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2500 + Calories only - Weight gainers, what did you eat today? March 8th - March 23rd

Thought I would, on behalf of NYC girl, start a nice fresh thread now in March :)

RULES: 

• Do not post here if you are not reaching 2500+ calories (3000+ for adult men). We strongly recommend 3000+ to gain.

• Teens must reach 3000 a day minimum

• REMEMBER TO EITHER POST THE CALORIE TALLIES OR THE PORTION SIZES!

• Also remember I do not support you using alcohol as a calorie substitute. So if you reach 2500+ with alcohol in your diet, eat a little more to make up for it.

• If you are struggling to reach the necessary amount (and everyone has at some point) then please post a separate thread w/ questions.

• Do not post links to your personal blog.

• No partial meal plans. Only post complete daily intakes.

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This thread is for those of you looking to actively gain weight for whatever reason.

Requirements- If you are a male you need to eat at least 3000 calories, females must eat 2500-this is so that your body can begin to now only gain weight, but also for your internal organs to begin to recover, this takes fuel/calories.

It is NOT suggested that you excercise while underweight.  Excercsie is often an addicition seen with those with eating disorders. Try to stop cold turkey, IF you excercise, 2500/3000 is NOT enough.  You are only harming yourself+prolonging the illness by excercising.

If you are struggling to reach the necessary amount, and we all did, then please post a seperate thread w/ questions.  It is harmful for ppl to see posts that are under the food reuirement amount.  There are suggestions on this forum  regarding higher calorie+denser foods that should be incorporated to aid in reaching calorie goals

mashed_tatties- ahh it must be great to get some different food from home! Looks like you had some really yummy things!

incandescentmoon- well done on realising that you may have used a lot of eneergy yesterday and deciding to have the qquiche! I loveee quiche too!

annaattackk- I totally agree I am so jealouss of all the American food, I'd love to receive a package of all their foods!

Todays eats-

B- 35g of bran flakes with a small amount of chocolate granola and 80ml of semi-skimmed milk.

S- Gala apple.

L- Lentil soup and 3 slices of wholemeal crusty French bread with chicken.

T- Beef bourginon ( 2 new potatoes, onion, beef, suede, carrots, stock and red wine.) A slice of wholemeal ccrusty French bread. Raspberry filled brioche and 12 grapes.

S- Slice of tarte tatin, 50g low fat vanilla yogurt, 2 plain biscuits and a chocolatte trufle. (ahhh had to make up for soo much later in the day, feel soo full, may have eaten too much :S)

crazy247 - A HUGE well done for admitting that you need to change and get back on track and look after your body again. ED can quickly catch up on you again so you have done so well to recognise it before it gets serious again. Your eats sound delicious too! :)

baybeehannahx I get the ice cream potzzzz from sainsburys and have also got them from morrissons before too. They are 2 for 2 pounds at the mo at sainsburys tho! Our freezer is full of them!!

A few too many ED thoughts for my liking today but I ignored them all and the associated panic attacks and ate all my meal plan!

B: food doctor cereal pitta with PB, just right cereal 1 cup and milk, melon

L: hugeeeeeeeee salad with a large portion feta cheese and red pepper hummous, snack a jacks, apple, aero ice cream potz

S: 1 large homemade yummy raisin and jam  pastry biscuit, mullerlight bannana custard yog

S: 2 packets oats so simple porridge honey and oat, 1 sula sweet

D: vegetablee lasagne, salad, clementine, smarties ice cream potzzz

S: [Such a challenge as im permanently full by night time and even having dinner was too much,] white chocolate kinder bueno, 2 mike and ike sweets, 1 sula sweet

wow sounds like everyone is doing great :) sorry to bring down the mood, but i had a family party and we went out to eat. i  thought i could finally control myself around buffet style foods, but it turns out i couldnt :/ ED thoughts were strong and i cried a lot, but tomorrow is a new day i guess :(

bfast: caramel yogurt with a sliced apple and cinnamon, bowl of life cereal with chocolate milk

lunch: 2 pc whole wheat toast with 3 slices turkey, strawberry melon fuze

snack: (at grandpa's) about 30 flavored honey mustard pretzel bites, 1 1/2 cups honey bbq twisted fritos, 1/4 cup cashews, few pieces melon, 1/2 apple, 3!!!! cups reeses puffs cereal :/

dinner: (at american pie. bad idea) 5 pieces thin crust parmesan, chicken, and spinach pizza; 2 pieces bbq chicken pizza; 1 piece mac and cheese pizza; 1 piece taco pizza; 1 bowl cabbage soup; 1 scoop pasta salad; 2 pieces apple pie "pizza"; 1 piece cinnamon roll "pizza" [ughhhhh :/ hard times after...]

