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Weight Gainers: What Did YOU Eat Today? 9/18-10/2

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

Yay, I'll start this thread off!

September 17:

B:  Oatmeal made with milk & chopped dates + brown sugar + cinnamon, 1 whole wheat english muffin + 2 Tbsp strawberry cream cheese, 4 oz yogurt  (Oh my word, I cooked the dates right in with the oats = heavenly!!!)  ~500

S:  Fiber Now bar, 1/4 cup peanuts + raisins  ~360

L:  Homemade mini pizza (enlish muffin, pizza sauce, ham, mozzarella cheese, chopped onion), carrots sticks + ranch, apple, 2 graham crackers + 2 Tbsp nutella  ~700

D:  Mexican Rice (ground venison, brown rice, black beans, salsa) + shredded mexican cheese, 1/2 cup corn, 1 homemade biscuit + 1 Tbsp smart balance + cinnamon/sugar  ~640

S:  Heaping mug of ice cream!  ~650

Total: 2870

By the way, Mashed: I know this was from the previous 'what did you eat' thread, but awesome job on that muffin!  Seriously, I absolutely loved the insight you gave into the whole situation.  Great perspective!

This is what I will eat today:

B: Oat clusters with frozen strawberries and milk, vanilla yogurt, toast with nutella. ~ 788

L: Chicken sandwich, snack a jacks, packet of toffee poppets ~ 603

D: Spicy chicken pizza + a Feast ice cream ~735

S: Cereal with milk ~ 387

Total: 2513

The highest I've ever gone over 2500. It's only 13 but my ED is giving me hell for it.

Since I'm working/have school today, I have a plan for what I'm eating. I don't do it on the days I don't work anymore since I have more opportunity to munch when I'm hungry and such. But on the days I have both work and school, I've found that having a plan really, really helps me get to my goal for the day.

Breakfast: 1/2 cup oats soaked over night in 1/2c. milk/plain greek yogurt, 1/4 cup raisins, handful almonds, 2TBS peanut butter, sliced banana. Cup of coffee with cream and sugar. 

Snack: 1/2 c. cottage cheese with chopped apple and cinnamon, Wheat bread with 2TBS flavored PB's (WCW/DCD)

Lunch: Wheat bread with 2 scoops mashed avocado/hummus, spinach, sun dried tomatoes. Smores (graham crackers, chocolate chips and fluff in the microwave. yum!)

Dinner: 1c. pasta with 2/5 spicy baked tofu, broccoli, roasted red peppers, Italian dressing. 

Snack: Cashew cookie Larabar

Snack: Vanilla ice cream with Nutella, syrup and strawberries.

Total: 3000.

Lets all cross our fingers for me, ya? I've been trying to gain. But since I started school and work, it seems like its impossible. I lost a pound last week after I increased up to 2800 (had been maintaining on around 2500) so I upped it to 3K. I'm hoping that will be OK and that the further slippage last week was just a fluctuation.

Not a very good day today, starting college. lectures everywhere, but here goes!

Breakfast: Oatmeal with dried apricots, sliced almonds, almond oil, honey, glass of oj, and tea with honey

Snack: Packet of Walkers Crisps, Apple

Snack: Pear

Snack: Vanilla Milkshake

Dinner: thai chicken curry, orangeade

3 prunes, 1/2 dark chocolate tart

Snack: Cup of Soya Milk, Chocolate Mousse

Somebody stop me waking up at 10.30AM!!!!!! My sleeping patterns are such a mess at the moment - I don't fall asleep until 4/5 in the morning (I know.) and then sleep until 10.30, which is a NIGHTMARE when it comes to eating. Normally I have an AM snack about 2 1/2 to 3 hours after brekkie, but at the moment I'm not finishing breakfast until about 11 :| So that means cramming in the later half of the day.... Grr. And then, because I've woken up so late, I'm not tired by 11PM so the cycle persists..

Anyway, today (about to have dinner but I'll post now anyway.)

