I am more hungry when I exercise- what to do??

NatalieWinning

Are you eating your exercise calories?

I thought that eating my exercise calories would mean the exercise wouldnt have the same effect, for example, I wouldnt lose as much weight. Am I really wrong on this?

You definitely shouldn't be eating alllll of them back. Athletes are told to eat all of their calories back, because they have to MAINTAIN their weight, and they do maintain that way. If you're trying to loseee weight, you definitely should not be eating back all of your exercise calories. You should be eating SOME of it back, I would say around half (that's what I find works best for me), because otherwise you'll be starving, but if you're trying to lose weight, if you eat all of your exercise calories back you're kind of defeating the purpose.

this advice is wrong. You would not be "defeating the purpose". This program has already given you a 500 calorie deficite. 500 calories less than you need to maintain. So any thing you do that isn't covered by your activity level is exercise.

According to a magazine I picked up today (random and unverified, but is along this point) Tufts U. Research says there is no difference in the weight loss of someone eating a 200 calorie deficite, or a 750 cal. Deficit. So MFP has a 500 cal def. And not eating back even low exercise seems even less smart. If you don't even eat near 1200 calories regularly, this makes that seem even more extreme. Muscle needs to be fed or your body would like to use that before fat. It's easier. You want the fat to go, so you need to eat enough to maintain the muscle. Muscle makes you a fat burning machine and ups your metabolism. The point seems to be feed your muscle, don't up your calorie deficite.

NatalieWinning

This website already builds in a deficit for you to lose weight WITHOUT exercising. If you exercise, you need to eat those calories back to fuel your body. You will still be at the deficit to lose your 2 pounds or whatever you have your goals set to (assuming you have your activity level set to sedentary).

However, MFP does overestimate the calorie burn (at least for me, other people say it is accurate at least for things like walking and running). But I would definitely suggest you eat your exercise calories (or most of them).

And of course you are hungry after exercising, you have just lost nutrients that need to be replaced.

I eat all of my exercise calories (but I do use a heart rate monitor) and have lost 52 lbs since Jan 3rd.

Good explanation! Although I got a HRM and I burn more than MFP says for many things.

koosdel

I think I understand.... I have set my goal to lose 2lb per week but MFP is only showing that I will lose 1.4lb per week, (not sure why), so I wondered if not eating my exercise calories would get me to my goal! I get so hungry when I exercise I wasnt sure how I'd cope!!

Have patience deer.

Schwiggity

Have patience deer.

deer

koosdel

Have patience deer.

deer

Oh! Sorry, public school...

I meant dere.

seasonalvoodoo

This website already builds in a deficit for you to lose weight WITHOUT exercising. If you exercise, you need to eat those calories back to fuel your body. You will still be at the deficit to lose your 2 pounds or whatever you have your goals set to (assuming you have your activity level set to sedentary).

However, MFP does overestimate the calorie burn (at least for me, other people say it is accurate at least for things like walking and running). But I would definitely suggest you eat your exercise calories (or most of them).

And of course you are hungry after exercising, you have just lost nutrients that need to be replaced.

I eat all of my exercise calories (but I do use a heart rate monitor) and have lost 52 lbs since Jan 3rd.

You explained this very well! Congrats on your weight loss! AMAZING!

Thanks! I'm truckin' along!

mamagooskie

make sure you eat your exercize calories!!! (yes you still will lose weight if you do that)

I find I get hungrier when I work out in the morning but if I work out after lunch it doesn't affect me so maybe try changing the time you do your exercize.