Losing tolerance to winter cold

[lph]

My tolerance to cold varies a great deal according to what I'm doing, if I'm hungry or full, drunk or not..., and how my immune system is doing. If I'm cold, my body is telling me that I need to do something about it, or I will end up sneezing and miserable. I don't think it's changed with age. But I'm better at dressing the cold out.

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.

The tipping point between those two states changes from October to February

[Biciclista]

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.

Very cool!! and in Italy, even if it over 100 degrees, if you turn a fan on, people think you're entertaining pneumonia...

Remember as a kid you would spend hours in the pool. lake, beach etc and didn't feel cold at all?

We were very different kids. I was the whiny one with the blue lips that was too cold to try to dry myself with the towel a helpful adult handed to me..

[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.

[malkin]

I think my tolerance for temperature is about the same as always. In my late teens and twenties, I used to get hives on my knees and elbows when the weather was cool and I was active and warm. That doesn't happen anymore.

[Melalvai]

My tolerance changes dramatically from the beginning to the end of the season.

It also changed as I got more fit. I used to always be the one who was cold and wearing a sweater as everyone else begged to turn the ac colder. Now I'm the one wanting to turn the temp down.

We have more brown fat when we are younger.

[zoom-zoom]

I can remember as a kid ALWAYS sweating and being overheated...even in Jan. I would wear shorts to school in NE Wisconsin.

It all changed after I gave birth to my son. I can remember being SO cold that I could not get warm, even if I jacked the heat up to 80. It's better, now, but I still tolerate heat better and have less tolerance for cold. I usually can't fall asleep unless I have a heating pad draped over my hip.

[Crankin]

I guess I'm so old that we would have never considered going without gloves, a hat, and a scarf under our woolen pea coats or duffle coats!
I think I have better tolerance now, due to the invention of merino wool and my knowledge of layering.
But all of those years in the south and southwest made me forget. When I first came back here, I rarely wore wool and I was cold all of the time. I even x country skied in cotton long underwear and a cotton turtleneck .
How dumb was that?

[jessmarimba]

I have a coworker who is continually preaching about how technical gear is just overpriced crap, unnecessary, REI is the devil, etc etc etc...

Well he earned some gift cards to REI this year because of a work incentive and his fiancee convinced him to buy a down jacket to ski. Boy, it's amazing how quickly he changed his tune...

(he still complains about the price, but he seems to see that there might be a reason for it!)

[shootingstar]

Today, we are at a place in the mountains where it's -23 degrees C. Not far from the Continental Divide. Really, I have no desire to snowshoe in wilderness when it's this cold. Having a sore foot and wondering if I can do the trek, is a bit of a disincentive.

[fonda1212]

According to me, it all depends on your health and being fit. If you eat healthy and do regular exercises can help you to cope up with this issue. Weak peoples normally experience this since i have come across many such individuals. Age is not a matter in this.

[Reesha]

My body is really strange. If I'm inside and the temperature is below 80 degrees, there is a good probability that I am freezing.

I am always good at thermoregulating outside though. Maybe it's my body telling me to get OUT OUT OUT and play.

I do tend to keep my house really cold in the winter (around 60 degrees) and hot in the summer (85 or so) so I am acclimated better to the outside. It totally works!