Freezing to Death in MIchigan

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The good news.......in the summer I am never hot, even in the Caribbean (my

favorite place on earth). The bad news.......in the winter I am freezing to

death. I can't even begin to explain how cold I am. I am 2 years out. I have

a space heater under my desk at work. I have bought flannel lined pants. I

use a heated mattress pad all year. I used to love to ski, but I cringe at the

idea of the cold. I will try to go, but I will spend most of my time in the

lodge.

But guess what! No matter how cold I am just so happy to be a normal human

being size that I will never be upset about the cold for the rest of my life.

Happy Holidays.........Stay warm if at all possible!!!!!

=^..^=

Suze in Michigan (where it was 11 below zero two weeks ago)!

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> Freezing to Death in MIchigan

The good news.......in the summer I am never hot, even in the Caribbean

(my favorite place on earth). The bad news.......in the winter I am

freezing to death. I can't even begin to explain how cold I am.

Yes. I live in Ottawa, the second-coldest national capital in the

world, and last winter I spent the entire time bitching and moaning

about how cold I was. This winter, while it hasn't been exceptionally

cold yet (hovering around freezing today, though it was -1 F last week

for a couple of days), is shaping up to be another cold one...for me,

at least. I combat it by owning lots of fleece (my new motto: you can

never own too much fleece, or too many sweaters), and layering my

clothing. I start with silk long underwear, which feels quite lovely,

not at all like the gotchies I dimly recall from my childhood; then I

work up to cotton turtlenecks or shirts under wool or fleece sweaters.

On the feet, I use fleece slippers with leather soles. Tres cosy.

But the best trick I learned from my massage therapist. The first time

I was there, she placed a heating pad on the part of me she wasn't

working on, and I felt like I'd died and gone to heaven. Heating pads

are magic. I have one in my bed now, which my faithful assistant Igor

switches on every night while I'm brushing my teeth. By the time I get

to bed, both the pad and Igor are lovely and warm, and I just snuggle

in. Oh, and I would not trade my down-filled duvet for anything, even

an electric blanket.

One final note: I used to complain about Ottawa's climate year-round.

It's stinkin' hot and humid here in summers, and nasty and frigid in

winters. However, I have now decided that it is unseemly to complain

about the heat *and* the cold, so I limit myself to complaining about

the winter only. Besides which, even in the hottest of hot summer days,

I don't feel all that uncomfortable any more. So I guess it balances

out...oh, except that Ottawa's weather is something like 9 months of

winter and 3 months of crappy weather. Other than that, it's great!

, who is finally starting to warm up after her evening cocoa

(calorie-reduced, of course!)

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RNY September 19, 2001

Dr. Freeman, Ottawa General Hospital

BMI then: 43.5

BMI now: 22.1

-152.5 lbs

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Simpler, and probably safer for me, because I'm sure I'd fall asleep

doing that, is a big sock (or two or three) full of flaxseed and tied

off at the top. Microwave for up to 3 minutes, pop into the bed, and

voila! Toasty! The nice thing about this is that you can drape the socks

over your toes or other semi-frozen parts. Also, they stay warm for a

LONG time, 6 hours for me in a room heated to 50F with a

polyester-filled duvet. Use the sock over and over again many times, and

discard and start anew when it starts smelling singed in the microwave.

A study done in Sweden (? Can't remember if that's the right country)

showed that people with warm hands and feet fall asleep 5-20 minutes

faster than those who say they have cold hands and feet when they go to

bed. On nights when I am non-lazy enough to nuke the flax sock (i.e.,

nights when I find that I remembered to bring it downstairs with me in

the morning for that night), I definitely fall asleep faster.

HTH

Ziobro

Open RNY 09/17/01

310/128/125

Re: re: Freezing to death in Michigan

another trick for those cold sheets ... I used to keep

a hairdryer by my bed. Would turn it on and blow it

under the covers for a minute or two before climbing

in. If you are careful (don't fall asleep) you can

continue to blow it on you under the covers until you

are toasty too.

