Chip Carter Gaines. Construction/Real Estate Lead and Owner. Chip Gaines is co-owner and co-founder of Magnolia Homes, and co-stars in HGTVâs Fixer Upper with his wife Joanna.Chip was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Dallas. He graduated from Baylor Universityâs Hankamer School of Business with a Marketing degree.
You must weigh at least 110 lbs to be eligible for blood donation for your own safety. Students who donate at high school drives and donors 18 years of age or younger must also meet additional height and weight requirements for whole blood donation (applies to girls shorter than 5'6 and boys shorter than 5'). Blood volume is determined by body weight and height.
People burn approximately 650 calories per donation of one pint of blood, according to the University of California, San Diego. A donor who regularly donates blood can lose a significant amount of weight, but it should not be thought of as a weight loss plan by any means.To donate blood the American Red Cross requires donors to weigh at least 110 pounds and maintain healthy iron levels in the body.hole blood donors can also donate platelets 72 hours after a whole blood donation, and vice versa. Blood donors must be 17 years old in most states, with some states lowering the limit to 16 years old with parental consent.