So about this being cold all the time thing...

I have the same issue, too. At work I have my space heater on most of the time and a lot of the time a jacket, too, unless I am up walking around and then I am comfortable.
At home, I sit with a blanket on my lap when looking at the computer or watching TV. Again I am also fine when I am up and about cooking, cleaning, doing laundry or exercising.
This morning I even rode to work with the heat on in my car. It was only 70 degrees outside at that point, but it will reach 100 degrees by early afternoon.
I have always tended to be a little cold as I have almost always been slightly anemic, but the being colder is getting worse with the weight loss. I just had my blood checked within the last month and my iron was actually normal for once in my life, so that's not it for me anyway.
For now, I guess I will continue to use my heater and wear my jacket and listen to others comment "It's 100 degrees and you're wearing a jacket and got your heater on!"

 

I used to be hot all of the time. Since I took of my 70 lbs of fat-covering I always freeze.

I slept w/o covers, naked with a ceiling fan for 20+ years. Not anymore. I used to hate the summer. I never went out. Now summer is my favorite season and i love the heat. I bask in it.

I used to keep the air on 68. Now I barely can stand it on 74.

I live in Chicago, I dread the winter and that used to be my favorite season......I guess i better invest in a down coat.

Best,

Sharon

 Stealing this post for a moment - Sharon - I love your cat!!!  

Now back to the post!

I am with you sisters!  I freeze all day at work where they keep the AC on 70, I have two thermal blankets on the bed IN THE SUMMER at night, which I have to throw off now and then as sisterhood of the hot flashes passes through the room, and two seconds later I'm freezing again.

I'm okay with it all when I put on my size 10's instead of 24's and add the silkies under them in the winter (size medium don't you know! yay VSG!)  

I'd still rather be cold that size 24!

Colleen

Menopause helps. My base state is still "cold all the time" but when I have a hot flash I feel fairly warm. Note: I started the change pre-op and was hot all the time with hot flashes making me want to strip naked and dive in ice cubes. So this is an improvement for me!

I have been caught with the heater on high in my office when it was almost 100 degrees outside. It's a source of never-ending amusement to my coworkers.

Ditto for me. I actually have to sleep in socks now! I am always cold and before surgery I was always hot. I get my labs checked in a week so it will be interesting to see if there is any correlation. This started right after surgery.

Ketosis?  Every time I go into serious ketosis, I become an ice cube, particularly at night.  Have to jump into a tub of ho****er just to get comfortable enough to get to sleep.

But, yeah, I'm cold most of the time.  I think I'm the only person in Dallas driving home with my air conditioner off and my windows rolled down when it's 106 outside, trying to defrost from the office. 

I haven't had a change in my cold-sensitivity. I have always found my optimum air temperature to be betwen 80-90F. My office is cold too, although we had a bit of a break in the heat today and it's not too bad.

Talk to your PCP about this - if this is a new thing then there's probably a little bit of reason to see a doctor.

This is what I was told. Because we are not eatting all those carbs now is the reason we are colder. Bad carbs burn in our body faster then protein. So, we are not heating our bodies with
all that bad carbs anymore so...........................were freezing. LOL

Hi,

I'm not scientist nor do I play one on TV but I'm pretty sure two things are at work on this business of being cold after this surgery. 

First, there's the insulation properties of fat.  Think about the critters in the ultra cold climates:
polar bears, seals, walruses, etc.  LOTS of fat on them to keep them warm.  When we have less fat, we are subject to becoming cold faster. 

Second, there's the metabolic issue of fat burning -- our cells don't have to work as hard to move our smaller bodies around, so they produce less energy and less energy means less body heat.

I asked my doctor's nurse about it -- she had a great analogy.  If you use your mixer to make whipped cream, it goes fast and doesn't generate much heat because the job gets done quickly.  But if you mix cookie dough (MMMMMMMM  cookies - but I digress) the mixer works harder and if you mix that dough long enough, you'll start to feel warmth coming from the mixer.

Anyway, I don't have that problem as yet -- I'm post menopausal (I mean SOOOOOOO post menopausal) that I don't deal with hot flashes -- never did, really.  And I'm still a BIG girl with lots to lose, so maybe there will come a day when I feel chilled more often than not.

Not sure my explanation works, but it kinda makes sense????

I can crochet you an afghan -- keeps my hands busy doing something constructive rather than shoveling anything into my mouth!  What colors?

Stay warm (they need a fireplace emoticon LOL)

Ree

I went through this. I'm better now, but I think it is because I'm at a new office. Everyone swears it is hot here. I rarely turn on my fan. I think it is quite comfortable 95% of the time.  So, I guess my solution was to get a new job...not very helpful I guess.