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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 :]

todays eats:

B - 1 cup of berries, 1 cup of oats made with 1 cup of soy milk

S - Carmen's muesli bar, ensure

L - Toasted WW sandwich with ham cheese and lettuce

S - will be 4 rivitas, an apple, an ensure

D - i'll be busy getting ready so will probably be subway 6 inch with roast chicken cheese and salad

S - quite a few alcoholic beverages:) gotta love saturday nights

B: two slices of WG toast w. nutella spread:P and a tall glass of milk.

S: Fruit yogurt, mandarin.

L: Latte, giant pumpkin and spinach savoury muffin, greek feta salad w. olive oil dressing, large banana.

D: Grilled tortilla roll w. shredded beef, mayo, cheese, ketchup and losta veggies.  

S: Tim tam bikkies, apple.

As of 1127hrs  Goal 5000 Calories per day minimum.

Breakfast: 2 slices toast w/ butter, 4 Slices bacon, 3 large eggs fried in Bacon Grease.

Snack: South Beach Cinnamon rasion protein bar.

Lunch: 3 Johnsville Cheddar brats W/ buns ketchup and mustard, One large potato w/ 3tbs butter spread.

As of now 2105 Calories.

Plan on eating for Dinner 

16oz steak, 2 Cups brown rice w. 2 tbs butter and salt, 1 large potato 3 tbs butter.

Snack: 4tbs Peanut Butter on 2 pieces white toast.

Before bed Whey protein shake.

Yesterday:

b. porridge made with skim milk, cinnamon, slice of WW Bread, cheese (450)

s. yoghurt (150)

l. chicken, vegetables, pita bread, cheese, fudge (600)

s. fruit bun, piece of chocolate (400)

d. footlong roast chicken subway with cheese (800)

s. lots of alcohol, hamburger! (?? haha too much..probably about 1500!)

Breakfast:  1/2 cup cottage cheese (90) mixed with 1/4 cup trail mix (170) and an english muffin (120) with 2 TB peanut butter (190) and 2/3 cup Granola with raisins (230) with 1 cup 2% milk (120) = 920 calories

Lunch:  pita (150) with 4 TB hummus (100) and 1 veggie burger (120)  and a snickers marathon low carb chocolate fudge brownie bar (170) and 8 oz 2% milk (120) with 2 TB nesquick powder (90) = 750 calories

Snack:  1 vanilla yogurt (150) and a banana (100) and 1 cup strawberries (50) = 300 calories

Dinner:  Turkey sandwich:  2 slices bread (180) with turkey (120) and lettuce & tomato (15)   and baby carrots (40) dipped in 1 TB ranch dressing (75) and 8 oz apple juice (140) = 570 calories

Snack:  Milkshake:  1/2 cup vanilla ice cream (150) and 1 cup 2% milk (120) and 1 banana (100) and 1 chocolate carnation instant breakfast (130) = 500 calories

Total:  3,040 calories 

b: 2 mini homemade carrot muffins topped w/ white chocolate peanut butter, a banana & medjool dates alongside.

l: tofu scramble w/ lots of veg cooked in avocado oil, & whole grain toast w/ garlic margarine.

s: few squares of hazelnut dark chocolate, & homemade blood orange juice.

d: whole wheat wrap w/ hummus, sundried tomato, spinach, & sprouts, w/ italian tossed salad, and some sweet potato alongside.

s: chocolate mint newman o’s cookies.

total ~2600.

Hi everyone, haven't been posting, because I've been unbelievably busy, but think it's really good for me.  The more I eat the more I can do, and the less time I waste thinking about food!!  ED days are well and truly behind me.  I'm NEVER going back.  Life is so much better now.  I genuinely believe now it is possible to mentally recover from an ED - you have to really want it though, and you have to really want it for yourself. 

B: Cranberry cashew yoghurt coated bar.  Glass milk.  A pear.

S:  Vanilla yoghurt and 2 glasses of fruit punch.

L: Assorted picnic items including...egg mayo sandwich and 2 tuna mayo sandwiches, raisiny rice salad, roasted veg cous cous, crisps, salad, cheese roll and honey mustard cocktail sausages.  Fruit salad for dessert.

S:  Slice brocolli and cheese quiche.

D: Wagamamas teppan fried chicken and shrimp noodles.

Drinks:  Glass wine, 3 rum and cokes.

breakfast - yogurt with granola and blueberries, glass of milk

lunch - whole grain penne noodles with red garlicly sauce and chicken, milk

snack - apple pie lara bar

dinner - tenderized chicken breast with rice and broccoli (on the grill in olive oil... mmmm yummy!), glass of milk

snack - nutz over chocolate luna bar, kashi honey sunshine cereal dipped in peanut butter

B: Two slices rye bread with almond butter, and a glass of milk

L: Ham, cheese, mayo and lettuce sandwich on rye bread, triscuits with cheese, some cantaloupe, and orange juice

S: Apple dipped in almond butter, sweet & salty nature valley peanut bar

D: 1/4 pound hamburger with cheese, ketchup, relish and sauteed mushrooms; and some macaroni with tomatoes & cheese on the side, and chocolate milk 

S: Bowl of raisin bran and harvest crunch

B: Scrambelled egg white w. chicken sausage, mushrooms, carrots, spring onion, cottage cheese rolled up in whole grain tortilla.

