I need to gain weight before I get weighed tomorrow I'm only 5lbs from having a BMI of 40 and therefore insurance approval please any advice helps I've been eating a crap ton of bread today any other suggestions?

wear some ankle weights or and if possible steal toe shoes. I saw that posted somewhere on here and I thought dang that's a great idea if I needed it. Good luck keep us posted

Wear layers and extra clothing, that helps. Drink a ton of Water before you go in to the office.

You can also wear ankle weights under your pants which can really make a fast difference (they are cheap too, you can get them at Walmart or any department store). Perhaps you can keep a lot of extra change or something similar in your pockets.

An another important thing that can help is to slouch a little when they check your height. A 1 inch difference can make a big difference in the BMI calculation.

5 pounds isn't too bad. You can get there just by being inventive.

wear some ankle weights or and if possible steal toe shoes. I saw that posted somewhere on here and I thought dang that's a great idea if I needed it. Good luck keep us posted

Shoes might help but be careful because they will probably ask you to remove them. Also, being weighed with shoes is helpful but you don't want them to check your height with shoes on.

And have a big meal before you go weigh. It takes your body a while to break it down so initially the weight by volume of whatever it is, will be added to yours. Eat something really salty and drink a lot of water.

Eat Pasta with some heavy red sauce and lay down right afterwards. Wake up at about 2 or 3 am and do it again, you will have that 5 lbs. Before you go to the weigh in, drink as much water as you can stand and DO NOT go to the bathroom before you weigh, a completely full bladder adds almost a whole pound. I hate to tell you how to gain weight, but I totally understand what you are trying to do

Wear your heavy jewelry and layer it on - turquoise nugget necklace, anything with stones, you get the idea~!

good luck!!!

Salt, Salt, and more salt. Pizza, chinese food both have tons of salt and will cause water retention. Good luck to you

I'm sorry but I thought people were supposed to be on here to loose weight? Sure I know you won't get approved if you don't have a specific bmi, but intentionally gaining weight just so you can get a free surgery? Sorry but that seems pretty wrong to me

I am here to lose weight but if 5lbs is the difference between $2,000 and $20,000 in debt I'm willing to try!

Blue Jeans are pretty heavy too. I would wear jeans, put some heavy stuff in your pockets that is not too bulky, eat right before and drink a lot of water. A couple of small ankle weights would be good back-up. Just consider this another hoop that you have to jump for insurance to get it covered. :omg_smile: You are doing what is necessary to get the coverage that you need to better your health.

I would say eat chocolate and soda all day if possible.

I would have thought about it before the night before weigh in...but yeah...I'm not the type of person to lie and be deceiving to get a higher bmi.

Rolls of dimes or quarters in your pockets.

Tons of salty food and a gallon of wine usually does it for me, sigh.

Anything that will make you retain Water. I was worried too as I hada BMI of 36, and I considered having a couple of dumbell weight plates in my jeans pockets. But put them in the back pockets because I was asked to get onto the table and he had a poke and prod of my tummy.

My DH was banded and fell just shy of the general minimum BMI of 35 that applies here in Australia (although they will band from 30 for some people). The surgeon knocked an inch off his height. I mean, he could see he was a good candidate, so why not do him now, instead of letting him go away, get fatter and come back?

Thanks guys for all your help and well-wishes. I'm so close to the BMI of 40 and I've been 40 before I just actually tried to lose weight on my 6 month diet and now I'm being denied the surgery because I'm below. It's actually really sad that I'm being punished and have to end up punishing my body so I can not go into an insane amount of debt (not to mention to add to my college loans) just so I can get this tool to become healthier. I just made my appt yesterday *because of heartburn being worse* and thought this would be a great opportunity to get the weigh in and send that in with my appeal...that way I don't gotta go back again between classes, reading and work getting into the dr is a hard task thanks again everyone for your support and suggestions