Sabotaged by a good deed! HELP!!!

84jeepster
84jeepster Posts: 198 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Today, I donated blood which is a good deed that I try to do every 56 days. They gave me some crackers, water and a chocolate wafer bar. Did the calories I burned during the donation cancel out the snacks or is today a total waste so I should gorge myself on everything in sight? Help!!
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  • ren_ascent
    ren_ascent Posts: 432 Member
    I don't think you should ever use something as an excuse to gorge. Eat as you normally would the rest of the day and know that your calorie count is going to be a little bogus. Also, thanks for the donation, I'm sure someone out there is extrememly grateful for it.
  • Getawayfromthecake
    Getawayfromthecake Posts: 124 Member
    uhh.....whutt?

    seriously though! I'm sure those little snacks won't affect you.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    IN for gorging oneself after one little tiny thing goes wrong with my cal goals. If chocolate wafers are wrong, I don't wanna be right!
  • Skinny_minny_mo
    Skinny_minny_mo Posts: 1,272 Member
    i think you'll survive :)
  • Smeltzer2
    Smeltzer2 Posts: 210 Member
    Just jeel on doing your regular food plan as though it never happened. That was a medical bump you do not have to keep it rolling.
  • overshadows
    overshadows Posts: 58 Member
    If you are concerned - look up how many calories it burns for your body to create all that new blood. You need to take care of yourself after giving blood, so listen to your body and don't sweat it too much. To get energy ad sugars, maybe stick with fruit and juice, or healthy grains instead of eating a cookie or crackers.
  • SchroederNJ
    SchroederNJ Posts: 189 Member
    I wouldn't count anything as calories burned unless you made the donation on a treadmill ... log what you ate and move on
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I wouldn't count anything as calories burned unless you made the donation on a treadmill ... log what you ate and move on

    This.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I think when you give blood you're supposed to fast for 3 days after . . . no?
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Today, I donated blood which is a good deed that I try to do every 56 days. They gave me some crackers, water and a chocolate wafer bar. Did the calories I burned during the donation cancel out the snacks or is today a total waste so I should gorge myself on everything in sight? Help!!
    Please tell me you're not serious. This is silly.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    I got a nerve punctured wile giving blood and stopped bench pressing for 2 years.
    I think the crackers are a better deal.

    Also you have to replenish plasma and blood, that will take calories.
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    well played OP!!!
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Wait, donating blood burns calories?
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    drink a pint of baby's blood to replenish the blood lost. it's also 0 calories. i mean if some crackers and a chocolate wafrer is enough to send your calorie goal into a tail spin, then you must be eating closer to the "living off air and sunshine" calorie spectrum
  • jenifr818
    jenifr818 Posts: 805 Member
    I don't think you should ever use something as an excuse to gorge. Eat as you normally would the rest of the day and know that your calorie count is going to be a little bogus. Also, thanks for the donation, I'm sure someone out there is extrememly grateful for it.

    I'm assuming the OP is actually serious and not trolling. If serious, then this. Thanks for the donation, and log what you ate and move on. I'm pretty sure the crackers aren't going to hurt you :wink: If trolling ... eh. Go eat some crackers and donate some blood :bigsmile:
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Wait, donating blood burns calories?

    not directly. replenishing your blood lost does.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    Donating blood is instant weightloss so a small indulgence can be your celebration on losing weight.
  • journey_man
    journey_man Posts: 110 Member
    I think when you give blood you're supposed to fast for 3 days after . . . no?

    Yikes. NO. Quite the opposite, you're supposed to eat well that very same day to replenish your blood. Also, avoid strenuous exercise that day.
  • GGDaddy
    GGDaddy Posts: 289 Member
    Donating blood is instant weightloss so a small indulgence can be your celebration on losing weight.

    Yah, but just water weight so it doesn't count :happy:

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    :frown:
  • Homemaker57
    Homemaker57 Posts: 106 Member
    It's not good days vs bad days. It's good choices vs bad choices, that affect you weight and fitness. If you ate 500 calories too many, you're going to end up needing to get rid of 500 calories (exercise, eating at a deficit). If you decide the day is a bad day so you might as well gorge and you eat 3,500 calories too many, you're going to get rid of 3,500 calories.