S: Apple, choc soy milk, choc chip cookie.

L: Turkey sandwich w. mayo, hummus and veggie filling, baby carrots with dip.

D: Roast chicken with roast veggies.

S: Malt biscuits w. nutella & PB, glass of milk.

 im so glad the days over!

Today

b. porridge made with skim milk, cinnamon, slice of WW bread, cheese (450)

l. bagel, chicken, vegetables, small piece of fudge (550)

s. fruit bun, weight gainer shake (550)

d. Will be - chicken, vegetables, baked potato with cheese (550)

s. icecream with chocolate sauce (400)

Total - 2500)

OK, on the order of the evil dietician my Mum is now forcing me to eat more calories. It feels like way way WAY too much though - I am bloated and stuffed and feel so heavy all the time :( I'm sure I've put on a ton of weight since having to increase (since Thursday) - I can feel it and see it all over me :( Also, I've been a bit worried because I am certain that my legs - particularly thighs - have got quite a lot bigger since increasing; they look and feel oddly swollen, almost like balloons full of water!! Is this normal?? Is it fat? Would really appreciate some advice/reassurance, especially if anyone has experienced anything similar! So, yesterday I ate:

Breakfast: 2 small pieces of toast, Marmite, 300ml fruit juice (240)

Lunch: 1 chicken and sweetcorn sandwich, 300ml fruit juice, 1 WeightWatchers yoghurt (570)

Supper: Cold cooked chicken, salad, 300ml fruit juice, 1 WeightWatchers yoghurt (570)

And it's basically the same every day at the moment, I am very early on in recovery. Feel like such a pig, especially as I am not allowed to do ANY exercise whatsoever - not even allowed to go to school :( Will be weighed on Monday and am sure I will have put on a TON! I can feel it :( Sorry to be so gloomy, I just hate having to eat so much - or what feels to me like so much.

Any help would be appreciated so much!

Hi, dear, I feel terrible for you, but seriously man! Do you like being anorexic?do you like being underweight?Draw up a pros and cons list-and chances are you probably dont. It may seem like your eating loads, and you are doing really well to increase your meals, well done!. And I dont mean to be harsh or scare you but your still eating very little-look at what your family eats or your friends-they probabaly eat more. It probably feels a lot because your stomach is so small!, but you need to stretch it. Maybe try eating more throughout the day to reduce that full feeling, but at some stages youre going to have to feel it.

The initial eating stages are the hardest, but once you PUSH through, things get easier and you feel the benefits, for example, Im sitting here at my laptop, typing one hundres miles an hour, listening to my fave music, smiling at the sun outside, about to go out to enjoy the sun for a SMALL walk, because I can, now that I am eating.

Please keep going and keep eating! 

I haven't posted in a while, although I used to regularly, but I just wanted to say that its 2500 MINIMUM for females gaining. I know its really, really hard to do in the initial stages of recovery, but mipply your meal plan isn't even reaching 1500, and comments such as feeling "like a pig" and your dietician - who is only trying to help - being "evil" can be really quite triggering and negative on other people here trying to gain on much higher calories.

Yesterday:

B - Apple, blackberries and natural yoghurt; High-cal Granola with berries and milk

S - Carmans cereal bar; banana

L - Houmous, peppers and spinach baguette

S - Sunbites; Smoothie; Grapes

D - (Meal out) Vegetable risotto with cheese and pesto

S - Ice cream

xxx

lizzie: love the attitude =]

mipply: please listen to the advice of the others.  You are not allowed to post menus under 2500 cals though because its triggering for all of us who are eating over 2500...and we can tell you its soooo much better once you start getting better and eating more.  We all dont look "like pigs" hun this is all your ED talking and im sure all of us on here would be more than happy to help you out and talk to you..just message us...or at least me and ill help talk you through this.  we love you and are here for support.  Please keep upping your cals and beat this thing.  dont live your live with this thing eating you away slowly.

anyways my eats yesterday aka fourth of july:

b: 1/3 cup oats, 1/2 cup milk, vanilla, cinnamon, pb, boysonberry preserves, honey, wheat germ, blueberry stoneyfield yogurt with more wheat germ and a nectarine

s: cherries

l: 2 slices ww toast with half can tuna mixed with cream cheese, mango peach salsa, chopped cucumber and red peppers, and lettuce.  glass of milk and an apple...hehe it looked so pretty and tropical and it tastes like food porn =]

s: random veggie appitizers with ma fam and my bestie/sister trin...((mini bell peppers, cucumber, strawberries, pinapple, white peach slices))

d: chicken breast cooked in carribean marinade, tried this gross pasta salad, had ALOT of broccoli salad((broccolli, cauliflower, cheese, mayo, dressing, bacon, raisins, and sunflower seeds)), lots of mixed bean salad, corn on the cob with butter, glass of milk, and strawberries

s: throughout the night....stayed up all night...i had a frosted brownie, a banana with almond butter, and a nutz over chocolate luna bar

