Being cold most of the time is really getting to me! This is a side effect of weight loss that I really didn't expect and I am having trouble dealing with it. Unless I'm exercising or the ambient temperature is at least 76, I'm cold. This means I'm cold at work, cold at the store, cold in my house, cold in restaurants just cold, cold, cold every where I go! I'm always wearing long sleeves and pants. Forget about wearing skirts or dresses, they're not warm enough. I dress in layers, even in the summer. When I'm home, I'm wearing sweats and a hoodie and when I'm sitting, I'm under a blanket. Sometimes I fire up a heating pad just to warm up. My hands get so cold that my fingernails turn purple! I drink hot herbal tea several times a day but the warming effects are only temporary.
As I type this, I'm sitting in my office at work. My hands are so cold my fingernails are slightly blue and I'm having trouble typing. I'm wearing a heavy sweater with a t-shirt underneath, pants, close toed leather shoes, wool socks and a fleece jacket. I also have my space heater running.
I have had my thyroid tested and re-tested and it's normal. My doc reckons that this cold thing is from losing over 75 pounds of insulation.
Anyone else going through this? How are you coping?
I'm always cold as well. My coworkers often laughed at me for wearing a sweater and a coat and running the space heater under my desk. I'm told over time you readapt and it goes away. We'll see.
Yep. I'm always cold, unless it's at least 80. It's a huge difference from when I was always hot.
I'm not sure really about what can be done with it, especially when I'm in the office, which is set at 73. Sweaters don't even really help. Something hot to drink helps somewhat. Walking around helps too.
I've been maintaining since February and this past weekend (the cooler weather) was not good. I was freezing! My hands and feet are still like ice blocks, I'm wearing heavy sweaters and socks around the house and it's not even that cold yet!
I had a physical and everything checks out so I'm hoping my body will adjust.
I have been cold all the time too, but this summer has been pretty good. I visited NYC during 4th of July and they had its heatwave and I could barely survive it. At least that confirmed to me that I can still get too hot, so that was comforting. I am hoping I won't be miserably cold this coming winter.
[QUOTE=Garnet2727;4841123My doc reckons that this cold thing is from losing over 75 pounds of insulation.[/QUOTE]
Doctor or no doctor, I don't think this is quite accurate. The loss of insulation may explain part of your coldness, but in my experience it's the calorie deficit that accounts for most of it. It's the calorie deficit that's making your metabolic rate go down, which leads to the sensation of being cold. Every time I've been in weight loss mode (i.e., eating at a deficit) I felt cold, and every time I transitioned to maintenance mode I became less cold.
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Last edited by freelancemomma; 09-16-2013 at 12:07 PM.
it was a pretty nice summer down here in Juneau too and I finally felt warm and even, sometimes, HOT!
but most of the time I am very, very cold....I don't even own any clothes that would be considered "cooler clothes" like skirts, dresses, short sleeves even....during our hotter days this summer I dug out a pair of shorts and a few t-shirts that were two sizes too big for me and wore those
I always wear close-toed shoes and socks, long pants, and two layers on top, t-shirt and sweater over that and in the mornings I often wear a hat too.....luckily my work doesn't require that I be dressed very business-like and so I just have a rotation of sweaters and more sweaters that I wear at work
I too have had my thyroid tested several times and it comes back normal
Well there is a flip side. At least for me. I live in Austin. And it has been HOT. Especially the last few years. Record breaking hot, horrible, awful.
Well this summer was very bad. Not the worse but still much worse than normal. However with losing weight starting around the start of the summer, the heat was much less oppressive than normal. So I suppose its where you live.
Live where heat is by far the biggest weather 'problem' and losing the weight just another awesome, added bonus.
Doctor or no doctor, I don't think this is quite accurate. The loss of insulation may explain part of your coldness, but in my experience it's the calorie deficit that accounts for most of it. It's the calorie deficit that's making your metabolic rate go down, which leads to the sensation of being cold. Every time I've been in weight loss mode (i.e., eating at a deficit) I felt cold, and every time I transitioned to maintenance mode I became less cold.
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That's my experience, too. Calorie deficit makes me cold, maintenance makes me warmer. Now granted, I'm always cooler than I was one hundred pounds heavier - back then I was almost always warm, oftentimes sweaty and hot from the exertion of carrying around such big body, eating so much food, and yes, having more flesh (I had less surface area per pound then than I do now - that directly affects heat loss).
I'm cold often now, but it's a side effect I'll take for being so much healthier now.
I was cold to start with. Then it got better. Now, busting it with exercise, I positively freeze exactly after eating lunch every day. Apparently, being cold is a sign of a healthy heart.
I put the heating on in my office. Visitors complain.
Cold, Cold, Cold!
and I finally felt warm and even, sometimes, HOT!
