Maintaining
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I am starting to maintain after gaining from 94lbs to 119lbs in recovery from anorexia and would like to ask your opions on my average menu:

Breakfast: largebowl oatmeal/porridge with 1oz rasins, apple and handful of walnuts

Snack: 1 oz almonds and a banana

Lunch: Whole meal sandwich or wrap with tuna mayo and sweetcorn (or other protein filling). A yogurt and an apple

Snack: 50g hummus and carrot sticks

Dinner: lots of options like jacket poato with baked beans, cheese and veg/ Quorn lamb grills with brown rce and veg/ salmon fillet with brown rice and veg

Snack: Cup of hot milk or hot chocolate. Occasionaly a slice of toast with peanut butter and sliced banana.

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Looks fine in principle with a good mix of different kids of food...  The only thing missing are what I call 'fun' foods..... an occasional biscuit/cookie, a piece of chocolate, a little ice-cream, a glass of wine.... that kind of thing.   If what you're aiming for is a normal healthy diet you'd expect to see a few of those dotted around.    

What's not easy to judge is whether it's enough food... enough calories.  You may be trying to get away from calorie-counting and that would be understandable.   However, if you have a tendency to undereat, it could be worth doing the occasional 'spot check' with CC's food log to make sure you're getting enough to maintain a healthy weight.   2000 cals wouldn't be a bad starting point.

Well done, and good luck

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