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Weight Gainers-What Did YOU Eat Today?? 9/3-9/17

I am taking the liberty of starting a new thread.  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 ontop regarding higher calorie+denser foods that should be incorporated to aid in reaching calorie goals.

A new thread will be started every two weeks, anyone can start the thread when the time comes.  Please start the thread by copying the initial post or two.

(copied from previous thread)-I am copying the many times copied thread, "What did you eat today?" in hopes of helping some of those who are just starting to gain and have no clue what to eat. I know that when I began weight recovery, I was eating tons of low-cal foods just because that's what I was used to. I learned the hard way that dense foods are essential to weight gain when you have high caloric requirements (at one point I needed 4500 cal to maintain my weight on BEDREST). Perhaps newbies can get some ideas if we post our weight gain meal plans! Even if you're not gaining anymore, grab an old one and post it!:]
Please note that every body is different and some will need more or less calories than others to gain. This thread is just so that you can get an idea of what you need.
Oh, and yes, I'm breaking the "no calories, no portions" rule, since it is pretty helpful in this case. If you want to post cals/portions you can. I just ask that you don't post if you're not eating enough, though as this is a weight gain thread, I would hope none of you are undereating.;]
I'll start....
Breakfast (875 cal)*

• 1/2 cup oatmeal (150) cooked with
• 1 cup evaporated whole milk (300)
• 1 mashed banana (100)
• 2 tbsp peanut butter (200)
• 1 tbsp ground flaxseed and cinnamon to taste (50) 
• 1 hard-boiled egg (75 cal)

Morning Snack (300 cal)*

• 1/4 cup mixed nuts (200)
• 1/4 cup dried apricots (100)

Lunch (660 cal)*

• 1/4 cup rice cooked in 1 cup chicken stock (300) and
• 1/2 cup canned or cooked chickpeas (145) and
• 1/3 cup shredded cheese (150) and
• 1/4 cup each onion, peppers, and tomato (30) cooked with
• 1 tbsp olive oil and curry powder to taste (120)

Afternoon snack (390 cal)*

• 1 serving baby carrots (35)
• 1/4 cup hummus (155)
• 1/4 cup mixed nuts (200)

Dinner (875 cal)*

• 1 cup of my insane Mac & Cheese recipe (515)
• 2 cups tossed salad (45)
• 2 tbsp rasins (60)
• 2 tbsp sunflower seeds (105)
• 2 tbsp dressing (150)

Evening snack (480)*

• 1 cup plain whole milk yogurt (180)
• 1/2 cup homemade granola (300)

About 3600 calories :]

 An example of when i was a ctively gaining weight, i was 25 and sedentary (female)-

B: Bagel, 1.5tbspns PB, yogurt, HB egg, apple, trail mix~750

S: cereal w/ milk+trail mix~360

L: 2 slices WW w/ cheddar, avocado, +sweet potato, Fage 2%, a Pepperidge Farm cookie, a plum, carrots ~700

S: ice c ream w/ trail mix~250

D: veg salad w/ trail mix+tbspn alomd butter mixed in, chicken nuggets, corn on the cob~460

S: apple, yogurt, 1/2 Chocolate Candy Bar ~410

Total ~2930

B: swiss oats: 1/3 cup oats soaked in 1 cup buttermilk, 1 banana, blueberries, cinnamon sugar coated almonds - 500

S: walnuts, dried paw paw spear, apple - 300

L: immation vietnamese wrap: wholemeal wrap, roasted chicken, sweet chilli sauce, natural yoghurt, cucumber, carrots, lettuce, corriander - 550

S: berry and white chocolate scone, rhubarb greek yoghurt - 500

D: tuna, canola oil, tomato and herbs pasta sauce with spaghetti, broccoli, peas - 600

S: TBD either 1/4 cup oats, stewed plum, 1/3 cup soy and ice -cream or peanutbutter and toast either way roughly - 350

total - 2,800

B: 1/2 cup raw oats + 1 cup lactose free milk + 1 tbs sultanas + 1 tbs honey + 2 tsp almond, soy, linseed meal mix

