Why am I so goddamn cold?

[LuckyCharms]

This is ridiculous.

[defacto7]

1. Warm up!

Write a limerick!

[rogerballard]

4. Easy for you to type!

Age might have something to do with it ? I used to be able to handle the heat and cold, once you reach 59, not so much. You limerick writer you!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Hmmm. I don't know why,

but I can suggest several solutions.

Turn up the heat.
Wrap yourself in a blanket.
Put on warmer clothes.
Move to a warmer climate.

[sl8]

5. #5 - Drop and give me 20. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I've been awfully cold myself lately.

I'm guessing it's the seasonal temperature change - I'm in the Northeast. And if I'm cold now, I'm dreading winter. But then I always do...

[LuckyCharms]

14. Northeast here also...

Difficult time of year...you can go from normal to teeth chattering in under a second

[Glamrock]

6. WHISKEY IS THE ANSWER!

It's like a sweater you wear on the inside....

[cyclonefence]

7. It's hard work, but

if you put your mind to it, you *can* cultivate meaningful relationships with other people. There are probably multiple reasons, mostly relating to your childhood experiences, for coldness, and I'm not sure the "why" is all that important. I think a good therapist would be a fine first step.

[YvonneCa]

24. ...

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[Aristus]

8. Um......because it's November?

[In_The_Wind]

9. And a warm November it is. I was outside a tank top this morning.

It's odd but my Morning Glory flowers are still blooming.

[Aristus]

10. More than just the tank top, though. Right?

[In_The_Wind]

11. Well ...

[Aristus]

12. ...

[sl8]

20. Hold on. Was "Morning Glory" a euphemism?! n/t

[Wounded Bear]

29. Channeling MFM, are we?

[LuckyCharms]

13. I was shivering under 4 blankets...

I don't want to see what January will be like

[In_The_Wind]

16. Have you thought about using a small oil filled heater in your bedroom?

I have one in my bathroom. It helps otherwise I might go all winter taking showers only on warm sunny days.

[Laffy Kat]

18. I get the same way in the winter.

It's almost paralyzing. Soooo hard to get out of a warm bed. I dread it.

[NotASurfer]

15. Side effect of stress?

Been a lot of that going around

[edbermac]

17. Stop sleeping in your refrigerator.

[Kali]

19. 'cause ya left the door open?

forgot yer pants?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. She's so cold!

[Skittles]

22. you want I should kick your frozen ass, LuckyCharms?

I WILL WARM YOU UP;yes INDEED

[LuckyCharms]

35. COLD ASS, WARM HEART SKITTLES.

[jpak]

23. Dude - Chill

'mK?

[rurallib]

25. go ----- inside!

[brewens]

26. I have a couple sets of Duluth Trading Co. Buck Naked base wear shirt and pants.

Their long underwear. Plus some of their wool socks. With sweats over those, I save enough on my heat bill to pay for about anything else I want from them. That's my usual hanging out and watching football attire. Impossible to be chilly in that.

[Leghorn21]

27. I don't know why you're cold, dear, but for a righteous warm-up, plug in a blow dryer

next to your bed. Climb into said bed, snuggle under the covers, insert little heater in there, click it on and blast away. Wave it around at your feet and your legs.

Instant, delicious waaarrrmmmmm

[lunasun]

28. Keep your core area warm Chest to belly button . A sweater vest or thermal zip vest . I dunno helps

me in cooler places . I am a wool fan but others swear by tech fabrics
If necessary I will use two back heat wraps so my whole front and back middle is covered and warmed . If this area of my body (and if outside the top of my head also) is being heated I am acceptably warmed even in unheated areas. Here is a link this helps me so maybe this will work for you also. Cold sucks. I can stand heat and even humidity heat but really do not like the cold but here I am in a cold weather climate so i have to create my own personal body environment !
http://www.tandem-bicycle-central.com/core.html

[MFM008]

30. Hot chocolate

....soup....

[Binkie The Clown]

31. I had the same problem, but I found a cure.

I got sick of being miserable every winter so last winter I put on a flannel shirt over a heavy sweatshirt and went outside to do some yard work for an hour or two. I got to where I could spend many hours a day in the cold, and each time I was a little more comfortable with it. Now I can go out in the winter and feel the cold, but not suffer from feeling cold. And best of all, when I come back inside and walk into the 72-degree house I feel roasty-toasty warm.

I'm 72, and a few years back resigned myself to the "fact" that as I got older I was just not going to feel as warm as I did when I was younger. But it turns out, I was wrong. The more I do, the more I can do. The longer and farther I walk, the longer and farther I can walk. The more time I spend in the "real" cold, the more I can tolerate the slightly cold, and feel very comfortable with "room temperature".

It's never to late to retrain your body.

[snacker]

32. Great advice.

[LuckyCharms]

33. Thanks, Binkie...

Wise words.

Age 59 here.

I too have the philosophy that the older you get, the more you need to stress your body in order to maintain the status quo.

If I'm cold, I make myself colder. If I'm tired, I push even harder. I like to put myself in stress positions while working (ie: maintaining an uncomfortable squat, etc.).

This time of year is a transition as far as body temperature goes. In a few weeks, it will all be back to normal.

[Rollo]

37. At 59, all squats are uncomfortable...

And if you don't grunt when you get up, there's something wrong.

[Rollo]

38. Your last line looks right to me...

Normally in this area I don't turn on the furnace until Thanksgiving.

This year I caved and switched it on at the end of October.

I'm not gonna apologize.

But I do know that as winter wears on, I'll turning the set temp down, because:

1) I got used to the colder temps

2) I started dressing warmer

3) The gas bills started to stress me out

[LuckyCharms]

34. Thanks, all. n/t

[Rollo]

36. Because you are such a cool person?