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How Do You Beat the Cold?

This year has seen record-setting freezes and winter storms throughout much of the country, and the cold weather will stick around for a few more weeks. Whether you are a New Yorker who has seen temps dip below 0 degree Fahrenheit or a Californian who shivers when it is below 50 degrees, what do you do to keep warm?

Select your answer and tell us more details by replying to the conversation below!

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What do you do to keep warm? 31 members have voted

  1. 1. How do you beat the cold?

    • Exercise more. It gets my metabolism going and keeps me warm for hours. Plus, I burn extra calories!
      6%
    • Drink some hot coffee or tea to warm up my insides. Plus, since my weight loss surgery diet doesn’t let me eat solid foods when I drink liquids, drinking coffee or tea keeps me from turning to food to warm me up.
      26%
    • Turn up the heat or start a fire in the fireplace, pile on the blankets, and distract myself from the cold by reading, playing board games, using the computer or talking on the phone.
      36%
    • Nothing in particular, but I need help! Since weight loss surgery, I have been less able to tolerate cold than I used to be.
      15%
    • I hate to admit it, but the only thing that warms me up is some good old comfort food…macaroni and cheese or freshly baked cookies. Luckily, I can’t tolerate much after weight loss surgery!
      2%
    • Other (tell us!).
      13%

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I'm a Californian! I turn up the heat, start a fire in the fireplace and add an extra blanket to the beds.

I wrap up in so many thermal layers, I look as if I've not lost any weight at all.

My 'fat' layer is now sponsored by The North Face :D

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It's been miserably cold here in NYC. I started wearing my Hot Chillys thermal top and bottom which are normally reserved for my ski trips. I find they really help keep me warm when I'm outdoors in these cold temps. I also started wearing a wool beanie hat which I've never tried before. I like it so much I walk around with it indoors at times. It can get me odd stares from my kids. Also, when I'm indoors I wear really thick socks around the house so my toes stay warm and fuzzy :)

I was a guy that was never cold, in fact I would secretly turn down the thermostat when the wife turned it up! Boy things have changed. Since being sleeved on December 23 I am COLD!! it has been cold in Massachusetts, most days I wear my thermal underwear as a first layer, which rotates between Cabela's sub zero winter woolies to Under Armour thermal gear. If I move around and keep the blood flowing, I am ok. But if I sit in a chair to watch TV, out comes the fleece throw and the shivers start. The other night I even wore a pair of gloves with a beanie hat I was so cold. I desperately need the weather to change or seriously think about a trip to Florida to visit my Brother in Law in the Keys.

In the Pacific Northwest, we have seen just the opposite. It has been the driest and warmest winter I have ever experienced here. And wouldn't you know it, I bought ski passes for my family and the snow depth is at record lows. Went skiing Saturday and it was spring-like skiing without a coat or gloves. Icy slopes and many closed runs.

COME ON COLD, RAINY WEATHER!!

(I can't believe I just wished for that ...)

I'll blame PdxMan when rainageddon starts in the PNW :P

Ive been cold since the day I arrived on earth. My normal wear is a tank top, t-shirt, sweatshirt, tights, over the calf socks, jeans and a down coat if I leave the house. Sometimes I leave the coat on if where I go is under 70. I even take a blanket with me. In the summer I wear sweatshirts.. But skip the t-shirt. LOL.. I'm a cold person and drive my family nuts.

Believe it or not, Florida is Cold.. I live in North Florida and we are expecting snow flurries tomorrow.. since losing weight I am colder than normal. I live in my silkies (thermal underwear) and sweats.. double socks for keeping feet warm. I never used to sleep in socks couldn't stand them however, I now wear them 24/7.. I have been making crock pot chili, homeade Soups and Beans and ham...

Believe it or not, Florida is Cold.. I live in North Florida and we are expecting snow flurries tomorrow.. since losing weight I am colder than normal. I live in my silkies (thermal underwear) and sweats.. double socks for keeping feet warm. I never used to sleep in socks couldn't stand them however, I now wear them 24/7.. I have been making crock pot chili, homeade soups and Beans and ham...

I'm in FL too (East coast ) and I freeze too but not as bad as at the state line. Since I've lost weight I get cold fastet!

Central Florida chimming in on the East Coast and believe me we do get cold! Not like the sub zero people but we just don't tolerate cold well at all. I have been wearing jeans, long sleeves, turning the heat on, turning on fireplace and wearing hoodies outside. Thank goodness for a nice cup of hot coffee with some premier protein shake in it!! Stay warm you northerners!! :)

If I am freezing to death in North Florida I can only imagine what some of you are experiencing. Told my husband I would never complain of the heat again, and he snorted! I think WLS and losing some fat has changed me for sure. Love the posts!

at work, they keep it cold, so i wear a heavy sweater to compensate and also a heating blanket......i was cold super morbid obese too so me losing weight has nothing to do with that being cold there.......at home, i use a blanket when i am on the couch....and if ole man aint looking, turn up the heat :blink:

Alex Brecher, on 28 Jan 2014 - 14:15, said:

This year has seen record-setting freezes and winter storms throughout much of the country, and the cold weather will stick around for a few more weeks. Whether you are a New Yorker who has seen temps dip below 0 degree Fahrenheit or a Californian who shivers when it is below 50 degrees, what do you do to keep warm?

Select your answer and tell us more details by replying to the conversation below!

In Texas and freezing. I have the fire, heated blanket, my dogs, warm PJs, heavy socks and hot tea to keep me warm. Not working well today though.

Mid-Florida here, 2 years now. I still have Ohio fresh in my mind and so I don't consider it very cold here. However, I am 65 and hate the way cold hurts my bones. For the piddling cold I turn up the electric blanket at night and wear layers in the day.

In SW Indiana! -15 to -30 degree wind chills for us lately. Warm fuzzy snow boots, layers, layers, layers when outside. Blankets upon blankets plus layers at home. Trying to keep the furnace at a constant temperature so no one ends up sick.

Peach Ciroc- for now ;)

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