FREEZING Cold?

I am three and a half weeks out...had the sleeve.  The first week after surgery and now yesterday and today I have been absolutely freezing between the hours of 3 - 8 pm  Right now I am sitting in the fireplace room, with a down filled vest, sweater, t-shirt, yoga pants and slippers on.  I am never cold when I head to bed around 9 or 10.  Just in case I have the heating pad ready to go if need be.  What's going on...people just tell me for some of us it is the "bariatric freeze".  Maybe in ketosis?   I am dreading the winter this year!  Down filled jacket is hanging up ready for use! Suggestions?  Peppermint tea warms my hands...at least.

I'm cold all the time since surgery (4 weeks tomorrow). I wear slippers all the time...before it would be bare feet.  I usually have a sweater or robe on. When I'm outside I have to have a sweater and coat minimum. I always wear mittens. I add two or three extra blankets on my side of the bed.  Before the blankets would be tossed some time in the middle of the night.  I make tea just to warm my hands too!

Yup I hear ya. Last winter I wore a leather vest over my shirt when outside. Now I'm chilly in a hot shower. Someone told me it's supposed to get better so I'm waiting on that with baited breath. 

Holy Heck!   I'm NEVER cold!  To the point I get in arguments with the skinny people at work about how darn HOT it is in here!  Maybe it is me???  And maybe it will change!!!

Better get used to it....You should find some comfort by July.

Ann

I am freezing most of the time too.  Was always hot and barefoot before.  Now it is socks and slippers and a blanket.  I even drink my water warm trying to get warm.  I don't know if it is all of the water I am drinking or the weight lost.

Yes, I'm complaining of being cold - ah well!  Seriously though, I do feel the difference, it's all good.

when we checked into a hotel room the frst thing I used to do was turn the AC on, in winter.  My spouse is very amused now that I am cold all the time (she's been dubbed the layer queen for years)!  I don't like this cold thing!  I was used to being hot, can't say I liked it but I was used to it. Brrr, just posting this has made me feel colder!  

I am 2 weeks post op and had the sleeve as well, I can not get warmed up these days! Right now the fireplace is on

and I am snuggled up with a warm fleecy blanket on me!  What feels really good is going to bed at night with a blanket that I heated up in the dryer for about 20 min.  As long as I am warm l sleep great, but when I get cool I am awake and can't get back to sleep! 

OOooooh yes, I enjoy my peppermint tea too, and at bedtime my sleepy time tea :-)

Your body has lost some of it's "fatty insulation" and will take some time to adjust.  I used to shovel snow without a jacket now we are still in fall and I'm always freezing.  I have befriended a ho****er bottle at the end of the bed for my feet which are in socks at night.  Dress in layers, put on a blanket when sitting around, buy long underwear and enjoy a hot cup of tea.  As you lose more you will become more active outside and do things you haven't been able to do for years and not think about the cold.  It's all worth it, so bundle up.