IslandBreeze
Castaway
Hi
I'm doing LL and living in the southern tropics so it's summer here at the mo and very hot. I thought that once I got into ketosis I would feel cooler but in fact I don't. I feel hotter and seem to be getting hot flushes. Sweating loads.
I've been discussing it with OH this evening and we reckoned that when it's chilly and you're in ketosis, your body tries to save energy by not keeping you as warm as usual, so you feel cold. He thought in a hot climate your body is working to cool you down not warm you up and that maybe therefore my body is trying to save calories by not cooling me as much as it would do otherwise.
Anyone got any idea if he's right? I thought it sounded plausible but then I thought that cooling you is far more essential than heating you as obviously getting your brain overheated say, is dangerous so surely the body is less likely to cut down on cooling than on heating?
I'd be interested to know the answer. Am I going to get cooler eventually or does it just not work like that in a hot climate? or maybe you only notice the drop when you're cold but it happens anyway?
I'm doing LL and living in the southern tropics so it's summer here at the mo and very hot. I thought that once I got into ketosis I would feel cooler but in fact I don't. I feel hotter and seem to be getting hot flushes. Sweating loads.
I've been discussing it with OH this evening and we reckoned that when it's chilly and you're in ketosis, your body tries to save energy by not keeping you as warm as usual, so you feel cold. He thought in a hot climate your body is working to cool you down not warm you up and that maybe therefore my body is trying to save calories by not cooling me as much as it would do otherwise.
Anyone got any idea if he's right? I thought it sounded plausible but then I thought that cooling you is far more essential than heating you as obviously getting your brain overheated say, is dangerous so surely the body is less likely to cut down on cooling than on heating?
I'd be interested to know the answer. Am I going to get cooler eventually or does it just not work like that in a hot climate? or maybe you only notice the drop when you're cold but it happens anyway?