Question:
I need 8 pounds!!!!!!!!!
I am 5"2 and 212 pounds I need to be at least 220 pounds with no problems for the surgery is there any one can tell me how to gain 8 pounds for this, the only thing I have to go on is high chelosterol but my feet are started to hurt and I get tired really quick walking but the insurance do look at any of that so if I gain the 8 pounds before the 9th of next month it will go ok for me... Dont think i'm doing just because, but my whole family on both sides is over weight and i really want to get out of that boat while I am still young (26) I have so much to look forward to I have 3 boys 6yrs 7 yrs and 11 months old. I just dont want to even develop any problem catch them before they even come..doest this make since????? HELP ME PLEASE! — Lilmeme (posted on July 16, 2007)
July 16, 2007
Lee, I'd start with cake and ice cream. Fried chicken or fried seafood. Fry
all your foods. And pasta and breads with mountains of butter.........LOL
This worked for me!! Best of luck!! Mickey.........
— MCraig3
July 16, 2007
Hi! I'm 5'3" and 227. I just barely fell in the classifications to ge
the RNY... I will tell you to look at all the comorbidities. Like... blood
sugars, fatty liver, cholesterol, and diabeties. That thing with your feet
hurting might be facitious. It happens when you are carrying too much
weight. I have that too. I found that drinking a bunch of water the day
before and the day of your weigh in will get you an extra couple of pounds.
But mostly, just go walking, exercise. I know that sounds strange, but
muscle is heavier then fat. Good luck! Keep me posted!
— Jennifer C.
July 16, 2007
Girl, I know how you can gain 8 pounds quick -- hamburgers and french fries
and ice cream. I'd heard of surgeons having their patients gain weight.
Don't do a pig out kinda eating -- just eat and don't exercise at all.
— the7thdean
July 16, 2007
My insurance required that the overweight exist for more than 5 years -
they required weight records from all of my past doctors. Your insurance
requirements might diffeer. Also, another co-morbidity might be sleep
apnea. Your surgeon will send you to a specialist to determine that.
— Patricia R.
July 16, 2007
Do you drink diet drinks now? If so stop and drink regular soda. Then eat
all the pasta and breads you can. Before my surgery thats what I did and I
gain several pounds. I did it because I knew I would never be able to eat
like this anymore. Good Luck!
— barfiep01
July 16, 2007
Do you drink diet drinks now? If so stop and drink regular soda. Then eat
all the pasta and breads you can. Before my surgery thats what I did and I
gain several pounds. I did it because I knew I would never be able to eat
like this anymore. Good Luck!
— barfiep01
July 16, 2007
easy. eat all the junk food plus high carb foods, fried food and pizza go
to a buffee and eat all you want.
— yvettetas
July 16, 2007
tape some weights to your legs. Pick up some metal bars at your local
hardware store, cut them to size, tape them to your calves. Or go to a
sports store and find some leg weights or chest weights...kind of cheating,
but healthier than pigging out on junk food, its a quick fix
— wecangetright
July 17, 2007
I am really surprised at all the answers. I had a similar question before i
realized that with my hypertension i already qualified, but i never would
have had the nerve to come on here and ask. Most people (I thought) would
blast a person coming on here and asking how to Gain Weight???? That is not
a problem most WLS potentials have. But i am glad to see that i am not the
only one who is teetering on the edge of a qualifying weight. I am
5'4" 224, so with my B/P problems, i weigh enough. I did speak with a
person at the clinic about this. I know i haven't been able to get below
207 in years and asked her if i lost a few pounds (from my current weight),
would i be disqualified. Her response was, "You can't eat to qualify.
The approval will be based on whether you have been at a qualifying weight
for a period of at least 5 years." So, if you don't have or haven't
had any co-morbidities, or haven't been at a qualifying weight for at least
years, gaining an extra 8 pounds last minute may not help you. Good luck.
I know what it's like to need help, but not bad enough to get the real help
i needed. I wish you all the best.
— slynn33
July 17, 2007
WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY? AND ALL OF THESE OTHERS TELLING YOU TO EAT MORE, THEIR
CRAZY TOO!!
— Michael Eak
July 17, 2007
Now that being said, Why would you want to risk your health even more by
gaining? You doctor may deny you because their not dumb and they'll realize
you've gained to get the WLSurgery. If your really determined, just put
rolls of quarters in your pockets to show on the scale your the weight
required to pass for the Insurance Co. But try doing the Post-op Lifestyle
of an Roux-en-Y patient. O did this and lost 40 pounds before receiving my
surgery. I was 600 Pre-op then 540 the day of my surgery. And now at 400.
Good Luck, BUT Please don't gain weight to Lose.
— Michael Eak
July 17, 2007
I thank you all for your answers good and bad, but like I said I look at my
family and I see my future and I dont want to be that. I am already
considered over weight, So please dont take it the wrong way I know it is
people who is heavier then I am trying to loose so for me to try and gain
to get WLS seems a lil crazy, and it is but like I said I am just trying to
make a healther me now and not have so suffer and do it later. Hope you all
undersand. 5"2 and 212 pounds and a BMI of 39.0.....
— Lilmeme
July 17, 2007
First of all, you do NOT want to gain more weight before surgery....very
dangerous and I believe your doctor would have to be shot to tell you to do
this. I am a lightweight who is going to go through Roux En Y on August
7th, for my health. I have never know a food addicted person to have a
problem gaining weight. Place weights in your pockets or wear ankle weights
and long pants. Most weight loss clinics will look the other way for 12 lbs
when you are as heavy as you are. Your liver will get slick and fatty and
it will make it very difficult for the surgeon and for you. Don't gain more
weight. Listen to Michael.
— bderuiter
July 17, 2007
Funny I thought this very serious surgery was reserved for the MORBIDLY
obese. The number of mildy overweight people having this surgery is giving
WLS surgery a bad name, not to mention that in response insurance companies
are getting more strict about what is needed to qualify for those that are
in desperately need for it.
— tazthewiz23
July 17, 2007
Most insurance companies (like BCBS and Humana) guidelines are you have to
have a BMI 40 or more. Or a BMI under 40 with one health problem due to
weight. That was my doctors guidelines too. Anytime you are over weight
or obessed that is causing serious issues to your health. It doesnt just
have to be you are extremely obesse She is already having high
cholesterol. Far as people having an issue of her gaining 8lbs, what is
8lbs when she can have surgery that will help her and she will be loosing
more than 8lbs! People come to this website for help, not neg comments.
— barfiep01
July 17, 2007
Another thing is Lee's BMI is 38.8, that puts her being obessed, not just
slightly over weight. Over weight BMI is 25-
29.9. And the reason why insurance companies are so strict is because
there is alot of people that has had the surgery and has gain the weight
back or people hasnt tried to lose the weight. If her doctor and insurance
company approves the surgery, thats their business. The girl just asked
how to gain 8lbs. If yaw dont want to answer the question, dont leave a
response.
— barfiep01
July 17, 2007
Hi, I had to add my few cents as well. I too am a "lightweight".
I for one do not think we give WLS a bad name. I am need of this surgery
as well as anyone with a BMI >40 whether it is 40.1 or 80. That is why
there are criteria. When having surgery first crossed my mind several
years ago, I was not eligble- I am 5' 1.5" and was between 200 &
210 for years. I "dieted" a few more times, did Nutrisystem,
joined Curves for the third time & yes I actually lost weight &
stuck to these programs for months at a time- each time re-gaining more.
Psychologically I've been prepared for years. I want to say many of us know
when we NEED surgery & also the benefits of losing weight will be much
greater than the risks of what gaining a few pounds now to
"qualify" will do to someone. Especially if any of the risk
factors are in your family, like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease-
it's where we know we are headed. I give kudos to you for realizing now
that you want & need to be healthy, rather than letting yourself get
father out of control. Take care, Dee
p.s other people had great points like checking into what your surgeon
& insurance require too, especially evidence of being at a certain
weight for a number of years...
— dawnie125
July 17, 2007
Most folks stretch and stand tall when getting height measured, plus nearly
everyone shrinks as we age because the spine compresses. Natural normal
part of aging. Run your weight at 5 feet 1 inch BMI 40:) Gaining weight is
a bad idea and may make you very ill. I have post op friends who were light
weights and are very happy they had surgery.
— bob-haller
July 18, 2007
I have to agree with the few people who've recommended not gaining weight.
I also think that the doctor and insurance company are not likely to deny
you based on 8 pounds, especially if you have high cholesterol or foot/leg
pain. The insurance company does take this into consideration---you need
to make sure that your doctor has these things listed in your medical
records... mention it each time you go and ask him to make a note in the
chart.
I'm not positive but I suspect that the 220 required weight you mentioned
is more like 220 +/- 10lbs or something along those lines.
Rather than gaining weight, pick out some heavy clothes to
wear...jeans/denim, heavy shoes, keep your wallet and keys in your pocket
when they weigh you, and if you have to, put some coins in your socks and
quarter rolls in your pockets.
Good luck.
One last thought--if you don't gain weight, you'll have a much easier time
with "losing" whatever weight your doctor requires before
performing the surgery.
— mrsidknee
July 18, 2007
I have to agree with the few people who've recommended not gaining weight.
I also think that the doctor and insurance company are not likely to deny
you based on 8 pounds, especially if you have high cholesterol or foot/leg
pain. The insurance company does take this into consideration---you need
to make sure that your doctor has these things listed in your medical
records... mention it each time you go and ask him to make a note in the
chart.
I'm not positive but I suspect that the 220 required weight you mentioned
is more like 220 +/- 10lbs or something along those lines.
Rather than gaining weight, pick out some heavy clothes to
wear...jeans/denim, heavy shoes, keep your wallet and keys in your pocket
when they weigh you, and if you have to, put some coins in your socks and
quarter rolls in your pockets.
Good luck.
One last thought--if you don't gain weight, you'll have a much easier time
with "losing" whatever weight your doctor requires before
performing the surgery.
— mrsidknee
July 18, 2007
I know a lady who was just on the edge of qualifying. Her insurance had
firm rules about qualifying her family tended to die you from co morbids.
One inch less in height would qualify her, but she would have to get height
checked in bare feet. Surgeons office always checked with shoes on. So she
wore high heels, surgeons staff made here take them off for height check:)
that got her bare feet and approved. Without surgery she feared for her
life and is very happy today
— bob-haller
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