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2007-11-22 8:15 PM

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Subject: Cold = Not enough fuel?
Hey!

A total newbie question, and I think I already know the answer but I wanted to see if anyone had the same experience as I am having when they first started training. I've noticed that I've been freezing cold and having a hard time warming up over the last few weeks since I've started to pick up the training routine. It's mostly fingers and toes and I usually am a person with warm hands.

Is it possible that I'm just not consuming enough calories to keep the furnace burning? Is my body stressed and not able to work the same way? Maybe it's a strange question but it's an unusual feeling for me to be so cold and it just seems to coincide with the increase in training. Anyone else notice this when they began training, that until you got the balance right things seemed a bit off?

(Granted.. I do live in Northern Canada and it was -18C (-1F) today... but I'm talking inside the house, beside the fireplace, with a winter coat on.. still cold...and I've lived in cold climate my entire life!)

Any ideas? Thanks!


2007-11-22 9:29 PM
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Subject: RE: Cold = Not enough fuel?
I've only had a similar reaction right after a workout when my HR plummets but then I take a warm shower and I'm fine for the rest of the day. Do you feel cold even hours later?

Have you tried anything as a "recovery" drink? Either the mixes you can buy or something homemade--3/4 carbs, 1/4 protein?

We do have real winters in Northern Arizona, by the way. Flagstaff is at 7000 ft!
2007-11-23 10:35 AM
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Subject: RE: Cold = Not enough fuel?
My best guess is it's not a matter of "not enough fuel", but rather "not enought fluids". Drink up and see if that doesn't help.
2007-11-23 10:44 AM
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briderdt - 2007-11-23 4:35 PM My best guess is it's not a matter of "not enough fuel", but rather "not enought fluids". Drink up and see if that doesn't help.

can you explain this a bit more please? tia  

2007-11-23 11:29 AM
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I am not a doctor, but I had the same experience and what I deducted from talking to doctors and reading is that in women it is a lack of iron. Do not qoute me, but I believe athletic women need more iron because they deplete it more through working out. I started taking an iron supplement and have not felt cold for a long time now.
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2007-11-23 11:31 AM
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i just eat lots of spinach - yummy


2007-11-23 3:08 PM
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Feeling cold like that is a function of blood supply to the skin. When blood supply is low (lowered blood volume because of less fluid), the blood doesn't flow to the skin and extremities as well, so you feel cold.

2007-11-23 4:31 PM
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Thanks all for the feedback!

I have been low in iron for years now and after seeing a naturopath in fall I finally feel like I'm getting a grip on it, but maybe with the added exercise it's just making it a bit worse again!

Thanks again!
2007-11-23 9:59 PM
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Subject: RE: Cold = Not enough fuel?
Sammie1 - 2007-11-23 10:29 AM

I am not a doctor, but I had the same experience and what I deducted from talking to doctors and reading is that in women it is a lack of iron. Do not qoute me, but I believe athletic women need more iron because they deplete it more through working out. I started taking an iron supplement and have not felt cold for a long time now.
Hope this helped


THere are a lot of mixed up facts here...just so you know...

Iron is a key component of hemoglobin.
Hemoglobin delivers oxygen to the body and is packaged inside red blood cells.
Women lose Iron via menstruation, and are therefore more likely to be anemic than men.
If you are anemic, you will get tired more easily, wich could be reflected during exercise.
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