Would you gain weight to become eligible for the vaccine?!

[sweetlikechamord]

I’m 9lb away from a BMI of 40.

As it stands I wouldn’t eligible for the vaccine until my age group (30’s)

If I was to gain 9lb (which I don’t think I’d struggle to do) I’d be eligible.

Would you? I think I’d be able to lose the 9lb again....

Please don't do this. You deserve to be healthy, make that your priority today and focus on losing weight.

Hmmmm I would consider it!!

I'd be aiming for the opposite direction tbh OP.

If your BMI went up to 43 last year, do you even know for sure what weight the surgery has logged for you? They might have recorded the higher weight at the time when you were being treated for PND, and not adjusted it since.

It's not strange at all.
It's obvious nobody is going to encourage you to put on weight.
People will point out health risks of being overweight and as this is Mumsnet it isn't beyond the realms of probability that it could take a somewhat unpleasant turn.

@Myneighboursnorlax

If your BMI went up to 43 last year, do you even know for sure what weight the surgery has logged for you? They might have recorded the higher weight at the time when you were being treated for PND, and not adjusted it since.

@Myneighboursnorlax

The last time I was weighed “officially” was by my midwife in Jan last year. My BMI wasn’t that high then.

@sweetlikechamord I can see your concern but so are thousands of families children in nurseries and they all have to wait aswell. I can see what you’re saying but 9lbs is quite a lot off the cut off point and there’s obviously a reason they’ve chosen the cut off point they have. But I think the main reason not to worry is that cases will be majorly down by 8 weeks time!

If this is real then it’s completely selfish and ridiculous. Jesus

It takes so much effort to lose weight, don’t do this to yourself! I am struggling through baby weight loss myself!

If you gain weight, you need to wait for a GP appointment to weigh you. This will take weeks or more depending where you are, so then you need to maintain the weight for that period. You will then need to wait for a vaccine appointment. You’ll be well back at work at this point.

Just focus on losing weight and wait for your turn.

You’ve been taking steps to lose weight, improve your health and reduce your risk factor to Covid. Why not celebrate your success and continue down that path so you feel better about yourself and your risk keeps getting lower?

No, you'd be eligible because it would make you vulnerable. It makes no sense to make yourself vulnerable.

your case it’s a very crude cut off and I suspect you’re relatively at risk and won’t be able to lose weight fast enough to reduce your risk

Fitness improvements from losing weight and gaining fitness are extremely rapid, obviously no specific research into covid, but for most things (where actually the risk from having a BMI that high is actually higher than the additional risk from covid) you reduce the risk of death really very quickly.

As a 30 year old, your risk of death from a non covid related issue made worse by your BMI is much higher than your risk from covid.

@AnneLovesGilbert

You’ve been taking steps to lose weight, improve your health and reduce your risk factor to Covid. Why not celebrate your success and continue down that path so you feel better about yourself and your risk keeps getting lower?

Risk factors in general not just covid. It's not like covid is the only associated risk with a BMI over 40...

@year5teacher

If this is real then it’s completely selfish and ridiculous. Jesus

@year5teacher

I’m not trying to be either and I apologise if I’ve come across that way.

I’m not trying to push my way up the que but 9lb rally isn’t that far from the cut off of having a BMI of 40, which would make me vulnerable to Covid.
Just because I’m 9lb lighter that this doesn’t mean I’m not vulnerable and should be getting vaccinated.

It's a concerningly warped mindset, to make yourself deliberately vulnerable.

I hop you're getting support for your pnd, you're a mother now and need to take responsibility for your health, for your own sake as well as your child.

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

It's not strange at all. It's obvious nobody is going to encourage you to put on weight. People will point out health risks of being overweight and as this is Mumsnet it isn't beyond the realms of probability that it could take a somewhat unpleasant turn.

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

It’s only 9lb. It’s not like I’m thinking of gaining stones.

And honestly I’ve gained that on a two week all inclusive before...

@YouDoNotHaveTheAuthority

It's a concerningly warped mindset, to make yourself deliberately vulnerable.

