Hi,
While I fully appreciate the rationale of this argument, I tend to disagree with the terminology. I would classify “the winter munchies” more as boredom eating rather than comfort eating. We, Capetownians particularly, are used to be out there. The beaches, the mountains, the parks, the malls… We simply love to be “outside” and “to do stuff”.
But what happens in winter? The South Easter starts blowing faster than the speed limit of city roads, the rain and subsequent mudslides make our usual hangouts inaccessible and with the current economic crunch, the mall isn’t such a viable option either. So, what do we do? We eat!
Eating more than what we need on a daily basis will invariably result to excess storage (remember the cookies in the jeans back pocket) and by the end of winter we will spot “the winter 5” (which is kind of like “the freshman 10 (pounds)” in the first year of Varsity life). Not to mention that the dark cold mornings and early dusk (which apparently make gym an impossible option) don’t help much either.
OK, so what can you do about it?
Sorry to break it to you guys, but losing weight is not going to get easier because you have a “justifiable” reason for gaining it in the first place. (I am told time and time again by my clients that gaining weight in winter is “justified”…)
Thus, the easiest way to deal with the problem is to avoid it altogether. I can understand that your “entertainment” options are limited in winter. I can even understand how you may feel that dragging yourself for a walk, or heaven forbid a full-blown exercise session, is virtually impossible. But what I can’t understand is why you must fill the void with food. Why can’t you call a friend, read a novel, watch DVD, whatever… without shoving pounds of artery-clogging cholesterol in your mouth? In fact, I challenge you to give it a try. It is not THAT horrible… I promise!
Ciao!
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