=====

judy in austin

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www.wintersilks.com

is a place to start for silkies

Well, darn it. I'm still hot in summer, cold in winter. My " range is

narrowing " I'm about to 65-70 degrees ONLY. Veer either way & I'm whining.

Thanks,

Vitalady T

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re: Freezing to death in Michigan

> > Freezing to Death in MIchigan

> The good news.......in the summer I am never hot, even in the Caribbean

> (my favorite place on earth). The bad news.......in the winter I am

> freezing to death. I can't even begin to explain how cold I am.

>

> Yes. I live in Ottawa, the second-coldest national capital in the

> world, and last winter I spent the entire time bitching and moaning

> about how cold I was. This winter, while it hasn't been exceptionally

> cold yet (hovering around freezing today, though it was -1 F last week

> for a couple of days), is shaping up to be another cold one...for me,

> at least. I combat it by owning lots of fleece (my new motto: you can

> never own too much fleece, or too many sweaters), and layering my

> clothing. I start with silk long underwear, which feels quite lovely,

> not at all like the gotchies I dimly recall from my childhood; then I

> work up to cotton turtlenecks or shirts under wool or fleece sweaters.

> On the feet, I use fleece slippers with leather soles. Tres cosy.

>

> But the best trick I learned from my massage therapist. The first time

> I was there, she placed a heating pad on the part of me she wasn't

> working on, and I felt like I'd died and gone to heaven. Heating pads

> are magic. I have one in my bed now, which my faithful assistant Igor

> switches on every night while I'm brushing my teeth. By the time I get

> to bed, both the pad and Igor are lovely and warm, and I just snuggle

> in. Oh, and I would not trade my down-filled duvet for anything, even

> an electric blanket.

>

> One final note: I used to complain about Ottawa's climate year-round.

> It's stinkin' hot and humid here in summers, and nasty and frigid in

> winters. However, I have now decided that it is unseemly to complain

> about the heat *and* the cold, so I limit myself to complaining about

> the winter only. Besides which, even in the hottest of hot summer days,

> I don't feel all that uncomfortable any more. So I guess it balances

> out...oh, except that Ottawa's weather is something like 9 months of

> winter and 3 months of crappy weather. Other than that, it's great!

>

> , who is finally starting to warm up after her evening cocoa

> (calorie-reduced, of course!)

>

> --

> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

> RNY September 19, 2001

> Dr. Freeman, Ottawa General Hospital

> BMI then: 43.5

> BMI now: 22.1

> -152.5 lbs

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[Guest guest]

My girlfriend makes these as a cottage industry, only she uses rice

and sometimes adds lavender or that cinnamon spicy stuff. I love

draping it across my shoulders where they ache fro me trying to stand

up straight at last now that I don't have 60 pounds of breasts

hanging off me (just deflated wrinkly sacks of love!!!)

Vicki A.

> Simpler, and probably safer for me, because I'm sure I'd fall asleep

> doing that, is a big sock (or two or three) full of flaxseed and

tied

> off at the top. Microwave for up to 3 minutes, pop into the bed, and

> voila! Toasty! The nice thing about this is that you can drape the

socks

> over your toes or other semi-frozen parts. Also, they stay warm for

a

> LONG time, 6 hours for me in a room heated to 50F with a

> polyester-filled duvet. Use the sock over and over again many

times, and

> discard and start anew when it starts smelling singed in the

microwave.

>

> A study done in Sweden (? Can't remember if that's the right

country)

> showed that people with warm hands and feet fall asleep 5-20 minutes

> faster than those who say they have cold hands and feet when they

go to

> bed. On nights when I am non-lazy enough to nuke the flax sock

(i.e.,

> nights when I find that I remembered to bring it downstairs with me

in

> the morning for that night), I definitely fall asleep faster.

>

> HTH

>

> Ziobro

> Open RNY 09/17/01

> 310/128/125

>

> Re: re: Freezing to death in Michigan

>

>

> another trick for those cold sheets ... I used to keep

> a hairdryer by my bed. Would turn it on and blow it

> under the covers for a minute or two before climbing

> in. If you are careful (don't fall asleep) you can

> continue to blow it on you under the covers until you

> are toasty too.

>

> =====

> judy in austin