seasonal weight cycles ?

hroderick

Many mammals bulk up for winter. When younger I usually added a few pounds in the cold months then dropped them in spring. Is this a recognized human cycle? Does it explain why I began remaining hungry instead of satiated after a meal?

Whitezombiegirl

In the winter, the cold weather dies make me hungrier, but also I'm in the habit of eating more warming, comfort food. Plus there is Christmas (and thanks giving for the us) with all the indulgent food that incorporates.

Another thing is that in the summer I'm more likely to eat and then get up and go out as its still light. In the winter I finish my meal and sit by the fire, and a glass of red wine or a piece of chocolate just seems so fitting... sigh. That accounts for my winter weight gain. Funnily enough I'm hyper ware of this and have been for the last few years. My lowest weight for the year has always been Christmas eve!

SuzySunshine99

I think it's just that most people are less active in the winter and crave warm comfort foods that may be more calorific.

For me, personally, I always weigh LESS in the winter. It's my busy season at work, so I'm so distracted by everything I need to do, and working long hours, I end up eating less.

earlnabby

Yeah, I seem to be hungrier in the late fall and crave comfort foods. On the other hand, sometime in early fall, I have a 3-4 lb "whoosh" where I lose excess water. All of a sudden, my rings are fitting looser and my feet don't swell. I figure they balance each other out. On the other hand, when it warms up in the spring/early summer I gain a couple of pounds (water weight from the heat and humidity) but I don't want to eat as much and want lighter fare.

swirlybee

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

For me, personally, I always weigh LESS in the winter.

Me too. I think it's because I tend to eat a lot of soups in the colder months and not eat heavy. Even during the holiday season, I just nibble a bit of everything and that's it.

apullum

We have a lot of cultural food-related things that happen in the fall and winter, like holidays, as well as ideas about season-appropriate "comfort food" that are often high calorie. Some people may change their exercise level as the weather gets colder and the days get shorter. Those of us who work in education or have school aged children have various school-related events in the fall that might affect our activity and eating. Those things aren't usually the case in the summer, when there are fewer holidays that involve food, our ideas about food tend more toward fresh produce and lighter dishes, and the weather and schedules may allow us to exercise more.

nooshi713

I am more active in the summer and also eat lighter. In winter i hibernate and gain weight.