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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 :]

*Jumps around her room madly*

I LOVE YOU MASHEDDDDDD
:D
Cinnamon Raisin Bagels are the SEXXX
That's right - TRIPLE **** EX :)

I ate 100grams of coconut mushroom sweets today on my walk.
Theyre really sugary and high cal
I ate about 50 grams worth of G&B's chocolate too :D
Butterscotch is sooo awesome btw you all need to try it :]

Your garfield jumper is so cute :P

I cant be bothered posting foods, they're on my journal entry anyway. I ate so much and ive still got my night snack to think of. I dnt know what to have lol.

Gibbit: you inspire me so much hun!

Jane: Wow thats such a good sign, keep going and ignore all the thinnies in Russia, theres nothing cool about being that thin. You are freaking sexy as you are but you need to keep eating :] Just think, each bite is a step to being sexierrrr ;)

Aqua - Im like excited about being able to eat so much, dead nervous too though!

Slr - lol yeah I was in a similar situation this morning, my dad was like "whose gonna finish the special K?" and I just went for it. I dont even LIKE special K that much, its pretty tasteless=/ I preferred the apple and cinnamon crunch cereal tbh :) your food taste is so yummy btw, you inspire me to eat more :D *Hugs*

Lala - Yeah, we're having Christmas at home this year too. I'm looking forward to it, but we dont even have advent calendars yet and its the first tomorrow D: And just another thank you for all your true words :)

Clay: i forget how awesome you are bro!
Lady : Aw I love you hun :') Please dont hurt me with your steaming pancakes :P They smell so good mind you :)

LOVE FOR EVERYONE
^_____________^
<3xxxx

Lol, Dolly, I've not got an advent calendar this year. ]: We couldn't find any dairy-free ones - they'd all been bought out! But my mum bought me some dairy-free dark chocolate today, yay. What's around you could possibly have as your snack? And good job on the sweets! Where were you walking?

Yay Dairy Free Dark Chocolate sounds gooo000ood :)
I'd be so screwed without my chocolate lol :/

Well there's yoghurt in the house, but I dont feel like it much, its too cold for yoghurt! There's also assorted cereals and milk, but I'll be having that for breakfast too, and I need to encourage variety in my diet right? Theres more chocolate, there's ryvitas and peanut butter and nutella ^^ umm, there's bread too, trail mix, assorted fruits incluyding pineapple and grapefruit... thats about it really I think.
Any advice? =]

I went walking to Culzean Country Park, which is really nice tbh, I used to go there a lot when I was younger. And my daddy bought me sweeties there ^^
It;'s like along the coast, but we were walking on the cliff which is like in woods, so we got all the nice views of the snow on the islands across in the sea and stuffs. Was pretty :)

By the time I got in though i was absolutely FREEZING so I had chai tea :D
How was your day?

:sigh: Today has been a bit difficult for me. Its snowing. So my mother insisted that my usual afternoon walk was out of the question. I'm a bit anxious now. I know its better for me not to be taking walks - but now I feel like crap. My head keeps telling me "You just added like 100 calories by not taking that walk you fool!" Arrgh. I know 100 calories (probably less) really isn't much to "add". Its a slice of bread for heaven sakes! But its still frustrating that I keep feeling afraid that I'll blow up like Violet Beauregaurd overnight because of it. At least I've managed to keep up the menu thus far.

Breakfast: Protein-mixed drinky stuff with 1/2 cup muesli, dried cherries/bueberries/raspberries. Tall glass of juice, fruit cup.

Snack: 6oz vanilla Greek yogurt with nuts and cranberries, juice

Lunch: Veggie burger with left-over honey-roasted potatoes/veggies. an apple. blueberry muffin.

Snack: 6oz plain Greek yogurt with chocolate chips and honey (seriously becoming my favorite snack)

Dinner: not sure yet, but probably going to finish off the tuna with some bulgur salad and veggies.

Snack: oats (well technically its 5-grain hot cereal - but oats for short) with pumpkin. maybe with maple syrup this time instead of brown sugar? not sure

Dolly: You could plop the yogurt on top of a bowl of hot cereal. Its good, I promise!Particularly fruit yogurts. but if its plain, just add some honey and cinnamon, maybe a bit of that nutella you like on a spoon. Good stuff. What's also really good is if you heat up a muffin and crumble it on top. Makes the yogurt less cold feeling and its pretty yummy. For variety; maybe you could try using rolls or bagels for sandwhiches? Try cottage cheese or something for some protein? Hummus or beans maybe? I know its hard to introduce new foods - but its only new the first time. After that first initial "I'm eating X today!", it gets easier. And its nice to have changes. I just tried a new cereal this morning, with different dried fruit. Small change, I know. but change is change, and its something.

Will respond to more later but must say, Mashed, I am so happy you are having such an awesome day! You know why it is going so well? Because you started today out with a terrific attitude, determined to make this a good day! Ironic, just turned the tele on and there's a Garfield movie. Glad your mum's feeling better.

Ooooh guess what I found at the supermarket today? Pumpkin pudding! Yesssss.

obesessive- Yipee for you!! Congrats.

lala- Thanks for the link, I'll have to try some of those soon. Tomato and basil does sound good!

gibbit- Blah, sorry, I'm blanking on the name of the brand that makes the pancakes. I'll let you know tomorrow. I think it has powdered milk in it though :[ There are also pumpkin spice ones, so maybe those don't have milk in them. Glad you had fun last night, and good job pushing yourself to eat.

mashed- A blog!! I've been wanting to make one for a while, since I started reading La Belle Vegan and Kath Eats, etc. Once I decide the name I shall join you in blog land. I'm thinking something to do with gingerbread.. but I don't know. I can't come up with anything quirky enough. Glad ED was gone for the day!

rebel- Blerg, giving up exercise is hard. But really, your mom is right, you shouldn't be doing any exercise period at a low weight. Once you go a little while without doing any exercise at all though, you start to not care.

Soo lunch way weird, out of bread so I had: Porridge with a scrambled egg, parmesan, and peas; TLC bar, whole milk yogurt, and carrots

Snack- Almonds, YoBaby yogurt, orange

Dinner- Sauteed asparagus and artichokes in a taragon vinaigrette. Grrr my stupid father saw Giada de laurentis make it, made me buy out of season veg. Wasn't that great. Plus WW pasta w/ tomato sauce and parmesan

Snack- Usual

Blah, back to school tomorrow!

oc aka ukjane: Congrats on the visit from Aunt Flo! Couldn't have come at a better time. Why are there thin women in Siberia? They must be so cold! Screw that, health is so much better!

aqua: World Market is so much fun, they have great stocking stuffers. You are right, going out to eat is a good idea. Unfortunately, financially, circumstances are such that I am barely scraping by as it is. However, my mom said we are going out to dinner my first night home, probably at my favorite Thai place, so I shall get a bit of a "shake up" then.

gibbit: The party sounds like fun. Now you've got me in the mood for a pomegranate martini... California's probably only cold to me. But it definitely is a good motivator to keep chowing down. I'm doing much better, really chipper today. Excited about going home and seeing family and friends and actually being able to enjoy people and food. Thanks for asking!

clay: Mr. Pancake, way to go with the food! How about a chocolate banana fro-you? Oh, yes, I frequently tell ed to F off, in Italian even!

Today:

1 bowl of Fiber One cereal with vanilla soymilk (fortified with extra calcium )

Apple

4 squares of 85% dark chocolate

Eggplant sandwich with cheese and tons of veggies

5 Dinner Rolls

About 2 cups of grapes

Cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera Bread

Some Tofu that I breaded and baked, like chicken nuggets.

According to CC that's 2,252?! Ugh I still need like, another 1000 calories..

obsessive_C, Congratulations! I don't think I've talked to you before but, I know exactly what you mean about feeling like this all worthless. But I'm so happy for you!

mashed, that's great that your mum is doing better. I remember having to take care of my mom when she broke her leg over the summer. It's pretty stressful worrying about her all the time. And speaking of moms, you make a good point. She does have her own problems she's dealing with right now. I'll give her a break.

dollymixtures,  Well I think we should change that! Hello :]

I know I have more people to reply to but I gotta go to bed now. School tomorrow.. But I notice I have some pain in my lower abdominal area. Could it be... menstral cramps? We'll see. It would be about time. My pads and tampons are gonna start collecting dust in my drawer!

Ahh turns out my mum just wanted to surprise me and my brother with the advent calendars, I go downstairs this morning to find two big xmas tree ones sitting on the TV! They are the ones you put stuff in yourselves, in little pullout boxes, and my mums put like an assortment of chocolates in them. Can't wait to see what I've got this morning, I hope its a praline seashell :]

Ahhhh today I'm just gonna proper treat myself with foodies. I'm going to have a Nutella and Banana Sandwich for lunch. THis week i bought bulkier, higher cal wholemeal bread to help add up the calories. Im also gonna buy some choc/cereal bar from the fairtrade stall at school. Im gonna have an awesome yoghurty supper and something good for dinner. Woooo :)

Positivity is awesome guys, today is the 1st December, let's make this the best gainers' month ever with Christmas and all =]

xxxxxxxxxxx

yeah!!!! *bangs fist on table*

Right, off to make my brekkie - I do look forward to it in the morning now, much as ED doesn't like to admit it!! Congrats on all your achievements, Dolly-M! Now stick with 'em - after a couple of days they will seem less scary :-)

breakfast -
All bran
Skim milk
Grapefruit juice
Banana

am snack-
luna bar (toasted nutz n' cranberry)
My dad brought some back for me from America XD

lunch -
Toasted sandwich with tofu, mustard and spinach
Steamed broccoli
Pineapple and yoghurt

pm snack -
fage
Applesauce
Cashew nuts

dinner -
Stir fried seitan, mushrooms, spinach and broccoli
Wild and Brown rice mix
Brussell Sprouts

Night snack -
cinnammon raisin bagel
PB!! :)

Posted my dinner in my blog (link in profile) - do the portions look OK?

Lala - Be my tofu teacher. She turned out ka-pooy. :[

Mashed - Already had a squiz at your blog. DEFINATELY keep it up!! I'll love stickin' to that page and watching you bloom even more!! Your portions should be bigger.. seriously i swear i have ED glasses on all the time. I can't tell truth from fiction.  And so good to know your Mam is on the mend!

Aqua - i've only eaten pumpkin as soup, roasted, baked or mashed. "Magic Potatoes" Mashed pumpkin/potato. So we'd EAT pumpkin.. Dads little invention.. but i can't imagine pumpkin with anything else.

Gibbit - I THOUGHT OF YOU AT OATS O'CLOCK! "li'l bit more.. two more oats.. l'il bit moreeee' Would you like to come to my Porridge Party.

Rebel - I found myself star jumping today, and bolting round the house like an idiot because noone is home for the next three days.. THese are the hardest times.. But we HAVE to be strong, NO exercise means NO exercise. I haven't sat down and watched a full movie in abouta year.. i fidget and then feel like i'm not 'burning'. But we have to find things to take our mind off it. I understand the walk is your way of releasing energy not burning but it could be ED wiggling his way back into your 'norm'. Stay strong sweetheart x

Dolly - I thought about you today while wishing i could do the advent calander.. it was tradition in the Mac Clan houshold! :[ How i wish to devour a chocolate. even though i was never a big chocolate fan. You are kicking steady with recovery lady, i'm so impressed. !

Obsessive - CONGRATULATIONS SWEETHEART!!! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!

I made a right mess of the tofu. ALL good intensions. Marinated it in Soy Sauce/Kecap Manis.. attempled to fry in wok.. went scu wiff.. still.. tasted damn alright! Made some kind of 'Tofu Curry Soy Saucian Vegetable Stir Fry.. with Udon Noodles'.. It LOOKS nice :] and Enough for tomorrow lunch.

So i definatley need some lessons. Youtube... kinda helps.

Breakfast - With the oats and the vanilla and the b-berries.
'nother frozen banana(is it wrong to have one everyday?)
Snack - Cottage cheese with Vanilla extract and a Sundowner Apple
Lunch - Open Cottage Cheese and Chive sandwich done pizza style
Bottle of Tomato Juice(Low Kj but a huge fear food, done and dusted)
Nashi Pear
I'm gonan have to expand my snacks or meals..
Snack - Bag of frozen grapes(screw measuring them.. they're fruit.. new rule should be 'no counting fruit and veg... ever.... no matter what'.) and  yogurt
Dinner - The concoxion that was every mean lean vegetable sliced and diced 'em.. tofu and plenty of sauces, spices and all things nices.
Snack - Will be A bowl of yogurt with berries and grapes and maybe a mango.

I'm shakin' her up tomorrow.. gonna do French Toast for breakfast... but i will NOT go without my oats.. they will be snack. Christmas time = Crazy Time.

x

Mashed: I like your blog! Thanks for taking the link out of your post for me, I didn't want to have to remove it. Dx Good job on the bagel.

Dolly: Your walk sounds like it was fun! But don't ever let yourself get into the habit (not saying you do) of only have treats and extra food just because you exercised for it. I don't think you're at 2500 still and you really have to get to that number. Mashed, I'm not sure you are either, though your portion sizes look good.

First of all if you're lacking food in the house, variety or no variety, you eat what you've got. Some days, it is perfectly fine to have lots of cereal. Heck, I know many regs here do it! Now, from what you listed: I'd make a "sundae" from the yoghurt with ryvitas as wafers, layering the pineapple and grapefruit at the bottom of a glass, then yoghurt, then you could either heat chocolate and nutella for a sauce, and top it with trail mix. Voila. The hot sauce would give warmth to the dessert/snack.

(Yes, I realise this is a bit late but it's an idea you can keep in mind!)

My day was uneventful, lots of sitting on my butt. xD And yay for advent calendars!

Panda: I dunno if you've seen it, but the "The Aim is to Gain..." sticky, I list quite a few things that choc up calories fast in emergencies - including a good recipe/put together for a PB and banana toasted sandwich that clocks about 550 calories up pronto. Keep going!

Ladydanger: What did you want to do with your tofu? o: What you've done so far sounds good. For the vegemite marinade you'll need to mix together marmite, a bit of water, spices of choice, a bit of soy and some cornflour, then coat the tofu in it and let it stew for a while. Then you bake it in the oven for about half an hour, until it's fairly crisp. Sort of like a kiev.

Raw tofu works well in sandwiches and in salads. Grilling it is fairly easy and adds a slight char taste that can be pleasant. I've marinaded tofu in sweet chilli dipping sauce once or twice, too - again, you let it sit in the marinade of sauce for a while before grilling it or baking it. Oh, and from a friend of mine's reccommendation: diced tofu about an inch x an inch x an inch (so, fairly well sized, as meatballs aren't small) apparently makes a good replacement in a spaghetti and meatballs dish for the meatballs. I've not tried it yet, but I think that'd go well with ragu, wholewheat spaghetti, basil and black olives.

DOLLY: That sounds so un that you mother still surprises you with things.Tell her that you have a brother in the states and have her send me a surprise, lol. Seriously though, DO treat youself today! The reason for this is because i am totally going out with some friends for lunch to a restaurant i avent been to yet. Im working to blur out the ED with only two thoughts: You need to gain to get stronger and your decisions are better than ED's anyday. I want you st say that today and have some awesome british chocolate!

PANDA: Your plan looks like what happens to me all the time, get to the end of the day and find a deficit you have to make up. Its or that reason i keep pop tarts in the house, so i can have something dense if i need it. Just remember: food is much more enjoyable wen you can take your time during the day and NO RESTRICTING  so you can 'save up'. Get out there and rock it like i know you can!!

CHARLIE: Mr. Pancake? I think im in love with a new nickname. Another i fell in love with recently is 'pan-clay-ke'

AQUA: Pumpkin Pudding!!!!! The sounds heavenly. Do you have any graham crackers for the dipping. Or maybe even some teddy grahams!!! (Do they have those there). I honestly feel like a four year old with my craving or graham crackers and yoo-hoo.

REBEL: I am right there with you on the exercise thing. The day after thanksgiving i caught myself walking everywhere. The bad thing is that my Edema gets really bad when i not laying down at home which makes me feel like a bump on a log and makes it hard or me to get 3000+ in during the day. What do you say that we both advocate a hiatus of walking/star jumps/ anything else. Cars run batter after theyre not driven and in the shop for a while, were ust in th shop right now and will be better than ever soon!

DOLLY: Have you ever put some warm milk on cold cereal. Something like a granola or a grape nutty cereal is good. Also.... NEVER too cold or yogurt!

LALA: Your family makes me so jealous. I almost feel like a stranger in my home the way my mother is all awkward with her preoccupated thinking about the Ed. I think it was mashed's mum who said you make sense... shes right! I really want to fly you to texas to have yo constantly hanging out with me making me think rationally, lol.

OBSESSIVE: I have been to Europe and seen some russian women, other than the ones in Bond films i would not be envious of them at all. ROCKIN the totm!! Im so happy for you! Let that me your motivation!

So, the ice cream turned out being coffee ice cream. Apparently you have to cook the ingredients for a sorbet and i didnt feel like using the stove again. But i had some of the coffee and it was AWESOME! Plus, i work at startbucks so im like swimming in free coffee beans. So, yesterday was awesome! I had  an awesome veggie burger at a restaurant with an old friend and i big A bowl of shredded wheat! Then, in spite of the lateness i had some porridge and scrambled eggs cause i wanted it and i was still a little hungry.

Today is the 1st of december. A day of change and a day of reckoning. I feel this is the month my Edema will go away, and i also have an audition for a childrens theater troupe on thursday which i want really badly!!!!!! (Send me the good vibes.) And this is the first month where i start not fretign about food so much/at all. Like today, my od roomie wants to try a new restaurant for lunch and i didnt even think twice. Im going to a greek restaurant ive never been to before for lunch and i think i even want pancakes or dinner tonight!! Sounds good? WELL IT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME ED. No more room for you in this body. this body that i will sexify and get back into the dating.acting game really soon!!!!!! (small question, i havent been sleeping much lately, could this be why my body hasnt healed from the Edema as quick as i want it to?)

* ED seeks us out when were at our weakest, when were not able to put up a fight. But how about this one ED.... A snowflake is the most delicae thing on the planet. It will not rest on your finger for moe then two seconds before melting. But look what they can do when enough of them gather together as one. Today we bury the ED in an avalanche of our AWESOME!!!!!!!*

love the snowflake metaphor clay! too bad we don't have any here, huh? maybe i'll make a bunch of tissue paper cut outs and hang them around my apartment, sounds pretty!

i'm feeling a little blah again today. Posted on the weigh in, but i'm back down to 114, seems i'm always either gaining or losing and always having to think about it, and i'm afraid i'll never learn how to be normal again. my mom made me ask him about the lactose intolerance because she thinks its just that i havent eaten these things for a long time and i can slowly reintroduce them. she doesnt believe me that i've tried numerous times and it always hurts. then she started going on and on about my limited diet and how i eat the same things over and over and dont eat fried foods, or white flour or...etc etc Which made me really mad because first of all, yes I do have a varied diet now, I"ve overcome fear foods like white flour and baked goods, and pasta, and eat almost anything now, excpet for things i know will make my stomach hurt. Yes, i will still choose whole grain if given the option but shes seen me eat bread at restaurants, hell, i even ate the pasta she made for lunch 2 days ago!!! its like she only sees what she wants to see but has blinders on to all my actual achievements. And she doesnt believe that my stomach genuinely hurts, almost every day. I simply can't eat a lot of things, as willing as i would be to try them, because i have a crap stomach. The doctors never figured anything out, and i just got tired of going through tests so i've given up on that and just figured out what i can and can't eat to keep it under control, but not according to my mom, no, everything is in this messed up head of mine is how she sees it.

anyways, eating lots again today, same old same old. I'm going to have to take snacks and dinner to school becasue i hae class til 5:30 then a meeting from 7 to 9ish. i hate when school cuts into dinner, snacks i'm better at working around or bring portable things, but i like dinner to be a good hearty meal of real food. I'm baking zucchini ginger scones right now though and they smell amazing in my oven!

clay- ooo good luck on thursday!!! let's go on a "becoming sexy again" date! btw, i was so proud of you last night when you left to get more cereal :) i feel like i have little kid taste in food too, probably because we're having to relearn what we like to eat so its like time travel, i have a giant box of graham crackers in my pantry and have them almost every day with pb!

lady- i have oats multiple times a day!! there's endless variety, oh my! i'd so go to a porridge party!!! and no more wiggling around! find something sedentary to do for fun, i think once school finishes this week i want to start painting again.

mashed- that jumper is adorable and i love the blog! your food looks really good, and i already bookmarked your page and the links you posted to my favorites :)

dolly- I wanted to buy G&B but they're like $4 a bar here! you're doing so wonderfully, keep it up! for warm snacks, there's always porridge and i'll put some vanilla yogurt into to it after it cooks and also granola, or there's pancakes or waffles with pb, or you can bake some nice warm muffins and have them with butter!

aqua- oo pumpkin pudding! and that dinner sounds amazing! it's OK to eat out of season vegetables, i mean, it sucks that they're more expensive, but really, they are just as good as any others.

rebel- sorry you're having a tough day, but listen to your mom! its cold and you're in no position to be walking, let alone gettting sick from the snow. YOur body has a lot of repairing to do and you can't afford those 100 cals burned anyways. Give yourself some deserved rest and congrats on switching up the cereal!

