Hey everyone, ever since I started the pre-op diet and now after the surgery my hands and feet are always cold...freezing! I've taken to wearing gloves at my desk and a hat when I can get away with it. Anyone else have this issue?

Thanks!

Dan

Low carb eating chills me to the bone.

As soon as I start any calorie restriction, my body starts to feel cold. Been that way for years, just throw on some extra layers.

Plan on being cold for a while. I am always wearing layers. I can wear long pants and sleeves in the NC summer! Part of the program!

I discovered a fondness for vests and/or light weight thermal gear from an outdoor store, as well as often times a light weight wool shirt 2 or 3 seasons....but that odd 'coolness' only lasted a few years.

Fortunately I have a warm air heater at my desk at work and at home my heating pad and I have become very close friends!

Come to think of it I have that problem also! Kinda weird in the summers of Yuma AZ at 120 degrees to wear long pants!

I am definitely colder in my new size.

On a side note - I love your profile pic Dan! LOL LOL

It's funny you should mention that because I have been getting colder a lot more recently. Especially in showers. I used to hate hot showers and now I crank it. I also used to sleep all but uncovered but last night I had to bundle up like an Eskimo.

I don't know if it's the diet so much as the changing body though. When I think about it, it makes sense because I have less insulation. It's like taking the blubber off a whale and expecting them them to be okay in the arctic.

Yep, mee too. In my case when my calorie intake drops the cold creeps in.

I was always hot. Now I can't get warm enough. I guess I am alone. I was going to ask my doctor tomorrow Thank you all for talking about it.

Have a happy valentine's day!

The caloric restrictions are a very good explanation.

I learned this in basic physics:

A calorie is the amount of energy needed to boil a certain amount of Water. (can't remember the exact measurement)

Cold is the absence of energy (heat)

Put the two together and it really makes sense!

LOL.... I finally got to use something from that class I took over 10 years ago!!

Even in Sunny California I have a tendency to be cold, I usually have a sweater at work and wear socks to bed at night. My wife on the other hands tends to be warmer.

Low carb eating chills me to the bone.

I have same issue and at home my house is 69 and my roommate is dying in the heat and I am wearing think socks and gloves and wrapped in a blanket. My MD and my surgeon say it is normal and will go away. I ask, "when?" but I get no answer.

OOPS should read "thick" socks not think socks. Fingers were cold, brain was too.l

Been over a year for my wife and she still is dealing with it.