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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?

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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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Thermals and my electric blanket and when I go out I wear a jacket under my coat, gloves and a headband/ear warmer and knee high thermal socks. And I'm still cold!

Just moved from the FL panhandle to CO this week. I only thought I was freezing there! My ski thermals are my best friends! Wear them every day pretty much now. I've never really been cold even in winter and now this girl who use to beg for winter to come is begging for spring!

Bring the snow and cold back to PNW! I was pretty cold all the time between month 5-10 and stayed warm by wearing thick gloves everywhere (even in the grocery store), by running a space heater in my home office and by burying myself under blankets. I hardly get cold anymore after 10 months (now 18 months). In fact, my body has figured out how to even stay warm in sub freezing temperatures, especially after working out. I like that my body knows how to regulate temperature again.

Thank God, I'm not in Atlanta and stuck on the road! Poor people! I've done it before trying to get home from work - took about 5 hours and usually takes 30 minutes.

As for me, with the cold we've had this year - Luckily, I have a wood burning fireplace. It seems the heatpump can't keep up since I live at the top of a small mountain and it is windy coming off the lake we live across from. So, in the last couple of months we have already burned over HALF our wood supply! LOVE my fireplace!

And yes, I'm a comfort food person - I don't "do" mac/cheese but Homemade veggie Soup, chili, chicken pot pie! Yummmmmm!

Stay warm all!!

New Orleans planned for the big SNEAUX storm by closing down schools and roads for two days. So I have my husband (teacher) home as well as two of my four kids. We have watched movies, played board games, and snuggled like when the kids were little. My husband and I still went to the gym yesterday morning before road closures and we plan on going today once temps get above freezing. I've been entertained looking at friends Facebook pages of frosted windshields and icicles hanging off of patio furniture. The Deep South prays for SNEAUX..... Go figure!

Layers - I am surviving only by wearing layers of clothes, day and night. And it's not even that cold here yet!

I am also very attached to my scarves now.... If I don't have one on, I really get chilly. I have one for every outfit except my jammies! But that's ok, then I have them on, I wear my furry booties, so all is toastie :-))))))

brrr, it's chilly out alright.

I take a long hot shower. If I can, I drive an hour away to the hot springs in Truth or Consequences, NM. A nice soak in 107 degree Water will warm me right up! A nice cup of tea is probably my more common way to warm up though.

Just got sleeved a little over a week ago. I've always been hot natured wearing shorts and tank tops around the house REGARDLESS of the season. Since surgery, I am wearing Spanx under my jeans and tops and have fuzzy throws on every piece of furniture in case I sit down there. Outdoors I broke out my fleece liined suede coat with hood and matching ugg boots. They were a gift several years ago that I was never able to wear because they were too hot. I don't dare go out without them, now. Even on warm days I have been pretty bundled up. It's been a weather roller coaster here in SW VA.

Like Alex, I'm also in NYC and what a difference between this year and last year. I've no insulation anymore being down more than 100 lbs. I'm wearing layers, sweaters, sweatshirts/sweatpants. Also...sleeping under a comforter in flannel nightgowns. Lastly, I'm drinking alot more coffee as well...moreso to warm up than to wake up.

Freezing. All. The. Time.

I wear my cuddle duds all the time and when I sit at home I sit under my electric throw. At night we have an electric blanket on our bed.

This winter in Texas has been very cold and windy. Never in my life have I muttered H**y S**t so much. Every time I go outside when the cold wind hits me.

I will never, ever complain about the hot Texas summers again. Ever!

Till at least July. :D

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Freezing. All. The. Time.

I wear my cuddle duds all the time and when I sit at home I sit under my electric throw. At night we have an electric blanket on our bed.

This winter in Texas has been very cold and windy. Never in my life have I muttered H**y S**t so much. Every time I go outside when the cold wind hits me.

I will never, ever complain about the hot Texas summers again. Ever!

Till at least July. :D

I live in East Texas , and it's been so cold and we have had snow ,which is very unusual for us. I turn up the heat,and curl up with a blanket.

Hi Alex,

Don't forget us Aussies that are sitting in 44 degrees trying to keep cool and not worry about the smell of smoke!!! We will have to start reading your newsletters 6 months behind so we are in the same season LOL!!!

Regards,

Chris

Very cold in Wisconsin! Wear thick, fuzzy socks all the time (even to bed). And snuggle in my big super fuzzy Packer blanket! And I used to ALWAYS be hot and sweaty! What a change!

All of the above plus a huge heating bill. Electric throw- best purchase of the year.

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