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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 2740354" data-attributes="member: 150927">Um. I did my first no-food fast, followed by my first VLCD for two months, aiming for remission back in those giddy early months post diagnosis, closely medically monitored (bless Swedish diabetes care!) during a particularly bitter winter.In Sweden, even in the more southerly lattitudes in Sweden (Stockholm!) a bitterly cold winter is serious business, and we are talking 20 degrees celcius  below zero and colder, and so on, where if you don't dress properly if you are planning on waiting for a bus down by the water at night, you could be inviting death. (Just putting it in perspective, but I am currently in a sub-tropical summer, where no-one understands these things unless I spell it out.)The fact that one loses body heat during fasts (and a semi-starvation diet, my words for a VLCD) was considered common and accepted knowledge. This was factored in to my general care (general care! Bless Swedish diabetes care - oh I said that already didn't I?!)The information I was reading about  and from folks on fasts also discussed this. The British Isles are absolutely considered to be northern climes, and where being colder in winter when fasting or on a VLCD is considered par for the course, is my understanding. I'm trying to remember the English journo who wrote up about his VLCD experience - a Richard someone, sorry I can't be bothered checking on it... Anyway, he wrote most eloquently about his feeling colder and dealing with that during his semi starvation diet. (If anyone wants to know what I mean by a semi starvation diet - looking at pictures of what constitutes 600-800 - kcalories  is it?-  is very illustrative. 'Mini meals' is a good way to describe it - when you are eating a fraction of what would be normal and doing it for 2 months.)So yeah - fasting in a northern-ish winter, as you are doing, perfectly normal to have to keep more rugged up, as others have suggested to you. I would say also - turn up the heating, but you know I was trained in dealing with cold somewhat from my non Anglo heritage, and from the Swedes, bless them.For myself - I try to keep fasting longer term in the summer or warmer months, as it is way easier, and one of the reasons is keeping warm. In really cold climes my diabetes specialist nurse ordered me to eat an extra 200 - kcals? - a day to offset my body dealing with the cold.  I am hoping this sharing my experience here is helping put the feeling of cold during fasts or semi starvation diets into a 'it's normal' perspective <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  .</blockquote>

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