Posts by izzyy23

You should definately check out the weight gainers meal plans for good high calorie meal plans.

Your meal plan sounds pretty good - just remember to get your fats in there (nut butters and WHOLE eggs are good for that) and use supliments (like Ensures or Clif Bars, etc) when you need to. You may find yourself not being able to eat as many veggies cause theyre low cal and very filling...

Are you trying to gain weight in general or muscle? (I'm only asking because you're BMI's mid-20s...)

Oh, man, I can totally relate! Do any of you have those people in your lives (usually older people...in my experience anyways) who say that you can have unlimited quantities of fruits and vegetables cause they have NO CALORIES? My friend's grandma eats atleast like 7 big apples a day and says "they're TOTALLY healthy, no calories!"...uhhh sugar overload, much?

I also have those friends who don't eat ALL day, cause they're not hungry, but then they'll have a HUGE piece of cake or a HUGE muffin for lunch and three slices of pizza or a poutine and call it a "good day". Then make fun of ME for having 8 healthy snack a day (cause I'm trying to gain).

*Eyeroll*

@kayeanne - yeah it's the ED voice...and yeah it's something i'm still working on...everyday : )

Damn, I can't eat eggs (allergy), but puddings and cold mashed taters will be my sustinence for a while...Im just scared of getting better and being scared to go back to "real" food...if that makes any sense. :S

Yeah I remember mentioning to my dad while we were in the room w/ the surgeon that I was gonna be wanting a LOT of icecream ..(pre ed :( ). And the surgeon was like NO there's too much sugar and you shouldnt get sugar in the wounds, plus you cant brush for a few days...etc etc. So idk...

Ugh I have this. It's wierd - throughout upping and gaining, I had preeeetty minimal belly bloating. Then just two or so weeks ago, I bumped up my calories another 100 cause my gaining was slowing down and my stomach POPPED out like nothing! It's not going away, either :( I'm trying the peppermint tea and green tea business but it's not working :(

I can't wait till I'm FULLY healthy and it just effing goes away!!! :D

Aw hun I totally know that feeling. People who have no ED experience just dont understand how the phrasing of their thoughts can totally affect the effect they have on us.

I remember after one relapse when I got back on gaining, I had mentioned to one friend/coworker that I needed to gain about 20 lbs (at that point...also I brought up ED to only a handful of people in my life). She said something along the lines of "I think that's too much - that would just make you fat".

I think it's also hard for otehr people to imagine what 20 or however many pounds would look on someone with a BMI of 16. They think of gaining that much weight on their already larger frame (in my friend's case), they flip.

Oh, and another one that bugs me - "Just go eat a cheeseburger!" - AS IF IT'S THAT EASY!!! *eyeroll

Original Post by 10bysummer:

I don't even eat bars like Jocalat, Lara, etc. but I thought of you today and wanted to pass on that Magnolia on College has a big selection of Jocalat bars.

I'm not in Little Italy often but next time I'm nearish I'll definately try it : )

You can find Jocalat bars at a few places in Kensington, at the St. Lawerence market, whole foods, and I think at Fresh n' Wild. Hope that helps!

I was at Whole Foods (Yorkville) just this past Tuesday and they had no Jocalat : ( Frankly when I did try Hazelnut Chocolate i was a bit underwhelmed but I still wanna try some other flavours : P

Original Post by li_li:

 I'll try to make them at home, will be cheaper. After all, it's just dates and nuts. :)

I LOVE Stonemill 11 grain bread--60 cal/slice with lotsa good stuff in it (in Ontario--haven't seen it out west).

I've been making my own Larabars for a while now. I have a pretty detailed recipe on my blog (can access it from my CC profile). They taste pretty well EXACTLY the same, and have the same nutritional info. Haven't attempted Jocalat bars yet...I've stopped seeing them in health food stores in my area actually (Toronto), but I just found PB&J Larabar at Superstore a few days ago!!!

And I LOVE Stonemill bread! We get the Omega-3 enriched one from Costco - two huge loaves for one low price. Loveeeee <3

Like the others, I can totally relate to you! I'm recovering from ED and actively gaining and from day-to-day, I'll manage to have complete 180's in how i feel about myself. One day I'll be happy and content and totally feeling great and just the next day I'll be literally thiiiis close to relapsing.

Something I've found helps me is surrounding myself with really positive, confident people. My former group of friends were all very skinny, kinda bitchy (love em, but you know how it is...) girls always complaining and moaning about their bodies. Making jokes about EDs, etc. As hard as it was, I've stopped hanging with (most of) them and my new group of really close friends are really supportive, confident, amazing people.

Another thing I do is when I'm really down I have a playlist on my iPod with "inspiring" songs. You can bet Christina Aguilera's Beautiful is on there : )

Good luck and take caree

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I live for Clif Bars. I like em cause they give you the calories (usually ~250 per bar), they have the fat (~6g) AND they have the protein (my peanut butter one has ~12g). And we're not even talking about the body builders one...

You'll also likely hear lots about Larabars as well, but I find they don't give me nearly as much bang for my buck (they are quite expensive). Thought they are very tasty... but the plus of Larabars is that they're easy to make yourself!

Thurs I was eating out with the fam and having sushi and I decided to slather my sushi with soy sauce. I'd been majorrrrrly afraid of soy sauce and guess what - NOTHING BAD HAPPENED. (Kay I know that seems kinda lame but I ws really proud of myself cause I was/am really scared of sodium!!!!)

As if that's not enough Fri I decided I was feeling a little hungry between meals so I walked over to the variety store with a friend and bought a whole, unhealthy chocolate bar, just cause I wanted it!

: )

Got work and school tomorrow, so I'll be outta the house by 7.30am and be back (hopefully) by 8pm. Here's what's on the menu for tomorrow...

Breakfast Oatmeal made with: oats, soya milk, wheat germ, almonds and fresh frozen raspberries. Oh, and a Venti ANYTHING Latte from Starbucks :)

Snack Strawberries, grapes and mixed nuts with yoghurt.

Lunch A PitaBreak OneBun with much, much almond butter.

Snack Kraft Dinner Creamy Alfredo.

Snack Kashi Island cereal with yoghurt and flax.

Dinner Carrots, green pepper and broccoli with tofu. Mixed in some hummus for flavour.

Snack Chocolate Chip Clif Bar (WE DON'T GET SEASONAL FLAVOURS HERE! PUMPKIN SPICE ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! ).

Tomorrows gonna be fuuuun

Original Post by rebelchick1017:

On top of that, I have family members who I LIVE with that tell me if I weigh over 110-115, I'll look fat.

I think it's really troubling that your family members told you that. The thing is, I've gotten comments like that from friends but remember, people who aren't gaining don't have any perception of weight and how weight will look added on. They hear "..gained 10-15 pounds" and shudder in horror. Remember that it's completely different the way youre doing it (healthy and steady) vs the way most people gain (McFlurrys and McNuggets).

I'd say do what youre most comfortable with and what you feel will help you sustain in the long run. I'm the same height as you and my goal at the moment is 120. I think that's like, the bare minimum.

Good luck and much love.

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