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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 265695" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>I agree with Midwestmom--you just can't monitor this all the time and unless the eating was causing serious health problems it might be good to accept the fact that teens are going to consume a lot of food and are going to eat things that you may not approve of. </p><p> </p><p>I don't know the background of your kids but sometimes with food issues I think the best thing to do is to relax a little. I've got two teens in the house and a preteen and even if they're eating good meals I still have one especially that goes through <strong>a lot</strong> of snacks. I don't leave anything out in the cupboards that he can't have, which means there are plenty of cereals and boxes of crackers, but limited amounts of chips and sweets left out. (He seriously can down a full box of crackers after school and then go reaching for something else two minutes later, and maintain a healthy weight.) I do put limits on eating too near meals, but otherwise I'm apt to find him foraging in the kitchen often. </p><p> </p><p>For sweets I have a hiding place they don't know about. When they find it, I'll move it. I don't buy a lot in advance if I can't store it.</p><p> </p><p>As for the Ramen noodles, I don't mean this unkindly but it sounds like it's more your problem then the child's problem. I took peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to school almost every day of my life--I'm sure there were healthier things out there but it didn't kill me. If someone had told me I could never have one again I think I'd be upset and confused and start craving it even more. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>For comparison sake: a bag of Oreos lasts about 2 days at our house and that's because I dole it out the first day or else it would probably be gone. Sometimes my kids don't throw away empty packages and sometimes they sneak something to their rooms--easy child's included. I can't say that I love it all but I see it as typical teen stuff and not food issues. I'm no expert but I'm thinking imposing a lot of rules could actually cause or exacerbate food issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 265695, member: 701"] I agree with Midwestmom--you just can't monitor this all the time and unless the eating was causing serious health problems it might be good to accept the fact that teens are going to consume a lot of food and are going to eat things that you may not approve of. I don't know the background of your kids but sometimes with food issues I think the best thing to do is to relax a little. I've got two teens in the house and a preteen and even if they're eating good meals I still have one especially that goes through [B]a lot[/B] of snacks. I don't leave anything out in the cupboards that he can't have, which means there are plenty of cereals and boxes of crackers, but limited amounts of chips and sweets left out. (He seriously can down a full box of crackers after school and then go reaching for something else two minutes later, and maintain a healthy weight.) I do put limits on eating too near meals, but otherwise I'm apt to find him foraging in the kitchen often. For sweets I have a hiding place they don't know about. When they find it, I'll move it. I don't buy a lot in advance if I can't store it. As for the Ramen noodles, I don't mean this unkindly but it sounds like it's more your problem then the child's problem. I took peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to school almost every day of my life--I'm sure there were healthier things out there but it didn't kill me. If someone had told me I could never have one again I think I'd be upset and confused and start craving it even more. :frowny: For comparison sake: a bag of Oreos lasts about 2 days at our house and that's because I dole it out the first day or else it would probably be gone. Sometimes my kids don't throw away empty packages and sometimes they sneak something to their rooms--easy child's included. I can't say that I love it all but I see it as typical teen stuff and not food issues. I'm no expert but I'm thinking imposing a lot of rules could actually cause or exacerbate food issues. [/QUOTE]
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