If you accumulate a little extra body fat here or there - on your hips, thighs, waist or rear - over the winter, don't sweat it. Even the most diligent tend to add fat during the fall and winter, according to researchers at Tufts University of Medicine in Boston. Come spring, chances are your body will revert to its preautumnal figure.
The researchers found that women tend to have more lean tissue during spring and summer and less in the fall and winter.
"Even taking into account the tendency for people to be more active in the spring and summer, we still saw the effect," says Bess Dawson-Huges, M.D., associate professor of endocrinology at Tufts.
The changes may be due to seasonal shifts in hormone levels, Dr. Dawson-Hughes says. Animal studies suggest that hormone levels fluctuate in such a way that in the winter they trigger conservation of fat needed to bear young in the spring.
Don't sweat it - just keep working out and love your body!
Excerpt taken from FOOD AND YOU, Everything a woman needs to know about loving food, for better health, for a beautiful body and for emotional satisfaction.
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