Heat stroke (dry & red,) or heat exhaustion (sweaty and losing color,) are things we hear a lot about at this time of year. People forgetting babies and pets in their cars (in the most fortunate cases, just for the moment it takes to shut the car door.)
Heat can be fast, as most of us realize when we get into a car, and can't get the windows down or the a/c cooling fast enough.
But have you ever thought about how slow it can be? It follows you, sneaking up after the first incident of either heat stroke or exhaustion, year after year. Pretty much for life.
You can keep cold drinks handy, get things done in the shade when possible, carry wet towels outside with you, soak yourself with the hose, jump in a pool, lake, or other water. Whatever works for you. But the heat will still be there, waiting for you to take too long, get just a little too hot. You'll always be susceptible.
I know this from personal experience, though the original incident was so early that I don't know the details - but I can remember important things, some daily activities, and even some dreams, all the way back to about three and a half years of age. That tells us an adult should have been more aware.
You'd think I'd move to Alaska or something, but with poor circulation I get aches in my hands and numb feet in cold weather.
I remember as a kid making hay they wouldn't allow us to take ice water in the field with us in the sun and heat. They told us it would make us sick so we drank basically warm water and yes all out of the same jug. More than one time with the sun heat and dust I would get dizzy and have to remember to drink. it hits you all at once when your body runs dry. I can remember more than one time when we were stacking hay in the barn high in the top of the mile it would be so hot that we couldn't get a wagon unloaded. We would have to take a break and run down to the milk house chug some water stick our heads under the pump and run back up to finish . We were lucky we had a pond just below the barn so we would finish
unloading the wagon stop and get a drink run down jump in the pond jeans boots and all jump out and catch the empty wagon headed for the field. OO to be young again. Heat does kill be careful out there. TK
Also, don't neglect your electrolytes. I don't mean drinking Gatorade or such, they're almost as sugary as sodas. There are ketosis-friendly electrolyte drinks, and drops you put just a little of it into water. I don't usually drink either one, but with the high temperatures, and sometimes too-fast weight loss bringing a dizzy spell, I sometimes get into the drops the RP buys.
Don't worry about the weight loss either, it's on purpose!