First and foremost, I am cold as a mothafookah! ALL THE TIME.

I am wearing jeans when most people are wearing shorts. I always have a tank top on under my sweater and am usually wearing fleece leggings under my pants. As a fatty, I never ever wore a coat unless I was skiing and now, not only do I wear one, but I carry a spare if I am going in to my kids' schools to use as a blanket.

I keep my house at 74 and I turn on the fireplace when I am downstairs. I set my car thermostat at 88 and can hardly bear to get out of my car and go into stores. The grocery, which is always colder than any other place including Antarctica, has me scurrying through as quickly as possible and shaking uncontrollably by the time I am out of there.

I sleep in wool socks, fleece leggings, a tank and a long sleeve tshirt. I wrap myself in a wool blanket and then get under the sheet, fleece blanket, down comforter and regular comforter. (Husband is pretty sure he's not getting any action until summer. He's probably right.)

I am cold cold cold cold cold and it's 45 degrees outside. I am probably not going to survive when it hits the teens.

Second is something I just figured out last night. I can no longer have a glass of milk with my brownie/muffin/cake. Yeah, yeah, I know. I am not supposed to be eating those things, but I had the sleeve so I could live a relatively normal life post op. I have a slight stricture so I am forced to follow the no drinking for an hour after eating rule or I will vomit. I don't like it, but I've leaned to live with it after 18 months.

Last night I ate half of the best chocolate chip muffin I've ever had. I wanted a glass of milk SO bad, I couldn't resist. I poured about two inches and it was so delicious, I chugged it. The milk and the muffin revisited. Quickly. I barely made it to the bathroom. Ugh.


SO YES. I found two things I hate about my sleeve. That said, there are so many HUGE things I love about it, I don't regret it for a minute. I can bundle up, I can wait on the milk. I can't imagine ever going back to where I was. I am thrilled about my decision despite these two stupid little things and I am so happy I had surgery. SO HAPPY.

Edited November 13, 201411 yr by LipstickLady

I always thought I preferred cold over hot, too. But this is BONE CHILLING cold. All the time.

I still prefer thin over fat, though, so...

I was the same way....thought cold would be so much better then feeling sweltering heat all the time.. Well not so..2 years out and looking for wool everything. It is so scary to see winter showing its ugly face in our country...Since hibernation is not an option. I must look like I gained 30 lbs every time I leave the warmth of my bed......With the layers of clothing.

Yeah, since I'm always cold pre-op, I'm sure it's not going to get better post-op and I live in MN.... Maybe I need to move somewhere that's warmer!

I found some fleece lined leggings @walmart for $6 wpre them today & im happy & toasty working outside.

i have been colder too, but I would not trade my sleeve for anything.

Love my heating pads. Have several in different places in the house to use. And electric blanket to heat the bed before I get in. Not too cold once I get warm.

What's with my feet being so cold? I used a hair dryer the other day because my toes were icy and couldn't warm up. Worked well.

And I'm in California. Now I understand those people who go to Arizona for the cold months. Sorry to those who truly have to brave the elements.

ICE. COLD. ALWAYS. I sometimes go into the bathroom at work just to stand by the hand dryer for a while. Wool is the greatest stuff EVER. Everything should be made of wool! And all base layers should be poly or silk - those cotton thermals just don't cut it.

My fingers and toes have developed this weirdness called Raynaud's phenomenon- I usually can't feel most of my fingertips and they are bone white from the last knuckle to my fingertips. Sometimes they turn blue, and sometimes red. They're very patriotic!

I have to touch people's face in my job as an eye doctor. I've been apologizing for the icy hands when they jump away from me in shock. Sometimes I mention that my father is half vampire. Not everyone gets the reference.

I run hot I can't wait for the surgery so I can cool off

wow I think I am going to like this part best of all about the sleeve. I stay hot all the time and pouring sweat when everyone else around me is fine. I cant wait to be cold ICE COLD FREEZING!!!!! lol I HATE going outside now because it is so hot and I work in an office and don't want to be all sweaty when I come back in. Thank ya'll I have something else to look forward to

While I never enjoyed being hot and sticky from sweat just thinking about walking to the other room, now, 100+ lbs smaller, AND it's winter time, I am so cold all the time! Shiver down to my bones. There was a brief moment in my weight loss some point in the summer where I had found a neutral temperature. It was really nice. :/ now I'm just always cold. But the bright side to that is that I have much more motivation to finish making any one of my throw blanket projects that I started.

I cannot get through winters without a electric blanket!!!

And yes, this is because of weight loss...no longer have that whale blubber as insulation.

I too found that I am freezing all the time. I've only dropped 40lbs so far but damn I'm cold all the time. I'm so not looking forward to the colder weather.