As a senior, do you get more easily chilled?

[Pinky]

Once the true cold weather kicks in, I will be wearing leggings, sweatshirt and thick warm socks. We could turn up the thermostat, but don't unless we have company. Our heating costs are absorbed in our monthly condo fees.

Until then, I dress light .. t-shirt and leggings.

 

[Eupher]

As I’ve gotten older, I definitely feel the need for cozy.

I enjoy wearing an oversized shirt or sweater, curling up under a throw or comforter, etc…

I still haven’t wrapped my head around heated car seats but people have told me that they find them therapeutic.

I call "heated car seats" bun warmers. I have 'em in my vehicle but I never use them. I'm one of those whose body furnace runs full blast.

 

[JustDave]

I'm not quite sure, and I may just be hypersensitive to the issue, because I'm 81, and according to legend, I'm supposed to start feeling cold. So when I feel an occasional chill, I'm find myself asking, "Am I old now?" I keep the house at 70 degrees in the winter. Sometimes it's more than enough, and sometimes not enough. Occasionally, I'll put on a sweatshirt over my regular shirt. If I do get an unusual feeling of cold that isn't going away, I'll up the thermostat 2 degrees.

 

[Remy]

I think I'm starting to at 64. I never used to get cold all that much. Being from a pacific coast town, I was used to damp cold weather in the winter. I still never run heat at night.

 

[JustDave]

Body sensitivity to cold is personal and sometimes odd. When I was married, we heated with a wood stove in the basement and floor vents were enough to warm the upstairs. It was effective, but when we were away for a day, the fire would go out, and we would have to start a new one. My wife was fine during the warm up period. We were both young and healthy, but when the temperature would warm up to 70 degrees upstairs, my wife would complain that she felt cold.

It was predictable. She would voice her observation of feeling a chill, and I would say, "It must be 70 degrees." I would then look at the thermometer, and sure enough... 70 degrees exactly, and I can't remember her getting it wrong even once. Then her body would catch up to 70 and she was fine after that, even if it didn't get any warmer.

 

[RadishRose]

No, not yet. My heat stays at 67-68F. I don't need to layer clothing. If I do feel chilly, I'll put on a cardigan. or change to a sweatshirt.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Yes. I use to get chills bad some winters, now I can wake up at night, and the chills hit me and I shiver and get that panicky kind of feeling and have to move and get warm fast. Happens about once a month.