Losing tolerance to winter cold

[shootingstar]

But Norwegian has two different words for distinguishing between being cold ("kald"), and feeling cold ("fryse", literally "freezing"). Being "kald" just means that you can feel something is cold but it's not bothersome, i.e. you're generating enough heat from inside. But if you "fryser" it means you're bothered by the cold, feel uncomfortable and need to warm up.

Dearie tells me that German has the same two word equivalencies too. German words sounds the same as Norwegian too. He's not too sure of their spelling in German.

I will do sports in cold and have noticed that I heat up rapidly once I get going, but again I have to pay attention to my hands because of Reynauld's condition/syndrome. I am not overly thrilled walking around in -24 degrees C winter cold/snow but have done it ...for several hrs. last year when we were up in the Rockies. We were within the town limits on trails, but it's not a situation I want to be out in the middle of wilderness. Certainly never alone.

Strange when cycling season heats up, wearing cycling shorts initially feels cold at 15 degrees C and but by fall, I'm fine at 5 degrees C in shorts, my legs always build up resistance to cooler temperatures. In fact, I find it hard to get back into full length tights for first few days.

I may be losing my resistance to hot, humid (100%) weather now that I've lived away from that type of heat over the past 10 yrs. Yes, southern Ontario summers become like that often.