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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 :]

ha, me again.  proud of myself today.  had the ice cream, didnt restrict, wasnt the most nutritious day and was more snacks rather than meals, but i think thats ok.

1.5 english muffins, 1tbspn PB, jelly, apple

protein shake, 1 cup cereal, 3/4 cup milk, 1tbspn trail mix

~4oz choc choc chip ice cream

roll, cheese, lettuce+tomato

apricot

baked potato, ~2tbspn tuna salad, slice cheddar cheese, veg salad w1tbspn trail mix

yogurt, apple

Here's yesterday-

Breakfast: 30g Optivita cereal, 200ml Copella cloudy apple juice

Snack: Ensure plus ( banana)

Lunch: Marks and Spencers Vegetarian moussaka- lentils, courgettes, potato, aubergine, tomatoes layered up with bechamel sauce ( couldn't be bothered to cook and had this in the freezer!), peach

Snack: Ensure plus (vanilla)

Supper: brown bread roll with hummus and Go shoots and seeds

Snack: Options hot chocolate made with 200ml semi-skimmed milk

Here's today and what i will have later too:

Breakfast: oatmeal made with semi skimmed milk, tbsp peanut butter and sliced banana. 200ml glass oj

Snack: Raspberry granola mixed with natural yogurt

Lunch: 2 slices toast wholewheat bread with 3 slices veggie beef. Yeo valley organic raspberry yogurt

Snack: PJ's apple, raspberry and rhubarb smoothie

What i am having later:

Dinner: 2 Quorn minted lamb burgers with summer roasted veggies (butternut squash, onion, pepper, carrot, courgette)

Snack: tbsp hot chocolate powder with 300mls semi skimmed milk and Mcvities Organic 'Yummblies' biscuit (gonna be really tough, its all i have thought about all day and i am very scared but gonna try)

Headingup: I love Marks and Spencers food! One of the first things i ate in recovery was from M & S. Its nice to see you back on the board, well done for being so determined and getting up to 2000 cals. You tell the ed whos boss!!

 

Hey all! I have not posted in awhile, but I look everyday. I am doing really well. Although the struggle to count calories is still there, it is way less. So I do not count calories. As a growing teen, I am just trying to be healthy, and active. Sounds like you all are doing well though!

What is Mark and Spencers? I have never heard of it. Sounds yummy though!

So far today:

Breakfast: Kashi Honey Almond Flax Cereal w/ skim milk, raspberries

Lunch: Blueberries, organic peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat, and yo+ yogurt

I made banana flax bread! I cannot wait to try some later!

Sorry double post!

not to toss a fly in the ointment,,,but I have no teeth-NONE,,I had them removed for radiation treatment a month ago and wont be getting replacements for another 3 months,,,liquids and really soft swallowable foods im left with.

sadly i dont like to eat much but im 115lbs at 5'7,,,any power smoothies?

im new here so forgive if ive missed something previously written-havent scanned all the replies yet

mark and spencers?  go shoots??  im assuming these things are in england?  all the foods from other countries sound so cool and make mine sort of boring, lol!  banana flax bread, sounds awesome, i cant eat bananas tho, so annoying!  PSYCHOJ-sounds like youre doing great, very happy for you!

so since i had the ice cream yesterday, i feel like im going to get sucked into eating junk food all the time now and that i need to actively force myself to choose yogurt rather than ice cream.  im not a binger or anything, but like, ice cream everyday?  is their one w/ lots of dairy or calcium so it could count as a dairy or protein, or is that just wishful thinking?

bbl!

Agru-Yes it was very good bread! Too bad about bananas; I would die. (I am probably not helping you feel any better, sorry!) I understand what you mean by junk and all. Healthy options can be high cal, not just junk food. How about whole milk yogurt instead of ice cream sometimes. Ice cream is fine though! I eat it regularly. I buy the all natural/organic kinds. I guess that I have a different perspective on junk. For me junk is really processed, packaged, non organic and non all natural foods. I hope that makes sense. I mean not EVERYTHING I eat is all natural or organic, but a good bit! I eat stuff that some people might consider "bad," but they are usually organic and all natural and, everything in moderation! Who would want to go through life denying themselves good food? I mean, it is not going to kill you to eat ice cream! Hope this helped!

xxx

Marks and Spencers is a supermarket chain in the UK. Like Wal-Mart. But high class. ;P 

butterfly and headingup: I love Marks and Sparks too :D Pricey, but their meals and salads are so good and INTERESTING, not just all, "pesto chicken pasta wiff vegetables durrrr". I had a morroccan style salad from there about a week into recovery - it had couscous, sweet potato, chickpeas, and some other things I don't recall... and it was YUMMY! Heh.

ripetshopboy: Hi! Sorry to hear about your teeth. x: I suggest nutrient shakes, like Ensure, as they'll help you get all the nutrients you might not be able to chew. Eep. For power smoothies... not so much my speciality, I'm afraid! I have an anxiety over drinking my calories. ]: Stupid ED. But!:

http://www.smoothie-recipes.net/

That might help you! :D I highly highly recommend a nutrient drink of some shape over smoothies, though, because while smoothies and shakes are okay you're probably not going to get all the things you need from them. ): Hope this helps a little!

dont know how well i did today, random picks of food here and there make it hard to count and then it causes me to feel guilty and npt eat enough at other times.

1/2 thomas's bagel, 1/2 EM, 1tbspn PB, jelly, asian pear

protein shake, few almonds

roll, cheese, fage, pudding cup, 1/2 kashi bar

1 cup cereal, 3/4 cup milk, tbspn trail mix, peach

dunkin donuts iced coffee w/skim milk, some tastes of ice cream

roll, tuna salad, babybell light cheese circle, salad w/trail mix

yogurt, apple

Hello everyone, I have been wandering around the weight gain forum for about a month never posting but knowing I have a problem and trying to deal with it myself with the help of my bf but I feel now that I need some support from others in a similar position.

I am 5'7, well just under 5'8 and I have always been thin, naturally under 125 always and always eating anything I wanted. I started seriously running this year and was also quite sick, and then started watching that I ate "healthy" - this with the exercise turned obsessive and I got down to about 107, or mabe lower i am not even sure, around then I realised I was in trouble and feeling terrible. I have been trying to put on some weight for the last month aiming for around 118-120 at least but I am having so much trouble. One day I will decide "yes I need to do this now" and I will eat like crazy between 3000-6000 calories, then after I will eat over 2000 for a few days and then suddenly I will irrationally feel BIG just start to restrict again to around 1400-1600. 1400 for me is enough for me to start losing and 1600 is probably too. I never ate under 1200 while losing but with my exercise and always eating around 1400 on average it was enough to lose a lot of weight. Anyway I have put on some weight I think, I am varying between 112 and 115 I think (the scale is a trigger so I try to keep away) but my head is a mess? Is there anybody in a similar position to me? I just feel fully lost.

Today was another "Oh my god i need to put on weight" days and ive eaten well over 3000 calories and am freaking out, I dont even know what I am doing anymore. is it right, wrong? I always end up eating chocolate biscuits and junk when I get in these sudden NEED TO GAIN moods...

 

wow vesnar i can totally relate! im 57'-5'8 depends what doctors measures my up... same thing with the always around 120-125... in college i cheered for 3 years and was running about 5 miles a day, having practice for 3 hours, and doing gymanstics 3 times a week.... my muscles were so ripped and i loved my body... then came new uniform time and we had these uniforms that looked like a pro cheerleader should wear.... so not being "blessed" to begin with with a bigger chest i turned to my stomach, something i knew i could make "perfect"... i did obcessive running, crunches and weight training eatting extremely low carb so everything would turn to muscle on me... then my coach cracked down on me ( as well as everyone around me and the squad) and i literally started losing my life, my friends, my everything ESPECIALLY my personality and spirit... i started going home from college everyweekend and blah blah i was always in my room at school by myself and wanting to be alone. then i got pushed in a bon fire on accident one night and ended up getting pnemeunia(sp?) and lost more weight when i became absolutely obsessed... from there i was able to run less, and my muscle slowly turned to save my body and i got down to like __ a low number i dont wanna post and finally was forced into help... this is my second go at it and this one is real as ive been threatened with inpatient... im around 1800 cals/day now and aiming ultimately for 2100 or 2200 a day till i get my weight and period back...

my only current problem is i am exercise restricted till im 120 lbs and i hate it and cant stand doing NOTHING, not even a walk.... it drives me nuts and i can never rationalize eatting and not doing anything.... but im slowly makin progress but i am determined to get my muscle body back!

