Weight gainers! What did YOU eat today? August 16th -Sept 16th
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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.
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sorry i havent posted my eats and stuff recently, been soooooo busy trying to adjust to college its untrue! Iv just been answering emails and moderating were i can. Plus my eating been abit higgeldy as i try and fit in eating into my time table (its all over the place! :S) so been trying to work something out. Ive met my calories, but hopefully next week it will be better spaced out and more comfortable for myself, but im doing my best :P
fleurfairy : you already know from our emails how exstatic i am that you are posting, YOU.ABSOLUTE.STAR!
kbryson7: cheese is amazing :) you tried pasta with grated cheese? omg its like my all time favourite! I used to have it just like that or with tomato soup aswell :) nom.
jammiedodger: going for a little less bulk? :) sounds good! Very approving of the hot cross bun with PB, alot less ED that your old plain bagels or muffins etc :D well done! Im also a big walnut fan :3 and oh my, that brioche roll sounds just fantastic! And your chomp along reasons deffo got me convinced, IM GONNA MAKKA DA PIZZA! :D I have some dairy free cheese thats NEEDS using, its been sitting in my fridge doing nothing for far too long :P
baybeehannah: eats looking scrumtious, as always! :D and thanks for the support <3
custardcream: well done for keep going girl! bare with the system, seriously, play the game hun, honestly, if you act out and do it "your way" it wont achieve anything and things will only get worse for you. Remember how that girl eating with you is making it hard for you? Well imagine the other patients in the dinning hall, if you come in crying and freaking out it will upset them, the staff are probably just protecting them, so prove that you can control yourself around meal times, and youll be trusted to go back in :) If you act on, it will only confirm their concerns sweetie, belive me ive been there <3
going to post yesterday...
Breakfast: Usual oatmeal, 1/2cup oats made with 250ml soya milk, 2 scoops protein powder (1ban 1choc) 2tbsp PB and 1 tbsp Jam
Snack: Activia yogurt and banana
Lunch: litrally had like 5 mins >.< strawberries, melon(!), apple fruit salad (yes im an anorexic afraid of most fruits :P lmao! how strange, ive only tackeled strawberries, apples and bananas, so the melon was a biggy :P lol)
Got home: Tuna sandwhich - 2tins of tuna nearly, mixed with a tub of quark, tbsp EVOO mayo, 2 slices of large thick ww bread, lots of romaine
Snack: Apple, 5 all gold chocolates(!!!!!!!)
Had a -"Im sick of being ill! I should be living the best years of my life, i want to be healthy NOW! Ive had panic attacks not stop since going into collage because of this stupid ED, wtf is my life!" moment....so i kicked back hard, battle guilt, and did this...
5 weetabix white chocolate bars(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) -inspired by raspberryrose :)
about 5tbsp of crunchy pb UNMEASURED(!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - inspired by mettalichloe :P hehe
10 mint sweets (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - was able to have these thanks to my talk with raspberryrose a while back :D (have a very bad assosication with these involving the unit)
6 percypigs (!!!) - thanks spiritriser ;)
150g of realeat in a snack bag, more melon(!) and strawberries
3(!!) WEETABIX(!!!!!!!) 2 LARGE HANDFULS OF BROWN RICE CRISPIES(!!!!!!!!!) 2HANDFULS OF BRAN FLAKES(!) AND 2HANDFULS OF OATIFLAKES(!!) with LOTS of soya milk and also almond milk(!!!!!!) soya milk ran out :P (ALL UNMEASURED!!!!!!) - now this was a biggy!
