Food NOT SO glorious food - depressing rant!

[PaulaYatesBiggestFan]

I feel so despondant about food

My teens are 15.5 boy 13.5 girl 11.5 boy

and can they EAT?

I am started to feel a bit miserable about it and know its pathetic but it seems so relentless. They eat much more than DP and I.

this week i am making a huge effort to feed them more and more to stop the rot. this includes extra breakfast cereal after dinner.

Today i cooked up a lentil dahl. I used one lb of split peas plus/potatoes/ onions and carrots.the pan was huge

i served it up with huge portions of brown rice ( like four times what it says a serving is on the packet) plus a full naan bread each
i laughed as i served it up as it looked so huge.
however....
my 11 year old finished first! its kinda funny but demoralising at the same time as nothing i do seems to be enough! i then had made a jelly (wth 2 jellies) iced cream and rasberries. this was obviously too light..i followed it up with a peice of fruit each....

ds1 was then getting the spare bits of fruit off dds kiwi ...i nearly wept

he then had two large bowls of muesli to finish off with

by now humour had drained from my being and i was moaning - dd said 'just give us less'
which is all very well but the kind of 'whats next?' looks also drive me nuts

anyone have a solution?

well wholemeal pasta and cheese sauce tonight and .......hooray!!! they were all full ...TOO full which is a miracle and a joy!

Lol this thread is hilarious. My 9 year old boy and 7 year old girl are also ganettes even though whippetlike, and with another on the way I hope we can cope...

Ds ate yesterday from what I remember:

2 heaping bowls of pumpkinseed muesli with soymilk, and a banana.

1 apple with 3 tbs almond butter

loads of carrot and cucumber with hummus, and two pitta breads stuffed with avacado, more hummus and tomatoes

A slice of banana bread and a glass of ricemilk.

Two huge servings of my lentil dahl and brown rice and spinach.

Grapes and a couple of vegan choc truffles!

He was playing football and trampolining with DD, and just never stops so I his metabolism must be so fast. DH and I are both slim and eat alot as well so I can relate to the catering size pans of mash LOL.

Make sure they are using some of all this food energy to help out with the shopping, carrying, chopping, cooking, washing up. A 15 yo and a 13 yo at least should be able to take responsibility for one meal each a week.