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Anonymous wrote:My kids, who are fit and talented athletes, don't eat anything remotely related to some of these bird seeds diets. Yes, they eat pasta and protein, whole milk, drinks lots of water, but they also eat chipotle, chic fil a and other chain foods. I don't regulate what they eat or snack on but they generally eat healthy foods because I try to keep that in stock along with a few bags of chips and cookies. No sodas except Izzy or sparkling waters.

Yeah, my 15 year old athlete eats a lot of chick-fil-a, McDonald's and Chipotle. I hate it, but he struggles to get enough calories in, so if he can get calories that way I'm willing to accept it. It's kind of crazy, but the insane 1500 calories-in-a-single-sandwich items that some fast food restaurants make are kinda useful if you have a teen who needs tons of calories but is never hungry.

My 16 year old gets fast food too. Not on a daily basis though.

OP here. They definitely get fast food with friends. Usually CFA, Chipotle, or Jimmy Johns. I don't regulate what they eat at all, but I'm also not huge on the idea of regularly buying cookies/chips/etc. just because. That stuff just doesn't fill them up and doesn't exactly give them fuel for school, the pool, land workouts, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids, who are fit and talented athletes, don't eat anything remotely related to some of these bird seeds diets. Yes, they eat pasta and protein, whole milk, drinks lots of water, but they also eat chipotle, chic fil a and other chain foods. I don't regulate what they eat or snack on but they generally eat healthy foods because I try to keep that in stock along with a few bags of chips and cookies. No sodas except Izzy or sparkling waters.

Yeah, my 15 year old athlete eats a lot of chick-fil-a, McDonald's and Chipotle. I hate it, but he struggles to get enough calories in, so if he can get calories that way I'm willing to accept it. It's kind of crazy, but the insane 1500 calories-in-a-single-sandwich items that some fast food restaurants make are kinda useful if you have a teen who needs tons of calories but is never hungry.

My 16 year old gets fast food too. Not on a daily basis though.

Whole milk for sure.

My son's pediatrician suggested whole milk for him in middle school because he did not have enough body fat. He is 15 now and drinks a gallon of whole milk a week. I even buy whole chocolate milk for him along with whole cheddar cheese for when I make grilled cheese sandwiches.

Anonymous wrote:Wondering what people think of whole milk. My siblings and I all drank whole milk until we were adults. When my brothers were teens, my parents bought them each 2 gallons per week and put their names on it -- otherwise, they would just chug a gallon down and not leave any for their siblings. For what it's worth, they are now all in the 50s and 60s and they are all very thin and none have heart problems.
At some point in the '90s, they pushed everyone to low fat or skim milk....but looking back now, I'm not sure why.

I think only whole milk should be drank by any age. I wanted to ask if you and your siblings grew taller than expected? I have my own theory that teens who drink a lot of milk end up taller. I am wondering if it was always the milk, or if there is all these hormones in milk today that is making the difference(in my quack scientific observation method way...)

I'm surprised your 13 year olds eat so little! I have athletic boys several years young and they eat through more than your list on a normal day. They are also very skinny.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids, who are fit and talented athletes, don't eat anything remotely related to some of these bird seeds diets. Yes, they eat pasta and protein, whole milk, drinks lots of water, but they also eat chipotle, chic fil a and other chain foods. I don't regulate what they eat or snack on but they generally eat healthy foods because I try to keep that in stock along with a few bags of chips and cookies. No sodas except Izzy or sparkling waters.

Yeah, my 15 year old athlete eats a lot of chick-fil-a, McDonald's and Chipotle. I hate it, but he struggles to get enough calories in, so if he can get calories that way I'm willing to accept it. It's kind of crazy, but the insane 1500 calories-in-a-single-sandwich items that some fast food restaurants make are kinda useful if you have a teen who needs tons of calories but is never hungry.

I wrote the original post. I have a soon to be 15 year old girl/boy twins, both athletes. My DS is lean and plays elite level lacrosse. I let him eat what he wants because he needs the caloric intake. I must admit we do eat out often but I try to get things he likes like the greek food, chicken kabob and basmati rice, with the bread. He loves that and eats that often in addition to the chipotle. There is less McDonald's and chic fil a although he likes that. It is not as filling as the greek food and chipotle. Lots of whole milk and Lucky Charms or Captain Crunch late a night and popcorn. My DD likes the Peruvian chicken places that serve the rotisserie chicken. I usually get that with fries and black beans and rice. They are both very fit and have never liked hummus and carrots/celery, etc. Just not appealing and I don't waste money on that. I have always avoided soft drinks although they can order one when we go to a restaurant. I never buy sodas or pop. They also have beautiful, cavity free teeth.

Yes -these are the families I see buying big packages of meat and eggs at Costco!