S: Large piece of banana bread (3 x 3 inches) with 1 tsp butter

L: Large lebanese bread wrap with chicken, pesto, cheese, spinach, tomato

S: 1 tub yoghurt + 1 tbs pumpkin seeds + 1 choc chip muesli bar + 1 apple

D: 3 pieces of toast with 3 tsp margarine + 3 egg omelette with spinach and tomato

Agru; What you said on the other thread about me overestimating my breakfast..I definitely think you're right. When it comes to things I don't know the calorie count of, I always seem to have this belief that there's a lot of hidden calories..you know, that things were cooked with a lot of oil, etc. Thanks for bringing it up!

BREAKFAST: WW English muffin: one side spread with crunchy natural PB, one side spread with Nutella; One small mashed banana on top, honey; Black coffee = 360

LUNCH: Slice of "Mediterranean" pizza from bakery (the size of my head); Handful of salt and vinegar Vegechips with semidried tomato dip; Glass of orange juice = 735

SNACK: 2 and a half rows of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate (just because I felt like it ) = 400

DINNER: Bagel with veggie schnitzel and slice of cheese; Spinach salad with marinated mushrooms, cashews, vinegar and hommus; handful of Cheddar and Chives Vita Weat grain snacks = 850

SNACK: Bowl of All-Bran with milk, sultanas and a tablespoon of crunchy natural PB = 380

= 2725

September 2

B: Whole wheat english muffin + 2 Tbsp strawberry cream cheese, 1/2 cup cottage cheese + 1/8 cup raisins, 20 almonds  ~460

S: carrot cake Clif Bar  ~240

S: 1 mini box raisins  ~45

L: 1 cup chicken veggie soup, pb sandwich (2 slices bread, 2 Tbsp pb, 1 Tbsp honey), apple, 4 oz yogurt + 1/8 cup granola, 1 cup milk  ~855

S: 1/2 cup cottage cheese  ~80

D: chicken fiesta Lean Pocket, 1/2 cup broccoli + parmesan cheese, 8 oz yogurt + 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed + 1/2 cup fiber one  ~600

S: 1 cup praline pecan ice cream  ~320

Total: 2600

So far today

September 3rd

Breakfast: OJ, Kiwi, Bowl of cheerios with soya milk, 1tbsp seedmix, 1tbsp honey, 10 pecans, 2 tbsp nutoil, tea with honey=1000

Snack: Pear dipped in hazelnut butter=130, big change for me not to have ensure/milkshake in the morning

Lunch: Grilled Cheese and Tomatoe Sandwich (1 WW pitta 2 slices of tofutti cheddar (v.nice), 1 tomatoe) all dipped in 2 tbsp real melted butter and grilled, 1 bottle of nestea lemon ice tea and salad with 1 tbsp ranch=750

So far 1880

Shouldnt really count drink cause i just want to count real food and smoothies/milkshakes but hey! I still ate real food so I think I can count it!

Ill fill in later more snacks and dinner

xx

Happy everyone found there way here!

DRIVEN-hi! i dont mean to be rude, but im aware how an ED is also psychological and how a myriad of excuses can be formed as to why someone is not able to do something so, i hope u r progressing and am glad ur working w ur mother on it but to me at least, i did not see anything diff yesterday.  now today looks great! still not sure how u got 1000 for basically a bowl of cheerios but lunch looks much better! id challenge u to eventually ADD to the sandwich a treat (chips/cookie..) and a fruit.

BLUID-hi, how r u progressing? r u in school?

HOTSAUCE-keep eating out+challenging urself BUT DONT OVERESTIMATE THE CALS! ull be selling urself short and taking a step back when it could be 2 forward, ya know?? guess on the LOWER end, again, had to have been a massive pizza, stop overestimating!!

