I left my 16 year old at home for 24 hours and he ate...

[mrsm43s]

A ready meal (mac & cheese)
A pot noodle
A family sized pizza
A full tub of 40 cocktail sausages
At least 2 big buckets full of buttered popcorn (maybe more, but only evidence of two pots where he melted the butter).
4 and half bags of crisps
Several bowls of cereal (I'd guess about 3 or 4 from the number of bowls left)
Multiple rounds of toast/sandwiches- about half a loaf worth, with a mix of fillings - choc spread, jam, cheese, soft cheese
A block of feta
A 2 person packet of fresh tortellini
and something chocolately that came in a plastic tub that I can't remember what would have been in there, but there was definitely cocoa powder residue in the bottom of the container.

He did not eat the cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, hummus, apples, grapes, bananas or yoghurts.

He's as skinny as a rake!

I'm not complaining as we were away on a Uni visit with eldest, and he was alone overnight for the first time and the house was still standing, the cats and dogs were fed and let out appropriately (the dog wasn't actually walked, but we went early evening to early evening, so we've walked her early Friday then late Saturday and she's only a Chi cross that doesn't need hours of walking), but no poo, so he def did garden runs with her. The house was pretty tidy apart from the stack of dirty crockery and empty food packaging.

How would your 16 year old son have fared?

Perhaps because he's 16 and not 6? You loon.

I’d have lost my shit at my teen if he ate that much! But only because I'm poor 😆 He'd totally manage all that and still declare himself hungry afterwards. But be too full for an apple, of course!

What on Earth do you mean by 'what do you mean by 24 hours?' Does your question not answer itself? She means halfway between 23 and 25 hours, one whole day.

I remember people telling me what teen boys ate and not believing it. I also believe he didn't have a friend around.

Funny when at weaning we worry they don't get enough and then they turn into locust teenagers

1. that's really not that unusual, I have two teenage gannets and the 17yo - who is a beanpole - would easily scoff all that if it was available

2. there is no such thing as a family-sized pizza

Top tip: If your 16 year old can't be left alone for 24 hrs you might want to look at where your parenting has gone wrong.

Mine used to eat an entire block of halloumi , sliced and grilled, in bread rolls, as an after school snack. Then a pot noodle and some cereal at some stage before dinner. Enormous dinner. Toast and cereal before bed.

A whole tin of tuna after the gym.

Huge bowls of porridge for breakfast (plus fruit, and would grab any sausage products detected in the fridge, so that would match your Ds’s sausage intake).

Skinny.

Tell us when he turns into a butterfly 😂

DS is at uni and this is him whenever he comes home haha, he comes home all skinny and bony and just eats everything in the house bless him.

they're mad for the cereal are the teens!

Would he not spend 100 years on the toilet after all that

Because he is 16 years old……

It's a lot, but not unheard of. My two ear a huge amount. And those questioning why you can't leave a 16 year old signifies the sorry state of over-parenting which is common these days unfortunately.

Mine would eat all the cereal then go round his friends house conveniently at tea time.

Over a 24 hour period? Of course not.

Sounds about right. I am constantly amazed at how much my teen son can put away & don't get me started on how much milk he drinks. Easily 2 -3 pints a day. We had dinner around 6 & he's just asked me if I want to add anything to his take away order 😲

My 2 are coming home from Uni end of the month - I am stockpiling in preparation! 😁

I went to agricultural college at 16. The amount the boys (and us) used to eat...
they put a limit on toast eventually but it wasn't unusual for them to eat
An entire cooked breakfast
Cereal
Yoghurt
Fruit
10 pieces of toast
Tea
Fruit juice

And that was just breakfast. People on rugby courses got extra food

My son would put his dishes in the dishwasher as this is his job and he would have eaten all the fresh food (obsessed with his skin) as well as all the crap food (thinks it balances out). My son may have set the house on fire because the last time we left him alone he nearly set the house on fire by sticking a knife in the toaster when it was still on!!! Seriously I don't think he realises how dangerous this is even though I explained to him his life was in danger!

My brother used to take a tube of 12 Weetabix and the milk carton upstairs as an after school snack.

Sounds pretty standard for a teenage
boy tbh. And the hungry ones are always irritatingly slim.

Haha op sounds like a very typical teen boy amount of food to me. One of my dbros used to eat a six pack of morning rolls all at once and I remember being in awe of this at the tender age of 9. My own ds (13) eats like a horse. He's also a geek, but thankfully doesn't eat as much take away as the geeky gang on The Big Bang Theory.

TBF I would’ve given him a run of for his money when I was an 8 stone 5’3” 16yo girl. I swam competitively though so did chew through the calories. I used to eat an entire box of cereal while at school (not Uk, allowed to eat in class) + pizza, donut, huge sugary drink and the lunch my dad had packed for me at lunch time. Full box of biscuits before practice etc and on and on.

Nothing , I would not leave a child alone over night especially one who was immature enough to stay up all night gaming.
I am convinced many parents see the number 6 and convert it into an 8!

That's probably my dream living alone for the week menu 😂

I have two brothers and totally forgot what teen boys were like until we went to stay with sil. Holy fuck!!! Pack of 20 meatballs, aye no bother, extra pasta too please!

My dd13 spends about 10 years fucking about deciding what to have and then another eleventy billion years making food, I reckon she would only eat once if we disappeared for a day.

I recall the Paddington stare my granddaughter, 10, gave to the waitress who asked if we wanted the children's menu! I made a pan of carbonara for us, late OH, me and granddaughter, 8 at the time, I put some onto her plate and made this mistake of saying If that's not enough, get some more! OH and I were left with a very meagre amount.

So rather than a house party, it's more likely nuclear simulation hacking or dreamland base ect ?