must weigh 400 lbs. They believe that all healthy people are obsessing about food the way they are. It's a mental illness. [/quote]

These women have mental disorders.

[b]The rigidity around meals is, IMO, setting up the kids for a bad relationship with food. [/b]In my family, we have a basic structure around meals and mealtimes, but we can also go with the flow. Sometimes we skip a meal. Sometimes we have pasta now and fruit or veggies later. We even have the occasional day where we don’t eat ANY vegetables (the horror!)

I’ll bet a lot of the rude, friendless pearl clutchers in this thread still think you have to combine beans and rice at each meal in order to get a complete protein. They haven’t gotten the memo that you need overall balance in your diet, but that doesn’t mean everything has to be perfectly balanced every single time you eat…[/quote]

The two fattest women I know grew up with almond moms. These women do not know how to eat.[/quote]

That's interesting.  I grew up with an almond mom, who was also very into hosting, and following rules.  All of my siblings and I have struggled with weight.  Our ability to eat intuitively was harmed, in my opinion, by never having any say in what we ate.

I have worked really hard not to be controlling, or rigid with my kids.  But part of that is giving them some, but not an overwhelming number of choices, at meals, and letting them decide what and how much to eat.  Maybe it worked or maybe I got lucky, but my kids eat a good variety, and seem to know when to stop in a way that my siblings and I didn't.

So, while my kids would never tell OP they didn't like their food, and I wouldn't either, I would probably add something so they had a few choices.  I also know that my kids, even the pickiest one, love vodka sauce and would be a little sad if it was served to the adults and not them.  My habit is to add fruit and veggies, but honestly that's not so much about nutrition, it's just about variety.  Plain pasta and cookies would be better than just plain pasta to me.  I don't think that makes me an almond mom.

I will also say that I am only offering food suggestions, because I read the OP to be saying both "Was my meal normal?" and "Was her reaction normal?"  [/quote]

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