Weight Gain

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: 1/2c all bran with 4oz soy milk, 3/4c blueberries, 1/4c sliced almonds, 4oz vanilla yogurt, 8oz oj

snack: chewy granola bar, apple

lunch: chicken salad sandwich, 1/2c carrots, 8oz oj

snack: half banana

dinner: lentils with portabello mushrooms and other veggies on salad with hummus, half a pita, 8oz grapefruit juice

snack: 3 tablespoons craisins

Yesterday

Breakfast: 1.5 servings bitesized shredded wheat with semi skimmed milk and Asda 'kick-start trail mix' sprinkle on top

200ml glass of orange juice

Snack: handful sultana's

Lunch: Wholeweat tortilla wrap filled with home made organic houmous, grated carrot and fresh rocket. A yeo vally organic strawberry yogurt.

Dinner: 4 cauldron falafels with a serving of whole weat pasta and steamed veg

Today

Breakfast: 1.5 servings Bitesized shredded wheat with semi skimmed milk and handful of sultana's

Snack: Asda 'kick start trail mix'

Lunch: Wholweat tortilla wrap with homemade organic houmous, fresh rocket and grated carrot. A yeo valley organic blackcurrent yogurt

Dinner: 1/2 pack cauldron tofu with 1/2 cup brown rice and steamed veg

Charlieuk: AWESOME JOB! The 3000 mark is really a HUGE accomplishment! Way to go and keep up the good work!

Breakfast:

• Gluten-free multigrain cereal (brown rice, buckwheat, soy, corn, quinoa, and flaxseed) with chunky peanut butter, banana, cinnamon, and nutmeg
• Plain whole-milk yogurt with blackstrap molasses mixed in
• Scrambled eggs with garlic, parsley, feta cheese, and italian greens
• A honey tangerine (THESE THINGS ARE AMAZINNNG!!!!)

Baby Breakfast:

• Pistasios
• Cinnamon vanilla-roasted soynuts
• Frozen grapes

Lunch:

• Leftover Vegetable Chicken Pot Pie w/ground lentil and cornmeal crust
• Cabbage and carrots in yogurt Sauce
• Garlic and herb-roasted pumpkin seeds

Munch:

• "Red Hot Blues" tortilla chips
• Chili-roasted peanuts, soynuts, and pumpkin seeds
• Carob-coated sweet potato chips

Dinner:

• Creamy almond chicken with peas and onions over 2 baked potatoes
• Herbed carrots

Ender:

• Garlic-herb pumkin seeds
• A random roasted chestnut

Yesterday....

Breakfast: small homemade raspberry muffin, 180ml Kid's Innocent smoothie (blackberries, strawberries and raspberries)

Lunch: went to a veggie cafe after my exam all morning- Large pc tomato and basil quiche with green salad and tomato and cucumber salad.

Snack: Ensure plus

Supper: wholemeal pitta bread with 4 falafel bites and sweet-chilli sauce, small pink lady apple

Snack: Options hot chocolate made with 200ml semi-skimmed milk and 1 digestive biscuit

Weigh-in tomorrow eek!

Wow, all you guys are doing amazing, your really an inspiration, I'm trying to work up my calories (: It's kind fo getting there..

For today:

Breakfast: Bagel (1/2 whole wheat, 1/2 blueberry) with a few teaspoons of light cream cheese

Snack: Homemade 'trail mix' (few M&M's,Tblsp unsalted peanuts, few pretzels, tsp raisins) And a mandarin orange

Lunch: Sandwich with yogurt and 1/4 serving light chips

Snack: Canned pear, hot chocolate/coffee mixture and yogurt

Snack : Oatmeal

Dinner: 2 ff hotdogs, slice light whole wheat bread, small amount of ketchup and mustard, carrots and ff dip.


Bad with all the light products.. I know, I'm working on it.
But this is the first time I've actually had nuts sense being in recovery, so thats kind of good I guess (:

breakfast: 1 cup spelt flakes, 1/3 cup original granola, 1/3 cup pumpkin flax granola, 3/4 cup mocha yogurt

snack: 10 wheat crackers and almond butter, banana and peanut butter

lunch: 1/2 cup kashi mountian medley, 100g vanilla pomegrante yogurt, scoop of chapmans mocha frozen yogurt, apple

snack: 2 cups apple juice, 14 marys organic wheat free crackers, 20 fruit source bites, 1/4 cup soy nuts

dinner: 10 almonds, 1 cup kashi honey almond flax granola, 3/4 cup vanilla yogurt, licorise

