I agree there can be many reasons and here are some of them:

1) climatic conditions

2) perception of the environment

3) less body fat

4) certain medical conditions (like anemia, hypothroidism and Raynaud's Disease)

5) poor dietary habits (Example: B12 deficiency)

6) Anorexia

7) aging

Yahoo! Search: Buzzle: Feeling Cold All the Time

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I just saw a Robin
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It's no different than in the summertime up north when it's been in the 80's for weeks and all of a sudden you get a day in the upper 60's or low 70's. 70 degrees can feel cold if you are use to 85

our oldest lived in fairbanks, for eleven years, whenever he came home at christmas he only wore a sweater when it was 15 outside, and felt warm when he went outside. he now lives in st paul and laughs when the other doctors complain about the cold and six feet of snow, as he said eight feet of snow in fairbanks could come over night, dip in the negitave double digits, and spit would freeze in midair, and if the moose didn't try to kill you, the the fog freeze would..life in the lower is like living in an oven, his words not mine...LOL so its a matter of what temp you are used to

My theory: as people age they become more sensitive to heat and cold.

I agree that age has a lot to do with how you tolerate the cold. I remember going to grandma's house and how hot it was in her house. Thermostat must have been set at 85. She didn't like air conditioning either----weight wise she was about average.

Why do we here in TV complain about weather in the 60s, when it sometimes seems to me that local restaurants take it way lower than that! Some restaurants feel like Ohio in February all year 'round! Brrrr!

Hubby was fine with cold weather, and even worked in the frozen section of the grocery store in short sleeves. After his heart surgery,and blood thinners he can't stand the cold any longer. I think it's the medications most are now on.

My father's mother & father spent the last 10 years of their lives at Shell Point Village outside of Ft. Myers. They were hearty people who were born and raised in Pennsylvania and lived the bulk of their adult lives in upstate NY. They were very much used to snow & cold weather. When my grandfather was 80 he was still outside in the winter plowing snow with his little garden tractor. However..a couple of years after they moved to Shell Point you would see them bundling up as though it was 10 degrees whenever the temp slipped below 50. They weren't the only ones. They had a number of friends at Shell Point who were from their church in NYS..they had all gotten spoiled as well. Just was you get used to I guess!

I was very reluctant to post this thread as I thought it might be considered to be dumb. I am heartened to see that it just seems to be what a body acclimates itself to as oppssed to some people thinking the blood thins out or the body loses fat.

I am looking forward to the Florida experience of warm weather who occasional gets cool/freezing waether. I will take solace in the fact the rest of the day will warm up as there is no chance of that happening in the northeast. :smiley:

I am sure I will be saying the same things once I have been there for a while.

BTW - My son said it was 75 in Ft. Laderdale yesterday. Bridgeport CT was 4 degrees. I think I'll be able to adjust nicely.

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Never go outside when the temperature is lower than your age.

I agree! Our cold weather comes to us in "fronts" that are short lived. We are rolling along in 80 degree weather and if you forget to check the weather that day, you could be caught in cold weather within a12 hour period. Yes, we get cold. All winter long it is like this! And the body fat comment, really?????

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... not to be disagreeable and could definitely be wrong....but blood does thin. Google it. I was taught it in nursing school but mostly felt it when we moved from St Louis to Ft Wayne Indiana....took me 3 winters to get warm. hahahaha Also my in-laws would freeze when they would visit from Florida (eventhough they spent most of their lives in Indiana) cause the sun just did not feel warm to them....wonder if that happens in the winter there cause you all get used to hot hot sun starting in May.

I think it's because we don't wear winter coats, gloves, boots, scarves, knitted hats, etc. We wear our sandals, capris and shorts and tshirts with a sweatshirt over top, and we complain. It's what we do. :D