<p>Today I got a letter saying I'm too light, and it gave me a chart of minimum weights with their corresponding heights. It says at 63 inches, which is how tall I am, I have to weight at least 107lbs (for males, right?). I passed my CFA and got good grades so this is my last obstacle. Right now I weigh 102lbs. I have until April to get medically qualified. Does anyone have any advice on how I can gain 5 lbs in four months, preferably one or two, since I'm afraid that I'll get a little taller in the meantime, and without just gorging on fast food?</p>
<p>Actually, make that 105.3 lbs. I just weighted myself. I think I got the 102 because it was recorded during a fitness test, so I probably lost 3lbs of water running. So, yeah, gain 2-3lbs in a month or two. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Eat more. Get at least three meals a day, and get a half meal in right before you go to sleep.</p>
<p>Try protein powders or shakes, combined with some weight lifting to build the weight as muscle.</p>
<p>do what mmb5 said. then don’t exercise for like a week or two before you get weighed (i gained like 5 lbs like that and it’s easy to get back into shape). and like half an hour to an hour before you get weighed, gorge yourself with food and eat as much as you possibly can.</p>
<p>yeah definitely protein is the way. Drinking protein while working out will greatly help add muscle mass which will cause you to weigh more. Just for this short period don’t try to do intense cardio workouts and just add on food that gives you protein and you should be set for your weigh-in.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>buy those bars that have like 5000 calories in them - the same ones that wrestlers use to gain weight. dude you dont realize how easy your task is. stop doin cardio. lift lots of weights. drink lots of protein after those workouts. overeat each meal. done.</p>
<p>but yea, if you come in that light you’ll just get the **** kicked out of you during combatives lol</p>
<p>Procrast, im in the same situation as you. I’m 5’11 and have to be 136, im only 3 pounds off but my weight changes so much throughout the day. I need a way to steadily increase it and keep it because I wanna be more than just the bare minimum.</p>
<p>Get tested for a tape worm?</p>
<p>Protein and lifting and all that stuff is great, but if you’re anything like me you won’t stick to that stuff. My protein powder sucks, and during the school year when I’m already playing sports I’m not all that motivated to get up at 5:30 to go lift. For this to work you really need to be doing SOMETHING though.</p>
<p>But there is a solution. And it works REALLY well. Eat 4-5 PB&J sandwiches every day, when you wake up, in between meals, whatever. Basically as many as you can stomach on top of what you’re already eating during your other meals. Even 2-3 extra sandwiches would be good. And drink half a gallon of chocolate milk every night before you go to bed.</p>
<p>PB&J and chocolate milk both have lots of protein and lots of sugar. The sugar makes your body release insulin - makes sense, right?? The insulin breaks down the sugar AND the protein. Something most people don’t know. So, whereas without the insulin your body would convert the protein to fat and store it, now, with the insulin it breaks down the protein and uses it. Plus drinking that milk right before you go to sleep pretty much guarantees you won’t burn it off, like you would if you drank all that for breakfast. You will get REALLY sick of PB&J and chocolate milk, trust me, but I went from 140 to 160 last year, from January to May while I was playing lacrosse for 2-3 hours a day. At the same time, almost all of my other teammates were losing weight.</p>
<p>Eat a lot of bananas, they give you temporary weight. It helped my grandfather get into the army during World War II, the problem is once you stop the weight will leave you. Good Luck.</p>
<p>The best way to do this is a combination of strength training combined with a proper diet. Lift three times a week. Just adding calories to your diet will not put on useful weight. Make sure you know what you are doing. If you dont have weightlifting experience (enough to use proper form and design a decent workout) I suggest reading up on it, it will benefit you now and for the rest of your life. There is lots of info on the internet but books are typically more reliable (less of the weightlifting “fads” which are so common) One book I found to be great is Getting Stronger by bill pearl. Hes a former professional bodybuilder and it has great info about lifting for sports, excersise theory and phisiology, great diagrams and instructions on how to properly do hundreds of exercises, etc. If your school doesn’t have a well equipped gym, find a good gym in your area to join (pearl touches on this as well). As far as diet, make sure you are getting enough calories and protein. Drinking a whey protein shake with some sort of added carbs (banannas, instant breakfast powder) within 20-30 minutes of a workout will do wonders. You don’t need to go crazy with it, but get a good routine and stick to it, I guarantee it will help.</p>