No longer feeing the cold

One of the biggest probems for me when I was at my sickest is that I would get terribely cold all the time. Before I went into hospital, I suffered from hypothermia as well as when I got out of hospital. Even in the middle of summer I would still always have a blanket around me whilst I was at home and always wore jumpers outside, no matter how nice it was.

I was no longer able to swim in pools, at the river or at the beach as my body temperature would start to drop once I got in the water and it was extremely hard for me to wam back up again. My fingernails were constantly a blue/purple colour and I constantly has goosebumps. Being cold was one of the worst side effects for me of my anorexia and it really did interfere with my life.

Since I have started eating recovery amounts, this has all changed. My temperature no longer drops when I get cold as the thermoregulation in my body now works. This is because my metabolism had repaired and my body no longer feels as though it must conserve energy by shutting down body processes such as thermo-regulation, as I am providing it with so much food.

The last few days have been extremely freezing however it really has not bothered me at all. In fact, I seem to feel the cold even less then most other people I know which I think is fantastic, considering how much I have suffered with feeling cold in the past. This morning when I went for a walk with Tess before work, it was freezing, I walked her at 7:40am on the beach and even the sand was icy and it was still zero degrees celcius.

Even though my hands stung because the air was so cold, I actually didn't feel cold at all, I felt great! It feels trully fantastic to be able to withstand the cold so much now and I hope that this will continue into the future. I think it should as long as I continue to eat enough food, to provide my body with all the energy as it needs.