    One boo-boo NEVER means you "might as well" make bad choices. The answer is always making good choices. That's why they're called good choices. :)
  • chicanita91
    chicanita91 Posts: 154 Member
    Your body only burns an extra 30 something calories a day while it recovers, I would just log what you ate and maybe make sure you don't go under your caloric intake goal today.
  • kimmymayhall
    kimmymayhall Posts: 419 Member
    Idk about anywhere else - but in UK you are not supposed to donate blood when you are dieting!
    Seriously? Why?
    I donated blood often when I was actively losing weight last year. It's a bad idea if you are starving yourself (that's a bad idea for many reasons) and there is a weight minimum of like 100 lb, more if you are doing a double unit. A couple times I was turned away because my hemoglobin was too low, but that's why they do screening to make sure your blood is acceptable for donation.
    After a successful donation I would go get a nice burger or eat a steak to replenish my iron :bigsmile:
    It usually worked into my calorie, sometimes a little over. But being a bit over calories should not lead you to "gorge yourself on everything in sight."
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    A tiny blip like crackers and a chocolate wafer cannot put you over by more than a couple hundred calories. You shouldn't starve yourself after donating blood but being over by a little won't derail you. Gorging won't solve anything
  • 84jeepster
    84jeepster Posts: 198 Member
    They forced me to eat the crackers and wafer bar before I could leave the area and get back to work. Now I feel that I might as well keep eating the snacks since the wafer woke up the "sleeping sweet tooth" inside my belly.

    GET IN MY BELLY!!!!
  • Runner5AbelTownship
    Runner5AbelTownship Posts: 243 Member
    They forced me to eat the crackers and wafer bar before I could leave the area and get back to work. Now I feel that I might as well keep eating the snacks since the wafer woke up the "sleeping sweet tooth" inside my belly.

    GET IN MY BELLY!!!!

    Just how much blood did you donate?
  • kimbux
    kimbux Posts: 154 Member
    I'm pretty sure a good POOP will eliminate the calories from the cookies...... you're still ahead on the calories for giving the donation!
  • suppakana
    suppakana Posts: 307 Member
    Chocolate is part of the donation process. =) Think of it that way, and then go back to business as usual as soon as you're off of the blood bus.

    Chocolate is my favorite part of donating blood.
  • fruttibiscotti
    fruttibiscotti Posts: 986 Member
    What a great question...I would love to know the answer to how many calories needed to replenish X millilitres of blood, and if there is a certain or optimum macronutrient proportion for it.

    Good show OP for donating blood by the way.
  • asianmonkie
    asianmonkie Posts: 264
    I don't think you should ever use something as an excuse to gorge. Eat as you normally would the rest of the day and know that your calorie count is going to be a little bogus. Also, thanks for the donation, I'm sure someone out there is extrememly grateful for it.
    This.

    No strenuous exercising for today either. Just kick back and relax. Also, you are "losing" 600 calories after blood donation but that's over a period of, what, 60 days? Don't quote me on that. I give blood all the time too and it's the same as every day except without the exercising part.
  • heatherlynnc123
    heatherlynnc123 Posts: 18
    If you are seriously worried about the crackers and juice you need to have before you can leave (which is an over-reaction, track and move on) but if you are seriously worried.... you could try to do a double red cell donation next time. They separate out the red blood cells and give you back your plasma and platelets along with a bit of saline.

    I did the double red cell donation this past Sunday and didn't have to sit in the canteen at all, just grabbed a bottle of water and went on my way. Though, if you are prone to over-reacting, be prepared, you might gain an extra ounce or two from the extra saline lol.

    If I'd done the whole blood instead I would have gladly eaten the cookies, recorded them, and not worried about it... think of it this way, I'm sure the person that needs your blood wishes their biggest problem was that they ate an extra freaking cookie or two instead of needing a blood transfusion!

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