I have worked out all my life off and on. In the last two years I have become more serious in lifting and eating clean. Because of this I have become more lean than ever and I have noticed I am a lot colder in the winter here in Iowa. I enjoy snowmobiling and skiing so it annoys me that I get cold so much easier. I assume since I have less fat that I am getting colder easier.
All I take for supplements is a multi and fish oil. Any supplement I could take that would help with this or is this is just one of the things that happens when you become leaner? Oh, I am 47 so maybe it is because I am just getting older.
I’ve had a big problem with this when I lost a bunch of weight when I was done with football. At 285, I almost literally was never cold. Now at 210-215, I get cold a lot. I just learned to dress different. I don’t know if there’s much you can do about it.
No there are no NUTRITIONAL supps that will make you actually warmer. There is no doubt that being leaner will make you more sensitive to the cold though. That’s just how it is. Bundle up more.
I can empathize: first winter after I’d lost about 35 pounds of fat when I started training/eating right, I was working outdoors, in my normal winter gear and wondering how in the hell I’d survived to this point.
Then I clued in that I’d effectively taken off the equivalent of three sweaters in the gym that year.
My suggestion for a supplement? Bacon. Gain fat in the winter (at least a little). May compromise your gains though.
[quote]BigAlSwede wrote:
I’ve had a big problem with this when I lost a bunch of weight when I was done with football. At 285, I almost literally was never cold. Now at 210-215, I get cold a lot. I just learned to dress different. I don’t know if there’s much you can do about it. [/quote]
Basically the same story I got. At around 300 I wore shorts all year long. Now at 215 I wear 2 sweaters, jeans, gloves and still freeze my ass off.
[quote]marathe wrote:
<<< My suggestion for a supplement? Bacon. Gain fat in the winter (at least a little). May compromise your gains though.[/quote]
I know I’m gonna be sorry I asked this and am pretty sure I’ll hear about some study from which it’s been concluded that once you have five adipose cells too many you’re out of your anabolic zone, but how, pray tell, can you tell somebody that gaining “a little” fat for the winter will compromise his gains? He’s not a kid anymore and shouldn’t get unnecessarily soft, but a little fat and compromised gains?
Basically the same story I got. At around 300 I wore shorts all year long. Now at 215 I wear 2 sweaters, jeans, gloves and still freeze my ass off. [/quote]
Ya man, I used to be almost in a constant sweat all summer long. I literally didn’t own sweat pants or long sleeve shirts. I didn’t need them.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
No there are no NUTRITIONAL supps that will make you actually warmer. There is no doubt that being leaner will make you more sensitive to the cold though. That’s just how it is. Bundle up more.[/quote]
Thermogenics? Or is that non-nutritional? Anyway, they will warm you up.
[quote]UB07 wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
No there are no NUTRITIONAL supps that will make you actually warmer. There is no doubt that being leaner will make you more sensitive to the cold though. That’s just how it is. Bundle up more.
Thermogenics? Or is that non-nutritional? Anyway, they will warm you up. [/quote]
This is true, but I’m hesitant to recommend that a 47 year old guy, actually anybody, start relying on stimulants in sufficient and regular enough quantities to effectively keep them warm in the dead of an Iowa winter. I have no problem with thermogenics in themselves, but I can’t foresee long term positives for body warmth. CNS burnout and potential inadvertent exposure jump to the fore for instance. It seems wiser to just wear some hunting clothes in my opinion.
Eat more? I’ve worked more Indiana winters outside than I can count, and we all ate double calories and never gained. I think you burn more calories in the cold weather.
Do NOT rely on thermogenics, coffee, booze, or cold medicine. The only thing that honestly works when it’s subzero is 4x-overdosing on painkillers, and you will NOT feel it when you hit your hand with a hammer.
If anything, get some of those battery powered socks. I had a pair and one D battery lasts a good 4 hours.
I’d agree with eating more, and eating frequently. I used to freeze my ass off from Dec-April, but since I’ve been eating every 2 hours I’m noticing that I’m a lot warmer this winter. And you do need more cals in a cold climate, as long as you eat good stuff. If I ski for the day in minus 20 weather, I can eat a horse (a figurative horse) afterwards and not gain a pound.
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I went from 211>143lbs about a year and 1/2 ago and did find I was a bit colder in the winter (this is when I was in canada, not fla). Just bundle up. As I said to my dad “If this is the only bad thing about not being fat, I’m ok with it.”
I’m colder as well. I just wear more layers. It also depends on what i’ve been doing that day. On a day when I hit the gym, I feel warmer the entire day afterwards.
Like everyone else, when I was 285 I would sweat walking to class in near 0 degree weather, now(185lbs) if its like 50 deg I’m shivering. I wear 2 shirts everyday in the winter, I own more long sleeve shirts now than I ever did in my life…
Although fat can keep you warm, it’s more likely the diet that is keeping you cool than anything. Eat more in the winter even if it is clean you need more calories to rev up the metabolism. If you do it just enough you can stay warm without getting fat.
Besides that drink about 2 to 3 cups of tea, or coffee if your not already doing that. The only problem is that can keep me up at night, but you have to combat the cold some how.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
<<< Besides that drink about 2 to 3 cups of tea, or coffee if your not already doing that. The only problem is that can keep me up at night, but you have to combat the cold some how.[/quote]
Put a few open bags of green tea in with some coffee in the coffee maker. Sooper antiOX brew.
