Anyone else get cold easier? (And intro)

[BranD 7]

Hi, this is my first post, although I've read a lot on here and found so much helpful info.

I was sleeved on 7/7/23. During the pre op diet and continuing to present, I find I get colder easily. It's actually kind of nice with it being summer and all. But is that common? And if so, does it last?

I've always joked with my students who complain about the temp in my classroom that I have a lot more insulation than they do! Glad to say I've lost about 40 pounds of "insulation" since I started this process in May.

[Arabesque 6,602]

This is very common. You’re losing your layers of insulation (fat). Your body doesn’t have to work as hard to move & function with your lower weight. You will always feel colder than you did but you do get a little more used to it & your body acclimatises more over time.

I still feel the cold. I take an extra coat to the cinema, keep a coat in my car all year round, hate the cold sections in the supermarket & winter is awful - my power bill is ridiculous (yes, even in sunny Queensland, Australia). Though I find summer much more pleasant. So it all balances out.

[catwoman7 10,951]

very common. For some it's only temporary. For others, they still get cold even when they're years out.

[KathyLev 284]

Up until now,I've always been so hot and sweaty , I was embarrassed. My hair would be soaked from just grocery shopping. I've only lost 12 pounds since the surgery ,but I can feel myself sweating less. I'm looking forward to cooler days to see how my body reacts.

[heatherdbby 70]

i live in the south east USA and yesterday was upper 80s low 90s... i was in the pool with my son, in a two piece, with teeth chattering. I said I have to get out, its COLD. everyone though i was crazy

[summerseeker 1,892]

I am so cold in the winter. I wear so many layers. My husband wears very little indoors because he can not stand the heat.

[Spinoza 1,223]

Yes yes yes. I am 20 months post sleeve and I am still feeling the cold really badly. And this is summer. I need at least one more layer than normal weight people and probably 2 more than when I was obese. Hoping it stabilises as my body acclimatises and hoping yours does too!

[Smanky 743]

Oh yep. I'm coming up on my two year post-surgery milestone, and there's been no abating in my sensitivity to cold. I don't have that fat insulation anymore, and my body struggles to regulate my temperature, so I'm hot, then cold, then hot, then cold and am constantly doing the dance-of-the-layers. Guessing that my body will eventually work that part out. But I'm ok with being a wimp with the cold now - with the summer that's coming for us down here in Australia, I'm going to be grateful NOT to have much body fat.

[The Greater Fool 1,971]

I'm 20+ years post-op, and in Phoenix today it was 119 degrees and I was wearing a sweater.

I have I hopes being cold will end soon.

Good luck,

Tek

[pintsizedmallrat 470]

Between the weight loss itself and the drop in my blood pressure, I am constantly freezing.