Breakfast
50g oats cooked in water with 1/2 banana and 2 tbsp yoghurt mashed in while cooking.
Topped with 1/2 tsp brown sugar, a tbsp dark choc chips (YUM) and a 1/4 cup each cashews and chopped dates.
Lunch
Whole wheat wrap with 2 tbsp hummus and 100g kidney beans, salt, pepper, chilli flakes, garlic and spinach.
Carrot sticks
1 serving whole wheat pretzels
2% vanilla yoghurt
Snack
Starbucks large Coffee Frappacino while waiting for my friend - who was 45 minutes late! Grr.
Snack
Apple
Greek yoghurt with chopped fresh fig, 1 tbsp flax and 1 tsp honey
Dinner
125g tofu baked with BBQ sauce
225g (uncooked weight) potato mashed with skins on and a tbsp skim milk 
100g each broccoli and carrots
Snack
100g  no added sugar Alpen muesli
1 cup skim milk

Not THRILLED about the night snack but I can't think of a 'quicker' and less bulky way of getting in 420 calories. Damn this waking up late/not sleeping :(

mashed tatties how about a pudding at dinner what ever you fancy ice cream maybe. the sleeping a vicious circle like the eating ,the only way to break it is to set your alarm and get up you may be tired at first but if you keep doing it you will eventually fall a sleepat bedtime and get your body clock working again h x

mashed my sleeping patterns are screwed too, only i have it worse. last week i was waking up at six this week im waking up five. an hour and a half before my alarm goes off! argh sooo annoyed

stepped off the scales this morning and morified, i hadn't gained anything but a measley 0.1kg.....  so what do i do????  eat a MAGnIFICENT bowl of oatmeal

B: oatmeal (cooked with oats, soy milk, peanutbutter, mashed banana and fair trade dark chocolate) on top greek yoghurt, coconut, berries more chocolate.

well thats only what i've had so far for today.....

Tessa - yeah I thought about adding desset but the trouble is, my family don't eat dinner until 8-8.30pm, and I usually have my night snack at 9.30 and even then it feels a bit like cramming.. Maybe I should have a bigger lunch dessert? We'll see. I'm setting my alarm for 8 tomorrow, even if I go to bed at 5AM, and hopefully as long as I manage to stay awake throughout the day that should sort me out sleep-wise.

Line - Ooh that sucks :( Is it mind-racing that's waking you up? Cos I think that's what keeps me awake at night - plus sleep paralysis (which I've had since I was a child and still scares the hell out of me, and makes me afraid to go to sleep.)

September 19th: (I have only had up to the morning snack so far)

Breakfast: cinnamon oatmeal + 1 banana mixed in, 1/2 cup strawberry cheesecake yoghurt (that was the last of my oatmeal! ahhh! won't be able to buy more until Monday afternoon so desperately trying to think of b'fast ideas for tomorrow & monday)

Snack: apple & peach puree, plain apple puree (I went puree mad, it seems)

Lunch: bagel + peanut butter + jam, apple cinnamon oat bar, lemon meringue yoghurt, half a cookie

Snack: strawberry shake (milk, berry flavoured vitaplan, vanilla ice cream)

Dinner: fish & chips (takeaway night hehe)

Snack: not sure yet! will decide when I get there. probably ice cream though.

In reply to previous thread:

valentine: You are exactly right, it really is a total out of body experience and that is the only way of putting it. I wouldn't have thought of a better way to put it myself! You know, it is funny how you are explaining this to me because that is exactly how my mom explained it to me. She always tells me that she knows I wouldn't do this if I was my "normal" self and that it is probably because my hormones are out of whack and do not know what to do.

PS - I am glad I am not the only one that this has happend to. This is the first time she did not allow me to go to school because of it, and I was really upset. Although, I am glad she did that because I would have broke down at school. Anyway, I appreciate your reply.

Pitt: I hope you have a good weekend full of all sorts of yummyful eats! Cannot wait to see your menu when you return (I always look forward to your menu posts).

September 18th:

Breakfast - Kashi GoLEAN Crunch! (oh how I missed my beloved Kashi GLC!) & Peanut Butter Puffins cereal mixed with vanilla yogurt, banana slices, raspberries and a spoonful of PB. Cup of Chai green tea.

Snack - Annie's honey bunny grahams and a whole lotta raisins!

Lunch - Piece of leftover shepherd's pie, a peach and cup of soy milk

Snack - Brown rice cake topped with the rest of the banana from this morning mashed up and then drizzled with a little honey.

Dinner - Meatloaf, macaroni/pasta salad and corn

Snack - A few handfuls of almonds - I just randomly felt like some of them before my snack.

Snack - TBD (most likely my protein shake - soy milk, vanilla yogurt, strawberries and whey powder).

