Sadly, I'm the opposite of you. I rarely wear long sleeves and I never wear a coat. I've gotten rid of anything wool in my closet. I'm sure you adore summer while I hate it and can't wait for it to end.

I'm in the same boat as you are, hilltop. I was in a restaurant the other night and some patrons were wearing tank tops and flip flops, unfortunately, not just the women! It had been in the 80s that day, but my daughter and I both wore light jackets over our long sleeved tops.

I'm always the chilled one wearing a jacket and socks. Hmmmm...what kind of woolen socks look good with sandals? ;-)

Since I always keep a jacket in the car, I would say cold blooded, for sure. Went out to dinner last week and sat out on the patio. While it was in the 60's DD and I were still cold and asked to have the outdoor heater turned on. 3DD's and they all 'run cold.'

When I was growing up (teens to 20s) I was always a furnace, so much so that I envied women who could wear cute little cardigans indoors without stinking up the place. I was strictly a t-shirt gal indoors. Now I'm almost temperature neutral: I can put up with a wide range of temperatures, except I like hot showers, warm ocean water and cold bedrooms. I sit in a "cold" area at work and in winter usually wear a sweater and scarf (like my profile pic). Some women get transferred out of my corridor b/c it's too cold!

I'm plump and it has been my experience that thin women tend to run cold and plump women are more likely to run hot, but I have a plump friend who confessed to me that during a movie night at my house, she actually left and drove around in her car with the heater on to warm up on the pretext that she left the oven on at home! And I always have blankets available for my guests! Her apartment is always 25C/77F or hotter.

Except for my hot flash period, I run cold as ice. And the temps in my office don't help with that. But when it's hot outside, I can sweat with the best of 'em. In the office, I have to keep a heater going some days and have a heating pad I use to stay warm, even when it's 100 outside in the summer. No kidding. They keep it around 68 in here which is way too chilly for me, even wearing a jacket/sweater and pants.

hot, hot, hot. Always sandals, even in winter - "aren't your feet cold? uh, no." Always fans. multiple fans on me, even.

Wow - such a contrast. Interesting why some are so different from others. Funny how robo envied the gals with the sweaters. Guess the grass always seems greener on the other side.

I swing in both directions. However, I have lived the majority of my life in central Texas and I HATE the summer months. That does not just mean June through August. It is hot here for four to five months out of the year. I could be naked and still sweating up a storm. My body temp is low as well, I emit massive amounts of heat. My husband can't even cuddle me as I am a furnace. However, if it is cold I need tons of layers. I wish I could handle the heat. Living here you really need to be able to do so!

I'm just like aktillery9 (except I don't live in Texas, thank goodness)! Never met anyone like me. My normal body temp is 94-96 degrees, but it doesn't take much for me to break out in a sweat WHILE STANDING STILL. Red face, makeup dripping, and frizzing hair.

There are others like me! :-)

I am comfortable for about three weeks a year, when it's around 65-70. In the winter, I freeze, and my hands and feet are always cold unless I take a hot bath. I wear socks to bed.

Then, as soon as it's over 70, I sweat like a farmhand and cannot get cooled off. I live in the dry West, and when I go to humid areas, like visiting family on Long Island, I think I'm going to die. I sweat constantly in humidity, even when it's not that hot, to the point of my face dripping. How I would love to be one of those women who need a sweater on a summer evening.

If you are cold or hot all the time and you haven't had your thyroid checked, you might want to. It controls your metabolism and cold can be a symptom of hypo t and hot can be a symptom of hyper t.

I find my circadian rhythm really determines how I feel. I'm always hot all morning long and then after lunch, I start to freeze. When I was working, I'd set the car temp at 68 on the way in and 75 on the way home....

Cold, almost all the time except sometimes a hot foot at night.

I run hot and cold. I never know what to expect I'll feel like so I chose to wear something made of thin fabric with long sleeves that can easily be rolled up when I get warmer. When in bed if I cover up I'm too hot, if I uncover I'm too cold. I have found that if I keep one foot out from under my blankets I'm just right.

Pal, don't want to ask what you been doin' that you need to hot foot it!

;)

I have had mine checked too. I am thin, and little body fat, so that is one reason. I agree, Amy, I think some of us just have a narrow range of temps we can tolerate. And that foot thing. That is funny because I can even remember doing that as a kid, and still do it. It's like a cooling off mechanism for me if I get too hot in the night.

My normal body temperature runs pretty low, 97. Well at least it did, I actually haven't check it in a few years. I've had tyroid issues in the past so that also effects your core temp. As a teen I was naturally thin and would be wearing sweaters in summer. I was always cold and my hands were always cold too. The odd thing is that I could overheat very easily as well. I've had heat exhaustion as a kid and as an adult.
Now I weigh 10 lbs more than my ideal weight (my insulation) and I am outside every single day of the year, even in winter blizzards, I can take colder weather. I still like to be comfy though. I could never tolerate winter before. Now I think my body has acclimatized more. I dress warmly in layers and usually it's the hands and feet that get cold.
I really prefer to be comfortable, not hot, not cold. That's probably why fall is my favorite time of year. Plus you don't have to dress in five layers or wear almost no clothing at all. It's perfect.

The foot thing in bed works because your feet and head are what quickly regulates body temp. The one foot out helps dissapate some heat. My hubby and I both do this. He runs hot by the way. He's thin.

