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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 :]

agruskin: sorry, meant to say google it.

So i went out today and had a smoothie! First time i have eaten out

hi-thanks MALIBU and BUTTERFLY for the suggestions! 

im going to stick to 2000 for the week since i didnt consistantly meet that everyday.  the laughing cow i just eat plain and i spread the PB on the bread.  real ice cream- hmm, but you get more with the light!  im not a vegetarian but these are convenient in that you just microwave them, but i can look for ones that are higher cal i suppose.  i think im a volume eater where i like to have lots of diff foods infront of me.

BUTTERFLY-good for you!!  where was the smoothie from?  i went out today as well!

thurs so far- 

2 slices toast, tbspn PB, apple, laughing cow cheese

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

From the bagel store-- 1/2 plain bagel with tuna fish salad, fage yogurt, apricot

rest of the day-

brown cow lowfat choc yogurt, fruit salad

roll w/ 1 slice cheese, 2 tbspns cottage cheese, veg salad w/ trail mix

apple, yogurt, apricot

I had a small snickers bar today and I didnt feel guilty!!!!!!

kept it fairly healthy otherwise, just breakfast so far!

 

2 bowls banana and maple syrup oatmeal

too much coffee

4 ricecakes,

ton of mushrooms with cheese (like a sandwich - its delicious!!!)

popcorn

fruit salad with cream

 

                                                                                                                                                                                             

HEY. my net is capped. =( evrything is SO slow. so sorry i havnt really read any of your last posts coz the page takes forever to load. but i just wanna say congrats agruskin seriously, you have progressed so far frmo just like a month or two ago. i remember when you were struggling at just over 1200 calories :).  and now your at 2000 everyday! and you realise that its not going to make you blow up like a balloon is it? thats just the ED. :)

well i just sorta feel proud. coz on wednesday i had chicken nuggets (as well as most of my planned lunch) because of the lil kid i babysit.

and yesterday i had 3 large slices of pizza for dinner (and it wasnt even from dominos or anything, so i couldnt know the calories... which i admit does worry me a bit.coz it was quite oily pizza. and OMG the lady who sliced the pizza was really obese. so that was sortof intimidating , youknow pizza and all. BUT I ATE IT. at first i was only going to eat 2 slices. but then i was like WTH. if i was normal. id eat at least 3. so i ate 3 =) )
oh, and i also had a scoop of icecream from newzealand natural in the afternoon.

yep!. i am so tempted to ask how much fat/caloiries would be about in those pizzas. but i wont. because i know that knowing is probably worse for me. =) if i was normal...I WOULDNT CARE! =D

~

Agruskin: the smoothie was from Boost smoothies. It was yummy.

I saw my therapist yesterday and i have actually been told to eat half a chocolate bar once a week. Also to set weekly challenges. I think next week (starting monday) i will try to NOT count calories. This week however, i have to let mum do my evening meal and i am sooo paranoid. This is gonna be so hard!

Heading up: How do you hand over such control to your mum? I am finding it so hard.

P.S i may have to stop posting so much on here but i will try to get on occasionally. Keep going guys! 

Yay, I'm back from Italy!!! I hate being away from this thread for so long, I've missed like 5 pages and I don't know what's happened to any of you! So I did pretty well with the food in Italy, except I had this ever-present nervousness at meals, and I cried once during lunch. But on the bright side, I had half a pizza like 6 times, and gelato every day! And I stopped in the Heathrow airport in London yesterday to connect flights. And YES, I found EAT NATURAL BARS!! My mom only let me get one, so I got the kind in the orange wrapper, so I'm saving it for a special occasion. Oh, and on the plane yesterday, they gave us something called Rachel's Dairy Divine Rice with our dinner, and it is divine! Has anyone had it? They only sell it in the UK, I'm so sad.. but I took my sister's since she didn't want it and brought it home hehehehe.

Breakfast- Oatmeal, ww English muffin with SNB, pinapple, blueberries, egg

Snack- String cheese and blueberries

Lunch- SNB on ww mini bagel, Fage 2%, Kashi TLC cherry chocolate, carrots

Snack- Berries, carrots, Yoplait kids, pudding, Boost smoothie

Dinner- Pizza flavored veggie burger on potato roll with provolone, french fries, Cheerios lol

Snack- Orange, almonds, blueberries, TLC PB bar, Divine Rice!!!

I have a weight check and nutritionist appt. today, and I'm pretty sure I've lost weight. I only got to around 3000 every day and burned tons of calories walking all around, and I aim for 3300 net daily. But they said I had made enough progress that I could lose a pound or two, and I didn't feel like cramming myself with an extra 300 or 400 calories so I wouldn't lose weight. I was trying to eat normally, and calorie cramming would have interfered with that.

hey guys,

feel bad today, had nearly 3000 but so much of it was junk, I feel terribly guilty and horrible...

Vesnar, don't you dare feel horrible that is a great thing! You are pushing this ed far far away.....

I'll post yesterdays because I am soo proud of it!