Mipply: Eat 3000-4000 calories a day and then you can complain about feeling like a pig, aiight? I eat that many calories within 3 meals. I don't mean to be rude. But you've posted about this before, and its really, really frustrating for many of us who force ourselves to eat when we aren't hungry because we know it's what we need to do for ourselves - to have someone come here with so much negativity about a meal plan that is generally geared for weight LOSS.

Breakfast: 1/2 cup oat bran cooked in chocolate soy milk with cinnamon and a large mashed in banana topped with 2TBS peanut butter. Cottage cheese with dried cherries. Cup of coffee with Vanilla Caramel creamer.

Snack: Fage 2% with 1/4 cup almonds and walnuts, 2 scoops raisins, honey

Lunch: 2 slices whole wheat bread with hummus and roasted red peppers and cheese. Sweet peas and corn with salad dressing. Chopped apple with PB

Snack: Green tea smoothie thing from Starbucks. OK I didn't finish it. But I hadn't planned on getting it either. Gave me a great excuse to go in and talk to the guy behind the counter who apparently thought I was cute. I love being healthier ^.^

Snack: Orange Chocolate Jocolat Bar

Dinner: 3/4 cup Brown rice with tahini and sun dried tomatoes, tofu and broccoli stir-fry. 4 squares of dark chocolate.

Snack: Vanilla Greek yogurt with chopped almonds, cherry pie filling and Nutella

leaving to brazil tomorrow, wish me luck!

b: oatmeal crisp w/ almond milk & strawberries, prunes on the side, & a huge vega protein smoothie.

l: veggie burger on sprouted grain bun w/ honey mustard, spinach, & onion, a fuji apple, & a cinnamon raisin gnu bar.

s: raspberries & a slice of banana bread w/ almond butter.

d: tabbouli, lentil/cauliflower soup, & mujadrah.

s: dark chocolate covered edamame & some lemonade-tasting vitamin water.

total ~2700.

Rebel - I love youuu! Just needed to say that ;-) flirt with that starbucks boy, love!

Breakfast
1/3 cup oat bran cooked in 1 cup chai tea + 1/2 banana mashed in, 25g dates, 2 tbsp smooth operator PB&Co nut butter

Snack
Chocolate chip Clif bar
Apple

Lunch
Sandwich with BBQ sauce, 2 tbsp hummus, spinach
Carrot sticks
Wholewheat pretzels
Strawberry yoghurt

Snack
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup granola
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 banana

Dinner
Bulgur wheat with raw tofu, peas, sweetcorn and olive oil
Salad

Snack
Greek yog with nutella, raisins and granola

lizzie: what you said is how im feeling. its my holidays now. YAY! i haven't been obsessing with Ed as much. I think i've actually done more with friends overall in the first two days of my holidays then i did in my last 2 week hoilday.

omonica: have fun in brazil. are those gnu bars good.  i really want to try them.

anyway as i said being holidays i don't exacly remember what i have had in order so ill just type some stuff i remember eating.

chocolate pancakes with greek yoghurt and fresh berries

homemade tuna burgers with sweet chilli sauce (i am addicted to sweet chilli)

peanut butter in oatmeal, on apples

greek yoghurt with fruit and sesame seeds

chilli, lemongrass, ginger, soy sauce prawn soup

2 1/2 sushi rolls

hot irish nut coffee and hot soy chocolate milk

carrots and hummus

ratatoullie with pasta

sweet chilli flavoured pitos chips ( i ate out of a chip packet)

nutella, butterscotch chocolate, turkish delight

nuts with dried fruit

and other veges and fruit and probably a turkey and hummus sandwich somewhere

sorry my thing isn't very organised today. its been a busy week. oh well hope everyone has a great day! I am feeling wonderful! i am also going to see a dietician in a few weeks so she will tell me what i need to be eating more of.

B: Two thick slices toast with almond butter, & a glass of milk

L: Deli turkey, cheddar, lettuce, and mayo on two slices rye bread. A sliced apple with almond butter. 

S: Another apple with almond butter =P and a box of glosettes (chocolate covered raisins)

D: One each BBQ'd chicken drumstick and thigh with spicy cajun sauce, butter-glazed carrots (despise them but my mom forced me to have them drenched in butter, heh), salad with thousand island, 1/2 a cup rice with soy sauce, a glass of milk

S: A pear, a banana, & a glass of milk

S: 2 dozen or so kettle potato chips with roasted red pepper dip