Weight Lifting - It makes me hungry!!??!!??
shan11180
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Is this normal?? It seems that a day or two after I lift, I find myself FAMISHED beyond belief. I recently decided to increase my lifting days, but I'm afraid of what it will do to my hunger. Is this normal? Should I increase my calories? Now, I'm not a little gal, by any means. I actually have over 100 lbs to lose, so increasing my cal's scares me a bit, but I'm not sure that I can make it some days on my allotted 1600 cals. My weight loss is S.L.O.W. so I really want to do this right. I should probably mention that I don't eat back my exercise cal's. Maybe I need to?? Ugh. 
So confused...
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Girl, yas. I'm always starving after lifting. Your body needs fuel, if you feel like 1,600 is too low, than raise it. You're not gonna lose weight quickly with lifting, but you'll lose inches.3
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Is this normal?? It seems that a day or two after I lift, I find myself FAMISHED beyond belief. I recently decided to increase my lifting days, but I'm afraid of what it will do to my hunger. Is this normal? Should I increase my calories? Now, I'm not a little gal, by any means. I actually have over 100 lbs to lose, so increasing my cal's scares me a bit, but I'm not sure that I can make it some days on my allotted 1600 cals. My weight loss is S.L.O.W. so I really want to do this right. I should probably mention that I don't eat back my exercise cal's. Maybe I need to?? Ugh. So confused...
You need to eat back 1/2 - 2/3 of your exercise calories. Your body needs it - especially protein - to repair your muscles and create more lean mass. I drink a whey or casein protein shake post workout to meet this need for protein and calories.
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Completely normal. Try to incorporate more volume foods: low GI/low sugar fruits and veggies, egg whites, and lean protein.0
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I try to eat more fat on lifting days, it seems to keep the hunger at bay.2
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Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).1
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Thanks all! I think I'll try tweaking things by eating back half the calories burned and go from there.0
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Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
Check your diet. Protein is pinnacle for something like weight training. Weight training can be calories up to 48 hours after your last work out. You have to feed those muscles! So eat big and try not to over do it on the "bad stuff"!0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
Check your diet. Protein is pinnacle for something like weight training. Weight training can be calories up to 48 hours after your last work out. You have to feed those muscles! So eat big and try not to over do it on the "bad stuff"!
Sorry, but I don't understand the purpose your post. I consume enough protein throughout the day. I consume protein before bed as well.0 -
Eat back at least 1/2 your exercise calories. I'm used to it now, but the HUNGER on deadlift day used to just kill me.0
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Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
That isn't true. Newer research would suggest there may be benefit in consuming protein/carbs +/- 2 hours before/after a workout, but total diet intake is most likely more important, especially considering the amount of time it takes to digest foods. But you wouldn't go catabolic after 30 minutes.0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
Check your diet. Protein is pinnacle for something like weight training. Weight training can be calories up to 48 hours after your last work out. You have to feed those muscles! So eat big and try not to over do it on the "bad stuff"!
EPOC is minimal at best. Even with HIIT, it only accounts for 6-15% of total calories burned.0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
105 g/protein a day on 1600 calories? I don't know if I'd call that a high protein diet. My goal is 150g/day on 1400 cals and it's still only about 35% of my macros. I think you could use more protein if you're weight lifting. I'm hangry all day if I'm not near my protein goals after a good lifting session.0 -
Is this normal?? It seems that a day or two after I lift, I find myself FAMISHED beyond belief. I recently decided to increase my lifting days, but I'm afraid of what it will do to my hunger. Is this normal? Should I increase my calories? Now, I'm not a little gal, by any means. I actually have over 100 lbs to lose, so increasing my cal's scares me a bit, but I'm not sure that I can make it some days on my allotted 1600 cals. My weight loss is S.L.O.W. so I really want to do this right. I should probably mention that I don't eat back my exercise cal's. Maybe I need to?? Ugh. So confused...
I read somewhere that if you want to build muscle without fat:
Female - on training day, add 300 calories on top of maintenance
Male - add 500 cals
Female - add extra 100 cals on off days
Men - add 200 cals0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
That isn't true. Newer research would suggest there may be benefit in consuming protein/carbs +/- 2 hours before/after a workout, but total diet intake is most likely more important, especially considering the amount of time it takes to digest foods. But you wouldn't go catabolic after 30 minutes.
I've been reading this research as well. Protein shakes are not necessary right after your workout. If you don't eat enough meat, then protein shakes can help up the daily protein needs.0 -
Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
That isn't true. Newer research would suggest there may be benefit in consuming protein/carbs +/- 2 hours before/after a workout, but total diet intake is most likely more important, especially considering the amount of time it takes to digest foods. But you wouldn't go catabolic after 30 minutes.
