Question:
Is it true that in general, obese people are hot and skinny people are cold?
My best friend is skinny, and she is always cold. I'm obese, and I am always hot. Trust me... you don't wanna be in the car with us when the weather changes... she cranks the heat, which drives me crazy, so I open the window to cool off... this drives her crazy, so she turns the heat up more, and I roll the window down more. People crack up at us when we are in the car together, but trust me... it does get to be an issue when it is overly hot or cold outside. Will this change for me as I lose weight? — Janet C. (posted on November 13, 2001)
November 13, 2001
I don't know if it is true across the board, but in my instance, when I was
big, I was almost always hot and could break into a sweat at the drop of a
hat. Now that I am thin, I am almost always very cold. My feet can never
stay warm enough nor my hands! Go figure.
— Beth B.
November 13, 2001
NO!!! but i DONT know what the reason is...sometimes its got to do with
blood or something i think...i HAVE FROZEN FOR YEARS... and got worse after
my gall bladder surgery..they tell me its even worse for some after WLS oh
great!!! My boss is hot natured and I set by the front door, I'm the
receptionist..i sat with my coat on today!!!!
My mom was this way...I hope it goes away!!!!! :)
— Jackiis
November 13, 2001
I think your right and it was always true for me, perpetually too hot. I
used to never wear any coat till the temperature was in the twenties, and
even then just a light windbreaker. I HATED dressy clothes, I would sweat
just thinking of wearing a tie. Always wore short sleeves for the same
reason. Now that I am down 90 pounds I am cold most of the time, while my
still MO wife is hot and has the window open. With her surgery scheduled
for december 10 she should be chilling out shortly.:) All that fat was a
heavy insulator....
— bob-haller
November 13, 2001
Even at my highest weight of 364, I was always cold natured. Now I am down
143 lbs. and it is worse.
— Barbara F.
November 13, 2001
All I can say is that I have been freezing continuously for the last 2
months! I don't remember it being this bad last year at this time, and I
attribute this to the fact that I had not lost as much weight then as I
have now. I just cannot ever get warm. My hands and nose are always cold.
But it's a small price to pay to be at a weight that I am happy with!
— Adria M.
November 13, 2001
That is not the rule in my family. My Father, average size was always too
hot, wore short sleeved shirts even in winter and didn't own a coat for
years. I was like that too when I was younger but now that I am older (51)
I am cold all the time and I am still pre-op. My MO sis was always cold
too. My other sis, not MO is always too warm. Going to her house can be
uncomfortable since she only heats one room in her house. I try to stay in
the kitchen, near the stove. Gonna have to cut that out after surgery.
— Julia O.
November 13, 2001
I think it has alot to do with hormones. My husband and I have been
married for 12 years. Second marriage for both of us and we are now in our
50's. The first six years we were married every night while we were
watching TV he would go get me a blanket, sometime two! You know the route
flannel sheets, nightgown etc. Then I had a hysterectomy they took
everything and now I can't get cool enough, even though I am on hormones.
He turns the furnace down and goes and puts a light jacket or a sweater on.
Poor guy. Driving in the car I have known him to zip up his jacket, pull
his ear flaps down, put on his gloves and one time he even knocked the poor
dog of off her blanket to put on his legs so he didn't have to turn the
heat up. I am so lucky to have him. He does everything he can to make me
happy.
— buhret
November 13, 2001
Before I had surgery I was HOT all the time. Winter, Summer, Fall. Constant
sweating, make-up melting off my face, beads of sweat on my forehead,
behind my neck. It was one of the most miserable things for me. In the
summer I wouldn't even wear make-up to work or out in public because I was
embarassed about sweating so profusely. I have lost 131 lbs and find
myself freeeeezing ALL the time. I take a jacket with me everywhere I go
and bundle up. So, I don't know about most people, but for me, the weight
had a lot to do with being hot all the time.
— Kim B.
November 13, 2001
Well...here's my theory. I think whether your cold or hot has to do with
your blood sugar. Now bear with me. When you eat a lot of food high in
fat and sugar (as many of us do when we are very overweight)...your blood
sugar and can rise and fall and tends to make you constantly hot. Many
diabetics tend to be very hot until they are on insulin then they are very
cold. When your blood sugar goes down, you get very cold. I think this is
why we get very cold after surgery. We many still have a "fat
layer" that we might expect to keep us warm, but because we aren't
eating things high in fat or sugar, our blood sugar tends to be low and
thus we tend to get cold. That's my two cents.
— [Deactivated Member]
November 13, 2001
Thats how it is in our house. My hubby who is overweight is always hot.
When I was thinner (many years ago) I was always cold. When I was
overweight I was not always hot but not freeezing either. Now that Im
almost at goal I am back to being freezing again. Yes it does make it
interesting to drive in the car with me with the heat on and hubby's window
open!!!lol
— [Anonymous]
November 14, 2001
I was never hot natured, but now I am very suceptible to cold and take a
jacket everywhere. I also wear long sleeve shirts and pants to bed. I think
it does have a lot to do with weight. The more you weigh, the less surface
area you have per pound which causes you to cool inefficiently. When you
are thinner, you have more surface area per pound and you can cool off a
lot easier!
— ctyst
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