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Hungry all day!

yoplait311
yoplait311 Posts: 56 Member
edited January 2016 in Social Groups
I'm fairly active and log all my meals.
I have my long run on Sunday, and since yesterday was Sunday, I went for my regular 12 mile run.

Monday's are usually recovery days for me and I find myself starving today. Literally hungry all day. I'm drinking plenty of water and checking-in for true hunger and I'm just having one of those days! Can't decide if I should eat to hunger or just suck it up and be hungry so I stay under my calorie goal.

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    How do you figure your calorie goal?
    Do you used MFP's method of logging exercise or TDEE?
    If you use MFP's and you have a big burn on Sunday, I'd carry some of it over to Monday and eat then.

    If you use TDEE are there other days when you aren't so hungry? I'd take some calories off other days and eat extra on Monday so that you still keep your calorie deficit average over the week, just not the same everyday.

    Or just flat out add a few calories on Monday to keep you full.
  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,267 MFP Moderator
    edited January 2016
    I tend to use a weekly goal rather than a daily one. There are definitely days during the week where I"m not as hungry, but the day after a long run? I'm ravenous, and I don't have the calories to spare unless I spread them out. :) I don't use TDEE because I'm not as consistent with my exercise as I'd need to be to use it - so figuring out what my weekly goal should be and staying at or under that works for me, even if it means I'm way over calories one day and under calories on other days.
  • yoplait311
    yoplait311 Posts: 56 Member
    I'm using TDEE, but may try a weekly goal- I like that idea.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I get rungry too!

    I agree with saving couple of hundred calories from other days so you can eat more after your long run. I work better with MFPs method of being able to eat more on exercise days.

  • tkillion810
    tkillion810 Posts: 591 Member
    This used to be a big issue for me. I've trained myself to eat more the day of my long runs. I fuel more during the run, then immediately following my run I have a shake. While I'm drinking down my shake I like to have a meal of scrambled eggs and sauteed veggies with homemade sweet potato fries. I allow myself pretty generous portions that day and it seems to help with the runger then next day.

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