If you are in recovery from anorexia, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post your meal plan or what you typically eat on a day to day basis...im desperate!...
i need lots and lots of support....
Hello!
Im so glad that I found this powerful great community...
Huuuuh, Im anorexic too, I had some attempt to overcome this horrible desease, with no results...but now I really decided... just to know, reading your posts gave me a lot of power, and Im convinced that I can.
Tomorrow I”ll go to my nutritionist, and hope that she gives me a recovery meal plan as yours... I really need Your help, please pleeease!
I spent a large part of my summer going through inpatient treatment at the hospital, so this was my daily consumption while on bedrest. Now that I am out and about my food choices have changed and become increasedly wider and more appealing, but the meal plan the nutritionists at the clinic set for me gave a good example of what it takes to recover. The idea was to continue caloric increases to avoid refeeding syndrome, until a relatively stable diet was reached...once the increases stopped, a day for me looked something like this. It seems like a daunting amount, but that's the amount I need to gain even a little bit of weight.
Breakfast: a cup of wholegrain cereal, a cup of vanilla flavoured soya milk, a slice of wholegrain toast, two tablespoons of peanut butter, a cup of diced watermelon.
Snack: a large banana bran muffin, a cup of vanilla flavoured soya milk, a cup of grapes.
Lunch: vegetarian entree (consisted of: a cup of mixed beans, half a cup of lentils, a cup of mixed vegetables), an apple, a slice of wholegrain toast, a tablespoon of margarine.
Snack: a smoothie (consisted of: a cup of vanilla flavoured soya milk, a cup of strawberries, a banana), a granola bar, a cup of carrots.
Dinner: two hard-boiled eggs, a tossed salad, two tablespoons of oil dressing, a cup of rice, a cup of vanilla flavoured soya milk.
Snack: a wholegrain bagel, two tablespoons of peanut butter, a cup of vanilla flavoured soya milk, a cup of grapes.
I am trying to recover. I skip stuff so often but this plan is really easy and it doesnt push too much pressure on me. My nutritionist has put me on this diet:
Breakfast: Cereal & Milk (you can use whatever feels comfy for you 
) Slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter, jam, or butter spread. Fruit!
Snack: Try some popcorn, a granola bar, or a regular yogurt. Try not to have fruit as your snack though!
Lunch: Sandwich with peanut butter and jelly. Adding snacks is optional!
Snack: A bag of nuts & an apple. Granola bar, yogurt bar - do what you like!
Dinner: Whatever mom prepares :D Tonight I had a veggie burger on toast with Kraft reduced fat cheese. Its so yummy and easy. Dessert is recommended. Inpatients have sponge cake - I have skinny cow! I think of it this way to make me feel lucky!
Before bed: Innocent smoothie drink. So yummy and puts me to bed :)
Hope this really helps!
Eating large volumes of food is often hard, esp. when your digestion is messed up. So I've always tried to cram as many calories as possible into small amounts of food. I usually need 3500+ calories with no exercise when I'm on weight gain. Here is a sample meal plan:
Breakfast: I have a simple breakfast, that's very high-cal: I have 1/2 c Bear Naked high protein granola (280 calories) in 8 oz vanilla Ensure plus (350 calories) with a sliced banana (110) and a dannon yogurt (150 calories) = 890 calories
Lunch: 2 slices ww bread (180 calories) with 2 TB peanut butter (190) & 1 TB jelly (50); with a luna bar (180 calories) and an apple (80) = 680 calories
Snack: Smoothie-- 8 oz Ensure plus (350) blended with protein powder (100), banana (110) and frozen fruit (50); with 1/4 c trail mix (160) = 770 calories
Dinner: salad with dressing (100), 4 oz grilled chicken (180) with 1 cup pasta (200) w/ pesto (150) and chocolate milk (200) = 830 calories
Snack: fruit (80) with Ensure Plus (350) and 2 hershey's kisses (50) = 480 calories
Total: 3650 calories
My current meal plan is for 2500 calories:
Breakfast : 140 g of cereal (at least 420kcal per 100g) with 100ml of 1% milk + Large orange + slice of wholegrain toast with nutella
Lunch: Sandwich (2 slices of wholemeal bread and slice of meat eg. ham) + packet of snack a jacks/chips + dessert
Snack: Cereal Bar
Dinner: A ready meal (not brave enough for home cooked food yet) which is around 550 cals
Snack: I work out if I've had 2500 and if it's less I add in a snack here such as fruit or cereal
Original Post by swimfan93:
Eating large volumes of food is often hard, esp. when your digestion is messed up. So I've always tried to cram as many calories as possible into small amounts of food. I usually need 3500+ calories with no exercise when I'm on weight gain. Here is a sample meal plan:
Breakfast: I have a simple breakfast, that's very high-cal: I have 1/2 c Bear Naked high protein granola (280 calories) in 8 oz vanilla Ensure plus (350 calories) with a sliced banana (110) and a dannon yogurt (150 calories) = 890 calories
Lunch: 2 slices ww bread (180 calories) with 2 TB peanut butter (190) & 1 TB jelly (50); with a luna bar (180 calories) and an apple (80) = 680 calories
Snack: Smoothie-- 8 oz Ensure plus (350) blended with protein powder (100), banana (110) and frozen fruit (50); with 1/4 c trail mix (160) = 770 calories
Dinner: salad with dressing (100), 4 oz grilled chicken (180) with 1 cup pasta (200) w/ pesto (150) and chocolate milk (200) = 830 calories
Snack: fruit (80) with Ensure Plus (350) and 2 hershey's kisses (50) = 480 calories
Total: 3650 calories
swimfan, your menus always really inspire me and make me realize that there's no excuse for not getting the cals in! you manage to pack them in without it being too bulky. way to go!
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