ABOUT 5000KCAL!!!!!!
i want to be healthy!!!!! sick of this!
will post todays tomorrow :P
beth OMG thats amazing, you absolute babe and a ahalf that is fantastic seriously!!!! <3 wow, im loving the cereal combo you had going! :D lol, no wonder the soya ran out ;) so are those weetabix bars nice ive wanting to try them>muchlove; ledgend!! xxxx pizza!
baybeehannah heeeeeeeey! is it better having a light breakie do you think? i love your suppers for real! :)
jammiedodger you tard im having it tomorrow haha :P <3 up to you about the starburst, just text saying if we are or not. any could we do a lollipop @ the same time? so a random snack could be like 3 starburst and a lollipop? okay i love every single one of your eats, every single thing!! banana breakfast bread- okay i have to mkae my sister make it- did you do your own? i always used to eat those small boxes of raisins, are the sunshine something? i LOVE dates- welcome to my world!! hey i see you like flapjacks ;) how was today overall then now the plans changed? :) im sorry but omg a pecan and caramel brioche from wherrrrrree??! wowzer- a carefree day aswell? :)))) xxx
everyone these apple and sultana flapjack bites are AMAZING and tick all the boxes , gluten free, dairy free and vegetarian :D
B: Ready Break x2 with 200ml Milk, sliced banana, mandarine and organic pear
S: Fruit+fibre bar
L: Toastie time! :
tin of tuna, 1 tbsp EVOO, 2 tbsp tomatoe puree, 6 baby tomatoes.
S: Fruit bowl strawberry flakes, james' giantpeach, 2 plums, 2 laughing cow triangles
D: wholemeal pitta with salmon, mayo and veggies!
S: 10 flapjack bites, 2 tbsp mixed fruit jam, 400ml milk.
Total; 3000+
Hi guys- will look through everybody's posts properly tomorrow but just glancing through, it looks like everone's doing really well :) Missed posting here but have had a FABULOUS, relaxing week's holiday, no ED thoughts, just ate properly and ensured I got my calories each day, it was wonderful not to be preoccupied with food! We were self catering and had breakfast at home, lunch as a picnic when out wandering and then I cooked for my boyfriend and myself each evening- which was a treat as I love cooking and it was lovely having someone to cook for :)
I wrote down what I ate each day so I could post here retrospectively! Portions of evening meals were very big!
Sat:
B) 30g muslei cooked with 30g oats, bowl soyghurt and 30g unsulphured dried apricots.
S) White chocolate weetabix bar
L) Tin of crab, slice of handcut (!) sourdough, salad, unmeasured (!) bowl of soyghurt and homemade greengage puree, seedy cereal bar
D) Banana, 2 Nairn's fruit and spice oatcakes, 45g fruit and fibre and soymilk, tracker bar*
S) Massive bowl- 200ml soymilk, 48g granola, 58g unsulphured dried apricots
*boyfriend and I had a silly tiff just as about to arrive at holiday cottage and he went without dinner; I decided I would have to rise above feeling sick and lonely and make up my cals anyway but didn't want to cook just for me, especially as it was very late by then. So, I had a weird sofa picnic of bits and bobs...and we made up in the morning :) He was proud I had eaten anyway as he knew it was hard but I did it anyway :) I told him I knew "my girls" on here would have done it, so I had to, too!
Sun:
B) 60g oats cooked with 34g protein powder, bowl of raspberries and chopped apple
S) Seedy cereal bar
L) Ham and mustard sandwich on wholemeal with salad and nectarine
D) Haddock fillet with black olives and lemon, sliced potato/fennel/tomato/ mushroom bake (!) veggies
S) Massive bowl- 200ml soymilk, 48g granola, 58g unsulphured dried apricots
Mon:
B) 60g oats cooked with 34g protein powder, raspberries, 1/2 nectarine and chopped apple
L) 2 slices wholemeal toast and marmite, slice of ham, chopped carrot, mini box cornflakes with soymilk and choc-chip cereal bar
S) Tracker bar
D) Piri-piri king prawn and sweet potato stir-fry (!) with unmeasured (!) brown rice and veggies
S) Massive bowl- 200ml soymilk, 48g granola, 58g unsulphured dried apricots
Tues:
B) 60g oats cooked with 34g protein powder, chopped nectarine and apple
S) Cranberry cereal bar
L) Ham and mustard sandwich on wholemeal with salad, chopped carrot and hard-boiled egg, 3 nairn's fruit and spice oatcakes
D) Morroccan chicken tagine (!) with unmeasured (!) giant wholewheat couscous and veggies
S) Massive bowl- 200ml soymilk, 48g granola, 58g unsulphured dried apricots
Weds:
B) 60g oats cooked with 34g protein powder, 1/2 nectarine, 7 raspberries and chopped apple
S) Tracker bar and mini box raisins
L) 2 slices wholemeal toast and marmite, 1 slice ham, hard-boiled egg, salad, seedy cereal bar, 1 nairn's fruit and spice oatcake
D) King prawn stir-fry (!) with new potatoes and veggies
S) Massive bowl- 200ml soymilk, 48g granola, 58g unsulphured dried apricots
Thurs:
B) 60g oats cooked with 34g protein powder, 1/2 nectarine, 7 raspberries and chopped apple
S) Seedy cereal bar
L) 2 slices wholemeal toast and marmite, 2 slices ham, 4 nairn's oatcakes and mini box raisins
D) Sweet and sour lentil and mushroom dahl (!) with unmeasured (!) brown rice and veggies
S) Massive bowl- 200ml soymilk, 48g granola, 58g unsulphured dried apricots
Fri: (travelled all day then home early evening so access to usual foods!)
