My First NSV

kge0891

Having a pretty rough diet day, so I thought I'd post about my first NSV to cheer myself up!

Within the past 4 years I've tried to donate blood four times. Twice I was allowed to, and twice I was rejected. I told all my friends I couldn't donate blood because my iron was too low but that was a lie. I actually couldn't donate because my pulse was over 100bpm which is too high to donate. I was embarrassed that as a girl around 19-20 years old, I couldn't keep my pulse under 100. These were times when my eating was at its worst and my lack of exercise made me very out of shape (and I was consequently at my highest weight).

Today I went to donate blood, and I passed with flying colors! After losing roughly 30 pounds since my highest weight, and keeping very active, I had a pulse of 74 bpm and blood pressure of 112/68! Yay for being healthy and for being able to save up to three lives!

rincoglionita

Woohooo! That is fantastic! Congrats on that major health victory!

ami5000psu

That is so great! Congrats!

kleonard42

That's awesome!! As someone in the medical field, it is sooo nice to read about improved health like that. That's so good and exciting:)

knyagrl

That's a fantastic NSV! Great job!

Timshel_

Excellent. Great feeling of accomplishement and heading in the right direction.

kstiffler10

Wow!! That's fantastic!! I know how you feel I got the flu and for some relief I took sudafed and it made my blood pressure go sky high I thought my heart was going to pop out of my chest, I'm only 25 so that's when I decided to start my weight loss journey. Keep up the good work there will be plenty more NSV, health is what matters not the number on a scale.

MadDogManor

Great to hear your health is improving, and our blood supply is being replenished Thank you!