How much do teenage boys really eat?

gingin_2

What about soup? I make about about 4 litres at a time and leave most in the fridge and we have it as home made cuppa soups as and when we are hungry. We just put some in a mug and ping it in a microwave. I buy whatever veggies are on offer (butternut this week) and throw them in.

I also buy big bags of raw almonds from the international supermarket not far away, we also have Bombay mix from there which is not that healthy but nice for a change.

I meant to say mine is a small 7ish stone 13 year old and is not into sport so I really don't notice him eating a huge amount, he's certainly not a snacker.

LEJC

BLUEBIE wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies, think I was worrying over nothing :-)

Any other advice about living with boys would be welcome though!!

xx

they dont like to wash...seem incapable of putting anything in a bin and the only conversation you'll probably get out of him if you ask how was his day?....is "good yeah"...or "it was ok"...and you know if its been a good day when thats followed by..."so is there anything to eat..im starving"......

fashionlover10

Mumto5 wrote: »

I have sons of 14 and 18. They drink 4 pints of milk daily.

:eek: And there was me thinking our 8 pints a week was loads! There's only me and OH though.

He's certainly not a teen anymore but he'll easily eat us out of house and home if I'd let him. He's got no concept of what things cost so doesn't realise how much it costs for us to feed him.

fluffnutter

BLUEBIE wrote: »

I am having a teenage boy come to live with me for a while. Now I know everyone says they can eat for England, but realistically how much do they eat.

I am trying to work out how much extra my food bills are going to be. I also have no idea what to put in his pack lunch for school. I have a girl who takes 2 crackers to school for lunch and comes home with two crackers!

I am expecting him to be quite shy at first and would hate for him to be hungrey and too quiet / shy to tell me.

I know everyones different, but if I had some ideas what everyone elses kids ate, i.e volume, I could be a bit prepared :-)

Thanks

They eat more than adults. But more to the point, doesn't the bit in bold (above) concern you??

ETA. You've already elaborated on this later on in the thread.

meg72

BLUEBIE wrote: »

Is cereal and toast acceptable to offer for breakfast then? I cook a cooked breakfast at the moment for my dd, but there is just her. I was thinking that this would have to change when the boy comes as I wouldn't have time in the morning as they will go to different schools. But felt a bit mean.

Yes I will get the oppertunity to chat to the people he lives with now was just trying to mentally prepare myself and my budget!!

My kids loved a cooked breakfast when they were young, to save time in the morning I used to cook bacon, sausage mushrooms and tomato at night then just blast it in the microwave only had to add some baked beans, fry an egg and load the toaster in the morning.

Firefly

BLUEBIE wrote: »

Highly active and into sports. I know its one of those how long is a piece of string type of questions. But its good to hear from others with teenage boys so I can mentally prepare myself.

I have one of those and I'm not sure anything can mentally prepare you. He is an athlete but eats around 6500 calories a day. There is no such thing as too much food here.

Yoghurt is eaten in packs of four, juice by the box and cereal lasts no time at all. Fruit vanishes in thin air, meat could still be live given the time it spends in the fridge and my oven is always on.

500g of pasta provides enough for two meals and a large roast dinner can be followed two hours later by a snack pizza. He eats really healthily and is under direction of dietician too, still weighs only 11st with 7% body fat!

Good luck with the task ahead.

penelopedee_2

Have a 15 yr old and an almost teen.

15yr old will have a massive bowl of cereal and pint of milk at breakfast. Then 4 pieces of toast loaded with spread mid morning. Refuses healthy lunch and likes beans or whatever tins are available on more toast.

Mid afternoon snack. Large adult tea. Mid evening snack - cereal, toast, pudding, whatever he can find in the cupboards. More milk at bedtime and biscuits. He is 6ft odd and built like a rugby player.

Almost teen - its a nightmare to get him to eat in the morning, then suddenly the hungry button switches on and he'll eggs or something on toast. Then want a large snack, then eat a full adult tea. Plus crisps or fruit or ice lollies before bed.

They now hate being asked how their day was or what they are doing. Can't work out how to use a wardrobe or drawers or a rubbish bin. And probably don't know where the dirty clothes basket is. (Oh and think the fairies put their clean clothes away for them). But at least the 15 yr old does thank me for this now.

Their other main requirements are phone charges - they can never find their own and the speed they get through shoes and trainers is amazing - but they are out and about most of the time.

Good luck

fawd1

hulltiger1969 wrote: »

I have a 12 year old boy, he eats NOTHING:mad:
Yesterday he had:

Breakfast: bowl of cereal ( eaten yesterdat but not today)

Lunch: (at school) drink of juice ( I can check what he has bought on menu)
he will not take pack up and if he does he brings it all home......

Dinner: Bowl of soup and breadcake

Supper: cup of tea with 4 choc chip cookies(only small too), 1 wagon wheel:eek:


Apart from force feeding him I am at a loss.......

I have this (although my 2 DSs are still young) My eldest eats like a horse. Will easily eat as much as my partner, and still isn't fat. He's very very tall for his age though, but even so, he's only 4! My youngest on the other hand, needs to be bribed into eating anything. Even if I take them to McDonalds, I still have to ask him to eat his food. He just isn't interested, at all.

eamon

51yo Male. Can remember my teenage years and I was like a hoover. Much like the boys that the posters talk about. Huge bowls of cereals, dinner plates with huge quantities modelled on Desperate Dan. Mountains of toast. You get the picture!

victory

Biscuits.... my eldest says 'can I have a biscuit?' what he means is can I have the whole packet and pringles, the whole lot, there is never any left, once the packet is opened.....gone:D