B) 90g oats cooked with 34g protein powder, 1/2 large manderin, 1/2 small banana with drizzle maple syrup and chopped apple
S) Topic bar
L) 2 slices wholemeal toast and marmite, 1 slice ham, hard-boiled egg, Macadamia and dark Chocolate Eat Natural bar
S) 2 servs sweetened chestnut puree and 1 serv Alpro custard, 1 Hovis digestive
D) Tin of crab, 5 mushroom ravioli with handful each chopped chestnuts and dried cranberries, veggies, Kitkat senses
S) 30g Dorset cereals flakes with soymilk, 2 Fox's Triple biscuit-bars
Had the week off chocolate until today and to be honest, I felt much better for it (it contains dairy and I KNOW it triggers my intolerance at a low level)... BUT 1. I have a shed load still in the house to use up (got excited and bought in a variety over the past few weeks!)
2. It tastes good
3. I enjoy it :)
So am going to certainly use up what's in the house and then reduce it a bit once am on maintainance but probably still have some as it's tasty :)
Free Breakfast at Hotel; Bowl of 'Oatmeal' w/ tbsps Golden Raisins & 1/2 mini pot Raspberry Jam, large bowl of Melon, 2 large Coffees w/ 'half & half'
Satsuma, couple of Pringles and Chocolate Raisins
Handful of Cheddar Goldfish
Lunch at Museum Park; 'half size' (HUGE!) Chicken Mayo Sandwich on thick Wheat Bread (this was from basically a fried street food place, the Cafes were all shut as they had had no supplies, So Proud of ordering from a place like this, and, know what? It tasted fresh and yummy!)
Vitamin Water and few Pucca Chocolate Cream Pretzel Fish
In Hotel room; 2 glasses of Napa Mumm, carrot batons, few Salt & Vinegar Pringles & handful of 'Pretzel Chips' dipped in Red Pepper Houmous
Out to Dinner at Blue Point
Amuse Bouche; Salmon Tartar with Goats Cheese Creme Fraiche
Starter; 3 oysters with Red Wine Shallot vinegar 2 Yuzu Oyster Spoons with shaved Serrano & Ponzu Air 1/2 piece Cheese Sourdough
Main (we all shared); 2 Lobster 'Popsicles', coated in Caramel and crushed Nuts <3 3 pieces of Seared Tuna with Ginger-Soy Beurre Blanc, Shitake Mushrooms, 1/2 large Pak Choi & 2 spoonfuls of Sticky White Rice; 1/4 lobster tail, 2 slices of Fillet Mignon, spoonful of mashed Potato & grilled Asparagus 1/2 Feta & Spinach Salad
Dessert (SO full, but the food was so amazing we decided we Had to try dessert too); few spoonfuls of Vanilla Creme Brullee
Sorry not to reply to anyone, once I'm at tge house and have real wifi I'll try and catch up :-)
Original Post by thebiggerpicture:
Amuse Bouche; Salmon Tartar with Goats Cheese Creme Fraiche
Main (we all shared); 2 Lobster 'Popsicles', coated in Caramel and crushed Nuts
Amuse bouche, you fancy thing, you 
Watch out, they'll turn you into a gourmet before you know it! Although I have to ask - lobster popsicles with caramel? What did that taste like?
