Increased appetite after exercise!!

Quality

Somebody please help me..

Everytime I exercise, my appetite increases..

Is this in my head or is it normal.. Went for 4 mile cycle on Friday night, I could have ate rings around myself after it.

I walk regularly and usually have my lunch or a snack after walking. COuld I just have programmed my head into thinking I am hungry after the exercise?

Khannie

100% natural to be hungry after exercising and I would encourage some eating after a workout (it'll help with recovery). Some carbs and some protein is a winner.

EileenG

Let's see. You exercise. You use up lots of energy. You get hungry. No, must be something wrong with you.....

No, of course it's not in your mind. After exercise is one time you really should eat, ideally a meal that's easy to digest and contains a lot of protein and carbs.

Sometimes I want to shake those "experts" usually from WW or something similar, who insist that exercise stops you being hungry. Right, so if I dig ditches all day, I'll never need to eat again?

neuro-praxis

Maybe I'm unusual, but exercise is definitely an appetite suppressant for me. When I am in the gym working really hard it is the one time when I do not think about food.

I usually work out before dinner, and by the time I have cooled down and had a shower I am pleasantly peckish, not ravenous.

I work out 5 days a week and I definitely eat more on the 2 rest days!

corkcomp

neuro-praxis wrote: »

Maybe I'm unusual, but exercise is definitely an appetite suppressant for me. When I am in the gym working really hard it is the one time when I do not think about food.

I usually work out before dinner, and by the time I have cooled down and had a shower I am pleasantly peckish, not ravenous.

I work out 5 days a week and I definitely eat more on the 2 rest days!

I can never understand how the gym supresses appetite .. I always find i am very hungry after working out .. maybe some light cardio wouldnt be too bad but even then I am starving an hour afterwards ...

Khannie

corkcomp wrote: »

I am starving an hour afterwards ...

+1. I'd usually eat immediately after training to preemptively avoid this.

Yapamillias

Khannie wrote: »

+1. I'd usually eat immediately after training to preemptively avoid this.

+1 as well, i get starving about hour and a half after gym, so when i get home i mix a large plate of food up even if i dont feel hungry at the time and tuck in

Mellor

I'm always hungry after the gym. 3 months of deficit are taking its toll now and im hungry all the time, but gym nights are through the roof . Then again, my idea of a big dinner is still small by most peoples

neuro-praxis

If you're hungry all the time, you're either not eating enough or eating the wrong kinds of food. A calorie deficit if done to suit your own body's needs is definitely sustainable.

Mellor

neuro-praxis wrote: »

If you're hungry all the time, you're either not eating enough or eating the wrong kinds of food. A calorie deficit if done to suit your own body's needs is definitely sustainable.

I mean hungry all the time after the gym.
I either go early in the morning, and only have a small bit to eat before hand, eating my proper breakfast on the way to work.
Or I go in the evening, which is 5 hours after my lunch with one a light snack in between.

sfag

neuro-praxis wrote: »

Maybe I'm unusual, but exercise is definitely an appetite suppressant for me. When I am in the gym working really hard it is the one time when I do not think about food.

I usually work out before dinner, and by the time I have cooled down and had a shower I am pleasantly peckish, not ravenous.

I work out 5 days a week and I definitely eat more on the 2 rest days!

Jayus. You aint gonna feel hungry during a w/o. More likely to feel sick.

abceire

did anyone get the weekly news mag time, it was about 3weeks ago, new experiments in it were done, and it was saying that its very hard to loose weight by doing more exercise ,well for most people, because you go out and start exercising more and just end up eating more
i read that the more intense you exercise the more your body will make you want to eat foods that give energy slowly,the less hi fat foods,were as if u train or exercise for longer time but low intesity ,you ll want to eat more hi cal fatty foods
theres so much info out there its hard to do everything right

EileenG

That's why you almost always have to combine exercise with a good diet to get results. If you know what to eat to give the best results and least hunger, you can lose weight.

