Suddenly always cold

NoraM13
on 9/30/17 2:33 pm
VSG on 08/21/17

I'm about 6 weeks post op, and I've lost 36 lb so far (with about 100 more to go). I've always been hotter than most other people (I don't wear a coat in the car in the winter, I'm usually fine in short sleeves when others are grabbing a sweater, etc). I expected that to change as I got close to goal, but I didn't expect it this soon. Has anyone else had this experience?

5'2" VSG: 8/21/17 HW: 261 SW:243 CW: 193

Pre-Op: 15 M1: 19.8 M2: 10.5 M3: 13.7

Gwen M.
on 9/30/17 3:01 pm
VSG on 03/13/14

It's surprisingly common, so you're not alone! I'm pretty much freezing all the time unless it's 80F+

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

NoraM13
on 9/30/17 4:25 pm
VSG on 08/21/17

How long after surgery did it start for you? I was expecting it, just not this soon

5'2" VSG: 8/21/17 HW: 261 SW:243 CW: 193

Pre-Op: 15 M1: 19.8 M2: 10.5 M3: 13.7

Gwen M.
on 9/30/17 5:51 pm
VSG on 03/13/14

I think it started pretty much right away for me. Carbs tend to keep us warm, so the low carb diet can make us cold.

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

jenorama
on 9/30/17 3:56 pm - CA
RNY on 10/07/13

Get used to it. I have cold feet and hands throughout the year.

Jen

reree6898
on 9/30/17 4:14 pm - TN
VSG on 09/28/15

Yep, when I had my surgery in September 2015 by winter I was freezing all the time and haven't warmed up since. It's so funny still to me two years later that I freeze all the time when I was the one who before would be sweating through the winter. Now I keep my thermostat on 74 in the summer where as I would have it in 62-63 in the summer before!

Had VSG on 9/28/15

Lost 161 lbs since surgery, LOST 221 lbs overall so far!!

(deactivated member)
on 9/30/17 5:06 pm
VSG on 03/28/17

I was suddenly freezing all the time for the first few months after surgery and then just as suddenly I went back to being my normal warm self.

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 10/1/17 4:07 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

Like Mahonia, I was constantly freezing in the beginning, then went back to my normal later (about the time I wa****ting goal). I would guess it comes from the metabolism changes that WLS causes.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Janet P.
on 10/1/17 4:59 am

I've been cold for 14 years.

Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175

Erin T.
on 10/1/17 5:43 pm
VSG on 01/17/17

Get used to it and buy a snuggie! It's been my most annoying "side effect". Always cold. It can be 80+ degrees and I'm cold. SO MUCH COLD!

VSG: 1/17/17

5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145

Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish

LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18

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