I hop you're getting support for your pnd, you're a mother now and need to take responsibility for your health, for your own sake as well as your child.

@YouDoNotHaveTheAuthority

But surely I’d be safer being vaccinated rather than waiting for my age group which is months away!

You have to consider your other risks, heart attack, diabetes etc.
I can't believe you are serious tbh.

You'd be safer with a healthy BMI.

From covid, from heart disease, from diabetes, from joint issues, the list goes on.

That requires some action from you though, some personal accountability. Not a jab in the arm you seem to think will 'fix' your risk. You are the risk.

It’s very hard but my BMI was 39 in January last year and I lost two stone very quickly, probably in about 12 weeks, doing low carb, 16:8 (more like 14:10 if I’m honest) and a modified version of Fast800 (I didn’t go as low as 800 calories, more like 1000-1200) and walking. So in eight weeks you can make a really significant dent. I carried on slow and steady and was so thankful I did when I actually caught covid with a BMI of 32/33 and was absolutely fine - felt very poorly but never needed any medical help. I think it would be better to do something positive for your health than risk making yourself more vulnerable. I know it’s very hard though and I struggled a lot post natally so I appreciate you might find it more difficult to get into that headspace especially if you have a bad sleeper! There are some very supportive weight loss threads on here that kept me motivated.

Have you weighed yourself at different times of day, OP? Because my weight can change at least 5lbs across a day. I'd check across the day to see if you meet the criteria at any point, then let your GP know.

Also, I actually don't think it's that ridiculous a suggestion. I'm not according to the BMI calculator overweight (though near the top of the range) but because of a medical condition put on my weight pretty much only around my middle (the high risk area) and my waist circumference is huge (I look pregnant, I'm not). I've been trying to lose weight and exercising way more and starving myself (well, it feels like it!) for a year and have lost the grand total of..... 10lb. It's fucking depressing and I get sod all help with it - I can't afford all the healthy, easy food that would be ideal to eat.

So I could see the appeal of doing this. It's the problem with crude cut offs, presumably at 9lb below the cut off you're only marginally less at risk. And for some it is VERY hard to lose weight.

Having said that, maybe talk to your GP first, say what your max weight across the day is, and ask about vaccines. They might be able to advise, and provide some help with losing weight longer term.

Instead of putting your energies into putting more weight on as the 'easy' option to queue cut, I think you'd be better placed proving how 'easy' it is to lose the 9lb you're contemplating in the first place. Your child needs to for many years, covid isn't the only threat to people with very high BMI's.

OP you seem to have made your mind up and counter whatever anyone tells you . So what was the point of this thread?

Only 9lbs - that's a huge amount! You've already brought yourself back into a much lower risk zone - keep going.

Losing rather than gaining 9lbs will bring your BMI down to 38 which is even safer. A further 9lbs and its 35.5!

@LegoPirateMonkey

It’s very hard but my BMI was 39 in January last year and I lost two stone very quickly, probably in about 12 weeks, doing low carb, 16:8 (more like 14:10 if I’m honest) and a modified version of Fast800 (I didn’t go as low as 800 calories, more like 1000-1200) and walking. So in eight weeks you can make a really significant dent. I carried on slow and steady and was so thankful I did when I actually caught covid with a BMI of 32/33 and was absolutely fine - felt very poorly but never needed any medical help. I think it would be better to do something positive for your health than risk making yourself more vulnerable. I know it’s very hard though and I struggled a lot post natally so I appreciate you might find it more difficult to get into that headspace especially if you have a bad sleeper! There are some very supportive weight loss threads on here that kept me motivated.

@LegoPirateMonkey

Thanks, I’ll have a look.

I’ve been doing the Courtney Black work outs and eating 3 healthy meals.

I just have days where I feel so low and I struggle
to maintain a healthy diet when I feel like that.

I’m petrified of leaving my son without a mum, I feel like having the vaccine would offer me some protection and probably quicker than how long it would take for me to get down to a “safer” BMI.