# Why am I reacting to cold weather so badly?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341 "2018-11-30T18:22:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341/1 "2018-11-30T18:22:30Z")
I am a 23 year old man and I suppose that how cold you feel on cold weather depends a lot on your weight and this is where things get unusual. For the last few years I used to be somewhat bellow the normal BMI and was slipping into anorexia region and I felt ok in winter, however at least a year ago I got back into normal BMI weight range, I started eating a lot (meat, soup, vegetables, everything) and now I am almost at the middle of the ideal BMI range, which is great, except…that instead of that helping me feel warmer during these cold days (usually slightly above 0 c - 32F), I think that I never in my life reacted so bad to cold.
Today for example I went for a 3 minute walk to the market, I was wearing warm clothes, jacket,etc. and I still shivered a little (not a lot, but still…), even without any wind blowing and with me putting two hoods on my head, while people around me mostly didn’t even wear any hats or hoods. I don’t have any medical conditions and the only thing that may be of some importance is the fact that I don’t exercise at all, but I never really exercised for the most part of my life and I didn’t feel cold as much as I do now.
So is it non-exercising (and if so, why exactly) or something else?
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341/2 "2018-11-30T18:40:26Z")
> [@JakeRS](#):
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> I am a 23 year old man and I suppose that how cold you feel on cold weather depends a lot on your weight and this is where things get unusual. For the last few years I used to be somewhat bellow the normal BMI and was slipping into anorexia region and I felt ok in winter, however at least a year ago I got back into normal BMI weight range, I started eating a lot (meat, soup, vegetables, everything) and now I am almost at the middle of the ideal BMI range, which is great, except…that instead of that helping me feel warmer during these cold days (usually slightly above 0 c - 32F), I think that I never in my life reacted so bad to cold.
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> Today for example I went for a 3 minute walk to the market, I was wearing warm clothes, jacket,etc. and I still shivered a little (not a lot, but still…), even without any wind blowing and with me putting two hoods on my head, while people around me mostly didn’t even wear any hats or hoods. I don’t have any medical conditions and the only thing that may be of some importance is the fact that I don’t exercise at all, but I never really exercised for the most part of my life and I didn’t feel cold as much as I do now.
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> So is it non-exercising (and if so, why exactly) or something else?
I really couldn’t tell you Jake. But FYI, I reported this for a forum change. Probably get more replies in IMHO.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341/3 "2018-11-30T19:06:20Z")
Are you anemic, maybe? Have your blood tested.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341/4 "2018-11-30T20:25:45Z")
[Moderating]
Moved from Cafe Society to IMHO.
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### Author:  [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-reacting-to-cold-weather-so-badly/825341/5 "2018-12-01T00:31:22Z")
Doesn’t matter what you or other people were wearing. What was the temperature/windchill?