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How long would this amount last you ?

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bottomless · 07/01/2019 08:52

500g bag of granola
2x 500g pots of yogurt
3x packs of berries (smallish is 300g each)

I’m getting annoyed as my teenager is going through this in 2 days and it’s meant to last linger and be for everyone to have some of her she will eat it in the night saying it’s ‘posh’ granola and only she deserved the good stuff ??
I feel like getting a fridge in my room tbh and hiding some of it

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Productrecall · 07/01/2019 08:56

Sounds like a lot for two days, but I assume she's eating it as snacks instead of other things, rather than stuffing it in so that noone else can have any?
No real answer to how long it would last, as it would depend on whether I alone ate it, or others did too, and whether it was just for breakfast (which you may be implying) or for an evening snack too, (which isn't unhealthy).

HoraceCope · 07/01/2019 08:57

Once it's gone it's gone, and buy the cheap stuff next time

HoraceCope · 07/01/2019 08:58

My dd came home from university and devoured my special granola

bottomless · 07/01/2019 08:59

She’s having it for breakfast which is fine but also snacks sometimes twice a day often v v late at night and has said she deserves it more ???? I’ll go to make breakfast for the other children and it’s gone 9/10
Anything she deems ‘nice’ or’posh’ she will take she ate 4 nakd bars in one morning as didn’t want anyone else to have any and they are expensive

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LovesLaboursLost · 07/01/2019 08:59

Only she deserves the good stuff?! Stop buying the good stuff.

bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:00

It’s extra annoying as it’s gf as one of my other dc is coeliac so when I go to get it and it’s run out .......😡

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LovesLaboursLost · 07/01/2019 09:00

If she’s doing it specifically so other people can’t have things, it doesn’t sound like the food is the real problem. Why doesn’t she want the rest of the family to have nice things?

bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:01

I just think I should be able to buy something suitable and nice for everyone..... and for her to respect that ?

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BikeRunSki · 07/01/2019 09:02

She sounds very selfish.

bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:02

I’ve tried before to just buy more but the more I buy the more she eats ?? Like it’s priving a point but what exactly the point is I’m not sure

I’m going to just hide some aren’t I so the whole family can actually have some of what I buy

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Soiree · 07/01/2019 09:02

I'd say that was 10 portions, all expensive stuff and I'd be annoyed. Get her a loaf of bread for toast or cheapo cereal. Or make her buy her own!

bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:03

Yes it’s coming across loud and clear to me the message is ‘I’m better I deserve the most/the best’

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Branleuse · 07/01/2019 09:03

depends who fancies it. That could easily be done in 2 or 3 days

bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:05

I’ve got a mini fridge in the loft think I’ll get it out and have it in my room and a few other bits
I feel bad for the rest of us as I’ll so often say to the dc what do they want for breakfast offer then choices then I’ll
Go and it’s all gone and they end up with just toast or something basically whatever’s left

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whiskeysourpuss · 07/01/2019 09:05

Depending on the dates on the yoghurt & the quality of the fruit that could last me & DD the entire week if we were only having it for breakfast & having it every day (there would likely be granola left over).

How old is she? Only she deserves the good stuff... who does she think she is?? The Queen of Sheba!! I'd be keeping the good stuff under lock & key and she'd be getting the cheapest most sawdust like granola I could find until she learns some respect & common decency.

Pinkyyy · 07/01/2019 09:06

She's greedy, selfish and entitled. You need to address these problems instead of focusing on granola.

Adversecamber22 · 07/01/2019 09:09

DS eats huge amounts of food, a lot of teens do. But it’s her attitude that is the problem, the deliberate taking of stuff to deny others. Feels like she has some massive point to prove. Ultimately she is behaving in a very negative way but she is getting a lot of atenttion by doing this.

I would look honestly at your home circumstances, any big changes over the last few months?

Ragwort · 07/01/2019 09:09

Ageee with pinky, how old is she? Totally unreasonable to scoff all the ‘posh’ food and not share with others.

bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:09

Yes she is. I’m so upset. She has always been taught to share and be kind we had always been fair in everything and it seems not one bit of that has been absorbed

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bottomless · 07/01/2019 09:12

No changes. We have always had to focus on things like sharing with her from very early on it was a massive problem for her. Seemed to improve a bit but she’s now being like this. Very snobby attitude in general but with food especially and just an entitled attitude
I am going to have to just put some food away so that it can actually be shared out equally I didn’t want to do that but me saying please don’t eat all of something it seems that’s making her take it all to disobey me

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Justanothermum95 · 07/01/2019 09:16

We buy this (apart from the fruit) and it lasts me and my partner 5 days (10 portions) for breakfast.

I get not everyone portions but even if you had double portions I still wouldn't expect it to be gone in a couple of days - nice that it's not chocolate and crisps though, I was a sucker for biscuits when I was a teenager 😂

BarbaraofSevillle · 07/01/2019 09:23

500g bag of granola around 8-12 portions
2x 500g pots of yogurt at least 6 portions
3x packs of berries around 8-12 portions

Based on mixing all the above together for a decent breakfast or substantial snack.

If she isn't willing to share fairly within the constraints of your budget, she will need to get a job so she can buy her own luxury food items if she wants to eat them in large quantities like this.

Of course people will come on and say that if you have teenagers they will inhale the contents of the weekly shop within hours of it arriving in the house and you are mean, tight and abusive to not allow it.

BarbaraofSevillle · 07/01/2019 09:25

If you can, get this stuff from Aldi or Lidl and get frozen not fresh berries and prepare the night before so the berries defrost. Much cheaper than other supermarkets, especially Sainsburys/Waitrose/Ocado.

Pythonesque · 07/01/2019 09:26

If this is gluten-free granola, I'd say it was specifically for the GF family members only! (actually though, it is currently said that oats are ok for most coeliacs, but that is definitely not the case in my family - mother and sister both symptomatic ++ with so-called gf oats and I don't dare try them)

I agree with the estimates of 8-10 portions by the way.

Sallycinammonbangsthedruminthe · 07/01/2019 09:27

I think its her attitude that needs sorting OP not the amount she eats...