Does being on GLP's make hot weather easier to handle??

[amosmylove]

I think I handle heat fairly well overall, but when I'm moving around in it I sweat a lot. That's expected, yet it still feels like a lot. Last night I had a softball game, and at the start the heat index was 106F — I was soaked. Then again, everybody else was dripping too. By the time the night ended I really felt pretty crappy, but I'd played 2 games in that heat and we put up 24 runs in

the second game, so I ended up with more at bats than I usually get.

I'm near my goal weight now. One thing I have noticed is that I get colder than the people around me, and since I'm not in the habit of bringing a jacket, I end up freezing during church services, in stores, and so on.

 

[Mood]

Can't say I've picked up on that exact thing, though overall both my wife and I run colder while taking glp-1s (we've had to raise the thermostat at home). Based on what I've come across, that seems fairly common, so maybe there's a connection. If you're feeling colder, then your threshold shifts, which means warmer temperatures don't bother you as much.

In other words, I used to be fine at 68 and started feeling hot at 80, but these days I'm fine at 75, so the hot feeling doesn't hit until around 87.

 

[Johnny D]

Alright, so it hit 36 Celsius today, and for me that was unbearable.

While out jogging I had to find some shade.

At 32 Celsius I'm fine, but 36 is beyond what I can take.

Those 4 degrees really change things that much

 

[BNLFL]

Mood said:

Can't say I've picked up on that exact thing, though overall both my wife and I run colder while taking glp-1s (we've had to raise the thermostat at home). Based on what I've come across, that seems fairly common, so maybe there's a connection. If you're feeling colder, then your threshold shifts, which means warmer temperatures don't bother you as much.

In other words, I used to be fine at 68 and started feeling hot at 80, but these days I'm fine at 75, so the hot feeling doesn't hit until around 87.

I'm the same way — our indoor temperature used to sit at 77*, and now it's 79*. There are also long sleeve shirts kept in my truck for whenever we stop somewhere. A lot of places seem to keep things in the low 70's. I'm sure it's the Reta.

 

[Calm Logic]

During summer, the nicest part of being on GLPs is enjoying strawberry lemonade without feeling bad. Today I came across 3 separate lemonade stands, run by kids and their parents.

 

[randompersonrandom]

I began GLP-1's last June at 176 lbs, and my ability to deal with heat dropped a LOT. Since I'm in Texas, that really disappointed me.

Yet now at 126, high temperatures hardly affect me at all; and if I DO sweat, a breeze wipes it out right away.

 

[Calm Logic]

randompersonrandom said:

I began GLP-1's last June at 176 lbs, and my ability to deal with heat dropped a LOT. Since I'm in Texas, that really disappointed me.

Yet now at 126, high temperatures hardly affect me at all; and if I DO sweat, a breeze wipes it out right away.

The wind here feels like it's blowing out of a hot dryer, haha.

I can deal with heat more easily now, though I also move around a lot more than I did before.

 

[randompersonrandom]

Calm Logic said:

randompersonrandom said:

I began GLP-1's last June at 176 lbs, and my ability to deal with heat dropped a LOT. Since I'm in Texas, that really disappointed me.

Yet now at 126, high temperatures hardly affect me at all; and if I DO sweat, a breeze wipes it out right away.

The wind here feels like it's blowing out of a hot dryer, haha.

I can deal with heat more easily now, though I also move around a lot more than I did before.

That's great. My home is 3 miles away from where I work (I go into the office 1 day each week, but I was just promoted to a position that only requires 1 day per month), and I'm able to bike to work without arriving soaked in sweat.

 

[BlueDog55]

Johnny D said:

Anyone else feel like hot, muggy conditions are less of a problem while taking GLP's??

I'm on Ozempic right now. Before, I really couldn't stand heat and humidity, but since starting Ozempic it no longer gets to me.

Yesterday Toronto hit 32 Celsius. I went for a jog and felt fantastic.

The heat didn't cause me any trouble at all.

Has this happened to anyone else while using Sema, Tirz or Reta??

I've realized I tolerate it more easily, but I figured the 30lbs I dropped was the reason.

 

[jperiod]

The heat hasn't really gotten to us so far, but in this household, all 3 of us taking reta notice we feel chillier with the a/c on compared to a year ago, so I raised the thermostat! My electric bill was happy!

 

[BNLFL]

Calm Logic said:

randompersonrandom said:

I began GLP-1's last June at 176 lbs, and my ability to deal with heat dropped a LOT. Since I'm in Texas, that really disappointed me.

Yet now at 126, high temperatures hardly affect me at all; and if I DO sweat, a breeze wipes it out right away.

The wind here feels like it's blowing out of a hot dryer, haha.

I can deal with heat more easily now, though I also move around a lot more than I did before.

In your area, sure. Around here, the wind carries a damp quality — probably due to how humid it gets.