Links to said research?0 -
chunky_pinup wrote: »Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
105 g/protein a day on 1600 calories? I don't know if I'd call that a high protein diet. My goal is 150g/day on 1400 cals and it's still only about 35% of my macros. I think you could use more protein if you're weight lifting. I'm hangry all day if I'm not near my protein goals after a good lifting session.
150g/day! Where do you get the majority of your protein from? I'm doing protein shakes and still find it hard to get 105... Granted I'm still learning and tweaking.
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BillMcKay1 wrote: »Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
Consuming protein within 30 minutes of exercise is an optimal time. It helps to keep the body from going catabolic. That's why I take protein powder to the gym with me. You don't have to use protein powder. It's just convenient for me. As I don't always go home right after the gym.
That isn't true. Newer research would suggest there may be benefit in consuming protein/carbs +/- 2 hours before/after a workout, but total diet intake is most likely more important, especially considering the amount of time it takes to digest foods. But you wouldn't go catabolic after 30 minutes.
Links to said research?
My apologies, I didn't see you responded.
Here is one of the studies: http://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-10-531 -
chunky_pinup wrote: »Totally normal, try to eat some protein and carbs right after lifting. I do a hard boiled egg and banana (160 cals).
My doc has me on a high protein diet so I shoot for 30g per meal, with a top of 105g per day. I'm curious how eating the protein right after will be beneficial, vs just eating normally. Thoughts? How does it help you?
105 g/protein a day on 1600 calories? I don't know if I'd call that a high protein diet. My goal is 150g/day on 1400 cals and it's still only about 35% of my macros. I think you could use more protein if you're weight lifting. I'm hangry all day if I'm not near my protein goals after a good lifting session.
150g/day! Where do you get the majority of your protein from? I'm doing protein shakes and still find it hard to get 105... Granted I'm still learning and tweaking.
I get mine from a variety of source: Greek yogurt, quest protein bar, meat, fish, peanut butter. While I have an extra 1000 calories, my diary is open if you want to look at it.0 -
My unscientific solution is to swig chocolate milk immediately before and after strength training sessions. And no--shame on me--I don't log it. But it seems to help with the day-after hunger pangs.0
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same here...i eat right after..can't help it. Protien0
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For some reason I'm always more hungry the day after I do heavy weight lifting.1
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After hitting the heavier weights I've come to this problem. The past 3 days I've gone over my calories due to vigorous strength training. I don't eat back my exercise calories nor do I track workouts. But I used to be content on 1400-1600 calories but now it takes me 2200 calories to make me feel okay and not dizzy(takes me 2400 calories to feel full). I want to cut a little more weight but also want to gain strength so I'm at a crossroads.
I try to walk 3.5 miles a day and bike ride another 3.5 and I strength train 3-4 times a week. My rate/pace of weight loss has definitely slowed but even with the extra calories I'm losing weight but much slower than I used to.
Also, I feel like I can lift more and have more energy when I eat more but feel like it's hindering my weightloss.
Any advice on what I should do is greatly appreciated ? I have my activity level set to slightly active.
I'm thinking of eating more and just doing an extra hour of cardio.0 -
I could eat a buffet for breakfast after I lift if i had no restraint. Breakfast is the hardest meal for me to limit.0
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omakase619 wrote: »After hitting the heavier weights I've come to this problem. The past 3 days I've gone over my calories due to vigorous strength training. I don't eat back my exercise calories nor do I track workouts. But I used to be content on 1400-1600 calories but now it takes me 2200 calories to make me feel okay and not dizzy(takes me 2400 calories to feel full). I want to cut a little more weight but also want to gain strength so I'm at a crossroads.
I try to walk 3.5 miles a day and bike ride another 3.5 and I strength train 3-4 times a week. My rate/pace of weight loss has definitely slowed but even with the extra calories I'm losing weight but much slower than I used to.
Also, I feel like I can lift more and have more energy when I eat more but feel like it's hindering my weightloss.
Any advice on what I should do is greatly appreciated ? I have my activity level set to slightly active.
I'm thinking of eating more and just doing an extra hour of cardio.
Look to eat more volume foods... eggs whites, greek yogurt, low gi fruits and veggies, chicken/white meats/white fish.0 -
Mute point for those saying to "eat back your exercise calories". Not being cardio, the estimated calorie burn is pretty close to nil compared to the associated hunger.0
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