I'm so COLD!!!

DymonNdaRgh40
DymonNdaRgh40 Posts: 661 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone having issues with being colder since losing weight?

My sister commented on it this weekend because as soon as I got into her car, I rolled up the windows. The office is pretty cool right now actually and some of my co-workers even have their fans on. It's not so bad today, but yesterday I had to make more green tea just so I could warm my hands up on my hot mug. My hands are the coldest. Everyday, I have to leave the hospital at lunch time just to thaw out because I feel sooo cold in this office.

I'm seriously considering buying some fingerless gloves to warm up these hands.
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  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    Yep. That's the downside, with it. xx
  • zmoreno10
    zmoreno10 Posts: 69 Member
    I've definitely been colder since I've lost the weight as well! Granted, I work in a datacenter so my office is usually cold anyways, but I've definitely noticed a difference.
  • Hoodie16
    Hoodie16 Posts: 13 Member
    I would suggest getting checked to make sure you are not iron deficient anemic. When I was deficient I was cold all the time too, which is a side affect. I would wear long sleeves during the summer because I was so cold.
  • redbev306
    redbev306 Posts: 62
    Honestly.... I can't wait to have this problem again! I used to be FREEZING all the time.... & hated it! But now that I am unreasonably hot & sweaty ALL THE TIME...... I definitely prefer freezing! It's much easier to put more clothing on... & more socially acceptable than taking it off! LOL
  • fairykelly13
    fairykelly13 Posts: 79 Member
    Absolutely... Especially while I was still actively trying to lose. Now that I'm maintaining and eating more calories, I don't get as cold because I have more fuel to burn :-)
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    I'm stuffing my face right now hoping to warm up.
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    My hands get cold a lot, lol. Feet, too. When others are hot, I'm good. In the winter, I'm an icicle.
  • yelliezx
    yelliezx Posts: 633 Member
    I dunno. I'm alwaaays cold! ;[
  • PippiNe
    PippiNe Posts: 283 Member
    I feel the same way! I used to hate walking out of the house on a hot summer day and getting blasted by a heat wave, but now I do it just to warm myself up before going back into the air conditioning :o)
  • twinteensmom
    twinteensmom Posts: 371 Member
    I am ALWAYS cold, now. It is now uncommon for me to wear 2 sweatshirts at the same time. i have lost a layer of blubber and now, i just freeze. I am dreading this coming winter!
  • apf2013
    apf2013 Posts: 53 Member
    U might be anemic - i would go get checked just to make sure.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Me too! It's Sept and I took out my light winter coat yesterday...
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    I've always been prone to getting cold, but now its 10x worse and it takes forever for me to warm back up!
  • lavaughan69
    lavaughan69 Posts: 459 Member
    Lol, I actually just put on my sweater when I saw this post :laugh:

    I'm always cold. I'm so excited about the new car I'm getting next month, it will have heated seats and a heated steering wheel!
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    Not yet. I keep waiting... Everyone says it is supposed to happen but I am not noticing anything significant. I only notice that I am cold if I am more tired than usual. I also have low iron so I don't honestly know why I'm NOT cold all the time..maybe I'm closer to menopause than I think.
  • scottkjar
    scottkjar Posts: 346 Member
    Thank goodness for Global Warming! LOL
  • conniemaxwell5
    conniemaxwell5 Posts: 943 Member
    I'm cold all the time too. My blood pressure is really low (96/48 last time I had it checked) so I think that may have something to do with it. I get light headed every time I stand up too. I've been to the doctor and she tells me to just stay super hydrated and eat more salt.
  • Ejourneys
    Ejourneys Posts: 1,603 Member
    Oh, yeah. I live in Florida and I am under blankets during the summer now.

    I lived in Boston at the time my avatar photo was taken. I had just lost 60 pounds and assumed that I could walk around the neighborhood in my usual windbreaker when it was a breezy 55 degrees outside. My face and hands literally turned blue. I had NEVER been so cold. Eating pizza and running scalding hot water over my wrists didn't do any good -- not until I wore a friend's insulated flight suit and jogged in place for 20 minutes in his heated apartment.

