my dc have a good breakfast that doesn't involve cooking. a Weetabix with milk or yogurt and fruit chopped and mixed into it. apple and raisins at the end of the week, when all the nice berries have run out, but things like banana, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, kiwi etc.
doesn't have to be expensive as I buy from aldi or local Saturday market.
they have the same with shreddies and a bit of chopped fruit instead of sugar. In the winter porridge with berries or apple and cinnamon.
dd is 10 and yr 6 and has hot school lunches twice a week and always comes home complaining she's hungry. She never picks the cake and custard option though, either jelly and fruit or cheese and crackers.
if shes had a hot school meal I will give her a smaller portion of whatever we are having for dinner. so much smaller bowl of pasta.
she also is very active, plays netball and hockey and walks to and from school etc, not one for sitting indoors playing on the ipad but out on the trampoline or rollerskating.
however she has filled out and put on weight. still within 'normal' weight ranges but she looks very different now to how she looked 12/18 months ago. She has hips and boobs, and chunkier thighs. I try and keep an eye on what she eats and without making fuss offer healthier snacks when she comes in and luckily she only really drinks water. I try not to pass on my own insecurities with food and weight. We women in the family tend to carry a lot of extra weight and gain weight quickly, hence we talk about eating and exercising for health and not for weight loss or to be skinny etc.