Increased exercise intensity = ravenous

nevergiveup812mfp
nevergiveup812mfp Posts: 12 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I have been lifting heavier 5x a week about 1 hour each time. Made good gains in strength...BUT I am ravenous like 24 hrs a day. I even increased my calories in MFP but I am still finding I end up going over lately by 300 or 400 cals. My cals I put in are my maintenance cals I got through macro calculators. Is this temporary? I feel like it has been 2 weeks of over eating but I am literally starving....anyone else experience this or have advice? I dont want to stop lifting like this but I can't eat this much daily.

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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Maybe you should tinker with your macros a bit. Some foods may fill you up better and for longer than others.
  • 30kgin2017
    30kgin2017 Posts: 228 Member
    What's you weight actually doing?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    It's not a temporary thing for me. But my degree of hunger isn't at the level you report - so maybe when your new training level becomes "normal" your hunger will subside?

    Hard strength training or intense cardio both create hunger out of proportion with the actual calorie burns for me.
    On the other hand long duration low to moderate intensity cardio with large to very large calorie burns creates very little hunger. But that's very personal and you will find other people have exactly the opposite exercise/hunger responses.

    Experimenting with food choices or food timing may help reduce or blunt your hunger. A post exercise recovery meal of roughly 4:1 carbs to protein might be worth trying?



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