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My mom is getting that way- she wanted to make a measly box of couscous mix as the main dish last time I was visiting! And will tell me that she ate a baked sweet potato for dinner. I don't think she eats enough.

People get less hungry as they get older. I'm fifty, and if it were up to me, I would just have a bowl of cereal for dinner.

I'm 50, and have a hard time eating less than 2300 calories a day. Of course, I work out regularly and am still building muscle.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay for Mother's Day, I asked to go to a really nice buffet place. I got a feel for exactly how much food my family would eat in a sitting. Well they ate for what seemed like an eternity. So, I see how much they can put away, I just need to figure out how much they really need to fuel themselves.

Uh huh. So you're still going to restrict food based on what you "think" they need. You have no clue what a reasonable amount is, and they MIGHT be overdoing it because the food is finally available. It sounds to me like you have some issues with food, and you're going to pass that on to your kids.

Anonymous wrote:Okay for Mother's Day, I asked to go to a really nice buffet place. I got a feel for exactly how much food my family would eat in a sitting. Well they ate for what seemed like an eternity. So, I see how much they can put away, I just need to figure out how much they really need to fuel themselves.

Anonymous wrote:Okay for Mother's Day, I asked to go to a really nice buffet place. I got a feel for exactly how much food my family would eat in a sitting. Well they ate for what seemed like an eternity. So, I see how much they can put away, I just need to figure out how much they really need to fuel themselves.

Anonymous wrote:Op again, how much do you guys spend when you order take out?? We usually spend about $30 for everyone and since I wasn't spending enough on groceries, in wondering if I'm not spending enough on takeout nights.

Anonymous wrote:Okay for Mother's Day, I asked to go to a really nice buffet place. I got a feel for exactly how much food my family would eat in a sitting. Well they ate for what seemed like an eternity. So, I see how much they can put away, I just need to figure out how much they really need to fuel themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:
My mom is getting that way- she wanted to make a measly box of couscous mix as the main dish last time I was visiting! And will tell me that she ate a baked sweet potato for dinner. I don't think she eats enough.

People get less hungry as they get older. I'm fifty, and if it were up to me, I would just have a bowl of cereal for dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:I have 2 teenaged boys and an 11 yo DD. DH and I eat norm human quantities.

I don't want them filling up on cereal (both for cost and for nutrition), so for breakfast I buy (weekly) 3 large containers of full-fat greek yogurt, a large bag of sliced almonds, 4 pints of berries, and 3 boxes of granola. I also make on the weekend and freeze an entire package of whole-grain pancake mix, which they eat with nut butter. I also boil 2 dozen eggs. I also buy a bag each of apples and oranges and several bunches of bananas, all of which they also eat with nut butter and/or greek yogurt. We also go through a jug of maple syrup each week to sweeten all the yogurt. And I get them each a gallon of whole milk (literally theirs--their name goes on it and if they run out, that's it). I always keep boxed muffin mix in the house in case we run out of breakfast food before grocery day.

For lunches I buy: 6 loaves of bread, an entire ham, 3 cans of chicken or 6 cans of tuna (I mix up a salad on the weekend), and ingredients for a big batch of lentil "sloppy joes). I also buy several heads of lettuce, some avocados if they are on sale, a few lbs of tomatoes, some onions and mayo and several blocks of different kinds of full-fat cheese.

When they get home from school/practice we have vegetables for snacks. Each week I buy two large bags of baby carrots, 3 heads of celery and some mushrooms or broccoli or peppers (rotate according to sales for some variety) which they eat with dip (2 tubs of hummus and 2 tubs of full-fat sour cream with ranch seasoning mixed in and 2 jars of salsa. They each get 2 large boxes of crackers per week (again labeled), which varies with sales/coupons). I also buy 6 or so sweet potatoes and roast them on the weekend so they can just pull the skin off and eat with butter. I also buy a huge tub of spinach and about 6 heads of romaine per week and 3-4 kinds of salad dressing and toppings (subflower seeds, nuts, croutons, cheese, olives, etc.).

For dinner, I serve them each double what I would eat, and always have either 1 cup (uncooked measurement) brown rice per kid, or 1/2 loaf of french bread or 1 large russet potato to go alongside dinner per kid. If they are still hungry after dinner they are welcome to make pasta and sauce or have more of their snack stuff or bake some of the afforementioned muffins.

Omg. My 14 yo nephew is about to move in with us. If this is what they all eat like our grocery bill is literally going to triple overnight.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I'm talking about Chinese. We usually get an order of wonton soup, a large fried rice, an order of broccoli 2 meat entrees, and an appetizer or two.

For your whole family?! Seriously, you aren't fit to parent.

Anonymous wrote:Okay for Mother's Day, I asked to go to a really nice buffet place. I got a feel for exactly how much food my family would eat in a sitting. Well they ate for what seemed like an eternity. So, I see how much they can put away, I just need to figure out how much they really need to fuel themselves.

Anonymous wrote:Wings aren't the main course! They just want wings somewhere on the table.