havent posted eats recently, sorry guys started college yesterday so been a busy bee to say the least :)
Beth: well done on your fabbbbb eats! 5k, huge inspiration i must say! keeep it up, your kicking ed out the blooming window here :) Not gunna lie, im tempted to buy some percy pigs now haha :'D
Yesterdays yums...
B - 30g Cornflakes, 200ml S.Skim milk, 2 slices toast w/ 2 tbsps butter, 200ml OrangeJuice
S - Hobnob peanut medley bar (very rushed at breaktime)
L - 2 thick slices of bread, w/ 1 whole tomato, 2 handfuls of grated cheese and 2 tbsps mayo - LOVE mayo ;)
S - 4 chedder biscuits w/ butter and cheese, handful yoghurt coated peanuts
D - mushroom stroganoff w/ rice, and a homemade carrot cake muffin (!)
S - Thick&Creamy yoghurt passionfruit, box of raisins, handful yoghurt peanuts
Edit: Removed; posted with wrong account! I switched to a new one. Sorry about that!
Okay, so... first time posting in this thread! (Or, well, a "What did you eat today?" type of thread.)
It's not for today, but yesterday's total intake for me was apparently 3,739kcal according to the CC food log. I'm supposed to be eating 2,500kcal, I guess. I like to err on the side of caution? (Though erring on the generous side for portions is only a recent [and necessary] development.)
Breakfast: Liberté Méditerranée plain 10% MF yogurt with Kashi GoLean, fresh local blueberries, almonds, and cinnamon. (560kcal)
Midmorning snack: Green monster smoothie (301kcal) with two pieces of Silver Hills bread (220kcal) topped with peanut butter (180kcal) and raspberry jam (50kcal). Yes I'm aware I could eat something denser than a green smoothie. I do it only because I like the taste and nutrients.
Lunch: Kitchari (brown basmati rice mixed with mung beans, broccoli, and spinach, cooked in butter) (511kcal) and okra masala (okra with diced tomatoes and seasonings, cooked in butter) (147kcal). A simple mixed greens salad on the side (with tomatoes, cucumber, and red bell pepper; 79kcal) for nutrients, topped with extra virgin olive oil (180kcal) and raspberry vinaigrette (60kcal). The only full fat vinaigrettes in my area have soybean or canola oil - neither of which I'm a fan, so I buy the low calorie ones (no added oils) for the flavour and add my own olive oil. Is that bad? No, I never forget to add my oil, either.
Afternoon snacks (not together): Ensure Plus (380kcal; these things taste gross) and a Taste of Nature Brazilian Nut Fiesta bar (200kcal).
Dinner: Black bean burger (251kcal) with a white burger bun (120kcal; my mom bought these by accident instead of the denser, higher calorie whole grain ones), topped with Swiss cheese (60kcal), ketchup, a piece of lettuce, a slice of tomato, and a pickle. (I consider those condiments to have negligible calories, but plugged them into CC anyway; 15kcal.) On the side I had some tri-colour coleslaw topped with apple cider vinegar (27kcal) - I like vinegary, sour coleslaws and hate creamy consistencies, and have been that way since childhood! I munched on three huge carrots, too. Apparently (90kcal)'s worth. Never checked their calories before. Well, all the better that large carrots have calories.
Dessert: 1/2 cup serving of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream. (280kcal) That stuff is heavenly.
I'm not looking for criticism of modifications, just a way to keep myself accountable! And after totalling what I wrote here, I only got 3,711kcalories, so not sure where CC got those extra 28kcalories when I used their logging system directly. Oh well. I was still way "over" the number recommended to me by my physician!
