Out of abject curiosity, does your metabolism have anything to do with how cold/warm your body temperature is?

Just curious :)

Take me and my cousin Angela.

Angela often forgets to eat, skips breakfast at times, and doesn't really exercise. But she will lose weight as fast or faster than she ever gains it. She's always in tshirts in weather that sends me into sweatshirts, and never wears socks indoors, carpet, or often cold wood flooring, and dislikes summer weather because its far too hot.

I...could never forget to eat, even when I'm sick. I exercise religiously, but partly because I find a spiritual release in movement. I did gain weight fairly slowly, over 2 yrs, but I'm having the hardest time of my life losing any weight AT ALL. I'll be the first one in a jacket when it hits oh, 75, hardly ever wears sandals and no sock shoes, and thinks nothing of using my winter down comforter in the summer. Oh yeah, and 95+ degrees summer weather is my perfect time to start considering 4-5 mile run outside.

There are definitely going to be other factors, but I'm just wondering if usual body heat had anything to do with it? Given that metabolism's equivalent is usually the body's "flame" and all :)

I have no idea, but I've been informed that I radiate heat at night and I rarely get cold unless I'm sick.  I can't stand summer heat (which I define as anything over 30C).  I also maintain on more calories than CC says - though I attribute that more to being on my feet a lot than anything else.  So, maybe?

I'm not a doctor but I do believe that people that are easily overheated are so because they have a faster metabolism.  It just makes sense, I'd like to hear from someone who knows if this really is fact.

I have always hated heat, I'm most comfortable at about 65 degrees.  I can get really sick if I get overheated and even at 65 years old my metabolism isn't too bad.  So I really think there is something to this.

Healthy bodies run at the same core, resting temperature... 37C.   However, an active body with a faster metabolism will have better circulation than a sedentary one and will therefore feel warmer.  Owners of fatter bodies also have faster metabolisms than owners of thinner bodies and will usually feel warmer ... simple insulation at work.  And older people tend to feel colder than young people... again because the metabolism is generally lower the older we get.

So if you're a lower weight and inactive you'd be likely to feel colder than if you were a higher weight and very active.  And it would also be true that someone who is a lower weight and inactive would find it more difficult to lose weight.... but, then again, they wouldn't really have to in the first place.

My metabolism is more or less controlled by tablets (as I have no thyroid) the first thing you notice with even tiny weeny changes in your levels are how hot or cold you feel so it would make sence.

Actually thinking about it if you feel the cold more than most people and have trouble losing weight it might not be a bad idea to get your thyroid checked.

Interesting question.      I'm "cold natured" - don't like anything under 75 degrees (yep, wear that jacket)  and would be perfectly happy if it were 95 all the time!   Normal body temp is 96.6-97.6.  My BMI is 22.  I have a terrible time loosing weight with very healthy eating habits and  high activity level.