I had a rather lovely day today (unlike yesterday). I did alot of food shopping with my mom and got loads of yummy snacks and goodies to be devoured (deep chocolate vita muffins, anyone?! =P). I just had a fun time (yes, FOOD shopping is FUN!). Anyway, hope everyone has a great, fun FOOD filled weekend!

breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal w/ banana, 1/4 cup granola, 2T cashew butter, small nonfat latte

snack: lara bar

lunch: 4 oz. salmon on whole wheat bun w/ 1 T mayo, honey mustard, 1 cup veg

snack: ensure plus latte, apple

dinner: 4 oz. ground turley breast, 2 corn tortillas, 1/2 avocado, salsa, 1 cup veg

snack: ensure plus latte

snack: yourt w/ carob almondbutter bar, 4 prunes and 1 T pistachios

3000

breakfast- 1 piece of homemade coffee cake, 1 egg, 1 peach, 1 glass of 2% milk

snack- 1300 calorie shake(Benacalorie, Carnation Instant Breakfast, 2 scoops vanilla protein powder, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream, and 1 cup of frozen berries) and dried blueberries

lunch- PB and honey on wheat, side salad with poppyseed dressing

snack- dessert challenge! sugar cookie "pizza" topped with berries on top of white icing, tbsp of nutella

dinner- veggie burger with tomato and lettuce, corn on the side

snack- oatmeal, 4 candied walnuts

they upped my meal plan tomorrow and so i will see how that goes tomorrow morning! and NO MORE EXERCISE for a few weeks!

B - Coffee. 1 cup of nut muesli with 200ml vanilla yoghurt and blueberries.

S - Apple, handful of nuts

L - 'Mexican Pizza' (new creation aha) : 1 wholemeal wrap used as base, topped with approx 4 TBSP salsa, 1/2 an avocado and 2 crumbled LC cheese wedges, chucked under the grill for 5 mins. Sultana-choc biscuit. This lunch was so good!

S - Ensure. Bowl of 200ml Peach & Apricot yoghurt with strawberries and 1/2 a crumbled muesli & cranberry bar

D - Beef pot roast with gravy, sweet potato and veg

S - 2 Ensures throughout the night, tub of hazelnut velvet icecream.

Quite a yummy day

Hello i doubt anyone will remember me i posted on here ageeees ago when i was recovering from an ED....well I now consider myself recovered but yesterday my mummyo said I was looking a bit thin and wanted to weigh me.  turns out I lost 5lbs since last time!!!  I guess its a bit of uni pressure anxiety and not thinking about what im eating really.

Well now i need to focus again, inspired by lots of the food on here, some of you guys are so creative i don't know how id have the patience to cook such delicious sounding foods!  anyway, this is what i made a concious effort to eat yesterday, how does it sound....will i get the weight back on? (i don't calorie count)

Breakfast: Big bowl of porridge oats with milk, two massive hanfuls of raisins and jam mixed in!

Snacked on some tinned pineapple and had 2 glasses of apple juice

Lunch: Chicken corrination and lettuce sandwich, mango and banana smoothie 

Snack was one of those big head sized chocchip cookies from starbucks and a latte :)

Dinner: Maccaroni cheese (stupid weight watchers one though), a random chicken leg and some broccolli mixed with this tomato herb sauce

Snack: Piece of bread with like 1/4 a jar of peanut butter and a glass of milk

Yesterday:

Breakfast: Big bowl of crunchy bran mixed with fromage frais, cocoa powder, peach and soya nuts

Snack: Salt and Vinegar soya crisps with a handful of almonds

Lunch: 2 slices of thick granary bread toasted with chicken, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, peppers, spinach cucumber, beetroot and branston pickle

Snack: Yogurt with omega seed mix, apple, cinnamon. Fortisip

Dinner: Tuna steak, spinach, 3 bean salad with mint dressing, peppers and sweetcorn

Snack: Milkshake

Snack: Toasted pitta bread with lemon and coriander hummus, strawberries and box of raisins. Fortisip

Think I didn't do too badly on my day 'unsupervised'...

Met a girlfriend for a hit of tennis this morning. Tennis was her suggestion, not mine and I haven't discussed my ED with her so didn't want to knock it back... good to socialise though and we went for brunch after.

Food today...

