Winter Warmers – How Do People Keep Warm?
Winter is definitely nipping at our heels, the heating has been on for a while now and I’ve definitely turned more to tea, than cold drinks.
From it’s freezing, to it’s a bit nippy to it’s parky to just downright cold we all have our own words for when the weather gets chilly.
However what ways are there to keep warm when the weather starts to take a turn for the worst.
Layer Your Clothes.
Layers are something we should all remember to use when it starts to get cold. It can keep you from having to turn the heating on quite so soon. While also allowing you to turn the thermostat down a couple of degrees in the long run.
Both of which save you money as well as keeping you warmer.
However, it isn’t just indoors that layers help. Making sure you put on your hat, gloves, scarf and coat can make all the difference to just how warm you stay when out and about.
A Nice Hot Drink.
When I’m cold I always reach for a cup of tea. However, interestingly this survey of 800 people in the UK showed that tea was beaten by coffee to be the nations favourite drink. With coffee coming in at 39% and tea 38%.
Other contenders for the title happened to be hot chocolate, herbal teas and malt drinks.
Keep the Cold Out.
When it comes to around the home there are many ways you can help keep the cold out.
From draft excludes to key covers and of course using thermal curtain liners all these simple home additions can help keep the cold out.
While radiator reflectors can help reflect heat back into a room which could otherwise have been lost. (This is most helpful when radiators are attached to external walls).
Stay Active.
While when your cold all you may want to do is snuggle up under a blanket or two. It can actually be much more productive to staying warm to be active.
Activity helps boost your circulation. As such try and move around a little every hour, as even this will help.
Use Hot Water Bottles or Wheat Bags.
If you are needing a quick warming boost then reach for your hot water bottle or a wheat bag. They can be great for not only warming you up but also using on sore areas.
A hot water bottle laid on your back or stomach, or a wheat bag around the neck can help relieve (if only a little) those annoying aches and pains from everyday life.
Of course, there are many ways to stay warm over winter – these are just a few, I would love to know what your favourite winter warmer is?
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I don’t do well in the cold. These are great tips!
Just reading this makes me feel so cosy, very tempted to treat myself to a new hot water bottle too!!
Ohh do it, I’ve just got a long one and it is so cosy!
Great tips – i love a hot water bottle to keep nice and cosy!
I’ve just bought a really long one and it’s lovely.
I want to get a long one – they look fab – my daughter is after one too!
There are some very useful tips here for keeping warm in winter. It has been particularly cold today!
I’m totally into layers during the cold months, add the hot drinks and my hot water bottle and I’m snug as a bug.
Nothing like feeling cosy and warm when the weather gets cold is there?
Im a stay indoors hugging a hot chocolate under every blanket i own kinda gal haha
Now that sounds like such a cosy way to spend the winter.
Soup :- warm / hot, hydrating and nutritious. Hopefully helps to keep us warm, as well as healthy. Home made soup can be a real treat. A friend of Mum’s who enjoys cooking :- Treats her to Home made Delicious soup for the family once weekly when possible. Which we all enjoy and appreciate. We are told reciprocation ( Thanks ! Appreciation) for her acceptance and kindness over the years.
Soup is an amazing thing to try and keep you warm I think – definitely something I try and turn to at times.
I love my layers – just like that dog!
Haha doesn’t the dog just look so cosy.
I am always cold so any tips to keep warm are very helpful
Oh no not good – I hope you find some good ways to keep warm.
The best thing about living in the Philippines is that we don’t have to worry about winter coming. But it would be nice to experience winter every once in a while. Thanks for the tips!
I can’t imagine not having a winter, and it always being quite warm – I would quite like that I think.
I couldn’t relate too much as we do not have winter here in my country. However, when we go to a location with chilly weather, I like to have a cup of warm coffee and a light cardigan.
It is interesting how the weather is so different across the world isn’t it.
Drinking my favorite hot cocoa drink, while in my knitted jumpers with socks on helps me to stay warm. I still do it even it is already Spring herein Australia during colder nights.
There is nothing like a good hot cocoa is there? Warm clothes are the best too!
I’m in the middle of reinsulating some exterior walls in my home. State rebates are amazing!
I hope it helps keep your home a bit warmer, we had ours redone last year and it definitely doesn’t drop so cold.
Winter warmers are a great idea for the family. It keeps the wind from coming into the home.
Definitely, I think we all feel the chill over the winter.
I need to get a draft excluder, I can feel the draught coming under the door. My nan used to have a snake called Marmaduke as hers
That is awesome – I definitely think we need to get one as well – it is getting so cold!
I love my hot water bottle in the winter. Always use draught blocker also. I will have to think about radiator reflectors. Thanks for sharing.
There is nothing like a hot water bottle is there? I have an electric one which is lovely to have on the sofa (wouldn’t use it for bed).
Great suggestions, I always seem to feel the cold! We brought draft excluders last year and it has made such a different, especially around our front and back doors! I hadn’t thought about radiator reflectors though so will definitely check these out!
It is amazing what some small things really do – the cold really gets through the cracks at times!
I never liked wearing socks at home, but I do now. I started having backaches because of the cold so I wore socks and leg warmers as though I’ll be going out. Warm tea cup (usually matcha) makes my hands warm before I drink it up – when out, the coffee cup also serves as hand warmers. 😀 (There are Korean hand warmers you can put in your pocket then it warms up when pressed.)
Oh no I am so sorry it was causing you pain! That isn’t good – I am so glad you have found ways to ease it.
It’s always a struggle keeping warm in the winter. The worst for me is my feet. I do use a hot water bottle and it is perfect for me. Not familiar with the wheat bags. I’ll look into them 🙂
It is crazy how cold feet and hands get at times, isn’t it? Wheat bags are lovely you can get some with lavender in as well which smell amazing.