big day for me today; finally hit 2200+ cals :) and it doesnt even feel like I ate that much

b- yogurt, sliced almonds, oatmeal, pear, oj

s- teddy grahams, apple

l- black bean wrap with chese, green beans with some butter, oj

s- apple

d- chicken tacos with corn and guacamole, cherry popsicle, oj

s- raisins

Breakfast: 1.5 servings of shredded wheat with semi skimmed milk

200ml glass of orange juice

Snack: 25g Morrisons Organic mix nuts

Lunch: Whole wheat tortilla wrap filled with fresh rocket and 2oz tuna

Muller Raspberry, cranberry and apple 'one a day' yogurt drink

Dinner: Covent garden Boccoli, watercress and fennel soup  with seeded, wholemeal roll.

Total: 1477 calories.

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, 2 Tablespoons soynut butter, banana and 60g all bran cereal.

Snack: organic banana bran muffin, 500g blueberries and a strawberry smoothie.

Lunch: wholewheat toasted baguette with melted mozzarella and veggie beef strips, cherry tomatoes.
an apple and a pear.

Snack: dried apricots, rasins, mango and pineapple with 50g green and blacks organic dark chocolate.

Dinner: Grilled veggie sausages, butterbeans, mangetout, baked courgette and homemade sweet potato chips.

Snack: dry weetos cereal, a mini bakewell tart with custard.

Supper: 3 instant hot chocolates.

:) i feel so full i could die. hahahahaha! 

breakfast: all bran with lactaid milk, .25c sliced almonds, 2tbsp raisins, 4oz vanilla lowfat yogurt, oj

snack: 2/3c blueberries, 9 kashi crackers

lunch: grilled cheese (swiss on wheat) with sliced carrots and butter, oj

snack: apple

dinner: tortilla wrap (salsa, black beans, roasted tofu), banana strawberry soy smoothie

snack: 3 tbsp craisins

On waking up: hot cocoa :)

Breakfast: oatmeal made with skim. milk, chopped peach, brown sugar, cinnamon and fruit 'n' fibre mixed in.

Snack: wholewheat toasted muffin with mashed banana and soynut butter.

Lunch: homemade french onion soup with a wholegrain toasted baguette (Quorn chicken, mustard, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber.)

Snack: an apple, a pear and an alpro soya dark chocolate dreams yoghurt.

Dinner: wholemeal spaghetti with soy mince and grated soy parmesan.

Dessert: homemade triple chocolate muffin with vanilla soy ice cream.

Supper: dry weetos cereal.

Before bed: 2 instant hot chocolates.

breakfast: all bran, 4oz lactaid, 4oz oj, 1/8c sliced almonds, 1/2c cottage cheese, pear

snack: 9 kashi crackers, 3 prunes

lunch: garden burger on wheat roll with avocado, lettuce and swiss. side of strawberries and carrots

snack: granola, yogurt

dinner: balsamic salad with tofu, minestrone soup, fig newtons

snack: raisins, teddy grahams

 

refeeding is so difficult, i dont know my weight but my nutritionist is trying to make me gain approx 2 lbs per week. looking back, i've come a long way but i just feel so sick and panicky. ergg

Breakfast: 1.5 servings Bitesized Shredded wheat with semi skimmed milk

200ml glass of orange juice

Snack: 30g Morrisons organic mixed nuts, 200ml glass of orange juice

Lunch: wholeweat tortilla wrap filled with rocket, some grated carrot and 2oz tuna. Muller 'one a day' strawberry, banana and blackcurrent yogurt drink

Dinner: Natural choice king prawn chilli steamer (prawns with noodles and veg in chilli sauce) really quick in microwave and no 'nasties' like some meals

1444 calories

Breakfast: 1 packet of organic oatmeal, 1 packet of maple and brown sugar oatmeal, and a handful of cherries

Snack before the gym: banana

Snack after the gym: lifetime fitness very berry smoothie =] (tastes like a raspberry cremesaver AND has 23g of protein which i need)

Lunch: grilled ham and  american cheese sandwich, large golden delicious apple with 2 tbsp of skippy natural peanutbutter

Dinner: haven't had it yet but we're making roast beef with mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, corn, sugar snap peas, french bread, and fruit salad.

Dessert: my mom made berry shortcakes with homemade whipped cream! yum!

BREAKFAST-cereal, crasins, nuts, milk, bananna

Snack-yogert, juice, granola

Luch-bread, peanut butter, milkshake, jelly, more nuts

Snack-juice, V8, and yes more nuts

Din din-smoothie with bannana, walnuts, soyprotein(adds 110 caloreis in a tablespoon, i don't even taste it!!) juice, and yogert

Snakc-juice, (yay, no more nuts!) berries, carrots, ranch

 

hope my menu helped!!

before breakfast: cappucinno with chocolate sprinkles.

