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[–] EvilLootbox@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

Tangela, I choose you!

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

And it's grown beyond the godskin Duo!

it's now Godskin Quad!

o you don't have the right

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Or, hear me out: take a cold shower for a minute, then turn it slightly warm. It will be painful. Repeat every day. Go outside with one less layer than normal, shiver for 5 minutes. Do this literally every day. Pretty soon, cold adaptation. The human body is nice like that, and your vascular system will thank you. Unless you have a really bad heart condition that wouldn't allow cardio obviously because your heart rate will go up.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.social 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

People ought to be careful with the going outside thing. Like, if you're just going out into your yard or apartment complex then it's fine. If you're commuting and there's the possibility that you might end up stranded where there's no climate control, then please at least stick that extra layer in your backpack or something.

I had somewhat severe hypothermia once, and it's an insidious thing. I got colder and colder until I just stopped noticing it, and then I stopped noticing most things. I didn't realize what was happening to me, and I would have died if I had been alone. I had others who saw my slack, dumb face and my kinda blue lips and helped me, but I'm not going to risk ever going through that again, and I'd encourage everyone to please be careful. Keeping a coat or hat or whatever with you is worth the hassle.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 2 points 8 months ago

Yes, absolutely be safe and always carry enough layers to keep warm everywhere. I was just talking about waking the dog in the front yard for 5 minutes etc.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

You also need to eat fatty food unless you are already fat. Since cold adaption is basically your body turning white fat into brown fat, because of cold exposure. Which then gets burned for heat. Your body can’t create brown fat if you don’t have enough fat in your body.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've been training my whole life for this moment

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

man, if losing weight meant all I had to do was go outside and sit in the cold I would have done it a decade ago.

how fucking sweet would that be. I live in the perfect environment for it too

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

I have almost no body fat, luckily I live in Australia, unluckily this is the coldest fucking summer in my life and I’m freezing.

[–] jak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

What does fat mean? I have a BMI of about 22, which isn’t overweight, but I have also been healthy with less fat on my body and I can pinch my stomach or thigh, so there is subcutaneous fat.

I ask because my gallbladder hates it when I eat fatty foods, so other than a handful of peanuts or a couple tablespoons of oil or sauce, I can’t actually eat much fat. Can I just eat a lot more other food?

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Soybeans, eggs, olives and avocado have a lot of fat. And carbs get turned into fat if you don’t burn the sugars immediately.

[–] jak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, tofu is a major source of my dietary fat, but the others are no gos. I guess what I’m wondering is, does the process happen with calories or does it have to be fat already locked away?

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Carbohydrates/starches do the same thing. The body coverts them to fat if you over-eat. A high carbohydrate diet is the number one reason for obesity.

Eating whole grains is better as they are digested slower and don't spike the blood sugar as fast.

Spending a day outside in cold temps can double or triple your caloric needs depending on the conditions.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

It's like they're trying to find the emotional and physical limits of their models.

[–] DataDisrupter@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago
[–] Fish@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

It looks like they just tried to wrap as many blankets around themselves as they could