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Weight Gainers: What did YOU eat today?

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 :]

keep it up everyone!! :D

agruskin: frosties are like sweet cornflakes (not all that healthy haha) and i think a courgette is the same as a zucchini!

breakfast: rhubarb and strawbery compote with yogurt, oatmeal with frozen beries

snack: 2 biscotti + date and walnut raw bar

lunch: falafel (again....think im addicted!) with pitta bread and salad

snack: rhubarb and custard and granola all mixed together :P

dinner: roasted butternut squash risotto with sage and parmesan crisps

snack: raspberry and banana milkshake, oatmeal with 20g pb and an instant hot choc

ERICTHEHAMMER-..... i hate your shirt

How come?

hi everyone.  thanks you so much for being supportive and for everything that you've all said.  i hate to be a downer and am very happy for all of you who continue to persevere through this horrible disease, i can't wait until it is a distant memory.  i know that we can all do it bc it is no way to live.

i weighed myself this morning for the 1st time in a wk.  depending on moving my scale an inch or two, I flutuate +/- 1, so Ill take it as if i stayed the same.  i looked over my food logs and saw that im not really eating enough, and deff not the amount that i would want to for the rest of my life.  normal adult women eat about 1800 i think, maybe w/o formal excercise and i need to get up there.  i think im just plain scared, and get intimidated by seeing ppl post that they're eating thousands of cals, only to add that they also run 45 mins a day.  i dont do that, never have, probably never will, and that inhibits me from eating more bc i end up thinking i can't.

BUTTERFLY-thank you 1st of all, 2nd, great job trying to eat out of your routine!  i know how hard it is and it is a big step, keep it up!  mini strawberries?  never heard of that?

CHARLIE-thanks for answering.  are the falafel frozen or you make them?  the risotto sounds awesome too!

sat-

BFAST-roll, apple butter, fage yogurt, plum

LUNCH-roll, cheese, slice tomato+ lettuce, orange

SNACK-vitamuffin, peach, random dried fruit+nuts, maybe some PB

DINNER-roll, meatballs, sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, salad w steamed egpplant+dried fruit+nuts

SNACK-yogurt+apple

about 1250cals i think

butterfly: yay =) good to eat out of routine. =(  i need to do that for my snacks i think a bit more.

agruskin: Do NOT get intimidated!! I been eating at LEAST 2200 these two weeks. And it doesnt seem like ive gained much at all!!!. At most a pound.  But im supposed (with the threat of being rehospitalized!!! they're so strict!) to gain 2 pounds a week. And it doesnt even seem like (according to the scales) i've gained a pound yet!!!!!!

And. Thing is. I always feel i'm too sedentary. Basically the only cardio-like excercise I do is walk less than 10 mins back home from the bus stop after school (I get driven to school). Oh, and maybe to and from class? That's about it. Except for Wednesday where I go to gym for sport, and then I do like 15 mins light cardio. (I'm so lazy I can't even be bothered haha! Just want to go straight to weights etc. But gym instructor makes us =( )

ANYWAY. Main point. Don't be afraid / intimidated ! Everybody's different, and you know yourself that you need to up your cals!!  Definitely higher than 1250! Maybe try for at least 1600 everyday? (When I was in hospital I was started on a 1500 calorie diet during day, with 1000 calories overnight tube feed. Even though I could eat the food... they wouldn't let me haha) And just try to ignore your dad as best as you can. My dad is like that too sometimes.

breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, 2 Tablespoons soynut butter, 1 Tablespoon plain yoghurt, sliced banana.

Snack: mini muffin pizza (toasted wholewheat english with courgette, tomato paste + melted feta cheese)

Lunch: stuffed foccacia (hummus + mixed salad)
apple,orange, pear.

snack: raspberry crunch fool (raspberries, cream cheese, soy yoghurt, icing sugar, oat clusters)

Dinner: 2 peppered Quorn steaks, triple bean bake, sweet potato mash.

Supper: 2 slices wholewheat toast with 1 tablespoon soynut butter + 1 tablespoon jam (each) 2 instant hot chocolates.

Thank you Agruskin and Saykyoku!!

I am going to continue to challenge my routine this week especially with my snacks. I went food shopping today and i feel so guilty. My mum and step dad are having major money/debt issues and i felt horrible that they had to buy me food. Plus i am having major anxiety over weigh in tomorrow. I just feel heavy and horrible.

Agruskin: I used to live of 300 calories or less a day. I once went 4 days on nothing but green tea and water plus i worked out everyday too. I never, ever thought it was even possible to get up to 2000 calories but i have gotten there and so will you!! Just keep increasing slowly like you have done even if you are scared. Think how much better your life will be without ed. All that delicous food your will be able to enjoy. Look at how for you have come!!