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

Snack: Strawberry and banana smoothie and 50g cheerios with yeo valley bio yoghurt

Lunch: Baked potato with cream cheese (with chives) and a green side salad.

Snack: toasted wholewheat pitta with soynut butter and jam.
an apple an orange and a pear.

Dinner: Quorn steaks with baked summer vegetables, marinaded in a black pepper dressing.

Supper: weetabix with chocolate soy milk (it was hot milk) mmmm ;) a banana and 2 instant hot chocolates.

breakfast: yogurt, blueberries, half blueberry bagel with butter, oj

snack: wheat thins, dried cherries

lunch: turkey on wheat with swiss cheese and avocado, pear, mixed veggies, oj

snack: chewy granola bar, peanut butter

dinner: rice, shrimp and veggie jumbaliah, apple, oj

snack: pudding cup, half banana

Everyone is eating so well, yay!!!

Yyonah: Since we've been part of this thread from the beginning pretty much I just wanted to congratulate you, you're really inspiring! Looking back over the first few post and now, you've come such a long way, keep it up! Not to mention your food always sounds amazing. Really, I'm going to show up at your door one day and ask you to feed me :)

anyways, this last weekend I was stranded at my parent's house because my car broke down, and the eating is never very good there. But I managed to eat a lot anyways, both of my brothers graduated so it was a lot of party foods. Here's what I ate today-

prebreakfast- had to try a small slice of pound cake leftover from the party last night, coffee and milk.

breakfast- maple yogurt with grapes, strawberries, walnuts, granola. Lots of watermelon.

no snack b/w B and L today because I went swimming and was distracted but having fun :)

lunch- sauteed mushroom taco, salad, corn on the cob. Carrot juice.

snack- 2 cream crackers, one with dulce de leche, one with apricot jelly.

snack- cherries and almonds

dinner- quinoa and zuchinni, salad, 6 oz salmon filet with some mayo dill dressing. I was very skeptical on the mayo because I hate it but it was one of my friends special recipes so I had to try it, not too bad plus I''m sure I could use the mayo.

after dinner- toast and sunbutter. oatmeal made with soymilk, apples, raisins, and honey, and about 5 scoops of ice cream on top. It was exactly like apple pie a la mode! soooo good!

omg. to yyonah. you have weetbix with hot chocolate milk too? :D haha my brother is always like DISGUSTINGEWW.. but i like it. its sorta like a lazy version of oatmeal hahaha. xD saying that. ive been too lazy to make chocolate oatmeal in the morning for agesss. =( maybe make some tomorow. coz it's winter here too!

anyways. yesterday

breakfast: hot chocolate sustagen + weetbix, tiptop 9grain muffin + egg white, sugar banana

morning tea: 200g strawberry digestive yoghurt, wholemeal crispbreads, golden delicious apple (lovee these!), almonds

lunch: triple deckered sandwich made with wholegrain bread, egg + can of tuna (i love tuna. minus its SMELL.), reducedfat cheese, lettuce, cucumber, tomato.

afternoon tea: 1 cup hot skim milk with coffee (COFFEE LOVE!), weetbix (haha), pear, almonds

dinner: 1 bowl rice, pan-fried veal steak, tomato saucy thing i made before (tomatoes, onion, garlic, chilli) + a little mozarella cheese on top. . oh. no veggies :O!

supper: 1 cup "active" soy milk (more protein), 1 wholegrain toast, kiwi fruit

in bed: almonds (haha. im really edgy and nervous. i get scared if i eat something extra (eg almonds), that i`ll gain overboard weight.  but then. at night, at the end of the day, i get scared again. that i havnt eaten enough to gain the 1lb i need to gain evry wk!! . coz i got threatened to be put back into hospital a few weeks ago coz my HR was 55. =( )

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim. milk, chopped soynuts, rasins and sprinkled with 70% cocoa powder.

Snack: 4 ryvita crackers with cottage cheese, cucumber and an apple.

Lunch: club sandwich on wholewheat bread (soy cheese, branston pickle, lettuce, cliced tomatoes and veggie ham slices)
an orange and a pear.

Snack: strawberry bio yoghurt with granola and 1 slice of wholewheat toast with soynut butter.

Dinner: homemade veggie lasagne with a green salad.

Dessert: homemade apple pie with egg free custard.

Supper: a banana and 2 instant hot chocolates.