need more calories

peanut butter!

Beef, lamb, oily fish, avacado, nuts, seeds, cheese.

Almonds are a good source of calories, a baked potato (sans toppings) and raisins are things I've added to my diet the last week and are between 110-160 a serving and are pretty healthy for you.

Seeds, nuts, nut butters, olive oil, avocado, oily fish such as salmon. I struggle to eat my exercise calories too and Im working out a far bit. Unlike most people, I lose my appetite completely when Im working out and on my rest day I am ravenous.
I'm just listening to my body and eating when Im hungry as long as Im getting to a a minimum 1200.

high calories but healthy foods -
natural peanut or other nut butter 100 cals teaspoon
1 small avocado 100 cals
25g nuts 200 cals
250ml whole milk 200 cals
olive oil 100 cals teaspoon

a snack of some nuts and milk, and a bit of olive oil in your cooking will easily add 500 cals

I'm sorry, but I COMPLETELY disagree with the person who told you to eat full fat foods!! :huh: Sorry, but isn't that what got us here in the 1st place?? Raw almonds have HEALTHY fat, are filling and are good for you. Salmon is also higher in calories, but has omega-3 which is also good for you.Don't totally stress if you don't eat your exercise calories...I rarely do, and I usually wil only hit about 1200 cal/day.

Sorry if I sounded harsh, but I wanted to give you constructive feedback

theres nothing wrong with full fat foods in moderation. thats not what got me here in the first place, being lazy and eating everything in sight did. not everything has to be "light" or "fat free" - in reality theres tons of things added into those light and fat free things to replace the fat and theyre worse for you than the fat they took out.
if shes having trouble reaching 1200 calories theres no harm in switching out light mayo for full fat and instantly adding 60+ calories isnt going to kill her. same with dairy. if its the AMOUNT of food you cant seem to eat more of, it makes sense to add in foods that are higher in calories. there are plenty of people around that would agree with me.

Actually full fat foods, even in moderation are not good for you. Just because a person may not gain weight by eating them, that does not mean that cholesterol levels and the plaque they create in arteries will not kill you.

I am in agreement with everyone else, nuts and nut products are one of the best, and healthiest ways to add protein, calories and GOOD fat. :0

"Although it is still important to limit the amount of cholesterol you eat, especially if you have diabetes, for most people dietary cholesterol isn't nearly the villain it's been portrayed to be. Cholesterol in the bloodstream, specifically the bad LDL cholesterol, is what's most important. And the biggest influence on blood cholesterol level is the mix of fats and carbohydrates in your diet—not the amount of cholesterol you eat from food."
and taken from their tips on the sidebar - "Low-fat and reduced-fat cheeses are often not so low in fat—and are often higher in sodium than regular cheese. So it is best to choose the cheese you like and savor it in small amounts"
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/

"The truth is, however, that there is no direct connection between the amount of cholesterol you eat and the concentration of cholesterol in your blood. In most people, eating cholesterol has little or no effect on this amount. In about 30 percent of the population, eating cholesterol does in fact increase the concentration of cholesterol in the blood — but it increases the "good" cholesterol."
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Cholesterol-Rich-Foods-Raise-Blood-Cholesterol.html

"Although it is still important to limit the amount of cholesterol you eat, especially if you have diabetes, for most people dietary cholesterol isn't nearly the villain it's been portrayed to be. Cholesterol in the bloodstream, specifically the bad LDL cholesterol, is what's most important. And the biggest influence on blood cholesterol level is the mix of fats and carbohydrates in your diet—not the amount of cholesterol you eat from food."
and taken from their tips on the sidebar - "Low-fat and reduced-fat cheeses are often not so low in fat—and are often higher in sodium than regular cheese. So it is best to choose the cheese you like and savor it in small amounts"
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/

"The truth is, however, that there is no direct connection between the amount of cholesterol you eat and the concentration of cholesterol in your blood. In most people, eating cholesterol has little or no effect on this amount. In about 30 percent of the population, eating cholesterol does in fact increase the concentration of cholesterol in the blood — but it increases the "good" cholesterol."
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Cholesterol-Rich-Foods-Raise-Blood-Cholesterol.html

I would be very interested in where you got this information? Simply because I have genetically high cholesterol and when it was at 273, I worked with a nutritionist to lower it so I would not have to take those horrible statins, and this is not what I was told.

i included the links for the quoted info - i googled "food cholesterol vs blood cholesterol". looked through the links.
the first one is from harvard school of public health.
the second one if from 2007 and talks about a review done by cholesterol researcher dr maria luz fernandez of the university of connecticuts dept. of nutritional science...though i do believe it was mostly based on the cholesterol from eggs. it lists the review as a reference at the bottom of the page

Okay thanks. My comments come from real life experience. I think everyone processes things differently. I know a guy that can eat bacon dipped in mayonnaise and have low cholesterol numbers, I cant.

So far I have shed around 40 lbs, over 12% body fat and 60 bad cholesterol points by directly watching the amount of fat and cholesterol I consume. I have not had it tested since I went on thyroid meds and stopped smoking, so I will be very interested in what my numbers will be now.

For me, at 43, eating cholesterol in food, is not worth the risk.

mine come from real life experience as well, even though i only shared links from studies.. all my life ive eaten high fat/cholesterol and when i had my blood tests done last year, everything was normal or below normal. i dont eat that badly anymore, but i still eat red meat, and full fat cheese and higher fat cottage cheese/cream cheese etc.
everyone is different, and people with naturally high cholesterol levels may need to watch what they eat more - but if one has no such issues, then everything in moderation is still a fine plan. full fat dairy/dressings/etc are more natural/less processed and if youre trying to limit the amount of random, unnecessary chemicals in your diet then its really something to look at.