LOCKED TOPIC

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 :]

Thought of the day;

ED likes to think it has the power... to make you honestly believe you "don't know who you are, without an ED".

All those funny duddy thoughts. **** 'em.

Aqua - What i meant was, the obsession with food. Watching Ready Steady Cook/ALL the cooking shows. Collecting Recipe Magazines, i have a sick obsession with food/cooking/baking now. The difference is.. NOW i'm willing to try what i cook... before, i'd just throw it out or give it to someone and watch them eat it. .. does that make sense?

What ARE reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Because we have an American Chocolate store in the city and they have White ones and peanut butter chips and alll sorts like that. and "butterfingers" and poptarts.

I need a lesson in the good stuff.
A scottish father and an English mother were NO help in this..

And i bought 'firm' tofu.
... Tomorrow lunch is well sorted.

B - Usual
S - Soy Latte
L - Sweet Baked Potatti, Cottage Cheese and Chives, Wombok, All the good stuff.
An Apple
Wildberry Juice
S - Full Fat Vanilla Yogurt.. heck yeah
D - WE'RE HAVING PANCAKES XD I'll be shakin' that cinnamon and vanilla like no tomorrow. ( see.. whats a serving of pancakes? 3? 4? what would make up to a good solid amount.?)
S - Yogurt, More Yogurt.. Blueberries and chuck in a mango

There are alot of people missing from the board lately.. i hope everyone is alright..

I send me love from down in the nether regions

Question.
With everyones oats in the mornin' as i see... we're all a fan of the good ol' oats.. what DRY measurement.. do you put in the bowl.

Seriously. Sachets are never enough.

OH MAN! PANCAKES!!!!

LADY: Will you go to the prom with me? I honestly think you are a woman after my own heart. I have had pancakes for dinner two out of the last four days. They are totally my 'go to' comfort food and were one of the first FF's that i wanted to conquer again. A good 'Pancake meal" is normally about two or three but it depends how bog they are. i would say 6'' across would be about two for a good serving. Also, what would go amazingly with those would be a side of scrambled eggs!!! You get a little protien, and they even taste good with syrup!!! Reese cups are like little tiaras of love. Ever had peanuts and chocolate? Thats what it is, if you can look for the dark chocolate ones (i just like those a little better) and freeze them if you have time! Are there reeses pieces happening down under? One dry serving of oats is about 40 grams

AQUA: You reminded me of something i did recently... i bought PUMPKIN pancake mix the other week and am totally psyched or eating it. Its local too, so its even more special. (Its actually the same p-cake mix i had on thanksgiving) LEt me know when those bad boys happen (Hint: Gingerbread is awesome with bananas and blueberries. Can you say antioxidants?)

MASHED: Dont leave the other half of the team in the dust babe! I am soooo proud of you right now, you have no idea. The only reason i am not smiling six ways from sunday is because its 3 AM here and i having really bad insomnia. Know that you motivate the heck out of me right now. In fact, tomorrow is an 'iffy' day for me since im supposed to eat out with an old friend and its not on a set schedule. Im tempted to restrict but tomorrow is the first day to change! ED doesn't live here anymore!

DARK: How much do you run? Dont trust any counter online to determine what your body needs. One site says i should eat 2300 on maintentance and another says i should eat 1850. Does this make sense. Its ALOT easier said than done... but trust your body. I promise, it knows what it needs better than we do ('specially since we starved it for so long)

CHARLIE: I am the same way with dealin with ED. Give that BA***** an inch and he takes a mile. I find having a mantra is good. Like pick a reason to gain and repeat it. Or sometimes i just say F U ED!

GIBBIT: I know i asked LADY to prom, but can we go out to the movies after? I to fear the carbs during the day, but i have no idea why... its wierd. However, i also find myself kind of restricting during the day some days. No Bueno!!!! Tomorrow i need to really just relax and not stress about it, although it has been a little harder this break since ive been chillin alone in my APT for so long it seems. Its like im living in a cave, i think i wanna buy a bat.

Today was an AWESOME day. Food-wise, i made all my meals but still had to eat a bunch at night. Have been so much better at eating a little more after im 'done' with my meal. Like today i had a bowl of cereal after my turkey burrito at lunch and it was good. Then, tonight, i went out for p-cakes and got my favorite waitress in the world. Honestly... im pretty sure she is going to take my last name one day (But first i think i should learn hers). Also, one last thing, Linens and Things is going out of business and everything is 30% off!!!! Guess who bought a mac-daddy ice cream maker today!!!!! THIS GUY! I can decide if i want to make dark chocolate sorbet or banana fro-yo first. The decisions are mind boggling.

I like to think ED as somewhat of an 'orc'. I say we should all follow the example of tolkein and blow the horn of Gondor to call the dwarves of Moria as we banish ED into the fire... and water.... until he freezes to death on the highest floor of the tallest tower. There will be a day where we forsake all bonds of fellowship.... but it is not this day. THIS DAY WE FIGHT!

Proper replies in a seccy but Lady - I have 50g of oats. Dry weight that's 180 kcal ... and then the toppings materialise.. Mwahahahahaha!

I just weighed myself, and although it's not that accurate cos I ate and drank quite a lot of water late last night (and had ice cream, a ff may I add!) so it's probably retained and stuff, I don't think I've gained hardly anything, I'm still at 5 and a half stone. D:

Well, that means this week will be a new start. Starting from today. I'm gonna make myself a Ice cream sundae today. Im gonna eat a massive bowl of cereal. Im gonna have a cinnamon and raisin bagel for lunch, with Jam. F.u. ED.

I have so much studying to get done, gahhh and my dad wants to go for a walk seeing as it;s a nice wintry day.

My dad can say the most triggering things sometimes, like not purposely, but he really isnt much encouragement in my weight gain to be honest. Oh well.

Im glad to see you lovelies are all doing so awesome! Thank you so much for all the tips and ideas on the sandwich lol :]
xxxxxxxxxx

Dolly, this needs to be a turning point for us both. No more worrying, no 'nearly' making 2500. If it's the end of the day and we're not there, bring on the night snack.

We HAVE to do this - there's no life without it.

You can say to your dad to take it gently - a SHORT walk, sweetie. It's v. dangerous at such a low weight to exert yourself - as I know you're aware!

If ANYONE is a 'wee bit off' 2500.. imagine me and clay standing at your window with a stack of steamy pancakes.. DONE HOWEVER YOU LIKE!!

Clay - YES! (With a Maple Syrup coloured dress)

Mashed - thanks so much love.. i tend to eat more at the start of the day anyway.. and then i slack off.. So i make it big. But then i feel greedy gutses.

Dolly - I understand the dad thing. Saying things at the wrong time/Not saying things at the right? time.  Just try to remember, they're all there to support you.. Sometimes ED just doesn't hear what it WANTS to hear.. and sadly.. you get the crap end of the stick..But we love you. And that matters.

I had Vanilla Yogurt and A pile of mixed berries and drowned it in Maple Syrup...I get nervous right up until the first mouthful.. i didn't tell anyone it was a fear food until afterwards. Then i actually said ".. i could have totally gone another one of those" and rubbed my belly and Dads smile almost knocked me back to yesteryear. Good feeling... innit?

DRIVE THE ORCS TO THE EYE!

I don't know how to weigh oats though! I use cups.. and then i use a small bowl so it looks more... i love porridge more than anything in the world.

most things should come in Oats-Form... if you ask me.
x

Use a big bowl so it looks like less and you have more!! haha - sorry in a v. chipper mood this morning. Half a cup is about 45 g - so a few more sprinkles wont hurt. Honestly - you enjoy 'em, so chow down.

I'm going to have a good food day today. I can tell :)

Maybe i'm just a big eater? I think i use to be. Maybe.
I love feeling full. It's strange. .. well it's not it's completely normal for someone in my shoes but.. Still.. oats everyday. Tomorrow i want french toast. For.... snack... because i'm sneaky like that

*I bought the tofu.
*I made sure everyone knew i bought the tofu!
*I dropped the tofu :[
*I SAVED the tofu!
*Tofu sits in fridge for tomorrows dinner extravaganza

x

Dolly and mashed, you're both doing amazingly, but yes you must get to at least 2500 cals.  You can do it.  Scare the pants off ED!

We all have a licence to eat, so make the most of it!  Sorry, saw James Bond on Friday, and now am in secret agent mode.  Yes, I know I'm a hopeless case. ;-)

I had potato bake on Saturday with cream in it--major fear food.  And guess what?  It didn't hurt me, and it tasted fantastic. 

Still at 3500 cals and have eaten extra several days.  Will up to 4000 if I haven't gained tomorrow.  The only way is up, in more ways than one.  For you as well, so everyone come on and give ED something to worry about!

There is no upper limit in recovery. Only bottom - 2500, 3000 for you guys - and from there it's only up and up and up.

Note to Lala - my mum did a bit of internet stalking on me and today she said to me 'That girl on your board you're always on.. Lalabanana? She talks a lot of sense. She's a good girl.' And she's right.

Aww! :D Tell her I said thank you, if you like. You should be super proud of yourself, though, too: you among others here, like Dolly and Lady and our other regs, have managed to keep my hope alive in that there are actually people here that want to recover! Honestly, 'tis truly the season for loads of people popping up with anxieties... >__<

Turns out, we will be having our first at-home Christmas in... ever. Due to scheduling we have to stay here over the three day holiday which is really bizarre to me. We've always gone to my nan's! Still, it'll be nice. :] And mum also mentioned with mine and Claire's inability to eat dairy it may also be more convenient. Claire can eat dairy, but it's been suggested against by the doctor as it can be a major culprit in UC flare ups.

Also, apparently, Claire won a meatball eating contest while visiting her friends in Bath. She won by eating thirty meatballs.

Let her be an inspiration to you all.

XD

Morning. I am super tired, darn insomnia. Today I am going to see a movie with my sister, either Bolt or Twilight. Then I'll go to Whole Foods afterward!

Oh, and to the UK people: Have would I go about making savoury porridge? With an egg? We are seriously out of food today. No bread, no beans, no bagels... I need some starch in my lunch today, so I shall have porridge!

lady- Oooooh okay. I get it. But I am exactly the same! Reeses PB cups are like clay said, little tiaras of love. They are circular, shallow, hollow milk chocolate cups filled with peanut butter. Butterfingers disgust me though. They're crunchy, caramel flavored wafer-ish things covered in chocolate. Oh and I use 1/2 c. dry oats in the morning. Which is 40 g, I think, 150 cals. You know what kind of french toast is good?? Banana stuffed. Check the support recipes thread, it was one of the first recipes I posted.

clay- Yes, I can say antioxidants. Antioxidants. But yay pancakes!!! OH I know the perfect oppurtunity to have them. On wednesday this week my parents won't be home, so I'll have them for dinner then.

dolly- Hm, I was afraid this would happen. This is hypermetabolism for you. If you're not at 2500 yet, get there. Then after that, move up your cals by a couple hundred a week until you're at 3000. I know you can do it! You have a great attitude.

Breakfast- WW carrot spice muffin, oatmeal w/ pumpkin and almonds, egg, apple

Savoury porridge recipes... mm. A simple one is some sauteed onions just mixed in with some herbs, spices and oats. Another is ideal if you have any root or winter veg around. You can also make a roasted vegetable bake with an oat topping. I can't remember if you're a vegetarian, but you can also essentially make paella with oats - just switch the porridge in instead of the rice, with some prawns (shrimp), chicken, or just veg, and then the appropriate spices. I also found this: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink /Question199304.html

Tomato and basil sounds tasty!

Hi guys,

It's UKjane23, I set up a new acount as my mum found my posts!

I'm a week into my travels in Russia. This morning I was planning on coming on here anyway as I was feeling really really crap and fat and I felt I couldn't cope with the eating and weight gain, especially in a foreign country while I was doing lots of walking around. It doens't help half the women here are REALLY thin, and I was thinking "they can be thin why can't I?". So I was feeling like this, really fat and horrible and really struggling with ED. I wasted yesterday wandering around the city because I needed to eat something and I didn't know what and nothing seemed right, and I was missing my high-cal healthy porridge greatly.

Then......walking around the Hermitage in St Petersburg, I went to the toilet, and I HAD MY PERIOD!

It reminded me WHY I'm doing this, because I need to be healthy, because I had broken my body, it had shut down, and my essential funtion as a woman was void. And I feel so much better because I feel I've achieved something now, this weight gain is not for nothing and it's not fruitless.

I'm sorry I'm in an internet cafe I don't have time for replies but love and hugs and kisses and I hope everyone is doing good and fighting the good fight, because it's worth it!

Jane xxxx

hey peeps,

just checkin' in. i might even have time for replies!

clay - i actually don't trust online counters all that much, except the problem is that i think that they overestimate, so i compensate for that. yikes. i run 5-6 days a week, depending on practices and such. 2-3 days are interval days, so not very high mileage. on the other days, i run easy distance (so 5-6 miles). even though i know i probably shouldn't rely on calculators, i had used them to figure out how much i was burning so that i could eat that back. don't actually know how accurate the calculations were though. however, i'm learning to trust my body, even though i feel like my body must be insane or running on overdrive since i have to eat so much. maybe i'm not eating enough nutritionally?

by the way, i really enjoy your metaphors :) also, dark chocolate sorbet all the way!

dolly - good for you! eat whatever you want because your body is telling you that it needs it!

lady - that pancake topping sounds excellent. you know what else is awesome? vanilla yogurt and peanut butter. i've had it on one of those frozen eggo waffles (except i toasted it of course, haha) and it's amazing. i credit my roommate for that idea though. actually, a spoonful of PB in vanilla yogurt is great by itself too. if you can find banana-flavored yogurt, even better.

lala - i agree with ladydanger's mum (ooh, that was so british! lol)

aqua - my grammie used to make savory porridge, but i was never a fan. however, i believe she used eggs and milk. probably salt too. maybe add some chopped up ham in there (if you're not veggie that is)... also, i'm not sure if you'd know, but could hypermetabolism happen to just anyone who really upped their cals? because i'm not gaining, but i'm not losing either. (which is why i'm upping!)

obsessive - congrats on the period! you're moving on healthwise, so don't give up! i hope you're having a good time in siberia and that things, foodwise, will get better for you!

dang, i'm spending way too much time here. i really need to do work. curse you, organic chemistry!

Dark: Mashed's mum said that, but thanks! :]

Jane: YAY! Good to hear from you!

hello hello! wow, lots of postage to reply to and lots of updating for me. I've eaten so much in the last few days and am feeling super guilty but also know I NEED to do this so I keep forcing myself to finish every last crumb of food i can find. I've also been dealing with a stomachache all yesterday, woke up feeling sick severl times last night and had to wait for it to calm down a little before eating breakfast :\

the party last night was tons of fun! lots of my parents friends that i vaguely rememberd but that remembered me so i had to pretend lol, and my friends and family, and my bro and cousins, yay!! My brother made lots of cocktails, I filled up my plate with all the appetizers at least 4 times but cant remember plus all the eating while preparing it, i had lots of pita chips, bagel crisps, guacamole, hummus, baba ganoush, carrots, grapes. I even tried a bit of my cheesecake and OMG it was amazing! Since i made it I also know that it has to be like 800 cals a slice too, but oh man do i miss cheesecake. I had a pomegranate martini, chocolate peppermint martini, some orange juice, berry, rum and sugar concoction my brother made and a little wine. Dont worry, i shared most of these with my friend and it was all spread out, otherwise, i have a super low tolerance. Then later it was getting late and i knew i needed night snack but was embarrased to go make myself food with everyone still here but ended up doing it anyways, made myself some oatmeal with soymilk, almonds, and a banana with honey. my aunt did make fun of me for having breakfast food at midnight but i just jokingly said breakfast food is great at any time and left it at that. Then since I had no way of counting what i ate yesterday, i had about 4 spoonfuls of pb, rather be over than under right? I'm pretty sure i hit 4000 though, eeek!!!!

this morning it's so beautiful outside, my whole family went to the park, my brother and i took turns on his bike, i played on the playground, ran half a block with the dog. All for fun though, who cares about the cals burned?? (ok ok ED still does, he's screaming at me but he can F off) And today is leftover party food day!

