Plasma donations

@plasma:logging: weight loss, I cannot be of help.

Started young as I was 'seemingly' the ONLY match for my then traditional betrothed's father. They needed me to donate every two days. No bueno for my body, as they say.

As an adult, I now only donate to help my community raise funds for our Emergency Supplies in case something happens. That's once every 4 months.

* Food: I'm strange where I cannot feel like donating plasma or blood IF my stomach feels full, so FOR ME, eating a loaded oatmeal bowl (500 calories) at 6am sets me up for donating at 3pm. Granted, I would have eaten roasted turkey/chicken/cornish hen with seasonal roasted veggies the night before.
*Sleep: I do try to get at least 8 hours the night prior to donating.
* Water: I drink a lot of it. Day before and on the day of
* Workout: I usually skip it on the day of donating.
* Recovery: I like a glass of OJ immediately after. My sister makes me a hearty steak dinner with either steamed or roasted pan veggies as my pick me up with loads of coconut water all night long until 2am. She cannot donate ( beef eaters in the UK during the Mad cow era).

We are talking about plasma, not whole blood, just to be clear.

There is a small loss of red blood cells in the handling, which is not significant and should not affect your workouts.

Plasma volume is replaced very quickly-I believe within 24 hours. So while you might experience some effect on a workout during that time, the effects should be short lived.

There should be neglible effect on calorie burn.