I can Water , pull weeds , go visit with neighbors outside and not break a sweat.

I even sit outside in the shade (of course) and read.

Before I would have to shower if I wanted to go anywhere else. It was like a workout.

I even made a comment to my hubby about something I noticed and asked is that normal? He said well honey you didn't spend much time outside before.

I missed out but not anymore.

edie

edie

Edie, we had our surgeries in the same month(7/5/06) and we are both 48, so I have kept up with your weight loss. I have lost 85 ls. and sort of jst been sitting there the last few weeks, but I also wear a size 12, down from a 24. I have been experiencing the exact same thing you are discussing. I seem to be always cold indoors, and can't even seem to work up a god sweat doing yardwork and stuff. ISN"T IT ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO FEEL THIS WAY!!!!!!!!! Hasn't this really been an exciting , scary, challenging, and miraculous year. Keep up the great work, and enjoy the new life you have created for yourself. MIZBOO

The theory behind feeling cold, or not as hot as before we lost weight is this.

Fat is a fantastic insulator. It keeps us warm. So during the hotter parts of the year, we had not only the natural heat of the summer to deal with, but all this extra padding and insulation. When we lost the weight, we are like all the other normal sized folk in the world. But, we are used to being over heated by our fat, so we feel cold compared to how we felt before. We are not cold so much as normal.

Clear as mud? LMAO

Hi Edie, It was wonderful that you can now enjoy being outside without all the side effects of being obese. We can all now sit on that love seat/rockingchair on the patio in summer without breaking it too.:biggrin1:

Susannah

I always thought something was wrong with me...I'm usually always hot. I am really looking forward to getting banded, losing weight, and not SWEATING for no good reason!