I get hungry after a workout

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  • goatg
    goatg Posts: 1,399 Member
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    Being hungry after a workout is normal. If you have a heart rate monitor, staying in zone 2 will burn more fat than glycogen, which results in you feeling less hungry afterwards. A good rule of thumb, when you're trying to lose weight, is eating back 50% of the calories you burned.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,088 Member
    edited February 2018
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    After walking as well I get hungry! After a heavy hypertrophy work out, it takes several hours to get hungry again. I still wonder why? Sometimes my lifting will burn just as many calories as an hour of cardio?!?! Milk is not a bad post work out. It has protein and lactose sugar for recovery!
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    Well when you exercise you burn calories so it only makes sense that you would feel hungry as a result...pretty natural really. Honestly if you are exercising you need to eat more to compensate for that anyways so I'd say most likely you should just go ahead and eat (but track calories).
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 860 Member
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    Organise your workout before a meal I usually work out before lunch

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