Would this be considered enough food for you?

[Anonymous]

i come from a poor family and I don't know if this is a normal amount of food or not.

breakfast: a cup of cereal and a cup of coffee

lunch: small bowl of pasta (plain, no sauce or anything). I brought it from home and microwaved it at school because I can't afford school lunch.

dinner: small baked potato with butter and salt

is that normal or too little? if it's too little what's a normal amount?

if you're wondering why I have internet, I'm at my school library. I go there after dinner every night to use the internet.

[Longshot]

You need to eat more. Somewhere along the line you need to add the following at a minimum: some fruit; some green vegetables and a solid serving of protein (meat, fish or poultry).

You should go to a calorie chart and look up the minimum daily calorie intake for your age, weight and height. Then you should keep track of the calories you eat and compare the two. This can all be done on the Internet. Soon you'll get a feel for a normal day of eating.

[Alpha93]

You need to eat more, that's not enough food to be healthy. I don't know if I would be able to function on a diet like that to be honest.

[tofupancake]

Doesn't your family have food stamps and such? I'm pretty sure you can get more food with food stamps than what you're eating. And what about protein (meat), and vegetables? It sounds like you're just eating a lot of carbs. You need healthy servings of each of these in good proportion to maintain healthy.

[Asker]

my family applied for food stamps but we got denied. meat and veggies are very expensive where we live and we can't afford them.

[curiouschica]

You poor thing (no pun intended)! That IS too little...are you able to function throughout the day? Do you feel hungry?

[Asker]

sometimes but I'm used to it. I can work through the hunger.

[curiouschica]

Can't you get help? Like the above person said...food stamps? U're young...u need energy!

[Asker]

my family got denied food stamps and I don't know about anything else. we don't belong to a church or anything which run most the charities in my town.

[kheserthorpe]

I don't think you need to belong to the church to receive charity from the church, at least where I live.

[curiouschica]

Good point Kheserthorpe...What about talking to your school or something? Or going to the food bank? I'm sure there's help out there! Do you use coupons any?

[WoIIie]

You need help. That's not nearly enough food.