blahhhh

breakfast- cottage cheese w/ granola and raisins

snack- ensure

lunch- panera: you pick two, 1/2 classic salad, 1/2 tuna sandwhich, apple

snack- ensure, monkey muffin

dinner- sprouted wheat bagel w/ avocado, swiss and turkey, apple

snack- probar, blueberry yogurt

2500 

amazing job everyone! mashed_tatties I'm glad you are able to enjoy home food! muchlinski that is great news - I'm so proud of you, you trooper! day two of 4000 cals and i'm stuffed. welcome crazy247! And annaattackk don't stress about the restaurant experience.. eating out is hard, especially a buffet! (haven't personally been to one in years) Take it is a learning experience if at all possible, and remember that tomorrow is a new day :)

day two of 4000 cals and already stuffed. muchlinski you're amazing :)

B: 1 c protein plus cereal, 200 ml full fat yoghurt, 1 c blueberries and strawberries, 1 1/2 c soy milk, 1 c OJ

S: 2 ensure

L: 3/4 c brown rice w 100g tofu, stir-fry veggies & 1 tbsp evoo salad dressing; 1 apple w 1 tbsp almond butter, 1 1/2 c soy milk, 1 c juice

S: 2 ensure

D: 1 ww-flax wrap (fear food for some reason.. ) filled w 1 large chicken breast, 1/6 avocado, lettuce, tomato and grilled veggies; 1 1/2 c soy milk, 1 c juice

S: 1+ c madagascar vanilla bean fro-yo, 6 dried apricots, 15 honey multigrain pretzel twists, 1 1/2 c soy milk, 1 c juice

glitterandsprinkles - i kinda feel stuffed just reading your eats (which kinda hurts 'coz i'm already stuffed from my own), but they are all amazing choices!! Yummo!! Are you counting cals at all? I'd just be curious to know what that amount roughly equates to as I'm pretty keen to get that much awesome food in daily myself (while i'm gaining and have permission to..... and perhaps after that too!)

muchlinski- awesome news!!!

Today is day 4 and yesterday was day 3 and I fell off the wagon already, but NOT by choice!! Went on a spur of the moment trip outta town with minimal access to food. I made sure I did something awesome for lunch though and got pizzapizzaPIZZA!! Didn't make cals but didn't have any ED thoughts either so yippee!
I can't stop eating today and I think its because I missed so much yesterday! Its a bit scary having this much appetite but my tastebuds are LOVING it.
I was sooooo terrified to tally up my cals 'coz I've been that carefree with my eating, aiming for the highest amounts possible to make up for yesterday (plus I know the week ahead I won't be home much so I won't have such easy access to food all the time, stockpiling now)... buuuuut curiosity got the better of me (naughty me!) and i did. Wow, those numbers just kept on-a comin'!!

B: Oats, soy milk, apple, raisins, sunflower seeds, coconut chips.
     Small slice (but thick) multigrain sourdough w/peanut butter.
     Then decided i was STILL hungry and STILL craving PB so i had some totally nutty amount straight from the jar.... I'm guessing like 7-8 more TBSPs. Yikes! I AM making up for yesterday though!!!

S: Bowl of yogurt, puffed rice, frozen blueberries and honey. (Everyone needs to try this combo, it looks a lil' something like THIS: http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/llama_ on_film/ba.jpg
    3 small (but thick) slices multigrain sourdough w/ hommus.

L: Lamb cutlet (smidge bigger than palm sized), roasted sweet potato (lots), garden salad (everything totally coated in evoo)
    Milo Mousse container (decided to be brave and have some processed sugar, so far so good, no binge. Tasted amazing, and the texture... god how I missed that texture!!)

S: Ricotta (cup or more) w/ wild blueberry spread (about 2 TBSPs)

D: Soup w/ salmon, broccoli, carrot, green beans, potato and rice.
    Slice multigrain sourdough (fresh loaf - proper size!!) w/ tahini.
    An orange.

