Eating more (UK freezing cold!)

midnite81
midnite81 Posts: 162 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, Is anyone in the UK with the current colder weather finding that they are eating more than they would usually?
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  • kingofcrunk
    kingofcrunk Posts: 372 Member
    I haven't been eating more, but I have found that I've wanted to eat more!

    I usually have a smoothie in the morning but I can't bring myself to because it makes me cold inside. I don't really want to eat porridge either. I usually crave hot chocolates. Actually chocolate in general. I usually crave savoury foods but since its got cold I've got a real sweet tooth coming through!

    Do we burn more calories in the cold weather?! Or a noticeable amount more?
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    I find I'm hungry ALL the time, the colder the weather the hungrier I am....currently -3 and almost cried because I'm so hungry (I had half a tin of spaghetti hoops just over an hour ago!)
  • khadijak17
    khadijak17 Posts: 393 Member
    I've lost my appetite since weighing in on my new scale which had just told me ive gained 10lbs !
  • dovetail22uk
    dovetail22uk Posts: 339 Member
    Nom nom nom what was that? nom nom nom
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    Yeah, I've been eating lots of fatty things. Hard to know if thats just me or the cold has a part to play. I imagine somewhere deep down primitively our body thinks, winter....cold....need storage...But I don't think I can use that as an excuse.
  • Kellyeee2013
    Kellyeee2013 Posts: 221
    Yes. You burn more calories when it is cold.
  • lucasriggs
    lucasriggs Posts: 131
    No, just been drinking more tea.
  • Flossie1981
    Flossie1981 Posts: 160 Member
    salad isn't very appealing in the cold :cry:
  • LadyPakal
    LadyPakal Posts: 256 Member
    Since the cold weather started I increased a bit in weight (weird eh?) - so a day or two ago, I upped my limit a 100-150 calories and have since dropped the weight I gained.

    I spend a fair amount of time out in the cold waiting for buses that often don't come, so am using a bit more energy than normal to keep body temperature up I guess. I'll just have to see how this experiment goes...
  • amyllu
    amyllu Posts: 432 Member
    I've lost my appetite since weighing in on my new scale which had just told me ive gained 10lbs !

    Oh NO!! What a bummer Khadijak! Get back in there girl...you can do it and get those few pounds off again!! .. :smile:

    Being an OAP I'm indoors a lot so I can keep the heating on and so no "cold" hungers.
    On the other hand I just have to fight the "boredom" hungers... :laugh:
  • supermoo2
    supermoo2 Posts: 77
    I am but I make sure it is healthy, and lower in calories. Fruit and veg is a good thing.

    Just stay away from 'comfort foods' that have been cooked in loads of fat and have load of calories.
  • dovetail22uk
    dovetail22uk Posts: 339 Member
    salad isn't very appealing in the cold :cry:

    So true. Although not so appealing a lot of the time, hence my extra layers of fat :-)
  • supermoo2
    supermoo2 Posts: 77
    salad isn't very appealing in the cold :cry:
    Salad is not the only healthy thing out there. In fact, I have lost 3 stone 10 lb in 12 months and had salad only a couple of times a week in the summer, and maybe twice a month in the winter, But my eating is still healthy. It's all about the cooking methods and the choices you make, and the exercise that you do - and in winter my only exercise is walking!!!!
  • Flossie1981
    Flossie1981 Posts: 160 Member
    I know it's not the only healthy thing but it easy for me to take to work so tends to be my lunch most of the time
  • kiangel
    kiangel Posts: 246 Member
    ME !!! The sun is shining but it is sooooo cold :( Walking is my exercise of choice , and I am having to swap it for indoor wii exercise .

    Roll on the spring :)
  • 3bree375
    3bree375 Posts: 99 Member
    No, just been drinking more tea.

    Good idea :drinker:
  • Squirlgirly
    Squirlgirly Posts: 11 Member
    I load up on veggie chilli con carne when it's cold. It's super fulling and really warming when I am trying to avoid putting the heating on!
  • 3bree375
    3bree375 Posts: 99 Member
    I am in France. It was -7 when I woke up. Ridiculous!!! I have found that I am eating more. But that is mostly because I don't want to go outside to do anything and I am bored.... BAD!
  • sd75
    sd75 Posts: 49
    HAven't noticed eating more - but def exercising less. Am going to try a lunchtime wander tho - its quite sunny here so thought i'd make the most of that at least !!!
  • pixtotts
    pixtotts Posts: 552 Member
    I've been wanting more warm stuff, be it food or drink,
    though ignored it yesterday and now I have a cold for doing so :( hmmph!
    x
  • FitFrazzle
    FitFrazzle Posts: 173
    Can't type......eating.....hungry......
  • iris2811
    iris2811 Posts: 124 Member
    yes! oxo cubes are the answer for me :-) i know they have salt etc but something has to give - and lots of cups of hot water (luckily that comes without any undesired side-effects)
  • amy1612
    amy1612 Posts: 1,356 Member
    Im usually hungry a lot anyway, but yeah. Still having salad for lunch (chicken or fish with avocado and sweet potato), but making heartier evening meals....the curry version of shepherds pies from this months good food magazine is amazing with sweet potato. Filling up between meals with nuts, fruit and protein shakes :)
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    I'm in the east and have been having to walk 5 miles each way to work and back in temperatures of around -10 owing to snow/ice (I usually cycle). My HRM told me just one journey used 655 cals so doing that twice a day before any additional exercise my TDEE is up to over 3,000 cals, so yeah, I am trying to eat more.
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    I've been wanting more stodgy foods - eg potatoes etc instead of soup. If its in my calorie gaol I'll have what I fancy especially as I spend over an hour walking everyday outside in the cold.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    I do, but I try to counter it by making big veggie stews and vegetable soups for minimal calories :)
  • FrankenBeanz
    FrankenBeanz Posts: 176 Member
    I'm filling up on porridge first thing so found I'm eating less... my only issue is the huge glasses of cold water aren'tas appealing!
  • supermoo2
    supermoo2 Posts: 77
    I do, but I try to counter it by making big veggie stews and vegetable soups for minimal calories :)
    excellent
  • supermoo2
    supermoo2 Posts: 77
    I'm filling up on porridge first thing so found I'm eating less... my only issue is the huge glasses of cold water aren'tas appealing!
    excellent
  • supermoo2
    supermoo2 Posts: 77
    I do, but I try to counter it by making big veggie stews and vegetable soups for minimal calories :)
    I made a huge vegetable soup the other week - quite filling but ended up being about 50 calories per servce!!!!!!

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