Thank you guys so much for the encouragement ^.^ It really helps to hear it from someone who's going through the same thing. Somehow, it seems more true than when it comes from someone I'm related to.

Clay: I totally know what you mean about edema. I don't have it now *thanks her lucky stars* but when I was IP in February at my first program (they transferred me elsewhere for a few reasons :giggles:) I got horrible edema. I distinctly remember my feet looking perfectly normal when I took my shower in the morning, but by nighttime I'd be freaking out that my shoes didn't feel right anymore and walking was hard. I had to have an MRI done actually, because I was limping. Apparently the edema caused an old stress fracture from running to flare up. The worst thing though, my doctor there told me "You developed edema because we're refeeding you too quickly. The only things we could do to make it better really is to give you a water pill or to decrease your calories for a few days. But we're not doing either of those things. Just try not to think about it." What upset me most was how stupid that doctor was to really think it was perfectly okay to tell me something like that...he worked on the ED ward!!

Mashed: I think your blog is pretty kick-ass. I've kind of thought about making one when I'm further along the recovery road. It's really great that you'll be able to help and inspire and inform other people.

Gibbit: I'm sorry your mom doesn't understand what its liek to have a sensitive stomach. She is probably just worried that you are still letting the E.D. dictate what you eat and that you are avoiding things out of fear, not out of "If I eat this, it'll make me sick and undo everything else." I wish I had good, solid advice for remeding this, but all I can think of is that for right now, while your still trying to gain, its probably best to stick with foods that you know your body will digest. Nothing feels worse than when you eat something your body wasn't ready for and it cleans you out and thensome. Maybe just tell her that maybe one day, when you aren't worried about the ramifications of a possible stomach upset, you'll try it for her?

New foods today...

Breakfast: 1/2 cup muesli with dried berries and cherries, mixed with vanilla protein drink. 1 big cup of juice. fruit cup.

Snack: blueberry muffin crumbled into plain yogurt with honey, juice

Lunch: whole wheat pita sutffed with tofu "cottage cheese" and blackberry jam. sliced apple. soy peaches n creme cup. *new FF*

Snack: will be vanilla yogurt with chopped nuts and sultanas

Dinner: will be bulgur salad and tuna with chopped veggies

Snack: will be pumpkin pie oats of course ^.^ the big 30oz can was on sale, gotta finish that sucker off.

My gosh, can you guys believe it's December already?? I sure can't. My mom has put out the advent calendar, as she does every december. Some days it's chocolate in the little drawers, some days it's a note with clues to find a little prize! When I was in the worst of my ED, I was already thinking of ways to avoid eating my chocolate. But now I am going to challenge myself. It's the start of the holiday season, I should be allowed to treat myself. So, until December 24, I will eat every piece of food my mom puts in the advent calendar. Hopefully.

dolly- Ahhh I'm so proud of you! When you joined this thread you weren't even making 2000 cals, now look at you! Nutella and banana sandwiches, yummmm.

mashed- Love your blog. Your portions look pretty good actually. And OH I've thought of what I'm going to call my blog. Kasha Kiki! Kasha means porridge in russian, and Kiki is my name. I'll probably make it tomorrow when I can start posting my foods starting at breakfast.

clay- Oooooh I haven't even thought of graham crackers!! Psh of course they have teddy grahams here, silly goose. Have fun at dinner, I know you won't let ED win. And I love your metaphor, as usual.

gibbit- I'm sorry you lost weight again. I wish that none of us had to think about this all the time. Your mom made you ask who? Doctor? It sucks, but a lot of the time family assumes that it's the disorder preventing us from eating a lot of things. Like "Kiki doesn't want chocolate ice cream because she's afraid of the calories." No. I just don't like chocolate ice cream. This is another good reason to get a therapist, you can figure out how to get your mom to see things the way they really are.

Food later.

Hello hello - thanks for all the sweet comments about my blog XD I just posted another entry with my dindins tonight :)

Today's been relatively OK - struggled a little with guilty thoughts after the bagel last night but I guess that's par for the course. In a sense I'd worry if I wasn't worried, if you see what I mean.

Aqua - Kasha Kiki that's so cute! XD Make sure you let us know when you've made it and you and me can be blog buddies!