S: HUMONGOUS chunk Halvah (I'm thinking 450cals worth). And then a bowl of cereal to try and shut my stomach up. Wouldn't stop!! Brings me up to near 5000 cals. Faaaaark. Looking at that I realize an average day in my life a couple years back could easily have been upwards of 6000 - 7000, PLUS excessive boozin' 3 days a week. No wonder I got so chubby... I'm just surprised that's ALL I got!! Well I'm older'n'wiser now... Maintenance is gonna be a lot of fun I think!! :)

My camera's on me at all times for class so here's a snack I had the other day. I really wasn't keen for food, but knew I had to eat, and this made it that bit more enjoyable: http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/llama_ on_film/snack.jpg

UGH... My stomach JUST. WON'T. QUIT!!!

Soooo add more bread to that list. And I think I'm gonna go polish off the leftover sweet potato. Crazy crazy crazy times.

llamapow You seem to be doing fantastically yourself!! I try not to count but roughly have around 500 breakfast. 600 lunch and 600 dinner and 250-300 for each snack. I know that if I stick to that then even if I have an EDish day I wont drop under 2500. And as im learning in recovery, going over is not a problem. I also am trying to have less ready meals in my plans as they are a real trigger to make me restrict and count! The more fresh food I have I tend to go for portion sizes to guide me as its easier!! So i look at the suggested servings and get my mum to help me which is invaluable. She will do a teaspoon of something roughly, I will measure a tsp but level it off and try to get it exact! I find the less I think about it the easier it is to loose control! BTW im loving your piccies!

Keep up the good work guys, will post eats later!

Guys I just wanted to let you all know that your support and encouragement has meant that absolute bloody world to me, not only over the last few months but in the two or three years I've been posting here.. I came here at a sub-14 BMI thinking I was 'fine' because I'd gained, and since then have gained so much, not only in terms of weight but health, vitality and happiness. I'm not quite done with my weight gain journey yet and don't worry, I'm not stopping, but I'm nearly there. For the foreseeable future, I'm not going to post here any more... Not because I don't like it any more, or because I don't think I'll miss you gyus like crazy but because I need to stop the focus on food - the waiting for the next meal, planning, counting. I need a break, y'know? And I need to make food less important in my life. I want to start listening to my body a bit more, eating to live. 

Like I said, you guys mean so much to me, and I'm so proud of every single person who's posted on this thread - past and present. Keep up the good fight, I can feel I'm so nearly there and it's so, so worth it. 

good for you mashed. i wish you the best :D

breakfast- two ww waffles; one topped with 1/8 cup real maple syrup (soo much better than the fake stuff :P) and thinly sliced apples and cinnamon, the other topped with 1/8 cup syrup and a whole egg, sounds gross but so yum! and the rest of the apple on the side, and i enjoyed a mug of coffee with 4 tbsp of half and half with truvia 

lunch- 6 amy's organic bean and cheese bites, 6 amy's organic spinach bites, cup of milk with strawberry flavoring added, 1/2 blueberry muffin larabar, and a box of raisels 

snack- honey greek yogurt, apple, raisels, and a cup of strawberry milk

dinner- two big slices of pizza (will update the flavor later) and a small side salad with dressing (will update this later) kinda scared to eat this but hey i have 5 pounds to gain so let's goooooooo!

snack- organic wild blueberry scone, tea with milk, and another apple

:) 

i put a smiley face there but i know at the end of the day i will be FREAKING OUT!!!!!! so wish me luck guys! it's so hard knowing i am at a healthy weight and gaining MORE, gah, but i need this. my brain and body are starving for food and nutrients. i can't believe i upped my cals by 1000 in one day. go me! hahah

Original Post by mashed_tatties:

Guys I just wanted to let you all know that your support and encouragement has meant that absolute bloody world to me, not only over the last few months but in the two or three years I've been posting here.. I came here at a sub-14 BMI thinking I was 'fine' because I'd gained, and since then have gained so much, not only in terms of weight but health, vitality and happiness. I'm not quite done with my weight gain journey yet and don't worry, I'm not stopping, but I'm nearly there. For the foreseeable future, I'm not going to post here any more... Not because I don't like it any more, or because I don't think I'll miss you gyus like crazy but because I need to stop the focus on food - the waiting for the next meal, planning, counting. I need a break, y'know? And I need to make food less important in my life. I want to start listening to my body a bit more, eating to live. 

Like I said, you guys mean so much to me, and I'm so proud of every single person who's posted on this thread - past and present. Keep up the good fight, I can feel I'm so nearly there and it's so, so worth it. 

I wish there was a 'like' button for this post like on Facebook ahaha. Anyhoooo I just wanted to say good luck and that you're such an inspiration - proof that we can all do it and good will come out of it. Good on you, girl xx

Hey,

I hope that you don't mind me posting. After six months of maintaining my weight, after gaining, I've decided that i want to gain slightly more. This is due to losing weight after an injury and wanting to gain more muscle mass. This time last year, i was on deaths door so i understand what some of you guys may be going through. You are all amazing and inspirational! Without the support i got from this site, i wouldn't be where i am today!

B- 2x toasted soda bread W/ 2-3tsp of nutella on each & 2 big handfuls of raisins, glass of oj

L- Ham sandwich on 2 x soda bread w/ cream cheese, half a tomato and smoked ham; ff yogurt w/ Belgium chocolate granola, glass of oj

S-Red delicious apple, small handful of yogurt covered peanuts and raisins, glass of oj

D- Whole wheat pasta w/ bolognese (minced beef and tomato sauce) and extra cheddar cheese

Planned Snackage- Big cadburys ff hot chocolate w/ whipped creme and chocolate sauce, 5 Belgium truffles

Wow haven't posted on here for a long time, but I'm still recovering so ere goes with today:

B: Ready brek (30g) with semi-skimmed milk (150ml) and a handful of all bran, a large banana

S: Muller crunch corner yougurt (toffee flavour!), Chocolate Fortisip

L: Turkey and salad 6inch Subway

S: Chocolate Fortisip

D: Fish risotto (made by my mum), mirowave sticky toffe pudding with custard

Planned snack:  Big bowl of Krave cereal with semi-skimmed milk (I'm obesessed with that stuff!)

singingintherain- thanks for the support. im proud that you have made it through 2 days of your increase so far :p doing great!

llamapow- goodjob for not freaking out about being hungry. i know how hard that is as it just happened to me yesterday :o. the pic of your "smiley snack" made me happy :)

mashed- we will all miss you on here. your eats always looked so good espec. the toast and pb :p thanks for being a role model to all of us. youre very strong for being able to beat this

crazy- don't freakout, you are doing fab! i admire you for being able to say "hey, i need to gain weight" just because it feels right for your body

dd432- thanks for posting. its inspiring to read someones eats who has already beaten this. it's v. encouraging

todays mp!

bfast: 2 pieces whole wheat toast with mozarella sundried tomato & basil cheese spread on each, an apple with 2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter

snack: 1 & 1/4 cups sweet potato puff cereal, 2 packs apple slices

lunch: turkey & swiss sandwich on whole wheat bread, 2 giant sourdough pretzels dipped in jif pb to go cup & the rest eaten with a spoon - savage style ;)

dinner: peach yogurt with 1 cup sliced peaches mixed in, apple cinnamon oatmeal, apple cinnamon tea, 2 fried eggs on a side salad with thousand is. dressing (v. random dinner combo)

dessert: fiber one oats and choc. bar, caramel cone ice cream cup

snack: 4 cups broccoli with creole seasoning and butter, pudding cup, bag of popped kettle corn

Oh dear, had the same problem today as yesterday- ended up cramming food in later in the day :S making sure I don't do this again though!

B- 40g of bran flakes, 8 sultanas and 100ml of semi-skimmed milk.

L- 2 extra thick slices of wholmeal bread with slice of chicken and apple wood cheese, slice of plum tomato, mozzarella and basil tart andd lentil soup.

S- Peach iced tea.

T- Chicken breast stuffed with mozzarella and wrapped in parma ham, a ratatouille stuffed mushroom and an extra thicck slice of wholemeal bread. An apple.

S- 120g low fat vanilla yogurt with 25g of chocolate granola, a twix finger and a plain biscuit.