dark- wow, with that much running you should be eating like a horse, i think the standard is about 100 cals burned per mile but then your metabolism is revved up all day afterward so you probably need 4000 at least. You can't trust calculators, they tell me i need like 1300 to maintain...that's obviously crap. yeh, i have to eat loads, which is hard to do with all the guilt this ED gives me, that's another reason i hate posting what i eat, keeping track like that and writing it all down, it just stands out more how much it is and freaks me out. but feel free to let me know if you need tips on how to get in that amount or if you do need me to post some food again sometime.

jane- hi!!! oh wow how is siberia? sorry you're having a tough time, i know i get stressed when i travel and it makes ED stronger, but don't let it!! you need to be eating lots with the walking and the cold, force it down for now and hopefully it gets easier. I get triggered by super thin ppl too, just because it sucks sometimes that i'm trying so hard to gain weight so why is it ok for other people to not have to make themselves gain too? but then I think to myself, do i think they look good that way? not really, the women who's bodies i admire have real curves, find yourself a beautiful womanly role model! and congrats on the period!

aqua- i went to world market yesterday too! we were in a rush though so i didnt get to look through all their foods though i did buy a pretty necklace :) those sound sooo good! i'm gonna go back and look for them, whts the brand?  savory porridge is great! ive done that too, just use it in place of rice or any grain in any recipe you like. hows the gingerbread clif bar? i bought it a few days ago but havent had it, i usually reserve bars like that for emergencies like when i'm super busy and out all day.

lala- wow, your sister rocks! xmas at home sounds nice and comforting, i love the holidays :) hows the gaining going? are you sticking to 3000?

lady- like i said, breakfast food is good at all hours!! i used to be a huge eater but was proud of it, it was the running joke among all my friends and family, gaby/ ms piggy. now i'm somehow embarrassed by it and feel guilty when i'm full. darn ed! were you the one asking about the oats? i use about a cup :X so 300 cals? hmm i dont know, i also use big bowls and just pour it in directly now, then if its not as thick as i like it i have to add more, or I lovemaking oats then putting some granola in after for crunch, yumm!!!

mashed- how was the muffin? sooo proud of you hon! your mom sounds so sweet! i find it really hard to talk to anyone about how i feel and ive wanted to tell my mom more but dont know if she'd really understand all the thoughts that go through my head, and i would also hate to upset her or worry her more.

dolly- oh no! that happened to me! i lost weight once i started eating more, it just means you need to increase! dont be afraid to, your body knows what to do with it and has obviously adjusted, youll most likely need over 3000. Plus, who else gets to have ice cream sundaes daily?!

clay- oh man, you're making me chocolate sorbet! i havent had pancakes in a really long time but i was always more of a waffle girl even though its technically the same batter. you should start challenging yourself to go out more, that's really been the turn around for me, i was also a hermit for the longest time and it lets the ED get stronger because you have no "normal" reference points. going out with friends means youre forced to relax more and not revolve your life around food, plus its just fun :) also a nice bowl of oatmeal sometimes helps me get back to sleep, i have terrible insomnia too, i'm always up half the night, then get up for good at like 7, i think its stress.

Aaah guys I'm having such a good day!!!!

1) My mum is a lot better, she's pretty much back to normal though a bit washed out from 24 hrs of vomming.

2) I made a blog! Based around recovery and some veggie cooking etc.

3) I went out Xmas shopping with my mum ... kind of ended up buying a load of t-shirts and jumpers for myself but dude, it's cold out there!!!! I bought the most AWESOME Garfield jumper (photos on my blog guys!)

4) ED has had no part in my day. I'm having a cinammon raisin PB bagel for my night snack this evening and I'm going to ENJOY it! And I had a lovely lunch and am making a delicious dinner so nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ED.

Will post foods later after I've finished it all - just saw an advert for LG TVs... Life's Good, people!

<33 xxxxx

foods today:
b- rest of the special K (mom said i ahd to finish ti, it was "collecting dust" so i ahd three big bowl fulls with 2%, got hungry 25 minutes later, had a meal replacement bar and two big asian pears

l- grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, kashi golean and yogurt

s- cupcake, french fries, carrot sticks,

its 3 now, gonna have some icecream and make banana nut pancakes for dinner, with warm cookies and ice cream for dessert :)