Unusual suspects: What might be causing your summer weight gain

There are certain factors out there that help make us -- and keep us -- heavy. But in order to achieve our goals, we need to identify those things and stop letting them affect us. Canada.com has identified some factors that might be contributing to our summer weight gain, including:

• Air conditioning: We're more likely to overeat when we're in a cool environment than if we're embedded in overwhelming heat. I guess you could say it's an evolutionary phenomenon -- it's our nature to try to fatten up while it's cold.
• Barbecue: It's way to easy to overdo it on the fatty meats when it's so easy to grill them
• Iced coffee beverages: They're a great alternative to that hot coffee -- but they pack a wallop, both in calories and fat. Yet because it's a beverage, we often don't thing of it as calorie-laden.
• Swimming pools. Do you ever find that after swimming, you're famished, even though all you did was toss a ball back and forth for the last 20 minutes? This swimmer's hunger can lead to over-indulgence -- watch out!

Yikes! Don't let them sabotage your healthy regime this summer!

(via Fitsugar)