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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 :]

breakfast: 1/4 cup oatmeal + skim milk + chocolate sustagen + swirl of vanilla yoghurt. golden delicous apple

6 almonds

snack: uncle tobys mixed berry digestion yoghurt, golden delicious apple, 2 wholemeal crispbreads

lunch: 3 slices wholegrain bread, reducedf cheese, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, chicken breast

6 almonds

snack: iced coffee 'up and go', 2 crispbreads, mandarin, egg white

snack: chocolate sustagen w weetbix

dinner: will be 'hotpot'. so darn cold here! probably noodles, crab, cod/some other fish, mussels, prawns, mushrooms, veggies

 

I DONT THINK I GAINED ENOUGH WEIGHT THIS WEEK!! (200-300g at most, when i should be gaining 500g a week) how much should i up my cals by?

any commentary?

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, soynut butter and strawberries.

Snack: mango bio yoghurt with chopped soynuts, granola and half a banana.

Lunch: wholewheat bagel with soy cream cheese and cherry tomatoes.
an apple, an orange and a pear.

Snack: more strawberries! dipped in soynut butter and nutella.
NAKD cocoloco raw food bar.

Dinner: soycheese, tomato and onion tart with a side of soy beans, mangetout and baby corn.

Supper: homemade fruit cake with vanilla soy ice cream and the other half of the banana from earlier.

Before bed: 2 instant hot chocolates.

breakfast: all bran w. 4oz milk, 4oz oj, 3tbsp craisins, 6oz vanilla yogurt, .25 cup sliced almonds

snack: apple, 9 kashi crackers

lunch: gardenburger on wheat roll with lettuce, slice of cheese and tomato, 2 tbsp raisins, 1/2 green beans with a little butter, 8oz oj

snack: chewy granola bar, 1/2 tbsp peanut butter

dinner: chicken caesar salad, brownie, oj

snack: vanilla pudding, prunes

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, soynut butter, strawberries + raspberries.
30g frosties with strawberry bio yoghurt.

Snack: 4 ryvita crackers with soynut butter, jam + sliced banana, 250ml grapefruit juice.

Lunch: Quorn sausage roll, an apple, an orange and a pear.

Snack: banana bread with soy ice cream.

Dinner: wholewheat pasta with quorn chunks, homemade tomato based sauce and grated soy cheese.

Supper: chocolate ensure and dry weetos cereal.

Before bed: 2 instant hot chocolates.

breakfast: chocolate sustagen, 2 "oatbrits", almonds

snack: strawberry digestive yoghurt, golden delicious apple, wholemeal crispbreads, some milk chocolate (fundraiser)

lunch: 3 slices wholegrain bread, omelette with 1 can tuna + egg
       &nb sp;   cheese, roasted chicken breast, cucumber, tomato, lettuce

snack: hot skim milk with cocoa powder, slice of wholegrain toast with egg white,  granny smith apple,

dinner: bowl of white rice, 'black' chicken (braised in some ginger, soy sauce thing ? my mum cooked it lol. and this type of chicken's skin is black ... o_o). stir-fried broccoli.

supper: boysenberry drumstick cone (haha havn't had one of these in ages. i thought i should have one of my 'scary' foods.)

breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, breakfast potatoes, apple, 4oz oj

snack: half package nature valley granola bar, 3 prunes, tea

lunch: chicken salad on wheat bread, pear, 2/3c carrots and 2tbsp hummus, oj

snack: 9 kashi crackers, 1/8c cashews

dinner: vegetarian lasagna, 1/2c broccoli, 3 tbsp craisins, oj

snack: half banana, 100 calorie pack oreos 

Breakfast: oatmeal made with skim. milk, chopped banana, all bran and toffee chocolate powder.

Snack: strawberry and Soynut butter milkshake, 30g green and blacks dark chocolate.

Lunch: wholewheat toasted sandwich with Quorn beef slices, tomato, lettuce + mustard.
an apple, an orange + a pear.

Snack: soy nuts, granola, rasins + dried apricots on 150g yeo valley bio yoghurt.

Dinner: wholewheat egg free tagliatelle with homemade meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce.

Dessert: banana bread with egg free custard.

Supper: Dry weetos cereal and 70% cocoa made with soy milk.

