Jennifer Patterson Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hello there Today is day 37 for my husband and I, day 7 for our kids (3, 5, 7)! Question regarding my 5yo... No matter what he eats, he is hungry all.the.time!! He had a growth spurt over 2 months ago and recently had bloodwork to rule out thyroid and other issues, his hunger is that bad. What/how should I feed him?? Typical day for him is eat 2 or 3 servings worth of breakfast (protien, fat, veggies and fruit) at 7. Beg for more food after 10 minutes. Snack at 9:30 (fruit and nuts), continue to beg for food. Lunch at 10:30 (protien, fat, veg, fruit) since his bus comes at 11. School snack at like 1:30 (veg/fruit/nuts/olives in some combo), even his teacher asked me to send more food for snack, because he is sooo hungry. Home 3:45 begging for food, gets a 3rd snack. Dinner at 4:30 (protien, fat, veg, fruit), has 2 or 3 servings worth of dinner. Begs for food 10 minutes after he is done. 4th snack at 6:30, bedtime at 7. He also drinks plenty of water throughout the day. He is a lean, muscular and active child. His bottomless pit for a stomach started a few months back and I see no end in sight. If he isn't eating, he is begging for more food or going on and on about when he can eat again. Help! Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lana Lyon Dorazio Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hi! I have had that x5 at my house. We are on day 20, and it SEEMS to be getting better. I have really cut out a lot of the fruit, someone explained to me that the sweet just makes them hungry and doesn't satisfy true hunger as well. I will offer another serving of our meal (protein, fat, veg,) and if they aren't hungry enough for that, then I think they are full, but just want to eat sweet. Having said that, even on the day my daughter ate sweet potato/beef hash with FOUR eggs, she said she was hungry an hour later. It is still a bit of a mystery to me, but at day 20, they seemed satisfied this morning with eggs/sausage, and a smoothie with coconut milk. It almost seems like it has taken their bodies this long to adjust to receiving such good food. I really thought they ate well before, but I think I underestimated how much extra sugar via school snacks (bday cupcakes, treats, etc from teachers) and the amount of extras I was letting them get away with when we ate out. Their bodies were really not used to this quality, or staying so far away from the sugar. I think we will have a pretty smooth transition to eating like this all the time when the 30 days is officially over though, because we have done this hard work up front. Hoping a moderator pops up, they have good info! Good luck! Try to fill him up with extra fat anyway you can get it in his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hi! I have had that x5 at my house. We are on day 20, and it SEEMS to be getting better. I have really cut out a lot of the fruit, someone explained to me that the sweet just makes them hungry and doesn't satisfy true hunger as well. I will offer another serving of our meal (protein, fat, veg,) and if they aren't hungry enough for that, then I think they are full, but just want to eat sweet. Having said that, even on the day my daughter ate sweet potato/beef hash with FOUR eggs, she said she was hungry an hour later. It is still a bit of a mystery to me, but at day 20, they seemed satisfied this morning with eggs/sausage, and a smoothie with coconut milk. It almost seems like it has taken their bodies this long to adjust to receiving such good food. I really thought they ate well before, but I think I underestimated how much extra sugar via school snacks (bday cupcakes, treats, etc from teachers) and the amount of extras I was letting them get away with when we ate out. Their bodies were really not used to this quality, or staying so far away from the sugar. I think we will have a pretty smooth transition to eating like this all the time when the 30 days is officially over though, because we have done this hard work up front. Hoping a moderator pops up, they have good info! Good luck! Try to fill him up with extra fat anyway you can get it in his body. You nailed it here! If this continues after a month, there might be something to worry about. I would just chalk it up to their little bodies being greedy for good food. Limit fruit, increase fats and protein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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