Weight Watchers want you to share your autumn and winter healthy living triumphs and/or pitfalls - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[EllieMumsnet]

For many, Autumn often symbolises a time to be with family, wrapping up, staying indoors with a good movie and indulging in our favourite comfort foods. The healthy living habits from summer can often take a backseat and, as a result, these cooler months can often put our health goals and weight loss journeys on pause. With that being said, Weight Watchers want you to share any funny autumn and winter healthy living pitfalls or triumphs you have gone through.

Zoe Griffiths, Head of Programme and Public Health at Weight Watchers, adds: “For many, the shift in season will bring with it a change in outlook. It’s a time when we start to notice that maintaining a healthy lifestyle is becoming be more difficult. In fact, working with psychologist Professor Geoff Beattie, we have identified that 18th September is the date when the seasonal shift begins to impact Brits’ lives. But just because the seasons have changed, doesn’t mean your outlook has to too. You are very much still in control of your own healthy lifestyle!”

"Weight Watchers has a plan to help avoid those pesky pitfalls all autumn long! Introducing… The Weight Watchers Guide to Owning Autumn. The Guide will be updated each week throughout the season to help counteract the seasonal shift and make it easier for people to take control of their weight loss journey and overcome the lifestyle challenges posed during the cooler season."

Zoe continues: “At Weight Watchers, we believe that you can say ‘yes’ to the things that you love and still enjoy a healthy lifestyle – any time of the year! That’s why with food, activity and wellbeing deeply engrained in our philosophy, we have designed the new Guide to Owning Autumn, which provides motivation, support and tips and tricks, so that you can enjoy the cooler seasons while showing autumn who is boss!”

Watch this video to find out more!

Have you ever convinced yourself that colder weather calls for an extra glass of wine? Perhaps you’ve managed to fool everyone that you went to the gym by wandering around all day in your gym clothes, when actually they’re just so comfy? Or maybe you successfully managed to dodge all the chocolate that your kids collected at Halloween?

Whatever your healthy living pitfall or triumph, post them on the thread below. All MNers who comment will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky person will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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Oh and Autumn walks, crunching through the leaves, scarf and hat on, feeling like you've had a facelift when the cold wind blows, coming home to a vegetable soup to defrost yourself

I get my slow cooker out and batch cook loads of meals - just put some stock and herbs in then pack it full of lean meat and vegetable and you will always get something delicious and nutritious out at the end. Plus it's a great way to use up the veg that's coming to the end of its life!

I try to keep eating healthy through the winter months, by making soups and lobby, but can succumb to naughtier food eg, winter puddings which are my fave, I try to have a good balance

We eat a lot more hearty stews and casseroles full of vegetables to get us through the colder months.

Something like a spicy tagine can be just as healthy as a salad so in the colder months, healthy living doesn't go out the window for me. That said, I have been known to have an inner dialogue that is trying to convince myself that mulled wine is ok because surely the heating "cooks off" the calories, or occasionally opting for a piece of cake in the coffee shop rather than plain biscotti or nothing because "you use up more energy walking around in the cold, don't you?". All inner demon nonsense!

i eat whatever is in season and find vegetables are particularly most tasty in this season

I make a massive pot of homemade broth packed with ham hock, veggies and lentils. Even the kids like it, then I freeze it in portions so there is always something hearty and healthy on a cold day!

I just love Autumn! I love the colder and longer nights and will go in to hibernation mode. I go to bed before ten and then love waking up refreshed from a deep sleep. So my advice for this season is to sleep, sleep and more sleep! Use essential oils such as lavender to help you and cosy bedding.

I got my slow cooker out and the bread maker too on September 18th and its staying, My hubby isnt a massive fan of winter cooking but not only do me and the kids love it its really not time consuming because i stick it on and leave it 6 hrs Job Done lol and yep I'm one of those winers coming i can wear loose baggy jumpers and big coats hiding my weight gain from all those Roses tubs we supposedly buy for Christmas in October but arent there come december lolol Oh well!!!

Tomato soup to warm myself up in cold days.

Our triumph is porridge for breakfast with stewed apples from our tree - cheap, healthy and the DC love it!

We like to get out for walks with the boys at the weekend. Whenever the weather is less than friendly, my step count definitely suffers.

Salad is still available so I go for that

I try to maintain the same fitness regime throughout the year.
Though i tend not to go for a very early morning run, and instead go out about 06:30 armed with headlamps and high vis clothing.
I also try to ensure at least one compmetive run every 1-2 months, as this gives me a target to aim for.

When it gets cold outside I was always less inclined to do any exercise, so what I did was set up my crosstrainer in front of a TV, so now I can regularly exercise whilst watching TV. Easy peasy.

We loved to go cycling on cold crisp sunny autumn days.

I tend to want more cosy things in autumn and winter, like hot chocolate and biscuits. Can make sticking to a diet tricker!

It's not a triumph for me! Mulled wine (a bit early?) and stews are what I crave at this time of year!!

Triumphs would be that the family likes homemade soups during the Winter time... Also walking the dogs as a family taking in the beautiful, Autumnal colours... :)
Disaster would be when the weather is horrid and I am the only one out with them... :(

Soups are a healthy triumph, loads of winter options. Mulled wine is the pitfall...

I find it too easy to put on weight in the Autumn now that we are wearing cosy jumpers and trousers again, and staying in more means easy pickings in the kitchen of biscuits and all other tempting things, However I have dug my slow cooker out of the cupboard and I am going to stock up with plenty of vegetables to cook casseroles and soups as these are great filling Autumn meals and dont have to pile on the pounds

Yes, I definitely want to go outside less and be active less in winter.

But a lot of the comfort foods I enjoy eating are pretty healthy anyway, like stews with lots of veg, soups etc.

I don't allow myself to miss out. If I like a hearty wintry meal or dessert, I look for a good WW or healthy solution so I don't miss out. Otherwise I will eat the foods that are harder to accommodate within. Healthy eating plan.
I also allow myself to make mistakes. By that I mean if I chose to something I wouldn't normally have, then write it down, I keep accountable and keep tracking. The blips turn into letting go of my goals when I drop the ball altogether. So tracking and eating to allow those mistakes are a way to keep on track.

Oh I also follow other people success stories. This helps me to be inspired to eat and live well. Often they have tips as to how they stayed on track. I Ike hearing other people's stories it helps me a lot.