I'm such a sweaty mess in the summer. I'm sure it's because of all this extra weight. Do any of you notice not being super hot all the time in the summer or at night? I will certainly be looking forward to next summer.

I love the heat now. No sweat rash' date=' no thigh chafing, confident wearing shoe string straps and short shorts and a bikini and cute dresses, no rolls of fat to accumulate heat. I definitely handle the heat with ease now (dont ask me about my hair and humidity though).

However, the downside of that is the cold. I live in Melbourne, very temperate, average winter day at this time of year is about 13, 14 degrees celcius - it never gets to snowing temperatures and I am freaking freezing all the time. Bone cold, painfully cold. I'm a teacher and schools arent warm places, I turn the heater on to blasting when I get to work, and the kids are all moaning and complaining and I have to turn it off - I have an "inside coat" which I never take off - a light, fleece lined trench and an outside coat - a big fat thick parka which I add on top of my inside coat for yard duty or even to go to the staffroom! I would absolutely die in some of the temperatures you get over there.

Everyday I get home from school at the moment, I'm that frozen that I have to have a hot bath to warm up.[/quote']

Hi jachut, I'm in Melbourne too and even though I've only lost 20 kilos and have a long way to go I've been absolutely freezing too since being banded. In winter I used to be fine in just a t-shirt but now if I'm now wearing about four layers of clothing it's like I'm in a freezer all day long. When I go to bed even though I have a doona and an extra blanket I still have to wear layers in bed just to stay warm enough to be able to sleep and honestly our winters aren't really that cold. It's just so odd to feel so cold all the time now.

Oh god, yesterday! I teach in Upper Beaconsfield and its freaking FREEZING up there! My car said 2 degrees in the morning! We had an all day Indonesian incursion and I had to suffer it out on the oval (bikes) in the stadium and in this thing we call the "igloo" - a tin shed basically.

I was ready to quit my job! I freeze me a$& off up there.

I'm always hot and was when I was a normal weight, too. I can't stand it!

Hot Flash Momma here says, "Thank God,YES!" The extra padding is what made me so hot, I usually have a throw over my legs at home, and never go out without a jacket in the car.