How to burn 600 calories in under 10 minutes

Due to diabetes I apparently cant donate unless it is an emergency although I consider it a good thing to be able to do. To use 600 calories for anyone who does donate has got to be an added bonus, helping yourself while helping others.

I've never been able to donate because of being anemic. I tried on two seperate ocassions and they said thanks but no thanks.

I don't know about elsewhere, but in the Kansas City area, if you donate to Community Blood Center (CBC), the blood you donate has a VERY good chance of going to someone you know. It's the only place in the area that provides to local hospitals. I've donated several times, and there's nothing to it! I haven't been able to lately bc I'm iron deficient, and it drops my hemoglobin too low. BUT, as soon as I get it under control, I will be donating again!!

Tried to donate today, but I couldn't I ate well all day, drank tons of water, watched the tv and concentrated on breathing deeply, but I barely got 1/4 of the bag and I nearly passed out. Ghost white, black spots all over my vision and I was sweating more then than after a session at the gym!

I can try again 12/12. Any additional tips?

It was nice, though, there was a constant flow of others coming in to donate while I was there.

A pints a pound, the world around. (I'll get back to this).

To the people who haven't donated in years - check it out again, you may be accepted now.

If you don't donate - try. My husband and I are both multi gallon donors. I personally have iron challenges and keeping my iron up so I can donate helps my overall health. My kids both started at 16, following mom and dad's example. We also get t shirts and gift cards and such. Right now we are banned until December because of travel. It's very annoying.

Back to "a pints a pound": if you belong to a weigh in club, especially one with a prize, schedule your donation right before your weigh in. A pint does equal pound. :bigsmile:

Na thanks, i like it when my blood is IN my body, where it's supposed to be.

Bruce Almighty!

I've been donating and never realized I was burning calories in the process lol. Awesome!

I used to donate blood but can't at the moment because of medication I'm on. However they told me last time that if I was ill after donating again then I'd not be allowed to donate any more It's not that I'm seriously ill afterwards - I'm fine once I get out of the donation centre, I'm just petrified of needles and it makes me feel woozy being around them! I suck it up and donate anyway but the panic they get when they see in my notes "was ill after" and the big deal they make of it makes it a lot more frightening and harder to stay calm enough to actually go through with it! And being laughed at and asked why I am there then if I try to explain makes it embarrassing and not a nice experience, but it is always the same team doing it in my area and I'll be moving soon so I hope I will get more sympathetic nurses when I'm in a new area. Regardless of all this it is a wonderful thing to do and I will try my best to keep doing it once I am taken off medication and hope that everyone else who is able to do so will do it.