silentC wrote:I'm the opposite. Whilst I do feel the cold if I'm sitting around doing nothing, I overheat easily. Feet out the end of the bed type of person, even in winter. Sometimes I start getting hot for no apparent reason, especially after eating.
This is me, and it drives me insane. I start sweating walking more than 20m in summer. I'll sweat for an hour after my morning shower. I used to wear a T-shirt under my ski jacket, and have to remove my jacket in the village when we stopped for lunch. I walked to the top of Kosciusko (November) in a T-shirt. And like you, a big meal can have me peeling off layers for an hour after I've finished eating. I hate summer, because I'm always drenched. Humidity is my worst enemy.
Right now I'm 15-20kg overweight, which is the main reason I just bought a bike. But it's no different when I'm at my "fighting weight" either. I was supremely fit in my 20's to early 30's, doing high intensity martial arts regularly, and would walk off the mat literally dripping sweat, my gi absolutely and utterly soaked. I lost litres of fluids in those classes. In later years soccer and soccer training would result in the same. I could never accept a lift home, and I always had to take a
complete change of clothes if we went drinking after the game. I hate it. It sucks.
Now I'm faced with a dilemma. I have limited time to ride, and was contemplating riding to work a few times/week. But we have no showers here. My ex-colleague used to ride from roughly the same area as I live and simply had to throw on a fresh shirt when he got into the office. I'd be sitting in a puddle of my own sweat, smelling like 6-week old swamp water if I did the same.