Lose Weight during Winter?

I doubt the conclusion that people lose weight during winter. The new findings about white and brown fat is one thing, which may be true. But there are so many other facts to be considered. In summer, because of the weather, we do not have good apetite, and sweating all over, usually people lose weight. While in winter, the opposite, at least for me. I often feel ashamed in spring when pulling down heavy coat, only to find more challenging to maintain positive figure.

I don't know about the good fat/bad fat thing, but it stands to reason that when exposed to colder temperatures, the body has to burn more calories to maintain it's temperature.

I am a biologist and I haven't heard about the body producing the brown fat in the winter, I think babies have brown fat and adults have white fat, but I didn't specialize in physiology so I am not sure. What I am sure of is that you burn more calories in the winter because its cold and you body burns calories in order to make heat, but that also means you crave more calories and usually eat more too. In the summer you don't burn calories to make heat since it is already hot but most people find that they have a decreased appetite in the summer as well. So I don't really think its easier to lose weight during any particular season. The only real way to lose weight is to exercise and eat less calories than you burn.

Hmm. I've never heard that before. But I really hate the cold. And personally I usually gain a lot of weight during winter with the holidays and everything. So even if i am burnign more fat, I'nm taking a lot more in! lol but i'll think about this next time i'm cold :)

my dear friend the article you have talked about is quite true, even i have also heard about it. but losing one's weight fully depends on his will to do it, whether it is cold or hot a person who wants to loose his weight will never see whats the season he will just reduce it.

I think it depends on where you live but it is very humid here and I think the body retains more water when it's warm. I've noticed my fingers seem skinnier in the colder months than they do in the warmer ones. It's odd that you get thinner when it's gold because you are more active when it's warm. When it gets really hot I don't even want to eat sometimes.

I would say it's the oposite ;) since in the winter it's so cold that you spend all your time inside eating. In the summer you're out more and moves around - at least that's how it is for me (and most people I know). Being outside and get the body to keep warm would be a thing that would burn calories, but that's a small amount *lol*