When I was younger, I was skin and bones. In fact, my nickname given to me by my uncle was Olive Oil. Having Sickle Cell caused my body no to gain weight like I should have been because of the destruction of my red blood cells and my caloric intake being low; although I ate like a horse!
As became older, I say during my second year in college, I began to put on "size" as my mother would say. My weight stayed steady throughout those years. I ate a balanced diet, things like brown rice, fish, chicken, lentils, black grapes (for antioxidants), an occasional Snickers even....all because I needed to maintain that healthy weight. Maintaining a healthy weight is important when you have SCD because if you get sick it is easier for you to "bounce back" and not have too many SCD complications.
How do you maintain a healthy weight and diet?
About Me
- TahirahAkilah (SCD Warrior)
- Simple but complex, intelligent but idiotic, lover but a fighter!!! I have Sickle Cell Disease....but Sickle Cell Disease does not have ME!!
I am a skinny girl as well and people at my university are always saying and whispering how skinny I am, and I am 5'10 so I stand out lol! But I hope by the age of 20 I gain weight miraculously I am 18 now!
ReplyDeleteI know just what you are going through. It got on my last nerves that people always talked about my weight. Even now that I gained some weight, the sam people who always said "girl u so skinny" now are like "girllll, u put on some weight". Like leave me the hell alone and find something positive to say!
ReplyDeleteStay Positive! It's by God's Grace that you are 18! I pray you see many more, and celebrate everyday!