Hey you guys:)
@summerstarxx-I love nutbutter anything actually haha:) i know theres like different kinds of them too, like cocnutbutter,pecanbutter,walnutbutter and sunbutter. I totally want to try them all they seem so good:)No i have yet to try the blueberry muffin, but next time i see them im just gonna get like one of each to try them all haha yuum!:)yeah the freind thing can get reaaaaaaaaaly annoying haha.I like running,acting,singing and art. writing like poems or short stories is fun too for me actually:)Yes from the us, and you?im gonna guess you are since your mp is basically recognizable to what i eat also.Yes caramel filles churros are as amazing as they sound, if you havent ried one i would highly reccommend it! you usually only see them if theres like carnivals in town or maybe a few bakeries:) theyre really good!I love waffles with melted nutbutter especially my peanutbutter chocolate, i fand it better than syrup for some reason haha:)
@partyring-welcome back:) and amazing job job reaching 3500! I missed you:,)
@beth-I know ! i get those moments too like why i am i still in this mess, ijust want to get out as soon as pssible because i shouldnt be wasting my life on this! but reaally reaaly awesome on your day reaching 5000! you will be healthy:)the sooner the better:)
today i had...
BF-superoatmeal,5 eggwhite omolette-710
S-kashi granola bar-140
Lunch-avocado turkey sandwich,yogurt n granola-420
S- clif bar-240
S- (i was at a game and they had really random snacks haha)2 bananas,watermelon,goldfish crackers,creamcheese and chives crackers,tostadas-730(i was there for like 6 hours! so i kept going back to get a bunch of snacks hahah)
D(my wuick last minue dinner) tuna can,crackers,eggs and yogurt with cereal-320
S-fruit and fibre bar,mango smoothie drink,more granol pumpkin flax cereal-510
Bedtime-waffle with chocolate peanut butter,almond butter and honey peanut butter,almondmilk-520
total=3590!:)
@coeurage-hey!i see silver hills bread on your mp? thats the one with sprouted grains right? i love that kind of bread! i am in love with theyre 'steady eddy bread' i know it sounds so weird me obsessing over bread but its like so doughish like and it upsets me that my store hasnt restocked!!what kind you get?
@thebiggerpicture-California!? thats my like dream place! i want to move over there sooooo badly!! but unfortunatley is reaalyy hard:( im from texas but am honestly so tired of it, i wanna fresh start somewhere else:)And im in LOVE with the beach!!!! too bad i live in a desert!!!!>;Pyour dinner sounds really good though, or more like amazing actually haha:) yum!
beth- yaay for posting again :D Well done again! Very proud of you!
raspberryrose- Hope you had a great holiday! Sounds like you did :)
thebiggerpicture- Lucky you in California! Eats look delicious! Posh sounding dinner :P
yesterday wasn't such a good day, so I'm not posting what I ate..
am focused on today though, and sure I'll be able to post my eats for today, later! Got to do this! Going back to sixth form is really spurring me on, though it's hard to eat everything in the time we get for break and lunch, I've managed so far, which I'm really surprised, but pleased with(:
Well done everyone with yours (:
Today
B- Large bowl of bran flakes with a handful of jumbo sultanas & raisins and lots of vanilla yogurt.
L- Bowl of tomato soup with 1.5 slices fresh wholemeal granary bread and 3 slices of ham.
S- Caramel & chocolate cornetto enigma wow never tried one of these before, didn't think I liked wafer but WOW what have I been missing out on?!? A mug of milky tea.
T- Large bowl of french onion soup with a gruyere cheese crouton. 2 helpings of beef bourginon with 2 slices of fresh wholemeal granary bread. 4 giant sour cream & chive pretzels.
Dr- 2 rum, mango & strawberry cocktails.
S- 2 thick slices of M&S extremely chocolate-y Swiss roll with cream and 2 scoops of madagascan vanilla ice cream. Mug of milky tea.
Dream day? Oh yeah I think so :D
Today:
B) 30g oats+30g Dorset cereals flakes with soymilk and drizzle maple syrup, toasted Hovis teacake(!)
