More hungry or less hungry the morning after a large meal?

Redheadllena

I am always STARVING first thing the morning after a large (usually late) dinner. However if I didn't eat much for dinner, I can go for a while before I feel hungry. What's up with that? You'd think it'd be the other way around. I think it's because my stomach is stretched after a large meal but can that happen so fast like that? My boyfriend says he always feels the opposite. What about you guys?

Love4fitnesslove4food2

It's pretty hit or miss for me and likely depends on WHAT I ate not just how much. I am highly skeptical that your stomach stretching is the cause.

Francl27

Totally depends for me honestly. I haven't found any correlation between what I eat one day and how hungry I feel the next.

mtnstar

I am always STARVING first thing the morning after a large (usually late) dinner. However if I didn't eat much for dinner, I can go for a while before I feel hungry. What's up with that? You'd think it'd be the other way around. I think it's because my stomach is stretched after a large meal but can that happen so fast like that? My boyfriend says he always feels the opposite. What about you guys?

I am exactly the same way. If I eat dinner earlier or eat a smaller dinner, I am much less hungry in the morning and actually have a lot more energy. If I eat a lot later in the evening, I wake up hungry and sluggish.

extra_medium

I've found I wake up starving after a big meal late at night if it's not a regular thing. Because of my schedule I usually end up eating late these days, and I don't wake up hungry anymore. Weird.

leslisa

Large meal for me is a metabolism booster. Body thinks I'm able to get more food so it wants more food. Also, it stretches my stomach and I tend not to drink as much water. Not enough water makes me feel hungry when what I really am is dehydrated.