Today:

Breakfast: 3 Weetabix, semi skimmed milk, 1 tbsp peanut butter and 200ml orange juice

Snack: 30g mixed nuts

Lunch: 2 slices wholegrain pread with 1 tbsp peanut butter and sliced banana. Cherry 'amore' yogurt

Snack: Mango peach and papaya yogurt, strawberries, raspberries and 30g cheerio's

Dinner: Quorn peppered steak with new potato and egg side salad.

Also, the mini strawberries werent meant to be mini but they were really tiny so i decided they were 'mini strawberries lol.

 

butterfly well done trying to change it up a bit! and i feel for you with the money issues im exactly the same, always asking for food money :/ and i feel so guilty that the things i eat for snacks are often more expensive that other varieties...like eat natural bars....buying kellogs brand would be much cheaper but when you want healthy and high cal it always costs more :(

agruskin im sorry to hear you havent gained when i can tell youre really trying hard! the only thing to do is increase those calories....youre right, i remember youre stats are similar to mine and we shold maintain at around 1800, so you should aim for a number a bit bigger than this!! i gain on approx 2000 and my exercise is in no way intense...i occasionally run, but its only for 15-20 mins possibly once a week, if that (i only do it if i feel motivated) part from that its walking and lifting weights (which is 2-3 times a week)! try to remember were all different here, do whats best and works for you :)

the falafel are sometimes brought and sometimes i make them myself (but i bake them rather than deep fry them...i am no where near being able to deep fry my food lol)

as for me....i had a nervous morning after my mother decided to spring on me that we were going out for lunch cos its fathers day...she understands if i dont come but i really wanted to challenge myself so i went....it was a place i hadnt been before but wasnt too bad, except that it was one of those chefs that seems to thing vegetables need a lump of butter on top (i quickly removed this before it melted in ;) )

so heres today so far:

breakfast: oatmeal with rhubarb and brown sugar

lunch: vegetarian roast dinner (2 yorkshire puddings, 2 roast potatoes, stuffing, peas and carrots) followed by brandy snap basket with lemon sorbet and fresh fruit

snack: mocha coffee with 3 choc-chip biscotti

snack: 150g wholegrain strawberry yogurt with summer fruit compote and granola

i will update later!!

Breakfast: 1/2 cup quick cooking oats, 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, tsp ground cinnamon, navel orange

Snack: Grande Light Coffee Frappuccino  

Lunch: 1 & 1/2 cup of Special K with Red Berries, 1 cup skim milk, 1 serving of whey protein powder

Snack: big bowl of fruit salad

Dinner: Homemade 4 cheese and spinach ravioli's in marinara meat sauce, 1/2 cup of peas, and 2 freshly baked sesame breadsticks =)

Dessert: A slice of Chocolate Mousse cake that I made for my dad garnished with dark chocolate curls and fresh raspberries. yum!

hi everyone!

so i told my father yesterday that i wish i was from europe or england, your foods just sound so good! lol  i know YYONAH you never comment on your recipes but everyday theyre so good sounding-stuffed foccacia!

SAKYOKU-thanks so much, the whole sedentary + active thing is what got me into trouble in the 1st place, i need to get over the fact that i dont need to be an athelete in order to maintain, especially now when maintenance is not my goal!  but also,im not a teenager like most of you, im 24, maybe my metabolism already slowed plus i already messed it up im sure.

BUTTERFLY-thanks and great job mixing up your foods, keep it up!

CHARLIE-great job going out to eat!  i know eating out is a big deal for me too and going and being normal is deff a goal that we need to accomplish!  it sounds like you did great, and that you enjoyed what you ate!  if possible, can you please post how you make the falafel, thank you!  i also went out to eat for father's day, an italian restaurant my father chose.  i got grilled shrimp but deff had oil and stuff on it, and i had some of my father's, breaded shrimp w/ tomato sauce and cheese, and a couple bites of pizza.  i still hate the unknown and not knowing exactly what i ate, it messes with my whole day!  oh, and i dont know what a single thing is that you had, besides for the veges, fruit, and sorbet, lol

here's today-

BFAST-roll, apple butter, butter, fage yogurt, nectarine

LUNCH- 4 "grilled" jumbo shrimp, 1 breaded shrimp w/tomato sauce+cheese, few bites goat cheese+mushroom pizza

SNACK-vitamuffin, 1 cup honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes

DINNER-roll, cheese, salad, dried fruit+nuts

SNACK-apple, yogurt

felt so stuffed after lunch

keep it up everyone, you're all doing GREAT :)!

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, 2 tablespoons soynut butter, 60g all bran + sliced banana.

Snack: raspberry and mango salad with 2 scoops soy ice-cream.

Lunch: Polenta slices with olives + parmesan.
an apple, an orange + a pear.