Okie - thanks so much for your kind message :) you are a star and I love you muchly!

Lala - I'm finally getting to 2500 :) Mostly by not scrimping on portion sizes and not skipping stupid seemingly 'little' things like having a load of sweetcorn with my salad at lunch (sounds silly but hey, quarter of a plate of sweetcorn is another 90 or so cal!) I went through a phase of LOVING sweetcorn.. now I'm kind of sick of it but I still have it at school for the cals.

Clay - you rock - have an awesome time eating out tonight, and a well earned holiday from ED's voice.

Foodies -

Breakfast
All Bran
Banana
Skim milk
Grapefruit juice

Snack
Apple larabar

Lunch
Jacket potato
Chickpeas (with olive oil!)
Salad with balsamic (inc. lots of sweetcorn :P)

Snack
Fage
Cashews
Applesauce

Dinner
Baked sweet potato
Warm bean salad
Topped with plain yoghurt
Huge mixed salad

Snack
Porridge with melted banana and brown sugar :)

Pics of din on blog plus a load of random ramblings - normal 'mashed' stuff haha!

MMmmmm my gosh you guys, I'm so nervous for tomorrow! I'm going to the eye doctors to get my contacts, and afterward my mom wants to take me out for lunch. There's a lebanese taverna nearby, so we'll most likely end up going to that. The though of greasy fried falafel and such (when did I start talking like this?) makes me want to cry and hide in a corner. So I'll try to order what I want not based on cals, but I'm very nervous all the same. On the bright side, I managed to eat the cookie from the advent calendar with not much problem.

Breakfast- Last of my carrot spice muffins, oatmeal w/ pumpkin, egg, apple

Lunch- PB sammich, TLC bar, whole milk Stonyfield farms yogurt, carrots

Snacky- usual

Dindins- Spanish quinoa (like spanish rice with tomatoes and beans but quinoa instead of rice) topped w/ shredded cheddar and sour cream, 2 trader joe's lemon crisps

Snack- Dark chocolate dipped sugar cookie, tangerine, almonds, pumpkin pudding

aqua: Love Kasha Kiki! I spent a good part of today trying to come up with something related to gingerbread for you but that is so much better!

clay: Pan-clay-ke totally trumps Mr. Pancake. Loving my daily dose of Clay-isms.

mashed: Your blog is rather impressive! The food looks yummy and super healthy but, unless you're drowning stuff in oil (and it doesn't appear to be glistening) I doubt it totals 2500. The foods that you eat are pretty low-cal. Nonetheless, I do not want to take away from all the progress you've been making, just wanted to voice my concern.

My therapist weighed me today, as she does once a week. Normally she gives no indication of the direction my weight is going (terrific poker face, that one) but today she said I haven't made progress in several weeks so up in calories I shall go! Honestly, calories and fat grams don't really bother me so much anymore. My biggest fear is feeling full. I hate that feeling, scares me. However, I hate the misery of ed more so I just need to suck it up (literally!)

On the subject of Advent calendars, are the ones in the UK always chocolate? Growing up we got one every year but they just had a picture or saying inside. It wasn't until I was older and visiting a friend that I saw a candy one. My mom used to send me a picture one but not this year, boo!

Lala: Mmmm that sounds like a really yummy idea actually! You're so creative:)

Clay: Teehee aww good luckw ith going out with your friends, you'll do great, eat what you want and tell ED where to stick it. I wish I could send you some awesome british chocolate:(

Gibbit: i really need to get some granola. That sounds delish haha :)

Aqua: Let's make a deal, we both have to eat every piece of chocolate in our advent calendars. And we're going to enjoy it.

Mashed: I'm loving your blog! Could you maybe one day posta picture of the cereal you have in the morning? I wanna get an idea of portion sizes ^^ Thanks hun:)

Charlie: I think nowadays the UK just do choc ones but when i was little we used to only getpicture ones. I spose its just all commercialised nowadays xD

Ughhh French prelim today =/ Dont know what to have to eat :( Really cant be bothered cooking lol. Ah well, Ill try come home for lunch, that way I can makea toastie or bagel which would be more substantial than whatever I can get at school. And Ill throw in an extra ryvita with my usual breakfast to pack in the extra cals, even though it means I won't be hungry for break, I'll still eat my trail mix haha.

Aaah I hate feeling full/bloated after meals><
xxxx