Will I always be cold?

[Iowa_summergirl 46]

I was warned that I would feel more cold after surgery with all the weight loss, so I expected to be cold this winter (hate Iowa winters to begin with)! Was wondering if I will always feel this cold? Or does your body eventually re-adjust and regulate better?

[alyce20 82]

I have been cold since my surgery august 27... And I live in Florida !! I just hate being cold!!! Have been wearing cuddle duds everyday under my clothes! Let me know if you hear anything about it going away! Alyce

[kikicoates78 220]

Low carbs will cause this. Carbohydrates fuel and heat the body. I have never been cold natured. I freeze since my surgery.

[BeccafromIowa 4]

Cold doesn't even begin to describe how I feel!! Living in Iowa you would think I would be used to it! It has gotten worse and nothing seems to warm me up! I have the best boyfriend that has bought me a heated mattress pad do at least I can sleep at night!

[Iowa_summergirl 46]

@@BeccafromIowa ....where at in Iowa? We are in NW corner near Sioux Falls. It was 20 degrees today...I can't imagine when we get to the subzero temps that always come!

[MS_Science_Sleever 78]

I have always been hot natured- I am freezing now as well. I thought I was going crazy. Maybe when we get to our goal weight it regulates. I sleep with a heating pad.

[CheleLynn45 615]

I am in AZ and I was freezing here today. I was always warm, and I think post op earlier this year I was having hot flashes. LOL

[jacileggs 402]

I'm laughing because Iive in canada. Where it is truly cold. I am 11 months post op gastric bypass and am still always cold. I've heard it takes up to 2 years for your body's internal thermostat to readjust to your new lower weight.

[AlanaRN 419]

11 weeks post op and always freezing!!! I too am wondering if it's always going to be like this.

[Forsythia 882]

7 months and still cold. Office buildings are the worst. But in my own house I'm fine. I mean it's December and I'm wearing a short sleeve t-shirt. But I'm at home. If I were in an office building, I'd be sitting in a cubicle freezing.

[Susan909 52]

Two weeks out and freezing. I live in So. Cal whee it's not that cold. I walk around inside and out with layers on.

Going to the store is torture, the cold from the frozen food aisle chases me!

[Rogofulm 2,440]

Yup, I'm cold too. Funny thing is that before my surgery I was always hot and my wife was always cold. Now it's the reverse and we have totally flipped how we set the thermostat.. We are both in our 50s. Should I be worried about her feeling warm????!!!

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Two years out, and still cold. Not quite as bad as when I was losing. Even in the middle of summer when everyone else is sweating and miserable, I'm not! I love that part. I don't love freezing in Michigan winters, though! I have a lot of warm clothes and blankets. This type of cold is almost painful, and I don't expect it to ever go away totally.

[Mbstas 57]

Cold here in mid-Atlantic state!

[peki31 37]

I am only a week out, but I am constantly hot. Hotter then even before the surgery. I'm in MD and it's not hot here.