Getting cold feet

[mtbc]

The lowest parts of my body often feel rather cool even though I have typically been keeping the temperature in the house up at 70°F. I bought some warm-looking slippers with fake sheepskin or fleece or whatever all around the inside and they are an improvement. I wonder if I need thicker socks. Though, probably not thermal: I do have thermal socks and they are a pain to wash, their interior lining can't take heat. Perhaps I should try wearing two pairs at once. I am warm in bed at night, all wrapped up in blankets. I linger in the shower because the hot water feels so good.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

I often wear two pairs of socks inside my fuzzy slippers. I do not like cold feet. I find a pair of thin ankle socks and then thicker socks over that works well.

[muninnhuginn]

I second the two thin-pair thick pair combination too. Also, I find wool is warmer than cotton or man-made.

I speak as someone with ice-cold feet year round.

[mindstalk]

Wool socks work well, and I can wear two wool socks and sandals outside some distance below freezing, as long as it's dry.

My father always said that you needed to keep your core adequately warm or it would suck blood from the extremities. Is 70 F the thermostat or the temperature measured where you spend your time? Is your core in fact happy when sitting around at 70 F?

[mtbc]

The 70°F is as reported by the central thermostat controller thing though it's corroborated as being between 68°F and 72°F by a Galileo thermometer. I'm used to feeling cold in rooms where the temperature is apparently set at a decent level, and being dressed rather more warmly than those around me. With my current health thermometer I typically read just under 36°C orally. Perhaps I should dig out the more general thermometer and put it where I (or my cold bits) actually am.