Become Fat Adapted: 7 Ways to Train Your Body to Burn Fat This Fall
Get the warm, seasonal, and sustainable strategies to keep your energy steady, metabolism flexible, and body cozy all winter long.
Seasonal changes, or at last our biological needs, can be hard to notice. They’re often subtle — almost too, until they’re not.
For years, I convinced myself that feeling cold, bloated, exhausted, and a little down in winter was just “how it is.” I thought the winter weight gain, cold hands and feet, and lingering stuffy nose were normal.
While it may be normal, it’s certainly not how it is supposed to be. Instead of labeling these as common and chalk them up to winter, I want to help you understand them for what they are. They’re your body’s way of communicating with you based on how resourced and supported it is. Symptoms are a sign your body is underresourced.
But let me back up for a minute.
You have to remember, your body is shifting with the seasons, whether you feel it or not. If your habits don’t shift with these changes, your body can quickly become underresourced and depleted, allowing signs and symptoms to appear.
I know these seasonal shifts can be hard to understand, partly because we live in temperature-controlled environments. We eat the same food year-round, and barely pay attention to the seasons. But if you see it, you can’t unsee it.
I want to help you see that sipping iced coffees in October may be contributing to your afternoon crash and sugar cravings. Or why your cold, morning smoothie is the reason why you can’t warm up all day.
It’s not to say that any of this is “wrong.” It’s just not what’s best for the season. You can’t eat like it’s July when it’s October. And that, in a nutshell, is why fall and winter require a shift. A shift from quick energy to sustaining, which happens by becoming more fat-adapted.