So DH has just told me that the DCs diet today has been rubbish. I disagree what do you think?

[Virgil]

Ok so it's not exactly going to win awards for healthy day of the year but I genuinely don't think what they've eaten today is too bad.

Two Weetabix with raisins (and sugar)
Slice toast with marmite
Strawberry and banana smoothie

Lunch spaghetti bolognese which had mushrooms peppers onions, tomatoes in it as well as beef mince and some lentils and herbs
Muller fruit corner for pudding
Water to Drink

Large lemon curd cupcake at movie time (plus a lick of the bowl each)

Ham roll with crisps and grapes, another lemon cupcake and a glass of milk

It's not that bad is it?

Not sure how old the children are but what on earth is wrong with ham. We also would rarely have two cooked meals in a day unless you count boiled egg for breakfast.

Do agree that sugar on weetabix is unnecessary .

Should add my DSs are seven and five are skinny as rakes and spend their whole time racing around outside on their bikes or scooters on the trampoline or climbing trees.

DH has a thing about his own diet at the moment and so is grumpy about anyone else having anything nice. Probably a lot to do with it.

I agree with you. Perfectly reasonable day's food.

Leave it up to him tomorrow.

He arrived as we were tucking into the cupcakes with a big tin of them in front of us and empty crisp packets next to us.

He has bolognese in the fridge waiting for him.

That's a lot of sugar and carbohydrates and not enough fruit and veg. Also, you don't mention whether the pasta sauce was homemade (store bought ones often have lots of sugar - even the "healthy organic ones")

Yesterday my children had:
breakfast: two pieces of toast with jam + 2 plums + 1 glass low fat milk
lunch: pastrami (one had it straight, the other with bread), mixed sauteed with garlic greens (collard, turnip and mustard) + 2 pieces of fruit + 1 glass low fat milk
dinner: homemade chicken wings (ie no msg or high fructose corn syrup in the making) + small piece of steak (we were bbq'ing)+ mixed sauteed greens + taboulleh salad + 1 corn on the cob + 1 mango

Dcs do not need low fat milk Sofia. They would be better off with full fat.

Tantrums, well, so far the phase has lasted for 18 months... If I hear another person saying 'but he looks so well' - yes, he gets enough calories but they are all from beige, or 'just starve him, he'll soon learn' - he is a member of a family and shares family meals, other than pinning him down, holding his nose until he opens his beak and shoving something not-beige down, I am not sure what to do. DSs1,2 and 3 have had about 9 portions of fruit and veg each today - voluntarily .

Sorry, not highjacking the thread.

Tell him kids need sugar and fat in their diets (which is true they do) and that as long as they burn it off it's not too much of a problem (I'm speaking in general terms, I know copious amounts of sugar/fat even if burned off can cause heart disease etc)

Oh tell DH that Usain Bolt likes chicken nuggest and a milk shake before a race!!

Sofia, how old are your children? That diet looks a little low-carb for growing children.

It looks a little low-interest for a human!!!

And I agree about the low fat. It deprives them of essential fatty acids.

So the basic problem is - he's on a diet so you can't eat cake
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Northernlurker, they drank full fat up until just a few months ago. Dd is 9 and ds is 11 and I was a little concerned that they were maybe getting too much fat as they normally drink 3 large glasses of milk a day. During the summer they do a lot of running around (both are in surf camp all day...we're in Los Angeles), but during the school year, they don't spend as much time being active as I would like. Ds has a rare genetic illness that means that he sleeps 12 hours a day when he's well and 16-22 when he's not, so not too much time left for other activities.

DS used to have two cookedc meals a day, when he was a pfb and I was on mat leave.

Dd, on the other hand, has been having sandwiches for lunch from the time she could shovel them in her mouth. Oh the relief! THe convenience! The (relative) lack of mess!

Muller fruit corners have less sugar than Yeo Valley fruit yoghurts.?? Wow - didn't know that !!

wordfactory, actually my dc's love my cooking and would choose it over eating in most restaurants. As do most of their friends....moms always calling me up asking for recipes for the dishes that I served their kids when they were over for dinner.
They eat a healthy mediterranean diet....and frankly most people these days feed their kids way too much fat.

I don't think it's great actually, two cakes and crisps and sandwiches - not brill. But it is the school hols and it is not terrible

Chuck out his bolognese and tell him you couldn't possibly inflict it on him as it's so rubbish. Give him a raw carrot instead.

Neither dp nor i - both health conscious, he's currently training for a marathon - see absolutely no problem with that.

And if your dh has a problem with it, he can either switch places with you or spend his evenings preparing and cooking the following day's food ready for you to serve up!

pacific tbh my DS did not eat a vegetable or fruit for 3 years. 3 years. And he is not to keen on it now.

I am of the opinion that telling DCs food is bad at a young age is setting yourself up for trouble.

Sugar etc in moderation is better than sugar is evil

DS is 13 now and incredibly fit, he plays top level football 3 times a week, swims, goes to the gym.
Not getting 5 a day every day and eating the occasional chocolate muffin for breakfast hasn't hampered that.

You cannot force feed children. Well, I don't think so anyway.

The cheese eating dd is 14 and also very sporty, and now lives almost exclusively on cous cous, pasta and salad. And cheese. And chocolate.

Again, all good health wise.

Today we've had :

Breakfast - Weetabix witha sprinkle of sugar and an orange.
Snack - Brioche
Lunch - toms, whole wheat pasta and smoked mackeral followed buy loads of strwbs ( sprinkle of sugar.
tea- tortellini ( def not homemade and yes, pasta again) and toms followed by chocolate ckae.

Everything in moderation I say ( apart from pasta which is a staple here)

I don't think it's awful tbh. And it is the hols.

Mine have had - boiled egg and soldiers (granary, natch;-)) for breakfast. Picnic for lunch - pitta filled with tuna, mini sausage rolls, some pork pie, cherry toms, cucumber, nectarine each, crisps. Small choc bar.

Snacks - cucumber and houmous. Another nectarine.

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Gah, stupid phone. Husband took them to park to walk dog avd bought them a Smarties push up each.

Dinner is cous cous, corn on cob, green beans and broccoli, breaded fish. Quick dinner as I'm out tonight.

They've also not sat still all day so have hopefully burnt off the rubbish!

I agree with everyhing in moderation, absolutely

I don't think two cakes and crisps on one day is moderation