Summer weight gain
Beeingthin
Posts: 40 Member
So I’m getting back on track and waking up from the summer stupor. I hit my goal in May and gained 5lbs by the end of summer. Really seems counterintuitive since I was working so hard to feel comfortable in my bathing suit by summer! LoL! Anyone else gain weight in the summer or is it just me?
1
Replies
-
I tend to struggle with adherence during the summer due to the amount of gatherings and activities where I don't have as much control over the menu.2
-
Many of the members here, myself included, had a horrible August, for many different reasons. That just lit a fire under us for September, though. 👍6
-
This content has been removed.
-
I actually do pretty good in the winter because I go outside more. I have a condition that makes me not tolerate heat well so I tend to stay in more on the hot days.5
-
I always have trouble in the summer. Happy if I maintain. I think I do lest NEAT, less exercise (hot weather, fear of skin cancer, fatigue), and I retain more water.
Got a taste of cooler weather these past few days & felt leaner again & scale went back down...in time for another heat wave! Haha!
I’ve always thought my body must burn more calories keeping me warm in cooler months, but I really don’t know.5 -
Yep, I gained 5lbs this summer, a 2 week cruise, a long weekend away, a few birthday celebrations... have been working on getting rid of the weight creep since early August, its slow going but I'll get there. Oh wait, now there's another cruise on the horizon! hmmm! such is my life
2 -
Summer is my kryptonite. Vacations, parties all the time, weird schedule/reduced gym access and heat indexes hovering 105-118 make outdoor activities less appealing. So I lounge around, eat, and drink 😆
Plus my summer wardrobe is stretchy tanks and skirts/dresses, so too forgiving.
Fall brings back the reality check of skinny jeans and Christmas card pictures. So yeah. I’m back to losing my fun summer weight again too!3 -
don't walk my 2-3 mile during the summer, too hot, also while I don't eat "bad" it's too hot to do recipes so just have simple meat/poultry with whatever is handy. I do better in the cold. I do make comfort yummy foods but weigh everything. I'm making a wild rice/mushroom soup in my instant pot tomorrow because it'll be cooler1
-
Summer is way harder for me. So many outings, activities, travel, BBQ’s. It’s pretty common for me to gain 10# by Labor Day, then spend until March working to get it back off. We’re all in it together!!7
-
It's a wash for me usually. I eat more but I'm also walking/running about 15k steps per day most days, and more when I go on holiday. I hibernate in winter--it's dark at like 3.30 pm here at the worst of it.2
-
bwahahaha! HA! It's just you. Winter is my worst time.
18 hour nights. Just chilly enough to stay inside. Always a little rainy. Terrible riding weather on my scoot (it goes into storage/maintenance mode) and bicycle (it sits in my den staring at me).
I'm going to get a few pristine acres in Santa Monica and enjoy their endless summer. (That's a joke, innit. I'd never move to California and Santa Monica hasn't seen pristine acres in a 100 years.)4 -
+1 for summer weight gain of a few pounds - it's the traveling and eating out, the local breweries' summer ales, and slacking at the gym because I am outdoors all day (I burn more calories with the former than the latter). But it's all good. Come September once the traveling is over, I get back to a routine and get back to baseline in time for winter holidays. "The Circle of Life"
3 -
I get fat in the summer, school holidays cannot get to the gym, trips away, eating out, going on holiday, unprepared camping trips eating cheese toasties. Barbecue season, garden parties... You get the picture. I'm thin again for the other 11 months though.5
-
Beeingthin wrote: »So I’m getting back on track and waking up from the summer stupor. I hit my goal in May and gained 5lbs by the end of summer. Really seems counterintuitive since I was working so hard to feel comfortable in my bathing suit by summer! LoL! Anyone else gain weight in the summer or is it just me?
Opposite. Winter is more of an issue for me. It's dark in the morning and dark when I get off work and it's cold...my general activity tends to dip, and so does my cycling and other exercise.
