Question:
How can I gain 10 lbs. in 2 weeks? Any suggestions?
— CINDY D. (posted on September 10, 2003)
September 10, 2003
Why would you want to gain weight??? Well for me whenever I tried to diet
and exercise, I gained weight. You can try that. Or you can just up your
meals. Like drinking a slimfast between meals and eating lots of
carbohydrates. I noticed that nobody else responsed probably of fear of
the backlash...but...if you are a few pounds off from receiving insurance
approval so you can have the surgery...then....go ahead and gain that
weight!! I was a few pounds off and I drank slimfast drinks w/meals and
increased my carb intake. I also ate cheeseburgers a lot. I hope this
helps. I pray that I don't get slammed for my response...but hey...we are
only human.
— jenniemminor
September 10, 2003
if you are trying to gain weight for insurance approval...why not just
weigh heavy...big shoes, heavy sweaters, rolls of quarters in your
pockets.... heck stick a bag of flour in your purse and hang on to it when
you weigh in....remember anything you put on prior to surgery is just more
you have to take off afterwards....
— Peg L
September 10, 2003
I would not recommend the quarters, flour and etc. This is insurance fraud
and we have been asked by the founders of this site to not even post such
answers. There are other ways.
— Delores S.
September 10, 2003
I am assuming you need to gain 10 pounds for insurance approval for your
surgery. But your profile says your BMI is 37.5 - that should qualify you
with your listed comorbids I would think. Good luck.
— Yolanda J.
September 11, 2003
My thought on this is that it is those people out there who are GAINING
weight to have this surgery that are making it VERY DIFFICULT for those of
us who weigh A LOT (in excess of 150 pounds overweight) to get insurance
approval!! I find it very disturbing and quite pathological. My response
may not be popular - but it's how I feel. I have had to fight for a year
for insurance approval- weighing 366 pounds!!!! INSANE!!! I am sorry, but
I have very little empathy for those who would willingly GAIN weight to
defraud their insurance company!
— MissKimberly
September 11, 2003
I have differing opinions on this issue. On the one hand, no one should
deliberately gain weight to have this surgery. On the other hand, we are
talking about a person who has multiple co-morbidities and a BMI of 37.5
whose narrow-minded insurance company only looks at 40+ BMI's. Also, we
are talking about 10 pounds here. We all know that she will gain 10 pounds
without going out of her way to try, but it might take her a year. Why not
speed up the process, eat cheesecake everynight for 2 weeks, get approved
for wls and save herself a year! I was well above a 40 BMI, so I didn't
have to worry about approval, but I can completely see where people would
be so desperate as to try and gain a few pounds to get approval.
— Kristen S.
September 11, 2003
Hey . chinese food the night before would be good for 5 # for me.
— **willow**
September 12, 2003
I would say wear heavy clothes, long pants, and have you some ankle weights
on......
— sheri H.
September 12, 2003
We all know how to gain 10lbs in 2 weeks but instead of making yourself
more unhealthy, challenge your insurance company honestly and with
integrity. I am recovering from my surgery currently. My BMI was 38 and
my insurance company covered the surgery in 1 week because of my
co-morbidities. I think it is important for insurance companies to look at
the entire person and not numbers on a paper.
— Mindy H.
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