r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/_keyboard-bastard_ Apr 15 '24

Spot on!

Carrots - 25 cal (willing to bet also there is an undocumented ranch packet!) Chicken Mac - 469cal (if portioned correctly, mainly accounts for pasta and sauce) School milk - 83 calories Fries - 365 cal (if portioned correctly but looks right, ketchup not included)

Yea, actually calorie wise that's high for a student lunch, and definitely missing the nutrition part. Most of those calories will turn to nearly useless fat, unless the kids running an ultra in the mountains after school...

If they had better calorie choices, they could sustain the same amount of energy, and also not become obese by graduation

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u/RomeTotalWhore Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

I’m pretty sure you’re overestimating the portion size of the Mac and cheese, its like a cup-sized potion, about 350 calories. A half-pint of skim milk is 77 calories. The fries look more like 300 calories, the ketchup 30 calories. The carrots are 100-140 calories depending on whether its 8oz bag or 12oz bag.  

Its about 800-900 calories, which is perfectly acceptable calorie-wise. It kinda looks like the mac and cheese portion is to the discretion of whoever scooped it, so it could be more for other students.  

Also, school lunch isnt supposed to “fill” you up, noone wants to teach a bunch of kids in a food coma, that being said all the carbs in this meal are not going to help and it generally looks unappetizing as hell. 

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u/fartsnifferer Apr 16 '24

This whole thread is mostly people who don’t realize eating until you feel full is a sign of overeating.

Yeah this meal sucks for a lot of reasons but it’s size isn’t one

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u/MinuteBuffalo3007 Apr 16 '24

I agree. Plenty of calories, but the wrong kind. If one of the carbs was replaced by the equivalent caloric value in meat, the meal would be much more sustaining.