When do you stop being cold?

emmahhjo
emmahhjo Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi y'all. I'm 10 pounds away from my goal (over 20 pounds down) and I'm FREEZING ALL THE TIME. I live in Texas. It is really not that cold, but I can only warm up with help from external sources (heater/the sun/boyfriend).

Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do besides (obviously) more layers? Does it stop?

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  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    I've been in maintainance for 4 years and I'm still ALWAYS cold. Fingers and feet are the worst.

    I haven't found any fixes other than "dealing with it".
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I stopped being cold when I stopped eating in a deficit. Two winters ago I was fat and eating in a deficit and cold. One winter ago I was at a healthy weight and not eating in a deficit and fine. This winter I was at pretty much the same healthy weight and eating in a deficit and cold.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Never.
  • betuel75
    betuel75 Posts: 776 Member
    yup, for me when i stopped being in a deficit and eating at maintenance.
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    The only thing that helped me was when I started to build muscle. The more muscle I build the warmer I am! Although I am still cold a lot of the time, the muscle helps.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    When it gets over 85F, or when I am pregnant, LOL. I'm adapted for a tropical climate, not winter.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    emmahhjo wrote: »
    Hi y'all. I'm 10 pounds away from my goal (over 20 pounds down) and I'm FREEZING ALL THE TIME. I live in Texas. It is really not that cold, but I can only warm up with help from external sources (heater/the sun/boyfriend).

    Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do besides (obviously) more layers? Does it stop?

    I lost 110lbs last year, I'm cold all the damn time now. HATE IT!
  • xtina315
    xtina315 Posts: 218 Member
    Never had this problem when I was thin. Maybe your anemic?
  • melissa6771
    melissa6771 Posts: 894 Member
    Ha! I can't believe you posted this. I've only been at it for a little less than 2 weeks right now, and I've been cold all the time. It's driving me crazy. I'm under a double fleece blanket right now with the heat turned up.
  • BeYouTiful94
    BeYouTiful94 Posts: 289 Member
    I'm ALWAYS cold, to the point that I've always got a space heater on my nightstand pointed directly at me. I'm anemic. Only time I'm not cold is when I go outside in the dead of summer (I, too, live in Texas).

    If it just started once you started eating at a deficit, perhaps that's why. Maybe since you're eating less, you're getting less iron?

  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    Since I don't sweat I generally get warm very quickly. Heck I helped my hubby build a grill yesterday outside and it was at most 40℉ and I was perfectly fine with a thin jacket.
  • murp4069
    murp4069 Posts: 494 Member
    I live in Miami and I am constantly cold since losing weight. Not outside but basically anywhere indoors because the AC is always on. But, 20 lbs ago I found the AC tolerable, now I find it completely intolerable.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I'm always cold too. Except in the Summer, but I still need to keep a sweater in the car because I freeze every time I go in a shop or restaurant because of the AC...
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited March 2016
    I've slept outside in a tent* in temperatures as low as 7 degrees Fahrenheit. Y'all who are cold** aren't dressing properly.




    * regular tent, not a winter tent
    ** disclaimer for rare medical conditions
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Start with SOREL Manawans plus cotton socks and wool socks.

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  • Morglez
    Morglez Posts: 46 Member
    When I was at a nice thin, healthy weight, I was ALWAYS cold. One of my managers at the time joked that I was like a reptile and had to bask in the sun just to get warm. Not so much now that I have loads of extra insulation, lol. In fact I have the opposite problem... hot too easy!
  • geneticsteacher
    geneticsteacher Posts: 623 Member
    Time will eventually solve this problem - menopause!!!
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    I'm also always cold, although it was a little worse when I was at my lowest weight. However, I've gained some weight back and I'm still cold, so I guess it never goes away for some of us!
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    cushman5279 wrote: »
    The only thing that helped me was when I started to build muscle. The more muscle I build the warmer I am! Although I am still cold a lot of the time, the muscle helps.

    This is exactly what I was going to post. Back when I was doing cardio only I was cold all the time. Then I switched to mainly lifting and I'm rarely cold. Not that I have much muscle mass, but what little I have is better insulation than fat or no muscle at all.
  • 7elizamae
    7elizamae Posts: 758 Member
    emmahhjo wrote: »
    Hi y'all. I'm 10 pounds away from my goal (over 20 pounds down) and I'm FREEZING ALL THE TIME. I live in Texas. It is really not that cold, but I can only warm up with help from external sources (heater/the sun/boyfriend).

    Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do besides (obviously) more layers? Does it stop?

    You'll stop being cold in your late 40s. :) Then you'll be peeling off your clothes and sticking your head in the freezer during hot flashes.
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    I'm often cold during the winter. But then, I'm quite slender with a little muscle mass and very little body fat.
  • TuesdayMarch01st2016
    TuesdayMarch01st2016 Posts: 56 Member
    ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »
    Since I don't sweat I generally get warm very quickly. Heck I helped my hubby build a grill yesterday outside and it was at most 40℉ and I was perfectly fine with a thin jacket.

    I am always cold, I don't sweat & I'm 8 pounds away from being obese.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    I don't mind the feeling so much as the times I feel I need to shiver and can't stop.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Never.

    Wait till you hit menopause. You'll be warm, alright.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    TuesdayMarch01st2016 wrote: »
    ForeverSunshine09 wrote: »
    Since I don't sweat I generally get warm very quickly. Heck I helped my hubby build a grill yesterday outside and it was at most 40℉ and I was perfectly fine with a thin jacket.

    I am always cold, I don't sweat & I'm 8 pounds away from being obese.

    I don't sweat because of genetics and my kidneys but, when I get warm all my extremities swell and it gets super uncomfortable. So that is why I stay warm a lot of the time.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    edited March 2016
    I went from having uncomfortable hot flashes just about every day ... and overheating every time I got up to do anything ... to feeling quite comfortably cool most of the time. :)
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    emmahhjo wrote: »
    Hi y'all. I'm 10 pounds away from my goal (over 20 pounds down) and I'm FREEZING ALL THE TIME. I live in Texas. It is really not that cold, but I can only warm up with help from external sources (heater/the sun/boyfriend).

    Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do besides (obviously) more layers? Does it stop?

    Sorry, but living in Chicago, just can't generate much sympathy about the idea of feeling cold in TEXAS! :smile: I think it kinda depends how consistent it is. Your body does adapt and generate more heat. Is it all over or extremities?

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