Why am I always so cold?
- Thread starter walkingtofu
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RE: Could be hypothryoid - I second this
I have had surgery to remove my thyroid - and take thyroxine tablets daily to make up for it.
I know right away when my meds need to be tweeked because I am just freezing all the time.
One strong symptom of hypothyroidism is low body temperature - and it is the kind of cold that chills you right to the bone.
Other symptoms are fatigue, muscle soreness and weight gain or inability to lose, hair loss and dry skin, to name a few. These symptoms are not quite so prevalent for me - except - well - I do have very dry skin.
So yes - pls ask for blood test to determine if this is the case for you.
I have had surgery to remove my thyroid - and take thyroxine tablets daily to make up for it.
I know right away when my meds need to be tweeked because I am just freezing all the time.
One strong symptom of hypothyroidism is low body temperature - and it is the kind of cold that chills you right to the bone.
Other symptoms are fatigue, muscle soreness and weight gain or inability to lose, hair loss and dry skin, to name a few. These symptoms are not quite so prevalent for me - except - well - I do have very dry skin.
So yes - pls ask for blood test to determine if this is the case for you.
singinggoddess
Cathlete
I recently was just diagnosed with a sluggish thyroid and low iron. both of these can cause your body temeperature to be off.
Susan
Susan
>Another one here with Reynaud's syndrome. When it's below 70
>degrees indoors or outdoors, my extremities are cold. I wear
>socks to bed even in the summer. I notice it's not as bad
>after I started working out regularly. I no longer feel the
>need to bundle up when it's 50 degrees and up outside,
>although I don't run around barefoot like some of the kids in
>my neighborhood.
Maybe my metabolism is up and my body's
>more efficient at using its fuel... I don't know. All I can
>say is it's not as bad as it used to be, and this change came
>about a year or so after I started working out consistently.
>
>Pinky
I daresay I disagree with you on that Pinky.
I have always battled with the cold, but never more so than when my metabolism was all fired up. Yes, I could be lying in bed & DH would say I was "burning up." But once I got to the cold-office building, "think Office Space", I was down-right freezing. I wish I had pics to show you. I was pretty darn lean. I don't know if it has to do with that, or the reaction of your heat loss to the cold environment. Your mass being smaller and your environment being larger, well, what would be more obvious than that your heat is so readily absorbed and dispersed, thereby leaving you colder, as if you've been robbed. Just my opinion. I'm probably, fantastically wrong. Plus, I've had a long day. But, I'm not exaggerating about the being hot then cold part.
Marla
>degrees indoors or outdoors, my extremities are cold. I wear
>socks to bed even in the summer. I notice it's not as bad
>after I started working out regularly. I no longer feel the
>need to bundle up when it's 50 degrees and up outside,
>although I don't run around barefoot like some of the kids in
>my neighborhood.
Maybe my metabolism is up and my body's>more efficient at using its fuel... I don't know. All I can
>say is it's not as bad as it used to be, and this change came
>about a year or so after I started working out consistently.
>
>Pinky
I daresay I disagree with you on that Pinky.
I have always battled with the cold, but never more so than when my metabolism was all fired up. Yes, I could be lying in bed & DH would say I was "burning up." But once I got to the cold-office building, "think Office Space", I was down-right freezing. I wish I had pics to show you. I was pretty darn lean. I don't know if it has to do with that, or the reaction of your heat loss to the cold environment. Your mass being smaller and your environment being larger, well, what would be more obvious than that your heat is so readily absorbed and dispersed, thereby leaving you colder, as if you've been robbed. Just my opinion. I'm probably, fantastically wrong. Plus, I've had a long day. But, I'm not exaggerating about the being hot then cold part.
Marla
desertbriez
Banned
i'm always cold too! i keep the heat set at 78 in the winter (and wear flannel jammie or sweats! at the office i use a space heater... and i use it all summer long too... and i live in the desert! it gets up to 125 degrees outside and i've got the space heater on in the office! i take a sweater or jacket everywhere cuz i know i'll need it! i take a jacket and blanket to the movie theater!
i sweat like a piglet when working out though!
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cute work out clothes are good for AT LEAST an additional 10-15 calories burned!
i sweat like a piglet when working out though!
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cute work out clothes are good for AT LEAST an additional 10-15 calories burned!