Wait, weight?

I went to see the dietitian today after waiting for what seems like forever! Anyway, she told me that I need to eat more in order to gain weight, a mix of protein and calories, which I can get from the 5 food groups, by eating 6 meals a day. Yes, 6. She said I need to aim for 3000 calories per day. That is the equivalent of eating 6 McDonald's Crispy Chicken Deluxe sandwiches or 28 kit kats a day!
There was also some good yet bad news. I have grown an extra inch and a half, so now my 'ideal' weight is half a stone more than what I was aiming for! *headdesk*

size.....2?

Well, not quite. BUT good news is, I have gained some weight. I have been eating, counting, and when the numbers don't add up, I've been drinking milkshakes. Not the nice milkshakes, the horrible 'sports' milkshakes. Yuk!
Blood tests came back fine, written 'tests' that I had to do were not so good. Conclusion, something is wrong, but we aren't 100% sure what it is yet! Next step; gain weight (you don't say?!). Also; counselling.
We'll see what happens!

size 0

It's true, I've lost weight. A lot of weight. I was never trying to loose weight, I was trying to gain it! I used to be a size 10, now, I'm a size 4, which is the infamous 'size 0'. I want to be a size 10 again!!

The last few days, I have been researching weight gain, weight loss, reasons for it, measurements, BMI, RMR, BMR, calorie intake, food types, food groups,- the list goes on. I have also had some blood tests done, and I get the results next week.

Anyway, from what I have discovered, I am basically not getting the amount of calories I need. So, I have put myself on a diet. Now, I'm already on a diet, and have been for over half my life, some would say I'm a bit of a fussy eater :) I don't eat meat, fish or eggs (unless you can't taste the eggs e.g Quarn). I also can't have most food additives and colourings, anything orange, including carrots & too many oranges!

My new diet should help me gain weight, and get me back up to a size 10!

First on the agenda is a trip to the shops :)
Shopping list; Muesli with lots of fruit, nuts & seeds (yuk!), complete nutrition milkshakes, fruit & full fat blue milk :D
I also bought all the ingredients for this fantastic cake recipe I found on the interweb. I can't cook, and I don't 'do' cakes due to their egg content, but this one is 'eggless' and it looked nice & easy, so I made it!
Here is a quick pic of mine before I eated it :D (it does look nicer than it does in the pic, I *needed* to eat it so I couldn't spend too long a photo could I?)Here is the recipe, in case you want to try :)
Oh and a 'cup' is apx. equal too erm...a small mug

4 cups apples; peeled and grated (that's about 5 apples, I used Granny Smith)

1/2 cup oil (seemed like a lot to me)

2 cups sugar (I only used 1 1/2)

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups unsifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda (I used baking powder, I don't know if it makes any difference!)

2 teaspoons cinnamon (or half a jar if the lid falls off...)

1 cup walnuts; chopped (don't even like nuts, but these were uber tasty)

Right, now that you've got all of those, here is what you do;

Mix together apples, oil, sugar and vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to apples.
Fold in nuts.
Stick it all in a greased tin or pan thingy (I used my pasta bake dish, like I said, I don't cook!) and stick it in the oven on 160C for about 50 minutes
Remove from oven, allow to cool, then serve with ice cream (or any cream!) or custard!

I did not come up with this recipe on my own (I don't cook remember?) I got it from here;
http://www.grouprecipes.com/

If anyone has or knows of any healthy recipes, please leave me a comment and I'll take a look :)