ERIN-hope ur feeling better.  can i challenge u to add to bfast, a yogurt/cottage cheese, PB into ur oats maybe and a fruit or juice? was the banana bread a challenge that u bought? great job!  also, can i suggest a snack after dinner, wahtever u want, could be a sandwich or cereal or it could be ice cream+cookies.

LINEY-dinner looks so good, 1 of my favs! did u make or buy the scone? keep up the great work!

Agru-no not rude at all, i dont take anything personal/ Breakdown of breakfast: Oj 100, kiwi 30, cheerios 200 soya milk 35, pecans 70, flaxseed 160 honey 60 nutoil 270 tea with honey 80=1000! quite simple really, but I do want to get away from add ons like oil, i mean a 700 cal breakfast would still be sufficient and I could have bigger snacks too, which would help pyschologically. I know when I am making excuses or not and I am not making any by using my exams. I have to concentrate on these so I am maintaining what I am doing until they are finished and then when they are (which is tommorow) I am progressing further to next stage.

Anyway, still doing good

Snack: "9" bar and tea with honey=200

Dinner: Im making it for family. Chicken and Bacon Carbonara,with green beans and spaghetti for them and potatoes for me (with extra butter on greens and extra sauce for me!)=Id say around 700

Snack TBD: 250

Total: 3020

PS: I have an exam at 9:30 tomorow and train is at 8:00, so I want to bring breakfast on train, any suggestions?lunch/snacks=easy to pack but breakfast is a little more difficult!

Agru-no not rude at all, i dont take anything personal/ Breakdown of breakfast: Oj 100, kiwi 30, cheerios 200 soya milk 35, pecans 70, flaxseed 160 honey 60 nutoil 270 tea with honey 80=1000! quite simple really, but I do want to get away from add ons like oil, i mean a 700 cal breakfast would still be sufficient and I could have bigger snacks too, which would help pyschologically. I know when I am making excuses or not and I am not making any by using my exams. I have to concentrate on these so I am maintaining what I am doing until they are finished and then when they are (which is tommorow) I am progressing further to next stage.

Anyway, still doing good

Snack: "9" bar and tea with honey=200

Dinner: Im making it for family. Chicken and Bacon Carbonara,with green beans and spaghetti for them and potatoes for me (with extra butter on greens and extra sauce for me!)=Id say around 700

Snack TBD: 250

Total: 3020

PS: I have an exam at 9:30 tomorow and train is at 8:00, so I want to bring breakfast on train, any suggestions?lunch/snacks=easy to pack but breakfast is a little more difficult!

Agru and innocenteyes, thanks for the help, it's so nice to have people who understand the stress!  Agru, basically my IBS causes frequent diarrohea, (despite taking imodium every day) so my GP says my body probably isn't digesting and therefore absorbing the food I'm eating properly as it passes through me too quickly.  I haven't gained anything, and my GP's attitude seems to be that as long as I'm maintaining it's ok.  I disagree!

Don't have time now to post my menu, but I made 2720:)

Hey everyone! Yesterday I had another field hockey game and I'm sad to say that I don't think I ate enough calories to gain :( I play midfield so its a constant running up and down the field for an hour. I am quite disappointed that I didn't get over 3000....

breakfast: 1/2 cup oats with 1 cup vanilla soy milk, 1 tbsp PB, 1 tbsp flax seeds, 1 banana (500)

lunch: a black bean veggie burger on a ww bun with mustard and lettuce. 1 cup 2% milk. apple w/ PB (600)

snack: 1/4 cup walnuts, 1 cup grapes, chocolate chip clif bar, soy crisps (550ish)

dinner: salad ( romaine, feta cheese, chicken breast, honey mustard salad dressing, avocado, A LOT of corn) milk (500)

dessert: 2 powdered almond cookies (150)

snack: ice cream sandwich, Clif Mojo bar (dipped! peanut butter and jelly)  (360)

^ i saw those clif dipped mojo bars and tried it yesterday and it was ok. I like the peanut butter and jelly lara bars MUCH better :) mmmmm

=2660 :( oh boy.... not enough. today I am going to do much better!! I am going to a custard place with my field hockey team and plan on getting caramel cashew :)

Hi agru - thanks I am feeling better! I can definitely add a juice to the breakfast and will also take a look at more additives to my oats. Question on the yoghurt - i know i only have one tub of yoghurt a day usually but is there a thing as 'too much yoghurt'??? I love yoghurt so would be happy to eat it more than once a day! I am also thinking of adding a sustagen drink (I think this is similar to ensure?) at breakfast.