B: 1/2 cup oats cooked with 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbs sultanas + 1 tbs honey

Brunch: 1 pce toast with scrambled tomato and onion eggs + 1/2 cup muesli with yoghurt & rhubarb compote (we shared the two dishes between us)

S1: 1 tub full fat yoghurt + 4 strawberries + 1/4 cup oats

S2: 10 honey coated macadamias + 1 apple

D: 2 vol-a-vents with filling (1/2 can of cream of chicken & corn soup, few asparagus spears, 80g cooked chicken, curry) + 1 glass of white wine

S: Magnum caramel ego ice cream (this is the ultimate ED horror food... haven't had one for about 2 years and am so looking forward to it!!!)

Have I done ok by myself or do I need to up it tomorrow??

i dont know why but i always feel like i have eaten so much after reading these threads. but oh well if i can't gain much on what im eating then its obvious some just need to eat more than others. i guess i dont know how big your serves are though so most could be eating out of a bucket and i wouldn't know.... GOSH i hope no ones eating out of a bucket though!

oh and mash no its not my mind although sometimes it is. nah its just because of the weather. in winter im like a bear, in spring - autumn im well the complete oppisite. i just hope i get better in time so i can spend my summer mornings running in the morning sun.....  aaahhhh  i have dreams....

adding on from breakfast which was:

B: oatmeal (cooked with oats, soy milk, peanutbutter, mashed banana and fair trade dark chocolate) on top greek yoghurt, coconut, berries more chocolate.

S: apple, walnuts and pretzels

L: at Burp Burrito - burrito with chicken, black beans, roasted capsicum, mango salsa, chilli salsa, extra jalapenos, lettuce, sour cream and cilantro lime rice - aka massive burrito!

S: thick wholemeal toast with THE LAST OF my roasted red pepper hummus, cucumber slices

D: mint and chilli oil chicken burgers with 'hidden vegies', garlic naan bread, mint and cucumber raita, spinach and tomato salad, nandos peri peri hot dipping sauce on the side (my sister and i were seeing who could take on the most chilli, so lots of sauce consumed)

S: 2 weetbix, buttermilk, 2 prunes, honey and cinnamon

oh yeah do people consider sampling foods as part of their meals cause whenever i go shopping i sample food. haha its not a fear just curiosty. today i sampled a mango smoothie and rocket and walnut dip on a cracker.....  mmm the tast of curiosty....  i think i could live a whole day on samples!

This is a typical day for me:

Breakfast:
V. large bowl of muesli with added fruit and whole nuts
1 glass of orange
1 cup of tea with semi skimmed milk

Snack1:
Large banana sandwich with honey on whole grain bread.
1 apple

Snack2:
Protein bar (~350cals)

Lunch:
Whole wheat pasta with sardines, spinach, tomatoes & olive oil

Snack3:
Tuna fish sandwich on whole grain bread
1 cup of earl grey tea (black)

Snack4:
Protein shake (~400cals)

Lunch2:
White fish, broccoli, carrots, new potatoes

Snack5:

2 crumpets with margarine
1 cup of tea (semi skimmed milk)
1 orange

Dinner:
Chicken breast (skinless), brown rice, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce

Snack6:
½ protein bar (~200cals)

Snack7:
1 Kiwi
1 Banana
1 Nectarine

Snack8:
Protein Shake (~400cals)

Doing better today

Breakfast: Soya milk with 2tbsp oats, 2 tbsp wheatgerm, 2tbsp almond oil, 2 tbsp dried apricots, a kiwi (all cooked), glass of applej, and tea with honey

Snack: Pear=

Lunch: WW pitta, witj 1/2 avocado, mayo, tomatoe and spinach,

vanilla yohurt mixed with jam=450

Dinner: Homemade Indian wit brown rice

Snack; Chocolate Pudding

Opened up to mum that I was restricting last few days and i need to get back on track, to gain and maintain

Doing better today

Breakfast: Soya milk with 2tbsp oats, 2 tbsp wheatgerm, 2tbsp almond oil, 2 tbsp dried apricots, a kiwi (all cooked), glass of applej, and tea with honey

Snack: Pear=

Lunch: WW pitta, witj 1/2 avocado, mayo, tomatoe and spinach,

vanilla yohurt mixed with jam=450

Dinner: Homemade Indian wit brown rice

Snack; Chocolate Pudding

Opened up to mum that I was restricting last few days and i need to get back on track, to gain and maintain