I was sent out with a packed lunch and some fruit followed by a homecooked dinner when I got home at 4.30 then tea at 7.30. There were no cakes, biccies or anything like that in the house at all so there was no temptation. Weekends were an exception though but you have to livea little. My village was 15 miles from the nearest city with no bus service so lolling in cafes never happened. There was always a trip to the Golden Grill in Limerick after the dentist though!
I’m actually surprised by those stats. Teenage girls are much more educated about healthy food than I was (I had a cheese salad roll every day for lunch). But I guess they have more money too, which means more trips to the tuck shop.
Hmmmm… I don’t know. I see plenty of teenage girls horsing down chips every evening outside my local chipper, and there’s no shortage of them in McDonald’s etc. They may be more educated about food than we were, but they’re also educated about other unhealthy things, and still choose to do them – like smoking, or getting off with squinty little creeps behind the bike sheds. It’s a time of your life where risks don’t really mean anything to you.
It was phenomenol how much fatty food myself and my friends could put away in our teens, favourites were ham, cheese and coleslaw rolls from spar with a packet of hunky dorys and followed by a snickers bar and a can of coke, it was also not unusual to eat ham and cheese toasted sandwiches at half eleven at night. And we were so slim!
Tuesday 16 February, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I was sent out with a packed lunch and some fruit followed by a homecooked dinner when I got home at 4.30 then tea at 7.30. There were no cakes, biccies or anything like that in the house at all so there was no temptation. Weekends were an exception though but you have to livea little. My village was 15 miles from the nearest city with no bus service so lolling in cafes never happened. There was always a trip to the Golden Grill in Limerick after the dentist though!
Tuesday 16 February, 2010 at 3:32 pm
I’m actually surprised by those stats. Teenage girls are much more educated about healthy food than I was (I had a cheese salad roll every day for lunch). But I guess they have more money too, which means more trips to the tuck shop.
Tuesday 16 February, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Its a UK study too. I dont think it can be directly applied here.
Wednesday 17 February, 2010 at 11:56 am
Hmmmm… I don’t know. I see plenty of teenage girls horsing down chips every evening outside my local chipper, and there’s no shortage of them in McDonald’s etc. They may be more educated about food than we were, but they’re also educated about other unhealthy things, and still choose to do them – like smoking, or getting off with squinty little creeps behind the bike sheds. It’s a time of your life where risks don’t really mean anything to you.
Wednesday 17 February, 2010 at 12:07 pm
More teenage girls smoke than boys to curb appetite. As for the squinty creeps, you have to practice on something. 😀
Wednesday 17 February, 2010 at 1:59 pm
It was phenomenol how much fatty food myself and my friends could put away in our teens, favourites were ham, cheese and coleslaw rolls from spar with a packet of hunky dorys and followed by a snickers bar and a can of coke, it was also not unusual to eat ham and cheese toasted sandwiches at half eleven at night. And we were so slim!
Wednesday 17 February, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Spot on Paula – it’s also a time of your life where your metabolism works with you instead of against you!
Wednesday 17 February, 2010 at 4:28 pm
And your hair did what you wanted it to…ah the 90s.
Wednesday 17 February, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Your hair did what you wanted it to when you were a teenager??! You were truly blessed…. 🙂
Friday 26 February, 2010 at 11:52 am
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1253857/The-cigarettes-crisps-creme-egg-diet-know-YOUR-teenagers-eating.html
Follow up on this article. I swear, I only read the Daily Fail for the cleb gossip.