Snack: Chocolate milkshake + Yoghurt with honey + granola.

Dinner: homemade macaroni with soy cheese + tomatoes.

Dessert: 1 slice rhubarb + egg free custard pie.

Supper: cocopops mega munchers cereal (dry) and 2 instant hot chocolates.

Yyonah, I was just wondering - how many calories are you trying to average a day? x:

lalabanana: im on 3000+ :| its bloody hard! im so full ALL the time so ive taken to choosing really dense stuff.
and when i say i have dry cereal, i dont just have a serving, i have 100g from a 375g box! ahahahahahahaha!
sounds like alot but its not too filling and it racks me up 400 calories!

Hi everyone. sooo..i gained 2lbs this week. I think some maybe be muscle since i did heavier weights this week. I know this is good but i feel disgusted with myself,no matter what i cant make myself see that this is a good thing. I want throw up so badly and i am really resisting the urge to restrict. How can i make myself WANT to gain?

Breakfast: oatmeal with semi skimmed milk, chocolate orange hot chocolate powder, sliced banana, tbsp honey. 200ml glass orange juice

Snack: 4 ryvita with light garlic and herb cream cheese and sliced tomato

Lunch: 2 slices wholemeal bread, tbsp peanut butter, sliced banana. Orange 'amore' yogurt

Snack: 1 and 1/2 weetabix, strawberries, raspberries with mango, peach and papaya yogurt on top

Dinner: Vegetarian three bean chilli with grated cheese on top (melted)

All of this i had to force do my throat, i really just dont enojy eating any more :(

butterfly even if you dont feel it, that 2lb is great so really well done :) i remember at the begining of recovery i wanted to get better sooo badly but couldnt deal with actually gaining.....the best thing for me was to just weigh less ;) i think everyone hits a stage where they realise its something that has to be done and stops worrying about it and just lets it happen...theres no way to make yourself want to gain, just keep at it and, as you gain, your thinking seems to get clearer and it becomes much easier :D

agruskin thankyou! yea eating out is hard but well done with the italian...thats my fave. kind of resturant i went to italy in april and was in heaven :D

haha the things i had are a 'typical british roast' lol...yorkshire puddings are batter thats baked in muffin tins (i think maybe similar to a popover??), stuffing is breadcrumbs, onions, seasoning, milk and some people use an egg, its whizzed in a food processor and baked!

Falafel (4 servings)

Pat a drained 400g tin of chickpeas dry with kitchen paper. Tip into a food processor along with a small red onion (chopped), 1 clove of garlic, parsley, 1tsp each of cumin + corriander, chilli to taste (1/2 tsp), 2tbsp flour and a little salt. Blend until fairly smooth, then shape into four patties with your hands.

when you want them just spray a frying pan with pam (or similar)....dont worry if you dont have the herbs/spices, theyre just as good without :P

well....i was back to college today so eating is always a bit different:

breakfast: apple, rice crispies and milk

snack: mocha coffee + biscotti

lunch: 2 slices of seeded wholegrain bread with hoummous, carrot, alfalfa sprouts and rocket and a packet of vegetable crisps

snack: rhubarb mixed with wholegrain strawberry yogurt and a packet of teddy grahams and a glass of steamed milk

dinner: thai butternut squash, chickpea and coconut curry with brown basmati rice

snack: banana and frozen berry shake + yogurt with honey + granola!

hi everyone-  im feeling a little better today, no reason really, just trying to think of positives to keep me going.

BUTTERFLY-hmm, that's a tough one.  we all know rationally that we need to be gaining, but when it happens its always hard tp accept, swallow, and continue.  congratulations for eating and not restricting or purging later--KEEP IT UP!

CHARLIE-thanks for the recipe!  are the falafel balls big?  like is it 1 per person bc ussually they stuff like 4 in one pita, lol.  you started back at school??  if so, good luck!  sometimes i find a change of location to help my eating, sometiems it doesnt, keep up the great work!

mon plan-

BFAST-English muffin, PB, apple butter, dried fruit+nuts, some sliced fruit ~250

LUNCH-tuna sadwich, fage yogurt, celery filled w/PB+trail mix~350

GYM-weights

SNACK-vitamuffin+fruit ~200

DINNER-meatball sub(roll, meatballs, tomato sauce, cheese), veg salad+trail mix~280

SNACK-yogurt, apple~220

Breakfast: protein shake, iced oatmeal raisin luna bar

Snack: cherries, banana

Lunch: huge bowl of oatmeal

...not great i know, but i was in a rush to get out of the door. i had to get to basketball practice for 2 hours and then met with my running team for a couple of miles

Dinner: big fajita with honey wheat torillas, chicken, shredded cheddar, some serious spices, and a ton of fresh veggies. some carrots.

