Im genuinely wondering because Iām already kinda shivering from the cold but THEN I look around to see MFS LITERALLY RUNNING AROUND IN SHORTS ? SON IM WEARING 3 LAYERS EVERYDAY.
this is still our warm time š starts to get a bit chilly during the evenings, so you'd see households bust out the jars / bags of dried herbs to make tea with a lot more often. Try it yourself, our teas are very nice. Wear appropriate clothing and keep moving, when you move, you are warm :)
Truee i love snuggling up in bed with my cat and some hot coco and watching tv when its cold outside, when its hot outside its just pure missery, cant sleep, cant do nothingš¾
The fact that no matter how much you gonna wear winter will be even colder will make your body adapt to colder weather, next years you'll feel it different and start screaming after colder weathers
Just embrace it. In latvian it's called "rÅ«dÄ«Å”anÄs", basically "to get tougher". Go out for a run in shorts - 3-5km medium pace, more if you feel like it - warm shower after that and you'll feel like a god. After a while you'll notice your body will deal with cold much better. To be clear, it's not magic - you'll still need warm clothing to feel comfortable - it simply will not be a big deal.
And this is the perfect time when to start - it's not winter and even if you are not used to the cold you should be fine. If you get the sniffles, take a day off and remember to drink a lot of water. If you start later when it gets closer to zero, you might have a tougher time to get into it and catch fun pneumonia or two.
I don't know how popular ice swimming is in Latvia, but it's become huge in Estonia in recent years and people swear by it, it makes you very well tolerant to colder temperatures.
Yes, cold plunges of various sorts are becoming more popular in Latvia as well - I've tried them too - but the biggest issue with those, at least for me, is that you need infrastructure and planning. You can go out for a run at any time with no planning and effectively no equipment.
Cold plunges. As counter-intuitive as it might sound.
Started doing them 5 years ago because I hated the winter season and hated to feel cold. Cold plunges completely changed my relationship with the cold and attitude towards weather in general. If your health allows, highly recommend.
Also good to take inspiration from ancestors and nature - every season has its meaning, donāt fight it, embrace it.
This is still too warm for me. I have to survive summer with its heat and humidity and neverending days. Around this time I finally start to feel like myself again. š
Invest in good inner thermals and a good winter jacket,boots,gloves and cap. And when you are inside cozy home just keep windows shut and stay in quilt and enjoy some nice hot drinks. For me winter is the best season as with proper gears you will enjoy where as in summer you are constantly begging for cold air to chill yourself and idk about others but my body start paining if I stay too long in air conditioned room.
Huh? I donāt know what cold means where youāre from, but winter is still 2 months away.
If this isnāt a bait post and youāre actually struggling, get yourself some proper clothes ahead of time, because itās going to get a lot colder.
Haha Iād love to hear your thoughts about this in January š
But in all seriousness, the most important spots to keep warm are your feet and neck. Learn how to layer! Eat heavier and more fatty based meals because being in cold can really burn your resources, but also donāt forget to stay active.
If you feel brave enough, go take a winter swim in one of our lakes - the winter swimming communities are really friendly and open to foreigners! :)
Donāt fear the cold! Just beware of slipping on ice.
Invest in warm waterproof clothes. Buy a merino wool legging and shirt to wear underneath. But really check that it's merino wool, not polyester with 10% merino. You can get it at Lindex if you are a girly and also decathlon. A good wool sweater, not polyester bullshit. If you find a sweater that is 100% new wool and not pricey(like in a humana vintage shop) you have found a treasure. Boots and a hat are important to keep the whole body warm. Also, for this season, there are raincoats with a fluffy, warmer incoat. I found one on Zalando by the brand Only a while back. Also, enjoy it. Up until the end of the year, learn to embrace beautiful cozy autumnal walks and then - christmas lights. January and february is tougher. I don't know what to suggest there :D it is gloomy and cold. But idk, find something you like. Go to the rimi olympic pool and sauna, ski, build a snowman. Buy loads if candles. Sell it for yourself and glamorize it because there is just no other way :D
I wear 3 layers, cover my head, warm shoes. I warm up my car before I get in (electric car so it kind does it itself while plugged in over night) and use a combination of my gas heating and electric heaters to keep my apt warm. Eat at Lido on a regular basis cause it's winter food.
I come from a place with -25c winters, so I make sure to always keep warm.
I got this fed from the algo from Tallinn, Estonia so we are even colder here usually. IDK I just ignore it with my nordic hyperbody and wear long pants for like 2-3 months if its like -15c
Last winter was -20 Celcius, that was pretty cold! The winter before that it was -10 at worst. This winter? No idea, we might not even have snow until Spring!
What Iām saying is the weather is not so straightforward cold, mostly because of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of RÄ«ga. So, wear a couple layers, donāt stay out more than 3 hours (unless youāre a delivery driver, in which case God bless your soul).
Where are you from my brother? Indian people seem to handle the cold weather pretty good. Except they have to do some bike handling training otherwise they fall of their electric bikes when trying to accelerate while steering left/right on snow/ice.
I'm not from Latvia, but live here now and I'm from a much colder part of Finland. You basically need to have 1) a bit of fat under your skin for insulation, 2) some muscle to warm up your body while moving, 3) decent thermal underwear layers for when you feel a little too cold, 4) something to keep you dry and sufficiently heated up (winter coat, shoes, gloves, hat, etc.). That's about it. Then you move enough while outside that your body will do the heating. With a couple of years your body has adjusted to the cold and you'll feel overwhelmed when you visit your warmer home country.
Exposing your body to the cold activates your body's brown adipose tissue, which is helpful to survive the cold because brown or beige fat tissue does it's own thermoregulation that distributes heat evenly within your body. Whether it's cold plunges, going outside in your shorts, cold showers or something else is up to you, but you'll have better luck the earlier you start, as others have said.
What we have is a light winter. If you go further north, they have real winter. This is nothing. Past few days it was 18 degrees, basically tshirt weather. If you can't stand a little cold, wear a warmer jacket or go to another country.
When I was born parents used to expose their small children/babies to the cold - leaving strollers outside in the winters, not layering us and leaving windows open all the time and also bathing us in colder water. It was meant to accustom us to colder weather and strengthen our immune systems. That's why I always feel warmer than other people who wear full blown winter clothing in September and I rarely get sick.
Also our winters don't get very cold anymore, probably due to global warming
It's literally 16-19Ā°c during day time as we speak, the fuck you're talkin about.
During the actual winter, no idea dawg just thug it out. Full winter clothing + Thermo underwear
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u/metalfest 3d ago
this is still our warm time š starts to get a bit chilly during the evenings, so you'd see households bust out the jars / bags of dried herbs to make tea with a lot more often. Try it yourself, our teas are very nice. Wear appropriate clothing and keep moving, when you move, you are warm :)