strength training make you hungry?

blueboxgeek

Anyone else get really hungry the day after strength / resistance training?

I work out at home so am just doing body weight and kettlebell workouts. I do my workout before dinner, so after I still eat plenty. Last night I had my dinner and a snack, I think a good 500-600 calories.

It’s 9.40am here and I have eaten breakfast and a snack and my lunch that is sat in the office fridge is calling my name!! It seems to be a regular thing for me.

Is there anything I can actually do post workout that will help with the hungry feeling the next morning? Or would I perhaps actually be better working out first thing? I could get up early and work out but it would need to be on an empty stomach as I leave the house at 7am after getting the kids up and ready.

Or am I just been a greedy sod and need to get a grip??? Haha.

Junctionbox

I do strength training in the morning before work and you're right it always makes me hungry. But the same day, not the next day. Annoyingly, I find cardio seems to suppress it, so I generally go back to the gym at lunchtime for a quick 30 minute session on the stairmaster or elliptical. Drinking lots of water helps too. But yes, I have scoffed 750 calories before 10am this morning!

blueboxgeek

Yeah I figured if I switched to morning training I would be hungry at some point during that day instead of first thing haha.

Cardio is same for me, I do cardio the same time in the evening and although I have dinner later that evening I am not overly fussed for it.

Guess I just need to suck it up and step away from the biscuit jar haha.

meankeen

Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

rybo

Yes it makes you hungry, it's supposed to because you are burning a lot of calories. The key is finding balance. Eat, but don't over eat, if you are always hungry, that's not a long term sustainable situation.

shinkalork

yep... makes everyone hungry. it's simply the body asking for fuel.

I've found that whey shake and oatmeal...deals with it pretty fast and clean.

SezxyStef

Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

not building muscle eating at a deficet...esp with the OP being a woman.

To the OP I don't find I am that hungry anymore...not sure if it's because I've been lifting for 6months or if it's the food I eat..

I looked at your diary...it's a bit sporatic..but your protien is pretty low that might explain it.

GillianMcK

I go to a womans weights class and I'm hungry half way through the class (normally right after the clean & press), I tend to have some milk or nuts within about 10min of finishing for the high protein/fat content.
I'm normally ok the following day, but after 30min of weights I'm looking for something to eat!!!

Holly_Roman_Empire

Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

not building muscle eating at a deficet...esp with the OP being a woman.

To the OP I don't find I am that hungry anymore...not sure if it's because I've been lifting for 6months or if it's the food I eat..

I looked at your diary...it's a bit sporatic..but your protien is pretty low that might explain it.

Yep. More protein.

beachlover317

Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

not building muscle eating at a deficet...esp with the OP being a woman.

To the OP I don't find I am that hungry anymore...not sure if it's because I've been lifting for 6months or if it's the food I eat..

I looked at your diary...it's a bit sporatic..but your protien is pretty low that might explain it.

Been lifting for a year and you're right. First few months were brutal. Now, I don't notice, but I keep my protein much higher now. Try that.

JoRocka

I've been lifting/working out for 15 years.

It doesn't matter what I do for a workout- if it's a solid workout I'm starving about 10 minutes later- it has never gone away LOL.

It's completely normal and it's one of the reasons I do not work out in the AM- I'd over eat- ALL day because of it. It's also one of the reasons I eat a large meal at 11 PM.

blueboxgeek

Thanks for the replies everyone! Least it's normal hey lol.

I think I will stick to my PM workouts as they are working ok right now. I definitely need to stop eating so much junk and have better quality foods and include more protein. I crave the junk so much and try and work it in to my calories.... but it isn't filling at all!

So I am thinking rather than my usual chocolate / crisps after dinner treats, I will try oats made with some protein shake that I have. Hopefully will still satisfy my sweet tooth but be much more satifying and filling.

For breakfast I tend to have cereal. Would I be better with a protein based breakfast? Maybe omlette or something?

celtbell3

Of course.