Shiver for your health - I like it!!!

Hmmm I dont live in very cold weather so I don't know lol but I think the bombardment of FOOD when the holidays are around, I feel like we are being brainwashed lol

ok this is not about weather but i just moved out of the coldest house ever, we brought a old industrial office made from bricks even the internal walls, no insulation or heating, the house never got above 9 degrees celcius, (our plan was to renovate etc etc) no matter how much heating we pumped into this building the high ceilings and the brick walls and exposed steel beams sucked up the heat, I put on 20kgs in two years and I am sure it was the shear cold, my metabolism stopped burning calories, trying to hold on to body fat for heat... (I live in Southern NewZealand its freezing in winter). I have moved out until the place is finished and I am feeling so much better...

Yikes, don't know how you can live at 67 in the house. I have to wear wooly ski socks, a long sleeve T and a hoody, with sweatpants at 21C (70). I can tell the difference without looking if it drops to 20C. Sometimes if I'm feeling deeply bone chilled and a really hot tea doesn't help (usually between 7:30 and 11 pm) I will crank up the heat to 24C (75). We do set the temperature down to 17C (63) at night while we sleep (or while I'm away at work, lol) but I have to be under a sheet, Hudson Bay Point Blanket, and a down duvet (and usually wearing socks and a t-shirt). Could be the fibromyalgia though. It can make one especially sensitive to environmental stimuli (including cold).
I'd probably be happy in Arizona in August, lol.

Living in New England, moved to a second floor condo. It is really toasty in my unit because there are elderly folks in the units under and around me. I went from spending $400/month to heat a big house with oil, to $11/month gas bill! yea! This condo unit is always at a consistent 74F with the heat off. I open the windows at night even in the winter, cause I love the air. It is the one upside to downsizing.
@kiwiapplepear, I feel your pain. It was like that in my old house, where you could literally look outside through the gaps in the window and door frames. Hated being cold all the time and being told to put on another layer of clothes! LOL.

Interesting article. Thanks for posting. Personally, I feel my appetite is the same year round. I'm always wanting to eat!! It is the lack of going outside to exercise, or going out and doing anything for that matter, that really contributes to putting on pounds Fall/Winter. I really have to force myself and not fall into bad habits.

I think a big part of the winter wieght problem is that when its cold outside people tend to spend more time sitting inside, so less of a day-to-day calorie burn. All these damn wonderful cookies, pies, etc makes it worse!

Yes, cold affects your metabolism. The body has to use energy to maintain body heat. When the weather is colder, the body has to expend more energy to maintain its ideal temperature.