Always FREEZING

Jess5825

Ever since I've been losing weight, I too have been a lot colder. I think it is all the insulation I've lost...LOL

Jami22

I use to make fun of the other women in the office because they would always be running space heaters... Now I"m looking for my own! I tell people I have lost my insulation! :O)

rudegyal_b

i get cold right after eating, its the weirdest thing

helloiloveukitty

Since I stopped being fat I am not always freezing, my hands and feet and usually my nose feel like blocks of ice. Its nuts and I don't love it but I guess I would rather be freezing cold than fat

susanloveszumba

I SLEPT with my winter gloves on the other night in a normal heated house. I am miserable this time of year and I live on the beach in South Alabama. Yes and the weight loss has made it worse!

FoamyRiver

I'm always cold now too. I have a space heater under my desk that is always on, even in the summer. At home I either sit in front of a space heater or with a heating pad turned on high and I've added extra blankets to my side of the bed. My doctor has ran thyroid and iron level test and all was well--it's just the loss of all that insulation.

The only time I'm hot is when I'm working out. I'm dripping sweat before I even finish my warmup. But within 10-15 minutes of finishing my workout I'm freezing again.

saj6

I've always been cold, and now I am freezing! I know its not my thyroid as I have it checked regularly (my mom has been on thyroid medication for the last 30ish yrs) I'm hoping it gets better, but I'm not holding my breath as I've been colder than everyone around me for as long as I can remember :-/ So its lots of sweaters for me right now (I live in Alberta Canada so we can get pretty darn cold in the winter)

JamieDD

I can't remember what it's like to be cold. Damn menopause. :grumble: Just tonight I ran outside in the snow barefoot when the UPS guy came up the drive. :laugh:

JamieDD

double post...:blushing:

dawnmichelea

Losing 20 pounds did it for me! I am so very cold all the time. Doesn't help that we are having a much colder winter than normal here in Southern Oregon! So I use"hot hands"when I'm outside. My heated blanket is AMAZING (I keep it on 5 all night long!) And my husband bought me a heated throw blanket for the sofa, which keeps me toasty warm! Other than that, I keep my body moving to stay warm! The weight loss is so worth it!

Coltsman4ever

I don't know the answer and I haven't lost a lot of weight yet but I always get the shivers after running more than about 9 miles. It doesn't matter if it is summer or winter. After a long run I try to drink hot liquids and cover up.

If someone has an answer for this I would be interested to know.

This is from the Livestrong website...


Running packs a remarkable number of benefits into a wonderfully simple package. It helps you lose or maintain weight, boosts your cardiovascular health, lowers your stress levels and tones your legs. However, you don't get something for nothing, and the rigors of the activity can manifest it in a host of ways. Shakiness after a workout is one sign of possibly having overworked yourself.

Hypoglycemia
One of the cardinal signs of hypoglycemia, defined by the University of Iowa as a blood-glucose level below 60 mg/dl, is shaking; others include sweating, confusion, nausea, headache and blurred vision. Diabetics are far more prone than others to this condition after a workout, and if you are one of the millions of North Americans with diabetes you need to be sure not to take too much insulin or eat too little before your run.

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If you're among the hundreds of thousands of runners training for a marathon, you most likely do one run a week that is considerably longer in distance and duration than the others. This being the case, the unusual stress puts you at risk of glycogen depletion, or "hitting the wall." If this happens, your muscles will have been fatigued to their limit and you're likely to experience some post-run shaking. MayoClinic.com recommends eating a large meal several hours before your run and small snacks in the hour before you head out to reduce the chances of hitting the wall.

Hills
Running uphill is not only harder in terms of the demands on your heart and lungs, but it's also considerably harder on your leg muscles, especially if you do repeats up a moderate to steep incline. Your calf and gluteal muscles contract more forcefully, and your quadriceps have to rise higher with each stride than they do on flat ground so that your feet can land in the right spot on the hill. With every muscle group having been maximally taxed, you may experience post-run leg shakiness.

Too-fast Start
If you're new to running or are returning after a long layoff, one of the biggest challenges you face is doing not too little but too much. Running faster than you're ready to comfortably run, farther than your body's ready to carry you or both may quickly lead to problems such as injury or illness. If you're lucky, all that will happen is that legs that aren't used to the stresses of distance running will shake for a few minutes after a run. Ease off the pace or scale back the distance of your runs by 25 percent if you experience post-run shakiness.



Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/472677-shaking-after-running/#ixzz1ghTiagJ3

fteale

Thyroid was tested in the spring and was fine... So maybe it's just that layer of soft, insulating blubber... will ask the doctor anyhow... see if she thinks so too.

Yes, I had a thyroid function test which came out fine too. It's just living with a calorie deficit. Once you up your calories it won't be so bad, but I've lost 2 1/2 stone of insulatory fat, so that's got to have some effect!