I made it to I think almost 5000 calories yesterday  a lot of it was by adding olive oil and honey on everything. See this post: http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/100 237.html

I better gain this week!

breakfast: wm yogurt mixed with applesauce and protein powder, banana cookie larabar, tea with milk and honey

snack: naked green juice

lunch: fasolada (greek white bean stew) with added olive oil, pita chips, salad with extra oil, pomegranate juice

snack: homemade coconut berry waffle with almond butter, margarine and honey, apple with peanut butter, apricot, almond cookies, tea with honey

snack: dried figs, carrots, almonds

dinner: salad, the entire package of gnocchi with peto, extra olive oil and parmesan, apple juice

snack: tea with honey, banana with honey, dried apricots

breakfast: kashi crunch with soy milk, almonds, half banana, cottage cheese, orange juice

snack: apple, 7 wheat thins

lunch: wrap with 2oz turkey and lettuce, cup minestrone soup, cup green beans with 1/2 tbsp margarine, 2 tbsp craisins

snack: 1graham cracker, 3tbsp raisins, 12 almonds

dinner: chinese chicken salad (grilled chicken, mixed veggies on lettuce, mandarin slices and crispy wonton noodles with a bit of asian dressing)

snack: applesauce, 16 teddy grahams, 1/2 tbsp peanut butter

 

 

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, chopped apples, rasins, brown sugar and cinnamon.

Snack: toasted panini with soycheese, olives and Quorn ham slices.

Lunch: strawberry bio yoghurt with all bran and soy nuts
an apple an orange and a pear.

Snack: shreddies with chocolate powder, banana + a cherry pie larabar.

Dinner: baked tofu and rice stuffed in butternut squash with cooked chopped tomatoes in sauce, baked pepper, aubergine + courgette.
ALSO! a wholegrain pitta with soy cheese.

Snack: 4 weetabix with 2 scoops soy ice cream + 70% dark chocolate chips

Supper: cocoa made with soya. milk + mini marshmallows

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, strawberries and toffee + dark chocolate chunks mixed in :)

Snack: toasted wholewheat sandwich with veggie salami, soy cheese + cherry tomatoes.

Lunch: wholewheat bagel with soynut butter, jam and mashed banana.
an apple an orange and a pear.

Snack: Bran flakes with alpro-soya ice cream and raspberries.

Dinner: Quorn steaks with a black pepper dressing, new potaotes and ratatoulli.

Snack: banana bread NAKD food bar, rasins, cranberries, dried pineapple, 2 tablespoons of soynut butter and 250ml chocolate soy milk.

before bed: instant hot chocolate

Adds up to approx 3000 cals...

Breakfast: Blueberry bagel, 2 TB cream cheese, 1 yogurt, 1 apple

Snack: Butter pecan Ensure, 2 TB Hummus, 1 TB avocado dip, carrots

Lunch: 6" Turkey sandwich from Subway with olive oil, mayo, etc., Sunchips, ketchup

Snack: Apple with caramel dip, vanilla pudding made with whole lactaid milk

Dinner: Qdoba burrito (tortilla, fajita veggies, black beans, chicken, salsa, lettuce)

Snack: Apple with marshmellow fluff (mm!), milk chocolate Ensure

breakfast: oatmeal with chocolate sustagen and milk. 1 wholegrain toast with 1 sliced banana and honey

snack: skim latte, kiwi fruit, almonds, wholegrain toast

lunch: 9grain muffin with spicy chilli flavoured tuna and egg, lettuce and tomato. 4 soy and linseed vita-weats + cheese , cucumber, tomato

snack: mango yoghurt, 2 weetbix, almonds, granny smith apple

dinner: restaurant; rice, chicken and cashew stirfry w broccoli, carrots, peas, combination tofu hot pot, steamed chinese veggies

snack: instant cappuccino made with hot milk, soy chocolate icecream

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, soy nut butter + 4 oreos mixed in :)
a banana with 2 T. jam.

Snack: strawberry, mango + banana smoothie, NAKD raw food bar.

Lunch: wholegrain baguette with Quorn ham, mustard, lettuce and sliced tomato.
an apple an orange + a pear.

Snack: wholewheat toast with soynut butter + strawberry fluff.
250ml chocolate soy milk.

Dinner: wholewheat spaghetti with homemade meatballs (sos-mix) + a tomato + lentil sauce.

Snack: 4 weetabix with egg free custard, sliced banana, 20 soynuts, rasins and 2 instant hot chocolates.

Hi, I just recently found this site and have been reading the posts here and some others as well.  I am also a recovering eating disordered person-anorexia, and trying to get back on track after gaining some and losing again.  I just have some questions and I would REALLY  appreciate and love if you guys can take some time to answer them, thank you in advance.  Really, I'm just curious at your lea plans, they are really awe inspiring probably since I have been restricting so much, I don't want to say anything to shake your recoveries but am just curious at how much you have gained- which is AWESOME!!!! if you have, and what the time line of gaining was, like how long did it take.  Also, do you do any excercise?  Also, I love seeing what you eating because it's really motivating me to eat more but I'm curious at what the calorie range is and the portions of the food that you eat, like the sandwiches and dinners, how much chicken or meat or cheese or pasta or whatever... Thank you so very much and I can't wait to hear if you have anything to say, I really appreciate it a lot!!!