 

[cujet]

Skidude said:

Since I live along the gulf coast, extreme heat and humidity are just part of life here, and we've adapted accordingly.

Altogether I've got 7 ton of AC capacity (2 units — 5 and 2). A lot of the trouble happens in places without central air at all, and that would be impossible to endure around here.

Wet bulb actually tells you more about the full picture, and this summer the east coast plus the northern half of the continent are getting hit hard.

At the moment Toronto is nearly as rough as the gulf coast.

Neat site with a graphic:

https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-wet-bulb/#view=35.43,-64.81,5z/model=icon





View attachment 11170

Over 80ºF shown as "Burning Fire Red-Orange" — where exactly?? Rewind 20 years: 80ºF registered green and blue. It took temps above 100ºF to hit red. Good grief, a person's body temperature sits close to 99ºF

 

[Skidude]

cujet said:

Skidude said:

Since I live along the gulf coast, extreme heat and humidity are just part of life here, and we've adapted accordingly.

Altogether I've got 7 ton of AC capacity (2 units — 5 and 2). A lot of the trouble happens in places without central air at all, and that would be impossible to endure around here.

Wet bulb actually tells you more about the full picture, and this summer the east coast plus the northern half of the continent are getting hit hard.

At the moment Toronto is nearly as rough as the gulf coast.

Neat site with a graphic:

https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-wet-bulb/#view=35.43,-64.81,5z/model=icon





View attachment 11170

Over 80ºF shown as "Burning Fire Red-Orange" — where exactly?? Rewind 20 years: 80ºF registered green and blue. It took temps above 100ºF to hit red. Good grief, a person's body temperature sits close to 99ºF

This refers to the wet bulb temperature

Danger from wet bulb temperature typically starts between 26°C and 30°C (79°F to 86°F), a range in which the body finds it hard to cool down. When the wet-bulb reading reaches 35°C (95°F) with 100% humidity, staying alive without artificial cooling becomes biologically impossible beyond a few hours

 

[cujet]

Skidude said:

cujet said:

Skidude said:

Since I live along the gulf coast, extreme heat and humidity are just part of life here, and we've adapted accordingly.

Altogether I've got 7 ton of AC capacity (2 units — 5 and 2). A lot of the trouble happens in places without central air at all, and that would be impossible to endure around here.

Wet bulb actually tells you more about the full picture, and this summer the east coast plus the northern half of the continent are getting hit hard.

At the moment Toronto is nearly as rough as the gulf coast.

Neat site with a graphic:

https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-wet-bulb/#view=35.43,-64.81,5z/model=icon





View attachment 11170

Over 80ºF shown as "Burning Fire Red-Orange" — where exactly?? Rewind 20 years: 80ºF registered green and blue. It took temps above 100ºF to hit red. Good grief, a person's body temperature sits close to 99ºF

This refers to the wet bulb temperature

Danger from wet bulb temperature typically starts between 26°C and 30°C (79°F to 86°F), a range in which the body finds it hard to cool down. When the wet-bulb reading reaches 35°C (95°F) with 100% humidity, staying alive without artificial cooling becomes biologically impossible beyond a few hours

It's worth knowing that a combination of 95F with 100% humidity can in theory occur, though such conditions are extremely uncommon. In reality, the open atmosphere cannot sustain it. Being a pilot, I often jokingly say that outside it's 93F and 100% humidity. Obviously that isn't true, yet I still say it.

Still, you are 100% right that wet bulb temperatures getting close to that level are extremely hazardous.

Where I am in South Florida, a 93F reading usually comes with humidity around 70%. Occasionally there are brief higher spikes.

 

[Johnny D]

Skidude said:

cujet said:

Skidude said:

Since I live along the gulf coast, extreme heat and humidity are just part of life here, and we've adapted accordingly.

Altogether I've got 7 ton of AC capacity (2 units — 5 and 2). A lot of the trouble happens in places without central air at all, and that would be impossible to endure around here.

Wet bulb actually tells you more about the full picture, and this summer the east coast plus the northern half of the continent are getting hit hard.

At the moment Toronto is nearly as rough as the gulf coast.

Neat site with a graphic:

https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-wet-bulb/#view=35.43,-64.81,5z/model=icon





View attachment 11170

Over 80ºF shown as "Burning Fire Red-Orange" — where exactly?? Rewind 20 years: 80ºF registered green and blue. It took temps above 100ºF to hit red. Good grief, a person's body temperature sits close to 99ºF

This refers to the wet bulb temperature

Danger from wet bulb temperature typically starts between 26°C and 30°C (79°F to 86°F), a range in which the body finds it hard to cool down. When the wet-bulb reading reaches 35°C (95°F) with 100% humidity, staying alive without artificial cooling becomes biologically impossible beyond a few hours

Just so you know, today in Philadelphia the World Cup game between France and Paraguay ran for 2 hours with the temperature at 37° c.

I find it astonishing that no one collapsed and died