Creamy soups to parathas: Winter foods you didn't know caused unexpected weight gain

Creamy soups are comfort foods in winter that provide much-needed warmth and nutrients to our body, but may also make you gain weight. Image: Pinterest

Winters are incomplete without sweet dishes such as carrot halwa, immunity-boosting ladoos, chikki and others. Image: Pinterest

We usually like to eat our stuffed parathas with good amounts of butter/ ghee and pickles. Eating too much butter and pickles can increase your calorie intake and lead to weight gain. Image: Parathas

Tea and Coffee: They are loaded with too much sugar, causing you to gain weight. Therefore, always try to maintain healthy sugar levels in your tea or coffee to manage weight. Image: Unsplash

Consuming baked foods such as pastries, cakes etc may make you gain unexpected weight. Baked foods, especially those that are high in refined sugar can be the culprit of excessive weight gain. Image: Facebook