Snack: slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Snack: bag of light butter popcorn

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, sliced banana, toffee hot chocolate powder and 45g honey nut shredded wheat.

Snack: strawberry milkshake and 4 caramel ricecakes with one tablespoon soynut butter on each.

Lunch: Beetroot and Tzatziki sandwich on wholegrain seeded bread
an apple, an orange and a pear.

Snack: tropical fruit crumble (mango, kiwi + pineapple, with 2 scoops soyice cream and topped with oat clusters cereal)

Dinner: Chicken style Quorn steaks with green pesto and melted soy cheese, green beans, baked aubergine, baby carrots + homemade potato wedges.

Snack: 4 dark chocolate truffles, 150ml live yoghurt and 2 instant hot chocolates.

Omygosh.

I'm so excited I can finally post here, after reading your delicious meals for so long, it's my turn to post ^.^

Just got back from the nutritionist a couple hours ago, and my meal plan has been increased. I'm not allowed to count calories, my plan is in serving sizes. ex:

breakfast = 1 serv grain .5 serv protien 1 serv fruit/veggie.

Is anyone else's like this? I also got weighed today, but i'm not allowed to know my weight either due to the fact that it's my biggest trigger. My parents also took away my scale last week as part of my treatment. I've been scale free for an entire week and MAN has it been hard! I feel like i've gained AT LEAST 10 pounds in a week. But I guess i'll never know. I'm probably around 118 (up from 110) but I have absolutly no clue! doctor's say i have to get up to 125 before I can excersise. And i'm not even that tall! i'm just 5'6. But 125 is actually low for that height. So some girls on here who are that height and say they want to lose weight are just crazy. I try not to pay attention to that though, it's another trigger.  This week one of my goals is to have pasta (YIKES MY SCARIEST FOOD!) tomorrow for dinner. I'm pretty nervous, but i'll post what I end up having it with! ANYWAY: for today, I have eaten...
(by the way, because I just started recovery my meal plan is significantly less than what it should be. They have to start me on low calories and things i'm comfortable with, so I only have 3 servings of grain, 1 protien, 5 fruit and veg, and 3 milk. It's around 1200 calories. Yes I know i'm not suppose to count but it's so hard not too. That's such a huge number for me! the week before I was admitted to the hospital I was eating less than 50cals.)

Breakfast:

1 slice Whole Wheat toast

1 TBSP all natural peanut butter (get used to seeing PB in my diet. I have it every morning to get my protien. I asked the doctors if there was a problem with this, because most people don't recommend having that much pb because of it's high fat content. And they said that those rules don't apply to me, lol!)

1 peach

AM Snack:

175g (3/4 cup) fat free light yogurt

1 Kashi Cherry Chocolate Granola bar

Lunch:

1/2 cup steamed vegetables

50g light cheddar cheese (YUM! Cracker barrel kind. I haven't had cheese in so long. Oh god how I love cheese : D)

1/4 cup lean chicken breast

**haven't eaten the rest yet, but I will post it anyway because I know what i'm having**

PM Snack:

1 orange

Dinner:

1 packet quaker reduced sugar oatmeal (I have to have a serv. of grain. I'm not sure I want this though. Ideas?)

1 nectarine

1 cup chocolate soy milk (mmm!)

 

HS Snack:

1 apple

 

Any suggestions?

ALSO: as part of my recovery I have to make a list of "scary foods" . I think we all know what those are. Maybe if you guys could post some of yours, it would help me? I'm trying to think of mine, I have quite a few. Pasta is definetly my biggest. Cheese and bread are big ones too.

SORRY for such a long post

<3

 

 

hia jeannie well done with starting recovery :D its great youve got help and advice with what to eat it makes it sooo much easier! i love the fact that its based on servings aswell i think i might give that a try i hate counting calories all the time....seriously i feel like a human calculator!

agruskin you can make the falafel whatever size you want :) if i have them in a pitta i make them smaller (make about 16 in total) but sometimes ill make it bruger size and have just one in a bun! yeah i did start back at school only finished my exams last week but i have to go back before the summer break (but im going on vacation...so its only 3 weeks for me :D)

heres what i had today...i miss my oatmeal for beakfast ;(

breakfast: apple, rhubarb, strawberry yogurt and maple syrup cereal bar

snack: 'french fries' (theyre a type of crisp)

lunch: 2 slices of seeded wholewheat bread with cottage cheese black pepper and salad and a packet of soy crisps

snack: teddy grahams, 2 cream crackers with pb and a glass of milk

tea: peppers stuffed with couscous, grilled veggies and goats cheese with a mixed bean salad

snack: banana and berry milkshake and oatmeal (i gotta have some somewhere) with cadbury hot choc. mixed in