The banana bread was my challenge and I purchased it plain and added the butter myself to add more calories :)  Today's challenge is a chocolate bar and as its the end of the week I will need a sugar hit mid afternoon for sure!!! :)

I am in the process of moving so evening snacks haven't been great this week but will definitely factor these in from now on. Looking forward to putting ice cream in the freezer at my new place that's for sure! :)

I think today's plan will be to go for energy density rather than volume as I am feeling quite 'full' from the last few days but want to keep up the calorie intake... any suggestions on achieving this are welcome!

THERE IS NO UPPER LIMIT WHEN GAINING!!!!

ALSO= if you have time to post ur meals + u see ur short on cals, its NEVER TOO LATE,  ADD SOMETHING, ANYTHING

ERIN-there is no too much of anything!!!!! how many ounces r ur yogurts? r they nonfat?? at least get 2%.  a serving of d airy is 8 ounces, most yogurts now adays r 4-6 ounces.  for a long time i ate about 30ounces of dairy at least until i got stomach probs, NO UPPER LIMIT!! if u want to add ensure there is nothing wrong w that, i would just prefer actual food. great job w/the challnge! also, can i ask ur BMI rt now bc if ur playing basketball-that is very rigorous and could be very dangerous at low weights.

THATSARAHGIRL-no day but today, 2 days of not meeting ur cal goal, do u have a panret or friend to supervise u?? y drag this out?? especially being as active as u r, u need much much more.

School again today. I was busy as heck (and still have loads of extra work to finish) but I stil managed to "get everything in".

Breakfast: Banana oatmeal pancakes with almond butter, some strawberries, and an egg white omlette.

Snack: Apple with peanut butter, cottage cheese mixed with plain yogurt, and some whole wheat pita bread.

Lunch: Amy's low-sodium veggies and brown rice bowl with chicken breast added in, some black beans, green beans, a bell pepper with salsa, and a glass of skim milk.

Snack: Ounce of raw nuts (cashews, peanuts, almonds), Greek yogurt, Ezekiel bread, and some blueberries.

Dinner: TBD.

Snack: Cottage cheese mixed with plain yogurt and flaxseeds, a small banana, and some almonds.

thanks for the kick agru - I really need it today body image wise to keep me motivated in terms of eating... feeling down in the way my body looks but also part of me is happy I am finally changing...

I will dig into full fat yoghurt for sure and eat as much as I want!

my bmi according to the tool on this site is 17.2. No idea what my body fat percentage is though - how does this get calculated??

ERIN-dont worry about body fat % or whatever, bmi is ur body mass index which is a measure of how much weight u have for ur size so being 17.2 means u dont have enough weight for ur height+that ur heart is stressed trying to make a body function that is malnourished+deprived of muscle.  its often not recommended to do any activity until ur at a bmi of 18, that would be light weights.  any cardio is REALLY dangerous as well as going against any attempts to gain-ur just burning cals when what u NEED is EXTRA cals.  ur just making it harder.  even if u burn X cals there is still afterburn and ur burning more in actuality.  i really suggest being sedentary.

ZEB- great job getting it in! lol

Agru: I was going by the bakery's website..it listed the pizza at about 400 cals. That plus the chips, dip and OJ added up to 735. That said though, I think I again DID overestimate the chips. Ugh, how stupid of me. You're so right, why take a step back when I could be taking 2 forward? Thank you for that.

Zeb: Good job on managing to pack it all in despite the busy schedule. Our Banana oatmeal pancakes sound sooo good!

