Getting use to the cold after losing weight

FREEZING. try to keep moving, fidgeting around really helps keep you warm! congratulations on your loss so worth the earmuffs, haha.

Okay, seriously, thank you for making this topic. I've been dealing with this for awhile now and I think this is one of the things nobody ever talks about: when you lose weight, you're COLD.

I think it's because I'm still at deficit, so I'm not making a lot of heat digesting, but man I'm always freezing. After losing 100+ pounds, I feel eternally cold. I went out for a walk yesterday at -5C (25F) but it felt like it was -10.

I've been surprisingly warm this winter, and I live in what's been the coldest place on the freakin planet for the last week. So idk, it's all relative? I'm in the middle of the weight loss though, so maybe I'm burning harder?

They don't warn you about that do they? I've only lost about 20, but I am already so much colder! Winter is still my favorite season, but I'm going to be so chilly when I go back to a place where it snows. My husband and I are in Hawaii and now we're acclimated. But it's "winter" here and the other day I was actually shivering! SHIVERING! I was so embarrassed. It was 65 degrees F. Growing up in Michigan I used to be able to handle -5, no problem! When I went home to visit, my family gave me such a hard time for being such a wimp. I wore at least 4 layers all the time and went everywhere with a blanket. And I'm still losing weight, so I think it might get even worse than this! I dread what a nightmare the first winter back in the north mainland is going to be next year! But, I am excited to have an excuse to buy a really big, fluffy, heavy, over the top comforter to snuggle up under.

This year I've lost a ton of weight and I found the heat during the past summer wasn't so bad (and we had one of the hottest summers ever in our area). But now that it's turning cold (last couple of weeks the morning low has been in the single digits most days) I've really felt the chill. Been wearing a hoodie as well as a heavy winter coat in the mornings now to compensate. Also putting another blanket on the bed at night.

I don't get cold from having less fat... I can go for a brisk walk outside and be nice and warm in much colder weather than I could handle last year. But I definitely do get cold if I'm not eating enough. Same with my son. He was cold all the time, even if the house was set around 78-80. I ran his stats through a TDEE calculator and showed him that he was eating below BMR. He wasn't dieting, just not making time for food. Once he started eating more, he found he wasn't cold anymore.

This helped a lot with me. Used to be cold a lot too, but now that I eat enough food, I feel so much better.
I notice straight away now when I haven't eaten enough, my hands and feet get cold.

I keep warm by piling pillows on me !!!! LOL My finger tips always feel like icicles and the toes I always put a pillow on them at night to keep them warm.