ragg

abceire wrote: »

did anyone get the weekly news mag time, it was about 3weeks ago, new experiments in it were done, and it was saying that its very hard to loose weight by doing more exercise ,well for most people, because you go out and start exercising more and just end up eating more
i read that the more intense you exercise the more your body will make you want to eat foods that give energy slowly,the less hi fat foods,were as if u train or exercise for longer time but low intesity ,you ll want to eat more hi cal fatty foods
theres so much info out there its hard to do everything right

And thats why we do weights instead of endless cardio :pac:

Hold on and I'll get you a link

Edit here it is

http://www.alwyncosgrove.blogspot.com/

3rd article down - titled "Resistance Training vs Aerobic Training for Fat Loss "

Also - and I know I always say this but it worked for me so... Check out Neilmct.com (posts on here) he has a book that made me lose kilos & Inches - while teaching loads about nutrition and workouts - something that, despite reading up on for years, i never understood

abceire

ragg wrote: »

And thats why we do weights instead of endless cardio :pac:

been trying to explain that to a friend of mine who has started to play rugby,he needs to loose weight for it, i was saying maybe do weights and take short rests inbetween sets, he d burn fat and get stronger for rugby,plus might help him eat better after workouts
i ve done tri sets before and giant sets, oh my god i was wrecked after

sfag

keeping to the topic i find that the more I eat for breakfast the more famished I am thru out the day. So I also am hungrier at the weekend as my breakfast is leisurely and large.
That breakfast being the most important meal just doesent serve me well.

asdasd

the time magasine article on how people gained weight after exercising is here

EileenG

sfag wrote: »

keeping to the topic i find that the more I eat for breakfast the more famished I am thru out the day. So I also am hungrier at the weekend as my breakfast is leisurely and large.
That breakfast being the most important meal just doesent serve me well.

You might find it useful to do some research on Intermittent Fasting. I know some people who do it, including some bodybuilders, and if done right, it can be very useful.

corkcomp

EileenG wrote: »

You might find it useful to do some research on Intermittent Fasting. I know some people who do it, including some bodybuilders, and if done right, it can be very useful.

im keeping an open mind on IF but it can sometimes help to leave a 12 hour or so window between dinner and breakfast next morning - any other type of fasting isnt a great idea though IMO and if fasting causes anyone to over eat at the next meal then forget it! anyone who finds that eating a big breakfast makes them eat more during the day may have some issues with blood sugar regulation

EileenG

I've done it occasionally, and one thing I do find is that it tends to increase the quality of the food you eat. When you are eating several small meals a day, there's a good chance that one or two of them may be slightly junky, just because you don't want to cook six times a day. When you have two bigger meals, you find that you tend to eat a lot of really good stuff.

I never noticed any problems with energy.

figroll

neuro-praxis wrote: »

If you're hungry all the time, you're either not eating enough or eating the wrong kinds of food. A calorie deficit if done to suit your own body's needs is definitely sustainable.

+1 I think you've hit the nail on the head there Neuro-praxis. I posed a similar question a while back and basically i think i wasn't eating enough, and doing quite a lot of exercise (walking in and out of work and fairly long cycles), i have quiet low bf to begin with so my body was just hungry. I was literally ravenous all day long for weeks/months and basically when my bf went up a bit it was much more controllable. I reckon too it was probably some sort of nutrient deficiency as i don't take suppliments and I tend to eat the same things alot so there may have been something missing. I'm female, and keep practically all of my bf on the lower half so i would think if i had a bit more on my torso i doubt i would have been so amazingly hungry.

To the OP: note down what your eating for a couple of weeks and make sure your getting the right nuitrician, and for me, i would say a simple multivitamin for a couple of months would have helped.. Instead i just relaxed a little on the food side, put a couple of pounds on again and now i'm eating normally and getting good results (hols in 2 weeks, yey!)

EileenG: That Intermittant Fasting sounds interesting to me, do you do it yourself? Does anyone else have any experience with it?

Might help cut down the amount of money we spend on food for a week! There's only the two of us, both of us train, and but my God I think we're going to have to get shares in the local butchers soon! :P

Good luck!
Figroll