So far..

BREAKFAST: Bagel with semdried tomato dip and slice of cheese; black coffee = 430

SNACK: Cashews; Box of sultanas = 330

Zeb, how did you like Amy's Brown Rice & Vegetables Bowl? I just picked this product up yesterday at the natural food store and am curious to find out how good it is. I have only ever tried the Spinach Feta Pocket, Non-Dairy Bean & Rice Burrito, Medium Chili with Vegetables, Alphabet Soup and No Chicken Noodle Soup. I frequently buy all of the products listed above (especially the Spinach Feta Pocket, Non-Dairy Bean & Rice Burrito and Medium Chili with Vegetables) but decided to change it up a bit and went with the Brown Rice & Vegetables Bowl and Shepherd's Pie this time around.

September 3rd:

Breakfast - Original Puffins cereal in soymilk with blueberries and 1/2 sliced banana, 1 slice WW toast w/butter

Snack - Chocolate Cool Mint Clif bar (unbelievably delicious! This is seriously the closest thing to a "thin mint" Girl Scout cookie. It was a shock to me of how much I enjoyed this bar, as I am not a chocolate lover. I liked how it was not overly sweet like I find most of the ones I have tried. This is by far my favourite Clif bar yet. Definately will be buying alot more of these!)

Snack - Triscuits w/almond butter

Snack - 1/3c almonds & banana chips

Dinner - Tacos on an Ezekiel tortilla w/toppings (salsa, spinach, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, onion, etc.)

Dessert - Chocolate soy pudding

Snack - TBD - Probably some kind of smoothie

Today was a bit of an odd meal scheduale day. We were out from about 9am until 12:30pm. I ended up eating my morning snack just before 12pm. Being so hungry, I ended up eating 2 snacks and just kept snacking all afternoon instead of having a proper lunch. I think I may have benefited from this as it appears I ended up actually consuming more calories than I would have originally anyway.

I really like the Amy's bowls. My favorite is the Brown Rice and Veggie bowl, but the Enchilada one is good too. I usually buy the low-sodium one if I can find it since salt tends to bother my stomach, especially the crazy-high amounts in most frozen foods. I still love Amy's though, despite some of their saltiness. Hahah. The Black Bean Enchilada meal, Chili and Cornbread meal, non-dairy burrito, Veggie Loaf, and Mattar Panner are my favorites.

Hey guys, heads up. I will be gone from tomorrow afternoon to Monday evening since I'm going on a trip to my grandparent's farm down south. Tomorrow night we're going out to dinner at PF Changs and to a baseball game for my mom's birthday and we'll be staying in a REALLY nice hotel. I would say which one, but for location reasons I won't. Anyway, it will be a blast I'm sure, and ED's not invited.

Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone!

b- 1/2 ww english muffin w/ 1 egg, 1 serving shredded wheat, 1/4 cup granola, 1 banana in 8 oz. skim milk

s- medium iced soy latte, 1/4 cup trail mix w/ a few oatbran crackers

l- 3 T almond butter on 2 slices ww toast, 1 cup steamed zuchinni, 1/2 cup grapes

s- small ice soy latte, 1 fugi apple, coffee chocolate lara bar

d- 4 oz. salmon on ww bun, 1 t pesto, 1 cup steamed carrots

s-1 plain nonfat yogurt, 1 nectarine, 3/4 cup kashi sunshine, 1/4 cup almonds

2750

todays

b - cup of muesli with a tub of vanilla yoghurt and berries

s - apple and a trail bar

l - will be a wrap with pumpkin, ricotta, smoked peppers and spinach, and a small iced latte (fear food im determined to overcome today!!)

s - passionfruit frozen yoghurt, ensure

d - making yummy wraps - tortillas with avacado, tomato salsa, cheddar cheese and whatever else is in the fridge haha i'll invent as i go, side salad

s - peter's icecream cup and 2 ensure

yes, it IS over 2500!!