S) Mini Oreos snackpack (!)
L) Packet 'Surimi' (seafood stick things) (!), mini tin Heinz baked beans (!), handful crispy M&Ms, 2 servs sweetened chestnut puree+2 servs Alpro custard
S) Kitkat senses
D)1.5 servs prawns, 5 mushroom ravioli with handful each chopped chestnuts and dried cranberries, veggies, sachet of chocolate 'whip' (like Angel Delight) (!) and Alpini bar
S) 1 Fox's Triple biscuit bar and 3 Hovis digestives
Beth, I am so impressed with your last MP, it looks FAB and I hope you are so so proud of yourself for doing THE RIGHT THING and boosting your intake; it's much needed, sweet girl :)
Thanks Hannah, the holiday was great! I also noticed in the photos we took (now have only 1lb to go to a healthy BMI!!!) that I look just the same as before but healthy without the bones showing, as they still were when I was 16.6. It's reassuring and feels good that I am now starting to see a better image in the mirror, as well as feeling better in myself and enjoying my curves!
Spiritriser, I am delighted to see you posting again, and so so happy for you, that you have managed to gain a a little more of those stubborn last few pounds! Cakes sound delicious, too! I am so happy that you have also found what I have; that with the last few pounds, every single one makes a HUGE difference to how you feel and how much healthier you look- and the improved mental, physical and emotional energy is just magic!
Did anyone think up a 'chomp-a-long'? :) or was this the pizza? :D
baybeehannah: loving that your having more and more dream eats! drool for chocolate swiss roll
B - 35g Cornflakes, 200ml s.skim milk, 2 slices toast w/ 2 tbsps butter, 200ml AppleJuice
S - Thick&Creamy yoghurt
L - Fish pie, added breadcrumbs & cheese, 2 potato croquets, 200ml AppleJuice
S - nature valley bar hazelnut, Galaxy & aero shake .... NOM!
D - 2 hot dogs in finger rolls, with caramilised onions and tbsp ketchup on each, 2 homemade carrot cake muffins, 200ml AppleJuice
S - Thick&Creamy yoghurt, packet of belvita fruit and fibre
Hiaa Guys!
@beth22_x- GO GIRL! YOu and me on 5000+ eh? That was an ENORMOUS step for you; and most importantly- you felt good afterwards!!! Doesn't eating so much, kicking ED right out of sight, and taking a grip on a bright, happy furture leave you feeling electric?! So proud! You are doing amazingly! xox
@ashbash- I think it is Pizza..... Carrot Cake Muffins? DIVINE! Good on you- what a great and tastey thing to eat! And you made them?! EVEN BETTER. YOU.STAR! Wish I had one with you!!!
chomp-alongers!- Are we gonna do pizza? I think beth, me and party ring are in? :)
@mystery_girl- OMG- I could die for your supper! Waffels are amazing.... I like mine with proper whipped double cream and Jumbleberry Sauce! But I think your toppings have got a clear win!
@coeurage- Hiya x I'm Jammie! By the looks of your meal plan- you're doing brill! I compleatly understand how you feel about your Calorie Shakes tasting bad! I used to take Nutri-Sip/Shake/Juice(around 310kcals per bottle) and I hated them!!! But, they are there to help you, and they helped me get out of hospital, and lead me on my way here! :) Keep going, even tho it's hard, cause the result is soooooooooooo worth it!!! >.< Well done- your doing great! Oh, btw, your Desert sounds sooo good- ur making me hungry!(haha....well, you know what I mean xox)
@raspberryrose- How I missed you! Glad you had such a good time- and I'm very impressed you could record everything you ate! And eating even though you felt bad and low! Well done :) Eats look so much more varried and scrummy!! Loving the massive bowls of cereal- where would we be with it?!
@partyring- The flapjack must be like, amazing, if you had 10 pieces!!! Gimme gimme!