During the summer we're on the go a lot and outside a lot playing in the pool or kicking the soccer ball around with the kids or shooting hoops, etc...I also ride pretty much 5-6 days per week during the summer. Everything just slows down a lot as winter sets in. I'd say our social engagements are about the same regardless of season...but food in summer tends to be lighter with more grilled meats and fish and fresh vegetables and fruit and winter foods tend to be heavier casseroles and whatnot. Our social activities in the summer with friends also tend to be geared towards playing in the pool, bike and wine tours, hiking, etc...whereas in winter we all just kind of hang out in the house and play games and drink.7 -
Yeah, for sure my maintainence window shifts to the higher side during the summer. I work less, I go out more. BBQs, parties, vacations, all of that. I stay active, but not enough to counteract the summer fun.
In the winter, I work REALLY long hours and don't have time for extra food, bored eating, etc. so I tend to be a little lighter from about September to May.3 -
Yeah, living in Georgia with the summer heat gives me plenty of excuses not to exercise as much and to eat a lot more ice cream than I otherwise would, so summers are tough for me. Just getting back on the horse again to lose what I've gained back, and looking forward to getting out more come fall.1
-
arrgghh yes summer has been awful for my weight
1 -
Exact opposite problem. I am super active in the summer and tend to out exercise whatever extra calories I add due to bbq's, beer and ice cream. Winter (especially in the prairies) are brutal and I tend to stay inside way too much.0
-
Mine is more of a problem of not seasons..but vacations. That is one challenge I can't meet..is maintaining during my vacations. So..back to reduction I go...2
-
elisa123gal wrote: »Mine is more of a problem of not seasons..but vacations. That is one challenge I can't meet..is maintaining during my vacations. So..back to reduction I go...
@elisa123gal
The Half Size Me podcast had a great episode on this recently.
Have a weekly plan
A weekend plan (if that is different for you)
AND a vacation plan - changing one habit per trip.
Another poster mentioned she loses the weight she will gain in vacation BEFORE the trip. Much like earning the money before buying something.
I have the same issue,But hope to use these strategies in the future2 -
I have gained around 7lbs over the summer months. So I've put myself on a small deficit. I currently can't exercise as much due to my back ( I think what happened was that I didn't change from being active to lightly active and kept eating the same amount so totally my fault) so focusing on the food atm. It's going well so far3
-
I am about 8lbs up and just realizing it has been a summer thing thinking back over past years as well. A 2 week cruise did not help this year either and September is a chaotic month. Getting back into this week and ready to really buckle down.3
-
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »elisa123gal wrote: »Mine is more of a problem of not seasons..but vacations. That is one challenge I can't meet..is maintaining during my vacations. So..back to reduction I go...
@elisa123gal
The Half Size Me podcast had a great episode on this recently.
Have a weekly plan
A weekend plan (if that is different for you)
AND a vacation plan - changing one habit per trip.
Another poster mentioned she loses the weight she will gain in vacation BEFORE the trip. Much like earning the money before buying something.
I have the same issue,But hope to use these strategies in the future
Thank you...great ideas... I know one thing that works for me, is not to eat breakfast or at least a big breakfast on vacation. What got me was the breakfast on the small cruise boat I was on..I got eggs Benedict every day. I was bored..stuck on that boat and just did it. Typically, I would have that once on vacation ..and eat something super small or just have coffee in the mornings..
I'll look up the podcast..thanks again.1 -
Summer weight gain is pretty much why I'm back on here. I just started logging and exercising yesterday.3
-
A mix of a dead scale, a missing Fitbit charger, summer clothes with more give in the waist, and delicious food helped me gain 15 lbs since May...working my way back down again. 7 of that is gone now.
Edited:typo7 -
If I do have seasonal weight gain, it's always summer. The Texas heat just wears me down, seems like it takes more energy to do the minimum. It's tempting to slack. September is a sucker punch. My mind is thinking fall foliage, football games and sweaters, but in reality, we are still hitting triple digit heat. What can a girl do? Shake up some margaritas. Hence the gain.2
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 427 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions