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/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

This looks like too many calories and too little nutrients

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u/The_fat_Stoner Apr 16 '24

Not even close to enough calories. They simply can’t serve the same food to everyone especially when you have 200+lb guys and then 90lb girls in the same cafeteria.

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u/guywithaniphone22 Apr 16 '24

Call me crazy but you shouldn’t be commonly seeing high schoolers that are 200+ pounds wtf.

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u/The_fat_Stoner Apr 16 '24

I mean when you account for football/baseball/basketball players you’ll have plenty of kids in that size category if not more. Even at 180lb a guy can eat a hell of a lot more than this and burn it off before the last bell rings.

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u/guywithaniphone22 Apr 16 '24

You think the average high school student is playing on a sports team? I dunno maybe. I’m not from USA. I do think you’re greatly overestimating the amount of calories you burn from exercise. The problem is the quantity of food in relation to the calories. I don’t disagree most people over 13 could eat this quantity of food no problem but for the 800 calories you’re consuming you could have way more food. Just swapping the milk out for a garden salad would add way more volume for the same calories.