To think it is impossible to stop teenage boys feeling hungry?

[Teenageromance]

Ok shameless post here for the traffic. But anyone managed to find relatively healthy ways to keep teenage boys feeling full? I have 2 who are just perpetually hungry and need some ideas on how to fill them better than I am.

It's all about protein, writing cube of cheese makes me feel that your grasp on their hunger levels isn't fully understood. We are talking block of cheese levels sometimes. I find the hunger increases in a growth spurt just like when they are babies, plus the grumpiness. DS was like this a few months ago it was intense and not just regular levels of eating quite a lot. He then grew three inches in about what seemed like two weeks.

I did what sweetbitter suggests lots of chicken drumsticks in the fridge. I also bought filled pasta. He often had that after school the portions for two people size and he would add a blob of dressing. Also nuts are a good source, he drinks a lot of milk, a pint at a time. He is now six three and just started sixth form.

For anyone interested in height and size as a social concept and there are always exceptions before people clamour with their stories here is a study from Exeter University about height, It's purely because the poster mentioned protein is expensive and it is. www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i582.

Buy bags of nuts from the baking aisle rather than whole foods aisle they're cheaper for some reason????

Cheese strings, pepperami, chicken wings are good either bought cooked or whack a load in the oven and keep them in the fridge for snacking.

A good snack for ds is microwave brown rice,spinach and a can of tuna. Keeps him going for about an hour

I cook chicken at the beginning of the week for wraps with salad for packed lunches.