Every year when the heat comes, it takes my body 7-10 days to adapt. Until it happens, I feel sluggish, somnolent, slow, stupid, and sick (but still capable of alliteration).
Then I adapt and it gets better.
This is why I’m not brimming with profound insight at the moment. I’m just trying to get through the day.
“Every year when the heat comes, it takes my body 7-10 days to adapt.”
That’s because you live in Illinois, where it’s a yucky damp heat. You should move to Arizona, where the summers are nice and dry.
The temperature right now is a beautiful 115 degrees!
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I am sorry you feel miserable in the heat. I spent my formative years in misery with humid summer heat(muggy Missouri). But since I significantly lowered my complex carb intake, I don’t feel the heat like I used to. I spend most of the year cold and it’s only summer where I warm up. Drinking lots of water helps too. And the cold shower before bed is a great idea.
Hope you overcome and adapt quickly.
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Summer in the Midwest is the #$%#^@$ worst.
If someone had told me my ideal temperature would be 45-55, I’d say they were crazy. Yet, it’s true.
Btw, I lived in AZ for five years and Dreidel has a point. I would still take 115 in Phoenix over 80 in the Midwest where it’s 80% humidity.
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