Low room temperature and weight loss
If I spend a lot of time in my office, but do not heat it too much, would that help me lose weight?
I don't mean to reduce it to a point where it's unhealthy, just to drop it slightly below the comfort zone.
If comfortable is something between 70 °F and 75 °F, then I would put it at 68 °F.
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Weight loss is significant with 2 things for normal individuals (no hormomal imbalances):
Exercising more and
Eating less
That's common sense, and that's also science. With that being said, currently there is no scientific evidence regarding temperature and weight loss in a significant number. So, the answer is no, especially going from 75 degrees to 68 degrees.
By the way, if you continue to consume more food than you can burn, then I don't think the temperature has much to do with weight loss!
Thoughts?
You're obviously trying to find a "quick fix" and unfortunately you could be sitting in a freezer and it really wouldn't help you lose all that much weight. Yes it may increase your "brown fat" mass which helps your metabolism speed up but not enough to make you lose copious amounts of weight.
Healthy diet, exercise, ample sleep, lots of water and de-stressing is how you can lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle!
It looks like there was a British study that concluded if you change room temperature from an average of 71°F to an average of 60°F (that's going to be quite a cold room) that one could burn 400 to 500 extra calories per day leading to a possible weight loss of about 9 pounds per year.
That seems like an awful uncomfortable way to lose 9 pounds.
Description of British study
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