Evening all! Well evening in the UK anyways! Thank you so much all of you for your support - it helps me so much when I feel that I am the only one rying to get better in here and I'm trying so hard not to get caught up in the awful comparison and competition to be the illest person on the ward. To read all your positive achievements makes me all te more determined to leave hospital so I can carry on my recovery at home in a slightly more joyful, less angst way! Yesterday my eats were a little more fun and random than usual as we had breakfast group when we get to eat different things to usual and I went to the hospital canteen for lunch:
Breakfast: 100ml OJ, Big bowl of Pomegranate and Passion Fruit Granola with 200ml milk, 1 slice of brown toast with cashew butter (oh my I LOVE cashew butter!!!! Have always felt a freak for hating pb but cashew butter is something else!), milky tea
Snack: 250ml latte with tsp sugar and Kitkat
Lunch: Vegetable Pasty with Marinated vegetable salad, ambrosia rice pudding, Feel good drink, Pear
Snack: Latte with itsp sugar and Alpen Yogurt bar
Supper: 2 slices of brown bread with 2 large scoops of cream cheese, salad, thick and creamy apricot and mango yogurt, Pear 250ml squah
Snack: Milky tea and Twix
And todays eats:
Breakfast: 2 Weetabix, 200ml milk, 100ml OJ, 1 slice of brown toast and butter, milky tea
Snack: Latte with tsp sugar and Kitkat
Lunch: Big serving of Vegeatble Goulash, 1 scoop of creamed potatoes and mixed vegetables, Thick and Creamy blueberry yogurt, 250ml squash and an apple
Snack: Latte with tsp sugar and a frusli bar (yuk bird seed diet food!)
Supper: Egg mayo sandwich, salad, thick and creamy starwberry yogurt, Pear and 250ml squash
Snack: Milky tea and twix
My big dilemma now is whether to up my mealplan more. I am gaining weight but to reach a bmi at which I can leave hospital will take several weeks and the negativity here is very hard to deal with when I want to be well so very much. The doctors have said that I can speed up the rate of my weight gain but I don't know if 1) I can handle it going up quicker than it is; 2) whether by doing it quicker it will not go on evenly; 3) how to do it so it is physically manageable; 4) whether it is better for the body to go slow but surely. Any thoughts would be gratefully received but if this is the wrong place to be asking for advice then I apologise and will edit the post.
@ashbash gimme your carrot cake muffin! you didnt send me the website/link to that shake place- ohmy god galaxy and aero!! <3
@jammie they were amazing!! hope you and baybeehannah can get some up in scotland they're brand is called wholebake. did you get the text lol about fruitella? if you havent had the starburst we'll have it tomorrowww! :) but im already eating pizza today and tomorrow i made with my sisters- can that still count as my chomp-along please :P? <3
@raspberryrose havent seen you here for ages! i frequently saw mushroom ravioli on your MP before- and its craving! how is it exactly? :) like cheese ravioli, but mushrooms..lol i dunno. OMG YUM oreos!
@mystery_girl hey and thankyou :) omg you have coconut butter?! usa :/ ooh avocado and turkey sandwhich <3 that sounds delish!! i am craving your bedtime edition- thats an awesome combo and is it really chocolate peanut butter or do you add nutella to it? :P
@coeurage you deffo do have courage!!! welcome and congratulations its amazing! :) mmmm your breakfast is proper fresh , i take it you're in the usa too hehe? green monster smoothie?-home invention by any chance :P im yet to try ben and jerrys, its just so epensive like hagan daz
@fleurfairy aww you got to go to the canteen, can i join your breakfast club haha- neer knew you could even get pomegranite granola, did you see the brand? i see a different chocolate bar choice yesterday ;) love lattes and another person who eats cashew nut butter! jammie you've got a pal :) <3
i made pizza today and im gonna again with my sisters tomorrow- enjoying food with my family is really nice :)
B:2 Hovis thick wholemeal toast, 1.5-2 bananas, 110g wildlife/petit filous yoghurt (500)
S:Brazil nut&almond, 2 dried apricot, date shake(200ml ss milk and 1 fresh date)
L: 2 slice pizza (!!!!!!!!!!) - 25-30g feta cheese, spinach and olives.Side salad of 6-7 baby tomatoes, spinach leaves, tbsp EVOO, lemon juice. Okay afterward i had serious pains in my upper chest like breast bone to the left :S any idea what it is?
S: brazil, chestnuts and peanuts (i had to pick them out a fruit+nut mix lol)
D: 100g Bran flakes, 200ml milk, 2 tbsp crunchy PB
S: 8 Tbsp PB and 2 bigpot petit filous
total Pb= 10 tbsp! :P
Total; 3000
woohoo pb!!
B-bowl of just right with a banana, raspberries, 2tb pb and 1c soy milk, a coffee
S-chocoalte breakfast anytime drink and an orange
L- sandwich on rye bread with 3sices turkey breast, mozza cheese, 1/2avocado and tomato, large salad(broccoli,peas,gr.peppers,mushrooms and spinach) with sundried tomato dressing
S-3handfuls cheddar sunchips, bottle of mikes hard lemonade
D-a hamburger in a bun with tomato, lots of cucumber and carrots, a pear, scoop of mint chocolate protein in 1c soy milk, chocolate chip oatmeal muffin. I was hungry and was craving snaky foods rather than a meal so i let it be and went with the flow
S-can of salmon(also don't know why i've been having night cravings for this.lol) and 1c orange juice
jammiedoger- woww! ohmigod! if your eating 5000 you must maintain like at least in the low 4000s probably? woww haha well you do get to eat whatever you want!!(: and thanks so much!<3 sorry eating at school has been a stuggle! i know how you feel! it does make everything harder:/ but your still doing so well! i lovee how your food looks!! where are you from?? a lot of the things you eat look so cool to me because i haven't tried some! are you from the UK??
bath22_x- beth, your a star. a total star(: ahh great job listening to what you wanted and trying to get better!! ED is SO not worth it. i love how you had 5 tbsp pb!! i honestly eat at least 4 tbsp of nut butter every dayy! haha i just love it so much. pb, almond, cashew butters.. mhmm
mystery_girl- have you tried almond or cashew butter?? their super good!! today i went to whole foods and i got their 365 creamy peanut butter and omggg its like so good! it's just like.. peanuts and salt haha like other peanut butters but it weirdly tastes like the inside of a reeses which is SO GOOD.! but then again i think anything from whole foods is good.. haha i'm such a loser(: i love running and singing too! i take singing lessons and i really like it! yup! i'm from the US too. peanut butter on waffles is so much better than syrup in my opinion too! i had a waffle today for the first time in so long! yum!(:
so today i made so much progress, i just felt super motivated!! i upped my cals to 3500 AND tried a waffle!! i haven't had that since before ED!! ahh!
breakfast: 1 packet instant oatmeal mixed with 1 tbsp almond butter and a banana, 1 cup milk with strawberry carnation instant breakfast
snack: vanilla yogurt mixed with 2/3 cup muesli
lunch: veggie burger, 1 slice bread spread with 1 tbsp hummus, 3 oz. baby carrots dipped in 1 tbsp hummus, snack size applesauce, 1 cup milk
snack: cherry pie larabar, 1/2 cup cottage cheese
snack: waffle (!) spread with 1 tbsp cashew butter and half a banana
dinner: falafel sunshine burger, 3 oz. baby carrots and some broccoli dipped in 2 tbsp hummus, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup beans mixed with 1/2 cup corn, snack size applesauce
snack: 1 cup corn flakes mixed with stawberry yogurt and the other half of the banana
snack: odwalla superfood bar (EWW. don't try the superfood bar ohmigod it was kind of disgusting... ugh i wish i'd had a different one:/ BUT not all food can be perfect and i have to accept that (: ! but seriously it was a super awkward greenish color it looked like it came out of the ground. like WORST one i've ever tried!) 1 cup kefir
snack: apple spread with 2 tbsp peanut butter, random honey graham bunnies to get in the extra cals(:
3502 !!!!
YAYY. great job everyone!! tiredd:/ going to sleepp!
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