cardio makes me hungry
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How much cardio are you doing?
There are various theories about whether you need to be eating breakfast before exercising. If you do need food beforehand then something like a banana is good to give you energy. After finishing then you should be eating some protein within a few hours.
Looked at your diary and it was alarming. It must be hard to keep a calorie deficit when some days you are 1300 and other days 5000. If you are going to eat back then 50% as lots of the MFP estimates are felt to be incorrect.
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Your diary is all over the place. The day before your work out, you were in the 1300. You're a 24 year old male, of course you would be hungry. Nothing wrong with fast food, but more nutrient dense foods would keep you fuller longer.0
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I too get super hungry after cardio. I reconcile it by thinking it's my body eating away at my fat stores and that's what I do it for, so I don't cave in to the hunger. Whenever I do I feel like all the hard work I put in to exercising was a waste because I just ate it all back.0
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when i get hungry after cardio, i have some protein - non-fat yogurt or protein powder.
but OP, you don't tell us how long you work out or how intense the workout is. that makes a huge difference.0
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