Summertime Hardest to Lose Weight?

I tend to gain weight in winter.

I thought it was fairly standard.

Less time outdoors being active. Heavier meals. Fewer fresh fruits and salads etc.

I understand where you are coming from. I am the same way, I do great in the winter, because there is nothing I want to do, so gym it is. Summer its finally nice out I can find a million other things to do. Then a lot of times, we get so busy at home, we forget to eat or its getting really late when we get home, we just grab some fast food. Now this year, I'm actually losing this summer, but summers in the past, I've either stalled on the weight loss or maintain/gain a few lbs back

But I'm always opposite of the norm and don't hibernate in the winter. LOL

I definitely find summer the hardest. There are many more opportunities to overeat, at least in my own life, and a lot more opportunities to drink beer on the patio.

That's interesting. The trend is actually for people to lose weight in hotter weather, for a number of reasons (which I think are mainly guesses, but they make sense to me). It requires more calories to cool your body than it does to warm it. And hot weather generally depresses the appetite.

Obviously there are other factors involved, like if you are active outdoors in the summer, or a desk jockey holed up in an air-conditioned building day after day.

I find it easier to lose weight in the summer time, the heat kind of limits what you want to eat, prefer leafy salads, cold fruit, smoothies the occasional icecream! Or lighter foods, chicken, jacket potatoes, salmon! Lower calories most days so the odd BBQ doesn't matter too much! I also crave spirits during the summer, much better than wine which I tend to prefer on the cold dark nights.

In winter all I want is comfort foods, big home cooked meals, spaghetti and meatballs, stews with lots of dumplings, shepards/fish pie, anything with mega carbs and warming. Plus the decrease in activity from being indoors more!

Maybe it depends on what seasons you like? I LOVE the summer, but I'm also alot more comfortable in the winter time because I'm not thinking nothing to chucking on a chunky jumper and pants. In the summer I know skin is gonna show, and I get stressed!

The summer is sooooo much easier to lose weight! The great weather has me outside from the time I am off work until past dark working in the yard, running, walking, biking etc.
Plus the heat lets the body sweat so much more! Ya can get up early and run without having to put 3-4 layers of clothes on!

I feel like both summer and winter have the same number of social occasions - I'm thinking holidays, Super Bowl, etc (plus my birthday and wedding anniversary, which while I believe everyone SHOULD celebrate them, probably I'm the only one ). I have a MUCH easier time in the summer. First, I love fresh fruits and vegetables, so way more of my meals are produce-heavy - I'll happily make an entire meal just from the farmer's market, but in the winter everything is sort of blah. Second, I detest dedicated cardio, particularly treadmill/elliptical type stuff (classes are ok, but not my favorite and given my schedule of a full time job and 2 little kids it's hard to make it to any...not a lot of Zumba going on at 10pm when I'm usually at the gym, lol). So, being able to get out and just WALK, alone or with my family, is a huge thing for me. We walk to the park, go to the zoo and walk for hours, if we feel like going for ice cream we walk the 2 miles to Dairy Queen, I walk on my lunch breaks, all that stuff. Practically doubles my average daily steps.

Really there is always going to be an excuse for every season. Ie, "fall is hard because there's thanksgiving and you know, Halloween with all the candy!" "Oh I just can't lose weight in winter because its cold and I like warm heavy comfort food and Christmas and new years there's all the parties!" You get the idea. Anytime is a good time. Just be mindful of your portions and fit it in to your calorie goals.