B- 1/2c. bran cereal, 1/2c. fiber one cereal, 1/2c. silk soymilk vanilla, coffee with 1tbsp. creamer

S- almonds

L- apple w/ 1/2c. dannon vanilla yogurt, 2 egg omelet w/ mushrooms and spinach with ketchup, 2 Tbsp. PB

S- honey mustard pretzels, 3 turkey slices with honey mustard

D- MEXICAN!! chicken fajitas, 1/2c. beans, salad, chips and salsa, and my fav SANGRIA!!

S- I was still hungry when I got home so....handful of grapes, 5 wheat crackers

And I have had the most energy ever lately......!!

Aquaev: Welcome back! :] I know what rice you're talking about! Rachel's Organics. :D Their yoghurts are nice, too, but I can't eat them anymore as I've had to cut dairy ><; And the orange Eat Natural bar... mm, almond, apricot and yoghurt according to the site, nice choice :P

3000 is my target at the moment, though I'm still struggling to hit it... more because of rising food prices than choice. I do aim to buy bulk where I can - cheaper and more eco-friendly in the long run! - but I really need to find a good website that can deliver. :| Good on you for eating casually though! The important part of a holiday is getting away from the norm, relaxing for a while. I'm really happy for you! Don't fret on your loss if you have had one. Let us know how the appointment goes! :]

Vesnar: I remember when I started recovery all I could think was, "Holy crap, I can eat again!" and started picking out a lot of processed foods and eating maybe a little too much at points. Now, I aim for as clean as possible. :] As your mind and body adjust to realising that hey, you aren't starving yourself any more, it gets a little simpler. Don't feel bad! Like linny said, you are making leaps and bounds. :]

Linny: Aaagh, jealous. I love mexican food. ;__; And tapas! You're doing brilliantly as well though! :D

hi everyone!

AQUA-didnt you love italy!!  i think it was my fav place that ive been to.  rachel organis, you live in the US, right?  weill ive seen the yogurts in the supermarket and im so jealous that you got those eat natural bars! lol  sounds like you did amzing there!

SAYKYOKU- thanks!  i still feel like im stuffing myself and still look at others and think, wow, im eating sooo much more than everyone else and i feel like a pig, but then i need to force myself to remember that its bc im TRYING to gain weight.  not to sound too nuts, and soooooooo cool about the pizza bc i deff used to eat like 3/4 of a pie, and baked ziti, but w/ the pizza and chicken nugget days of eating, did you then rearrange the rest of your days meals, go over your calorie target, how does that work?

BUTTERFLY-i like the wkly challenge idea, im trying to do something diff every couple of days its jsut that everything i think of seems to involve junk.  like i want to try something diff relating to food that isnt neccessaraly a donut but something diff and healthy. 

LALA-lol, i know what you mean, i finish a loaf of bread like every 3 days, i need to buy food in bulk or something! lol

Hey guys, its morning and I still feel bad. I am trying not to but its just the fact that most of those 3000 cals were junk that is screwing with my head. lalabanana, you are right with the I CAN EAT mentality and just binging. I think I felt I should be eating more because the previous few days I dont think I ate enough but for some reason I just felt like junk!! I think clean eating is definitely a better way for me to gain because I dont freak out as much....but then i do feel like im restricting...uh.

heres fri-

2 slices toast, tbspn PB, plum, apricot

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

roll, cheese, fage, veggies, pudding

3/4 edy's light ice cream, apricot

1 bbq chicken thigh, ~2/3 cup rice mixed w/some veggies, veg salad, string beans, some of a roll

apple, yogurt

Hi everyone,

I thought for the first time i'd post my intake,

I'll go with yesterday...

Breakfast

1 cup Quaker Granola

1 cup Low fat Vanilla Yoghurt

Snack

8oz Ensure Plus

1 Apple

Lunch

6 inch Tuna sandwich from Subway

Glass of Milk

Snack

6oz Yoplait 'Original' Yoghurt

2 squares of chocolate (for the first time in many years!! yay!!)

Dinner

Standard serving of fish w/ rice and veggies

Glass of Milk

Snack

Granola Bar

6oz Yoplait 'Original' Yoghurt

Vesnar: I largely eat clean, but that doesn't mean I won't have fun once in a while. ;P It's a bit more difficult now as I don't eat dairy anymore but I plan on making myself some treat foods and getting some other things when I can. Let yourself splurge on occasion and you'll find you won't feel you're restricting. The key is keeping it occasional. :]~

lalabanana thanks for the tip! i actually did that today, i still got to 3000 in the end (it was sooo hard - my head kept tryin to restrict and i just tried to relax - we had a big bbq with family friends) but 90% of the cals were REALLY healthy foods (but did have two fun size snickers and some icecream!!)....I feel really proud of resisting the urge to restrict after how bad i felt last night and this morning!!!!!!!!!! i am very bloated tho...Also, I am pretty sure I have hit 116 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's yesterday:

Breakfast: 20g allbran with soft prunes on top, 200ml copella cloudy apple juice

Snack1: Ensure plus ( forest fruits)

Snack 2: 3 organic dried apricots- the brown one

Lunch: homemade aubergine bake ( sliced aubergines, red onion, tomato sauce, cheese on top) with a little bit of fusilli tricolore pasta, activia vanilla yoghurt, pink lady apple

(no time for afternoon ensure as was at work)

Supper: wholemeal wrap with edamame bean dip and lettuce

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

 

Now here's today! ( Or what I plan to eat as I'm not finished yet)

Breakfast: 30g fruit and nut weetabix minis, 200ml smooth-style tropicana orange juice

Snack 1: 4 organic dried apricots

Snack 2: Ensure plus (coffee)

Lunch: Homemade mushroom and spinach lasagne, Activia vanilla yoghurt, Pink Lady apple

(At work again so no time for 2nd Ensure plus)

Supper: Wholemeal pitta bread with edamame bean dip

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

(A bit the same as yesterday but never mind! Weighing tomorrow so hopefully I will be up to 38kg/83.7lb)

I feel like I've eaten loads, but I've still got 700 kcal left to have (uurgh).

Breakfast - 35g rice crispies, 250mls chocolate soya milk

Snack - Quakers Oats Golden Syrup Bar

Lunch - Food Doctor Bagel, dsp tangerine marmalade, little pear

Afternoon (my nan had a birthday buffet) - 2 slices french bread, palm-sized fragment of poppadum (fear food!), about 20 cherry tomatoes, 200 kcals worth of grapes, 6 strawberries!!!

Planned Dinner - 1 200g can reduced sugar/salt baked beans, potato (lots of)

Planned Evening - nature's valley maple syrup granola bar.

Q: What's everyone's fat intake like? I get worried about going over 40g.... but is that healthy or not...

Secondly, what do people think about fruits and veggies, and including them. I need to stop eating grapes, because they fill me up waaaay too much.....

Thirdly, does anyone know a good website for vegetarian/vegan recipes that aren't too complicated/expensive/saladbased?

This is yesterday and it makes me want to cringe, but I was at Warped Tour all day and didn't have a lot of options.

pre 6 am workout: half of a gatorade

post workout: Venti unsweetened iced black coffee from Starbucks

Breakfast: Belgian waffle with strawberry topping and whipped cream, 2 scrambled eggs (i needed some protein), a bite of toast and a bite of hash browns

Lunch: Slice of Little Caesars cheese pizza, mint chocolate chip dippin' dots (it was 100 degrees outside and i needed something cold)

Dinner: Big chicken breast (more protein), frozen banana, apple, yogurt

the day was crazy and I couldn't sit down and eat a good square meal, but whatever, I did what I could.

I definitely haven't been reaching my 3000 cal/day goal lately since I've been trying to eat more normally with my family/have a less predictable schedule than before with my 9-5 job.  I haven't weighed lately so I don't know how it's affecting my progress... probably not good since I've been exercising almost every day.  But here's what I've got so far for today and what I'm planing for dinner/dessert... will definitely need to beef it up a little.

Breakfast:  1 cup fat free plain yogurt with 1/2 cup lowfat berry granola; 1/2 cup egg whites with 1/2 a medium avocado; nectarine

Lunch:  3/4 cup vegetarian refried beans on slice whole grain bread; 1 tbsp almond butter on slice whole grain bread; cup of strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries

Snack:  handful of baby carrots; smoothie with 1 cup soy milk, scoop of chocolate protein powder, large banana

Dinner:  black bean burger; homemade corn tortilla chips; steamed zucchini

Dessert:  1/2 cup yogurt with 2 tbsp toasted wheat germ and berries

 

peanut_butter:  To answer your questions, I don't count fat in terms of grams, but rather the percent of my diet.  I usually aim for 20-25% of my calories from fat, but for US, I think it's more important to worry about getting enough calories, and I'm pretty sure that for girls like us a little extra fat is a good thing!

As for fruits and veg - I am pretty anal about making sure I get enough in my diet, even though I know eating something like baby carrots for a snack isn't really doing me any good.  Try eating fruits and veggies that are higher in calories, like bananas and corn.  Or eat the fruit/veg at the end of your meals, to make sure you eat the higher calorie foods first.  Or use fruits/veg in smoothies with milk/peanut butter/other higher calorie ingredients.

And here's one vegan site I like, although I have a lot more if you want them!

http://www.vegalicious.org/

I'd like to start posting here!  I hope that having some support and accountability helps me go through with my goals to really increase my intake improve how I eat, and get a steady weight gain + healthier lifestyle going on here.

I'll try to start tomorrow, but a few shoutouts for now:

 

likear0ck6: I feel your pain there. This has been a tough week for me and even with making eating a priority and lots of late night catch up I've only averaged 3000 so far--hardly my goal of 3500 this week.

 

Peanut_butter: Fat can be your best friend!  I don't know if you struggle with getting your period, but a low fat diet can be a big culprit for that.  Even at a healthy weight your body can stop producing estrogen if the diet is too low in fat.  This leads to early osteoperosis, infertility, and a host of problems.

I actually make a point to try and get more fat since I personally like a lot of carby snacky foods, and fruit!