 

well that was my rant and story, keep me updated on how youre doin!

i'm 5'2 and weight 88 lbs. i eat around 600 cals a day and trying to recover anorexia..i exercise daily though and recently found out that i burn 800 cals at least daily. do i need to gain weight? if i kept the daily exercise and ate 1000 cals i'd gain weight quickly?? plz help

Hey guys, thanks for ur posts!

after a 3000+ plus day yesterday im determined not to restrict today so i had a huge breakfast of about 1300 cals and am tryin to feel positive. i had:

 - 2 huge bowls of apple cut up in maple syrup oatmeal

 - 4 pieces of toast with jelly/jam (im from oz) and peanut butter

 - about 4 slices of cheese

 - 1 tub jogurt

 - 4 ricecakes

 - about 4 cookies (is that bad, i dont even know, about 300 cals worth? i just felt like it)

- two hot chocolate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

hi vesnar,welcome!  just curious, how is that 3000 cals.  how was your breakfast 1300?  this is a great place to find info and ideas.

so i think that i need to eat the majority of my food in the 1st half or 2/3 of the day, bc by the end of the day i start to get scared and will eat less.  so if i eat more earlier, which i think is good and will give me energy, itll be ok to not eat a lot later on i think, or just not a huge amount at least.  im thinking of buying ice cream tomm to have in the house and have as a daily treat, or every other day, im just scared that thats too much or something.  also, i want to start eating out once/wk, what do you all order, ever get pasta, fries, burgers?

thanks, have a great night.

sun-

1/2 thomas's bagel, 1/2 EM, 1tbspn PB, jelly, small pear, yogurt

protein shake

roll, cheese, fage, pudding cup, sliced mushrooms, 2 tbsplns cottage cheese

1 cup cereal, 3/4 cup milk, tbspn trail mix, apricot

english muffin, boca burger, 2/3 baked sweet potato, salad w/trail mix

apple, yogurt

Hey Agruskin! sorry the reason for the confusion is that this is an international support group! I am in australia so when I wrote that post it was still morning, yesterday was over 3000 cals and 1300 being my breakfast today! Having lunch now!

Here's what I'm planning for today...

Breakfast: 40g rice crispies, 100mls soya milk, 2 prunes, 14g raisins, 1 slice wholemeal toast (74 kcals), 40g nas peanut butter

Snack: Homemade Muffin!

Lunch: Bean salad, fruit

Snack: Chocolate shake, fruit

Dinner: 3 falafel, 40g dry rice

Snack: Carob and seed wholebake bar

I'll probs have some more though.... getting weighed tomorrow eeeek

And to all you americans... what are the calories of cereals/cooked grains etc if you measure them in cups... I'm trying to freee myself from having to use the scales al the time.

I'm just ahving a problem with actually eating the food once i get it...it's like my mother used to say...my eyes are bigger than my stomach.....my god-mother works at an assisted living home and she brings me the things that the give the residents for an appietite and it really does help some days but not all the time...i even got the ensure from my aunt that is sooooooooo high in calories but it's way too thick...does anyone have any suggestions for a picky eater like me??????

Mshellokitty: Three words: Little. And. Often.

Spread your meals out over the day, split a dinner portion in half if you must. Your stomach will be (assuming you're recovering from anorexia) much smaller than usual at first and will need to adjust to greater bulks of food. MAKE SURE, though, that you are still getting in your required calories for the day over these meals. A good plan is breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. This will ultimately also help to speed your metabolism better.

With the Ensure... drink it slowly, but the liquid calories will initially help as - as I said - your stomach will need to grow again. I, personally, hate supplement drinks - I had to live on them for a week and a half last summer during a horrible bout of illness (kidney infection followed by food poisoning, OH BOY) and now gag when I try to swallow them. -__- Once you find yourself less uncomfortable physically eating you could always try switching an Ensure up for calories to add to meals and snacks; I don't know the stats for an Ensure, but say if one added 400 calories to your daily intake and you wanted to replace it, you'd need to add 400 calories in in food instead - so, an extra 200 to dinner and 200 to lunch, for example. :] I hope this makes sense and helps you out.

Thank ever so much...i'm actually no recovering from anorexia...I'm just naturally small and a very picky eater..but thanks...have a good day.