 

breakfast: 1/3 cup rolled oats with 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 1/4 cup walnuts. 1/2 cup activia yogurt, 1tbsp wheat germ, 1 tbsp natural bran, 1 apple chopped

snack: watermelon, 3 mini freezies

lunch: cottage cheese with brown sugar, maple flakes, ground cinnamon, 1 caramel rice cake

snack: 1 cup vanilla shreddies with 1/2 cup rice milk, some more watermelon

dinner: 1 cup cooked spinach, 1 cup bulgur (made with tomatoes, canola oil, mint leaves, salt, pepper and roasted almonds) 1 cup chicken breast meat chopped and cooked in a fry pan with canola oil and garlic powder

snack: activa and mocha yogurt

breakfast: 1/3 cup rolled oats, 60g chocolate sustagen powder, 200ml skim milk, 1 mandarin

snack: green apple, 200g mixed berry yoghurt, soy and linseed crispbreads

lunch: two 9-grain muffins. filled with salmon omelette and lettuce, tomato, cucumber

snack: 250ml chocolate soymilk + 2 weetbix + kiwi fruit

dinner: 1 bowl rice, 1 bowl soup, carrot, soy beans + spare ribs

snack: chocolate sustagen, 10 almonds, mocha, vitaweats

 

i think about 2200 calories.  and i havnt gained much weight at all these past two weeks. which means im in trouble on thursday =( .

umm. not doing much excercise . just go to school lol xD

Breakfast: Oatmeal, banana, 2 tablespoons soynut butter, 60g all bran (made with skim milk.)

Snack: bran flakes, sultanas, apricots, pineapple (of the dried variety!) and 150g peach bio yoghurt.

Lunch: large baked potato with cottage cheese, mixed chives and cherry tomatoes.

Snack: an apple, an orange and a pear.

Dinner: veggie sausages, Veggie bacon, homemade sweet potato chips and spicy triple bean salsa.

Snack: NAKD cocoloco raw food bar with 2 T. soy nut butter.

Before bed: 2 instant hot chocolates.

b- 2 packages instant oatmeal, 3tbsp craisins, 1.25c strawberries, 1/4c almonds, 6oz yogurt, 8oz oj

s- apple, 7 kashi crackers, 2 tbsp hummus

lunch- salad with feta, 1/2c chickpeas, 5 olives, pita, 2 tbsp hummus, berries

s-half banana, chewy granola bar, 1/2 tbsp peanut butter

d- 4 oz chicken and cup of rice (stir fry), 2 tbsp raisins, 3 entamins cookies

s- 3 prunes, 8 saltines, 1/2 tbsp peanut butter

 

so full.. my meal plan went up again and i'm having so much trouble dealing with the pain of refeeding.. how is everyone else doing? does this seem like an incredible amount of food to everyone else?

Hi everyone, I want to introduce myself and say a little about myself.  I am about to be 25 and have been "recovering" from anorexia for about a yr but think I have relapsed.  I used to see a nutritionist and therapist but can no longer afford them.  I am 5'4-almost, and weigh about 90lbs although I don't like weighing and don't necessaraly do it 1st in the AM naked like I heard was best.  I moderalty excercise about 5 times a week for about 15mins on an elliptical but not the ones w/arms, just the leg moving one, and sometimes do some weights bc I feel like the activity helps keep me "regular" bc I do have the constipation prob like a lot of ppl do.  I am truly inspired by everyone here and congratualte everyone on everything everyone here has overcome.  I was at 1st about 89lbs and over about 4-5 months went up to about 110 on only about 1350 cals and don't understand how everyone here seems to be able to eat so much more and still have trouble gaining which really scares me that when I up my intake I'll blow up.  When I read the meal plans here, which are so motivating,  I get confused bc total cals aren't always written and either are portions, like how much cereal or is it "light" or real 100 cal bread.  Ok, don't want to sound too OCD.  Well thanks so much for listening and if you have any suggestions or anything I would really appreciate it.  Thank you for listening and the best of luck to all of you- Keep up the good work!

This is what I ate yesterday, I hope I remember it all and please let me know if you have any ideas or anything--

BFAST-"vitamuffin"-high fiber-100 cals, 60 cal yogurt

SNACK-1/2 (50 cals) of protein bar

LUNCH-roll (100 cals) and a little shredded cheese, Fage 80 cal yogurt

SNACK-80 cal waffle, tiny bit pnut butter, a little light whipped cream, 1 large apple

Gym-15 mins light elliptical, 5 mins situps on balance ball

1/2 teaspoon pbut butter

DINNER- roll (100 cals), spray butter, big salad w/lots different veggies, 1 teaspoon cottage cheese

SNACK-120 cal yogurt, 1 Big apple, tea

water throughout the day-wish I wasn't scared to increase, your mealplans make me jealous