I am one of those people who is cold all the time! I love your list and tips.
I am so glad you like them, it is crazy how we all run different temperatures I think.
This is such a great idea, and definitely will get the job done. As winter is fast approaching, everybody should consider this. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Definitely I can’t believe how long this year has felt, but how quickly it has gone by.
When it’s cold outside you can’t beat being nice and toasty warm indoors, curled up on the sofa with a blanket, a book and a hot chocolate.
I am so with you there – it is most definitely the best way to be!
I love layering up with cosy jumpers and warming up with a delicious hot chocolate. I’m not so good at keeping active though, even though I know it’s good for me!
It is nice isn’t it – it helps you feel comfortable and cosy I think.
I love getting bundled up but sometimes it is hard to stay warm. I use hand warmers and hot water bottles
Handwarmers are great I have some reusable ones which you boil when done with.
These are some wonderful tips. I live where it gets very cold during winter and we always get tons of snow. Layers are a must from where we are. Hot drinks are always a plus too.
Definitely, it is amazing how layers when done properly can help you out so much!
I swear by layers and a hot drink to keep warm in the winter! You should see how many layers I wear sometimes!
Haha they are the best aren’t they – nothing like layer upon layer to keep warm.
Some great ideas, we haven’t really put our heating on very much as yet. But we do have blankets to snuggle under on the sofa and we have been drinking hot chocolate in the evenings!
Got to love the sofa blankets – they can really make such a difference!
I do always find when I exercise I stay warm for an hour or more afterwards as it gets my body working and the blood pumping. But I tend to just wear extra jumpers x
It is amazing what it can do for you! I wish I could do more myself now.
Aww..as much as I love the winter…the cold is really hard to endure. I will keep in mind this list you shared and will definitely try them
Winter is my favorite out of all seasons. You get to enjoy triple happiness for drinking hot choco. I’ll keep these winter warmer tips in mind. As much as i love winter, i admit I can’t endure too much coldness sometimes.
There’s some good and bad things about winter isn’t there? The snow when everything is white is beautiful but the cold yuck.
Definitely, I hate it when it is too hot or too cold I can’t deal with either.
Some great ideas for keeping warm this winter . We have just used some adhesive stuff on the gaps in the doors to stop the draft , let’s hope they work
Ohh that sounds like an interesting thing to have done – we really need to think about some of the gaps we have around.
I always heat up some hot chocolate whenever this season starts. I love it.
Hot chocolate is just the best, isn’t it? You can’t beat a mug of it at times.
I’m a big fan of hot water bottles and warm drinks. I love the cold, I think I am one of two in the world. HA!
There is nothing like a good hot water bottle at times is there.
I wish it got really cold here, but we don’t really have winter. I love the cold!
I’ll swap you haha – mind you, I don’t do cold or hot now thanks to my ME.
Great advice! I love drinking a hot chocolate as it always warms me up!
There’s nothing like a warm drink when your feeling cold is there?
I love hot drinks to keep warm, a favourite at the moment is a Cinnamon and Ginger tea I’ve found. It’s a real Winter warmer.
Ohh now that sounds like a delicious tea, who makes it if you don’t mind me asking?
I’ve been using hot drinks and layering to keep me warm. I really do feel the cold and hate it.
I never used to until I got fibro / me and now my body can’t regulate its temperature and I hate it.
It’s frustrating, isn’t it? It’s good there are easy ways to boost body heat. Draught excluders are really good we have one by the front door at home.
Definitely, I really need to try and get a couple more draught excludes for around the place.
I am always cold when the temperature drops below about 65. I wear lots of layers.
Layers definitely help a lot I think, money-saving as well!
I need to get some of these. I hate being cold. It’s never too chilly in Texas, but some evenings can get nippy.
Definitely having some extra layers around or just a way to warm up is a must even if you don’t get the cold so much as other places.
Layers, layers, layers! 🙂 And moisturizing is important too. Otherwise, hello painful dry skin.
Definitely layers are a must, hands up I LOVE putting my dressing gown on too as it is so cosy.
I eat soup and drink a lot of hot tea in the winter to keep warm. Of course, I have to have the hot chocolate, too.
Definitely – there’s nothing like a warming bowl of soup at times is there. I remember as a kid we used to go on walks with a group I did and we would all have a cup of soup when we got back.
I live in Florida but it does get cold here. As I am typing this, I’m shivering because the temp is lower than what I’m used to. Thanks for sharing the tips.
I can’t imagine living somewhere it never gets cold, I guess that’s the joy of living in the UK lol.
This is really appropriate right now as I am freezing! Sat with my laptop on my knees and a blanket wrapped round me.
I always layer up and go for a cosy coffee to keep warm. My office is so hot though all year round that I dress for winter and then need to strip off like it’s summer!
It is amazing how different places can feel, the bungalow seems to hold the heat in so come summer it is SO hot.
I’ve always lived in old cold houses, so layering has been key and hot water bottles for the really cold nights 🙂
There is nothing like a hot water bottle to warm the bed for you is there?
Oh, I am dreading this winter. 🙁 Not only do I have peripheral neuralgia in my hand and feet thanks to chemo, I have bone lesions here and there and they are agony when the cold starts. 🙁 Good advice here – my winter warmer is two small clingy dogs – if only I could make them stop snoring whilst they are on footwarming duty!
Oh gosh I am so sorry, I hope things don’t get too bad for you. I don’t know if it helps but I use fingerless gloves around the house when I am really struggling due to my ME.
It’s all about the layers when you go out isnt it. I have heard you can get heated jackets now, they are expensive but wow, they would be nice wouldn’t they.
Layers make such a difference don’t they – you can’t expect to sit around in the same things summer and winter.