How funny! I thought that I was the only one who does the foot thing!

greenonthebrain, how funny that you thought you were the only one. I thought everyone does it. LOL

My Dh thinks I am part reptilian...I cannot tolerate the cold, and it is getting worse. I hunker down and shrivel up during the winter months...then, as it starts to warm, I am like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon. :) I sit in the yard (slathered in sunscreen) just joyful to feel warm sun on my skin. Thank God we live in the South and our winter is comparatively mild (although it seems bad always to me.) I literally could not live in the North East or Upper Mid West...such beautiful places but I would not survive. In fact, I told Dh I could never live anywhere north of where we currently live (NC.) I also told him when he retires in 25 years, we must buy a little hut in south Florida to live in during Winter! :)

I like to sleep bundle up under the covers so at night the A/C is kept at 64 - the colder it is, the better I sleep. I also like it cold enough that I can wear a sweater when sitting still (like when I'm watching a movie or working at the computer). When taking a long car trip, I blast the AC and wear a sweater. Otherwise, I live in flip-flops and t-shirts, which is easy to do most of the year in TX.

So I'm not sure if I'm warm-blooded or I just have a preference for feeling cozy.

Just so you know, the correct Total serum hormone TSH is between 1 and 3 yet many physicians are going by the outdated lab values or yore that weren't accurate. They used to be between 3 to 7 so you can see many people would have been missed in the process. It happened to me and I was hypo for years as the dr. was using the old values. Went to a Boston hospital and they got me squared away, now I'm never freezing or sweating. What a relief.

Hilltop, I think everyones normal temp is 96-97. I don't think I'm having any real issues with temperatures in general but I don't like cold houses. Robo, while I would love to meet you I don't think I could tolerate movie night at your house in the winter. Your friend must be a really good friend to tell you the truth! Friends like that are keepers.

I never understood why people turn down the heat so low in the winter to save money. Are you really saving that much? I remember going to see a friend in her new house. It was so cold. I kept thinking they must have really overspent on the house as now they can't pay the gas bill! People say if you are cold you can always put on a sweater but where I get cold is my nose/face and my hands. So you want me to wear a ski mask and gloves in your home?

If we were having financial issues that last place we would cut back in on heat in the house. We even heat the granite in our island so its not cold to the touch.

in the winter I wear multiple layers, because I am usually cold if I'm just sitting around... the second I get up and start doing things (or for an hour or 2 after I shower) I am nice and comfortable. one reason I like to keep the house cool is I can't stand all the heat in the house- it dries our nasal passages- one of my kids was prone to nose bleeds- and as I'm getting older, my hands get so dry if I use too much heat!! so I wear layers and I have warm throws on the FR couch that we use if I'm sitting, reading or watching tv.

but, oddly enough, I get SO hot at night-- I keep our bedroom as cold as I can get it and still get hot-- it's getting worse as I get older too. I have always liked a cold room to sleep in and turn the heat way down at night and the air way down at night in the summer... but i keep it pretty warm in the house during the day in the summer because I usually wear shorts and always think it's crazy to put a sweater on in the house during the summer! I often freeze and need a sweater in restaurants or theatres in the summer!

I love spring and fall-- don't like it too cold or too hot and really don't like high summer time humidity... I run really hot if I'm active or when I sleep and cold if I just sit around! since I'm home the most, I program the thermostats!

debrak_2008 actually avg temperture is higher than that. I'm Canadian so I go by celcius and it's 37 c which is 98.6 F. Over course there is a spectrum though. I've always been low end of normal at 36.1 c waking temp which is 97.

As far as thyroid goes, I've been hyper, hypo and have a goiter. I was medicated for a some time. Went off it about 5 years ago and decided I would only medicate if I was symptomatic since the meds leach calcium from your bones. What I found was when I was hyper and doc wanted to medicate for that I actually felt good (normal) when I was midly hypo doc wasn't concerned but I felt awful. Everyone has their own normal.

Yayagal said, "Just
so you know, the correct Total serum hormone TSH is between 1 and 3 yet
many physicians are going by the outdated lab values or yore that
weren't accurate. They used to be between 3 to 7 so you can see many
people would have been missed in the process. It happened to me and I
was hypo for years as the dr. was using the old values."

I have Hashimoto's (hypo) and with medication, my TSH level was a little over 3. I swore to my endo doc that I was still having symptoms but she refused to change my meds because I was "within range." After three years I finally dumped that endo doc and found a new one that agreed my dose needed to be increased. Now my level is about 1.8 and I finally have relief from symptoms. Unfortunately, I have a nodule that appears to be getting bigger so I might have to have my thyroid removed. Oh joy.

littlemonkeys, thats interesting! I guess I'm a little on the cold side.

I do the foot thing too. Dang, I thought I was a genius for inventing it.

MagdalenaLee, I'm still not where I should be for TSH but doing much better. I'm 3.8 but, if I try to go lower, I get trigeminal sinus rhythm palpatations which are hellish so now I weight 12 pounds more but my heart is behaving. My husband's tsh is 1 and he burns more calories than he can take in. Weighs the same as the day I met him and eats constantly all day long while I eat 1500 calories and no more or I'd gain more weight. Oh well. Happy you're with the right dr. now.

Actually TSH stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. It is a measure of the hormone that causes the thyroid to generate more thyroid hormones. So when the TSH is high, it is a symptom of being underactive...hypothyroid...the body is calling for more hormones but the thyroid is not generating them. When the TSH is low, it is a sign that the body is already swimming in thyroid hormones and need generate no more, thus a sign of being overactive or hyperthyroid. Your T3 and T4 are the thyroid hormones themselves and should be checked at the same time. I typically get a TSH and a free T4 (not bound to protein) to see how I'm doing. If you are new to this, you may want to get your T3 tested as well. Some folks do better with Armour Thyroid supplement which boosts both T4 and T3.