Hey everyone!  I've had a really really rough couple of weeks ED wise - my family all think I am fine at the weight I am (5'4 and 90lbs) as I am small framed and 'carry it well'.  Well ED barged in and told me to stop this gaining business so I am so ashamed to say that I have restricted quite a bit this last week.  Secondly, I find it so so hard to gain at uni as I'm not completely settled here and the 'routine' of lectures is so different to home.  Gahh...so basically thats why I've not posted recently :(.  You are all so so brave and amazing, I really feel quite weak in comparison.  Anyway, as of this afternoon I gave myself a talking to (in the mirror like a saddo) and am going to just GO FOR IT Eeeekkkk!!  Have eaten probably double what i usually would this afternoon, hope I can keep it up and be posting again tomorow!

dd432 thats awesome!  And your meals look absolutely delish, especially the chocolate granola.  Where did you find such a beautiful sounding thing?

glitter i'm so so pleased you ignored those crappy ED thoughts and glad to see 'Just right' cereal in your plan thats some addictive stuff ;)  you are doing fab

llamapow  woohooo!  Looks like your metabolism is going to be getting a speeding ticket lol, your snack is so cute btw, totally put a smile on my face :)

wow well done crazy and mashed. and welcome back dd432

breakfast: 2 thick slices of seeded toast with a tb. butter and honey and marmite, milky tea and a banana

snack: cranberry jordans bar and a carrot

lunch: wrap with caramelized onion humous, 3 slices of ham, and salad, a solero ice cream, 2 satsumas and a large oatmeal cookie

snack: 2 packs of apple and cinnamon popcorn, milky tea and another banana

dinner: 100g pasta with tomato sauce and garlic bread and a cup of orange juice

dessert: 2 strawberry cornettos

snack: two jordans hazelnut and raisin bars

Today's MP:

B- Bagel w/ almond butter + sliced banana

S- 2 kiwis w/ hummus (weird, I know); Ensure plus peach

L- Tomato soup; wrap w/ tuna mayo sweetcorn, cabbage + hummus (again, weird); 8 squares dark chocolate; fruit smoothie

S- 4 Belvita breakfast biscuits; Ensure plus peach

D- Big Chinese meal including: Egg fried rice; chicken chow mein; spring rolls; sweet and sour chicken

Just out of interest, has anyone tried blackcurrant ensure plus cause I decided to order some... hoepfully they taste good :)

incandescent moon what did you think of the belvitas? I wasnt sure if i liked them or not lol Am loving your wierd and wonderful combinations!! Hope the blackcurrant ensure sorts you nicely!

mapledreams dont be hard on yourself. Remember its so tricky to keep going and fight those thoughts. You are strong and CAN do this and have a long way to go with your gaining so ignore the comments of your family. They probably mean well but there is no way you should weigh so little. KEEP Gainng! Plus I miss seeing your yummy amazing meal plans! Im still looking forward to a harvester so I need you for inspiration! oh yeah just right cereal is yum, im wierd tho i like to leave it to go allllll soggy in the milk!!

spiritriser I had a cornetto enigma chocolate today and thought of you! So glad to see your tasty eats! Where was the popcorn from? I bought some more marks and spencer chocolate pecan and white chocolate popcorn today which i cant wait to have tomorrow!! Keep up the great work!

baybehannahx your eats are looking much fuller today its great to see!! I really like the sound of the tart at lunch time!! yummy! Also what type of granola is your choccie granola? I bet your packet lasts for ages!!

annaattack your meal plan looks awesome. LOVE the thought of the pretzles and 'savage style' pb!!!! You are kicking ED big time!! amazing stuff!

B: nanas choc chip cookie, frozen mullerlight sprinkled choc yog, melon

L: salmon and harissa snack meal, soy crisps, salad, aero ice cream pot, pear

S: 2 bags bear granola in 150ml milk

S: mini egg chocolate yoghurt 2 mike and ike sweets

D: whole pack of spinach and riccotta tortellini , steamed vegetable, clemetine, cornetto enigma

S: 1 sula sweet, 2 bags of oats so simple sweet cinnamon

My tummy is soooooo swollen from the op still. I feel like I look pregnant!! Mum is saying oh it still is small and flat, im like no it isnt!! My friend agreed it is swollen but ED is telling me its fat!! I keep having to remind myself I had major surgery only a week ago!! grrrrrrrr stupid ed