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What do your 15 year old boys eat in a day?

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Shoppingforclothes · 23/03/2023 19:04

I'd like to get an idea of what's within the range of normal. So if anyone doesn't mind sharing. Breakfast lunch dinner, snacks. Please be honest if you could, not the edited healthy version.

I'm asking because I could do with a bit of perspective and also hopefully get some ideas.

I'm struggling to fill ds up but getting him to eat decent, filling food is difficult. I know the right things for him to eat but he's constantly taking everyone else's snack type food and nothing I've tried will stop him doing it.

There's a huge backstory of possible disordered eating. I don't want to go into explaining g it all because it's long winded.

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caringcarer · 17/04/2023 09:07

He also has an occasional pizza after a sports match with his team mates.

Pinkypie86 · 17/04/2023 09:14

I have a very into health 15 yr old.

Protein overnight oats with banana and seeds.

Lunch - he will make a tuna salad ( all the trimmings ) with a couple of boiled eggs thrown in or chicken breast with rice.
Protein bar or banana.
He will make a protein shake ( unsure of the flavour ).
Melon/grapes/oranges/blueberries.
Dinner - chicken or chicken sausages. Lots of veggies ( so many ).

Yoghurts or milkshake as a pudding. Or him and his older sister make protein puddings for after their gym session.

He used to eat quite a lot of rubbish but, with his training ( lots of sports ) he feels much better for eating clean.

I buy lots of reduced chicken and freeze it - he will go off and make whatever he desires.

3WildOnes · 17/04/2023 09:19

Mines 13.
On a school day
Breakfast- cereal, bagel or porridge
Snack- sausage roll or bacon bap
Lunch- cooked lunch + pudding
Snack after school- crisps or toast & fruit
Dinner- normal family Dinner, sometimes pudding
Snack before bed- toast or crackers.

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 17/04/2023 11:31

Comedycook · 17/04/2023 08:38

one has 8 weetabix for breakfast

my ds once came home from school and ate 12...no joke. He didn't even realize, just kept taking them out of the box. I knew it was 12 because it was a brand new box and I counted what was left.

they are funny...he once ate a huge plate of chicken and rice, a big piece of chocolate fudge cake, then declared that he was starving and there was no food in the house

12!!!! 12!!!! My god. He can’t have poo’d for a week

Eggybready · 03/06/2023 21:19

Can i ask if anyone has a teen whos overweight and how youve tackled it with enormous appetite they have.
Ds 15 does minimal activity (walks to and from school, mile each way) and games quite alot
He will come for walks etc but isnt sporty at all.
Hes mentioned he's very consious of his stomach and hips so want to help him

Muggyoutthere · 04/06/2023 08:29

mumonthehill · 23/03/2023 19:20

16 year old ds. Breakfast is 2 weetabix, he takes to school a cereal bar and banana and sometimes pasta or a wrap but not every day. After school a cheese toastie then supper of what ever i cook but pasta, risotto, casserole. Normally a couple of biscuits before bed. He is sporty and recently i am not sure he eats enough so am making have vitamins.

That doesn’t sound much if he’s barely having any lunch

cuckyplunt · 04/06/2023 08:30

Quicker to list what they don’t eat imo!

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