Anyone else really cold?

tulips_and_tea

nxd10 wrote: »

I am freezing all the time. I can feel the air is warm. I am dressed in warm clothes. I am COLD. Fingers and toes feel cold to the touch. I am inside in front of a fireplace wearing a sweater, flannel shirt, jeans, socks, slippers and a hat.

I don't have an eating disorder (really - I've been on here a long time and eat the calories I'm supposed to, log my exercise, and eat those calories back) and am well within a healthy bmi (21). When I was in high school and college - a gazillion years ago - I was this weight and also always cold.

Any suggestions? Fat seems to help - I just ate some peanut butter and can feel myself warming up. Baths help too - they can warm me up for hours. Anything else?

I haven't read all 4 pages, but just wanted to say: you WILL adjust if the coldness is due to loss of body fat. I almost regretted losing my last 10 lbs. the first winter. I was SO cold I could barely function! Miserable. However, I have adapted and it's not nearly as bad now. The human body is a wonderful thing when you take care of it properly.

Aust1967

Aust1967 wrote: »

SkepticalOwl wrote: »

Aust1967 wrote: »

I have lost 50 lbs. over the past year and a half - and now I am freezing all the time (not just my hands and feet, but my entire body). This is brand new - I don't have a history of being cold at all. I went to the doctor today just to make sure it isn't due to a thyroid issue and/or low iron. He thinks that the coldness might be related to another issue I have been experiencing - my lips and eyes have started swelling overnight (in the morning it looks like I got collagen injections in my sleep) - and, I have been having night sweats (which I chalked up to peri-menopause so wasn't concerned about). They drew blood and he's going to have lots of tests run to see what is going on. I might not hear until next week - I'm anxious to see what the verdict is.

Please post what your doc says if they figure it out. I've been having the same -- night sweats, puffy eyes When I get up in the morning, and being cold all the time.

The nurse called me yesterday morning - all of the tests they ran came back "normal". She was done when she told me that and was ready to hang up. I said "Ok, so what can I do about my issues?". She was surprised and asked me what my issues were. I told her about the swelling of my eyes and lips and also being cold all the time. She said she would ask the doctor. She called back tonight - the doctor wanted to make sure I was taking a multi-vitamin because maybe I am lacking somewhere. She said "take something like One-a-Day for Women". I informed her that I do take a multi everyday - I take the Target store brand that is equivalent to Centrum Silver. She said "good, keep taking it". She said that the doctor wants to consult with someone else on my case (I have a "case"?) and she would call me back in a couple of days. So, I don't know anything yet.

I've started taking Benadryl every four hours thinking that maybe the swelling and itchiness is from allergies. My eyelids are swollen, dry and extremely itchy. And when they water it burns my skin. Ugh. Will post again when I hear something.

I still haven't heard back from the doctor. My face (lips and eyes) are swelling worse this week so I called and made an appointment with an allergist next Wednesday.

arabianhorselover

Since I lost weight, the cold does bother me more, and my hands get cold a lot. It can take a long time to warm them up.

DamitJanit

I've only lost 29 pounds, with 51 still to go. Before I started losing I was HOT all the time while others around me were freezing. Now I am cold all the time and have to cover up just to watch TV even though I dress warmly. If it's the weight loss, I'll take it. I get blood work and check up every 3 months, so I know I'm physically okay.

RoxieDawn

I am always cold. I too am smaller these days. Someone correct me, but you burn more calories being cold as you expend more energy to stay warm.. I think I read this someone where.

I have to put on extra layers even in the house and I even sleep in socks in the winter time!

hamminit

Have your Thyroid checked the cold is a major indicator

heybales

Being cold can burn calories - if your body is willing to spend the energy to warm it up.

But that's part of the problem with diets, especially big deficit ones. Unless faced with drop of core body temp, it's not.

If you are feeling cold, the body is obviously not spending that energy, because it wants it elsewhere. If you feel warm enough even in slightly cooler setting, then your body is expending it.

And while it does have an energy cost, you'd have to reach shivering phase with the muscles really moving to expend a decent amount.
I had the study at one time, it was equal to a decent VO2% in exercise.
But not hard to imagine, all your muscles working out at once.
And you'd have to be cold enough to accomplish that, that you couldn't do it very long before core drops too much.

Pretty sure it would barely if at all balance out the reduction in physical activity that happens in the winter anyway.

rdonald57

move to Texas, I don't think that is much of a problem down here.

pkw58

rdonald57 wrote: »

move to Texas, I don't think that is much of a problem down here.

Are you kidding? It has been hovering at freezing here in Houston this week, and growing up in West Texas, there is no colder wind than the winds that sweep through the Panhandle and West Texas...