    I need to remember that for this coming winter, even down here.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I've had this problem too. But it's getting better. Some people, me included, find that it takes a while for their bodies to adjust to the weight loss
  • DymonNdaRgh40
    DymonNdaRgh40 Posts: 661 Member
    I would suggest getting checked to make sure you are not iron deficient anemic. When I was deficient I was cold all the time too, which is a side affect. I would wear long sleeves during the summer because I was so cold.

    I did mention it this year when I had my physical done and thankfully I'm ok. I have no health issues to worry about. However, I was iron deficiency anemic way back when I was pregnant with my daughter so who knows...

    It helps to know I'm not alone with this cold feeling:laugh:
  • marywilsoncline
    marywilsoncline Posts: 301 Member
    yes, I sure do. I'm already cold and it early September!!!! Then when I say I'm cold people say well thats because you need some meat on your bones or I also hear that is because you have lost all your insulation. I just want to say sorry people, I like the way I look know , I just don't like being cold :grumble:
  • fleetzz
    fleetzz Posts: 962 Member
    I am the opposite--was always cold until started synthroid in January, started losing weight in February and started exercising in May. I am now down 30 lbs (was 35 but went to St. Louis for the Cardinals games this weekend and probably put on some glycogen weight), and now I can walk around in 75 degrees without a sweater or jacket. Now I pretty much wear shorts and exercise tops and and nearly always perfectly comfortable. Of course, I live in Florida and am pretty comfortable outside at night. Daytime I am starting to get hot--but it has to be in the sun or over 88 degrees before I feel hot.
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
    yup...all the time. had it checked and ok on levels. been like this the last two years. still waiting for internal thermostat to reset and kick in...I think it's broken though. :grumble:
  • twinteensmom
    twinteensmom Posts: 371 Member
    U might be anemic - i would go get checked just to make sure.
    Just for the record, I not only take an iron suppliment, I am also a blood donor. Last month, when I donated blood, they checked my hemeglobin first and it was perfectly normal. So, I am NOT anemic. Just cold!
  • celtbell3
    celtbell3 Posts: 738 Member
    I'm always cold.
  • xLoveLikeWinterx
    xLoveLikeWinterx Posts: 408 Member
    I've always been prone to getting cold, but now its 10x worse and it takes forever for me to warm back up!

    Yep, me too. It's SO bad though :( I hate it! I wear hoodies on top of my sweaters on top of my sweatshirts :(
  • kiwigal41
    kiwigal41 Posts: 1,059
    yep....I have the same problem.....hands and feet especially.....not fun!!!!
  • amie709
    amie709 Posts: 99
    Are you sure your eating enough to keep you out of starvation mode?? Cause temp regulation problems can be a sign of that. And, I do realize that temp regulation would actually refer to hot and cold not just colder but I'm thinking if maybe it could be a start to it. I haven't found any difference in being colder since I started losing weight.
  • aquitania
    aquitania Posts: 92 Member
    I had 120 kgs (264 lbs), and lost 30 of it (66 lbs), so i had 90 kgs (200 lbs), and i can tell you, i was extremely cold with 120, with 90, and with 100 that i have now. I never felt any difference. :-/
  • samanthacesiracollins
    samanthacesiracollins Posts: 3
    I am constantly cold and I straight up SHIVER after a workout. No matter how fast I change out of sweaty clothes and take a hot shower I cannot fight off the shivers.

    When I started dating my fiance 10 years ago we were both hot all the time. Now that I've lose 200 pounds and am cold all the time we fight about temperature 24/7. Anything before 75 is too cold for me!

    ALSO I have a condition called Raynaud's which is very common in women and causes my fingers and toes to be part icicle.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynaud's_phenomenon

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