Being cold is getting old!

[suzzzzz 1,005]

Being cold hasn't hit me much but I do live in North Texas and weather just changed to being chilly yesterday. I am hoping that tolerating the summer heat gets easier.

[highfunctioningfatman 2,675]

My theory on being cold it that my heart rate was always 85-87. Now it is 65-68, that is a 20% drop in the amount blood and heat being carried through my body. It makes sense to me!

[Mindy78 372]

Cold all the time too

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[LipstickLady 25,682]

3 1/2 years out here and I am still always cold. I have various thicknesses of longjohns to take me through the different temperatures. I keep the house set at 76 in the winter and 78 in the summer. I wear a tank top under all clothes year round.

I wear 2-3 layers to bed and sleep in flannel sheets and under a down comforter. I also have a heated mattress pad.

Still better than being fat.

[Hammer_Down 631]

2 things:

Your thyroid is primarily in control of regulating body temperature. My mom has a hypothyroid and before she was diagnosed her hands were always freezing. We often move tables in a restaurant 2-3 times before she can find one that's warm enough to take her jacket off. Losing weight downregulates the thyroid, so perhaps this is what's causing all this chillyness among ye. Body fat actually increases your surface area, which increases your sensitivity to cold, so it wasn't the fat keeping you warm before.

Secondly, 8 layers of non suitable fabrics are not as good as a single layer of appropriate fabric. Yes, many layers will slow the heat loss but they will not retain and hold heat close to your body.

Your jacket doesn't keep you warm - you keep your jacket warm.

Real down filled bedding, real down jackets/pants and wool are the only truly appropriate fabrics for winter layers.

It's good enough for the Canadian military stationed in the arctic, so it ought to keep you warm enough south of the Mason Dixon line.

[Fredbear 397]

Down is nice, except for those of us who are allergic...

[alb 10]

I used to sweat like crazy so when my surgeon mentioned I'd say cold after surgery I imagined as hot as I usually am after surgery I'll probably just be comfortable....wrong I am so cold that it hurts. It feels like I'm frozen to bone most of the time. The boss put a lock box on the thermostat at work because I was burning them out. And my bf is always complaining at home that him and the kids are so hot and uncomfortable. Blankets and extra clothes just don't keep me warm. I fell your pain. Really I do ????

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[reree6898 1,164]

I freeze all the time, I literally have been wearing gloves to bed and I bought an electric blanket for my office at work. I spread it out on my chair then sit on it and wrap it up around me like a cocoon. Not much help in your line of work though. I have heard cuddle duds are very good though and can be worn under other clothes for warmth.

[thunder32 65]

It is the no carbs...take notice if you eat more carbs you will warm up....but since that is not what we are doing...I wear a warm hat..lol

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[dianemar 45]

Since I am losing since my surgery my feet have been even colder than normal, I cannot seem to get them warm when I go to bed, and I cannot sleep till they warm up, and it takes at least 2-3 hours. (cannot wear socks) I finally bit the bullet and got an electric warming pad to put above my top sheet, under my blankets and that did the trick, I now am getting at least 8 hrs sleep at night. I am feeling so much better.

[LittleBill 2,231]

I was always warm, even when I was thinner in high school and college. Post-op, I thought something had gone hideously wrong, because all of a sudden I was freezing. Mrs LittleBill said it was like living in an alternate universe with me being cold all the time.

They laughed at the Bariatric Center, and told me it was normal, and that eventually I would warm up again. I have noticed that since I have increased my activity my resistance to the cold is going back up. While it has been cold here already weatherwise, we are not in the throes of winter yet. We live in a 200 year old stone farmhouse. It is not cozy in the wintertime. We burn enough oil that we might as well light money on fire, and we could not burn wood this year because I was not able to chop it with my restrictions.

Edited December 5, 2016 by LittleBill

[RaginCajunErica 2]

Why is it that after surgery everyone is cold? I'm 2 weeks post op and have heard about everyone being cold after having WLS. I'm from Humid Louisiana so not sure how much this will effect this Cajun Girl. Lol

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[LittleBill 2,231]

I was told it is because we're burning fat and not carbs. You should be warm though, since you are much closer to the sun than a lot of us.

[highfunctioningfatman 2,675]

I was always warm, even when I was thinner in high school and college. Post-op, I thought something had gone hideously wrong, because all of a sudden I was freezing. Mrs LittleBill said it was like living in an alternate universe with me being cold all the time.

They laughed at the Bariatric Center, and told me it was normal, and that eventually I would warm up again. I have noticed that since I have increased my activity my resistance to the cold is going back up. While it has been cold here already weatherwise, we are not in the throes of winter yet. We live in a 200 year old stone farmhouse. It is not cozy in the wintertime. We burn enough oil that we might as well light money on fire, and we could not burn wood this year because I was not able to chop it with my restrictions.

When you were talking about being warm all of the time I was beginning to not like you. Then you said that you are freezing and that put you back in my good graces. Your farmhouse sounds cool! (In more ways than one)

[highfunctioningfatman 2,675]

The burning carbs for heat is interesting. I'm going to do a little research.