SO hungry after Working Out!

SweetMegz04

But then when I eat, I will eat away all my burned Calories!!
Any Advice!?!

NatashaCeeLow1

Any luck with this? I have the same issue myself. Today, I decided to eat a salad. On other occasions, I will eat a granola bar. I have learned to keep something light in the house so I don't feel bad eating after working out.

riveraphx

i can't see your diary, so I can't see what you're eating during the day. What's your calorie intake and how long and vigorous are you exercising?

Please share those details so I can give better suggestions.

sleibo87

Try eating Protein after a workout. Should help to calm the cravings. I tend to have the opposite problem. I usually am not super hungry after a workout but I make myself have some protein anyways to help my muscles recover. Good luck!

teryx123

What kind of workouts do you do? Long cardio workouts tend to make me hungry, but lifting weights does not have that effect. That's why I limit my cardio when I'm trying to lose weight. It makes the eating end of it much easier. There are lots of reasons why weight training is beneficial for weight loss.

cwolfman13

It depends on how you set yourself up in MFP...If you already have a built in deficit, you're supposed to eat your exercise calories back. For example, if you're doing the 1,200 calorie thing and you log exercise...let's say 300 calories burned in a workout, but don't eat back those calories, you're really only getting 900 net calories which is absolutely, unequivocally unhealthy and unsustainable...and you could be doing real damage to your internal organs.

annepage

I know what you mean about getting really hungry after a workout. Lean protein, fruit and veg. I try to ignore the carb craving for the sake of calories.

darrensurrey

Don't eat all your calories before you train. Guess if you train late at night, you're screwed, so leave a couple of hundred available for eating afterwards.

martinh78

Protein shakes were made for just this

I like one right after a workout. I'm always hungry after working out and need to eat right away. I can't eat before a workout as it repeats on me/gives me a bad stomach.

ecw3780

a lot egg whites + 1 whole egg. It is the only think that helps me.

waldenfam2

I'm always starving after my workouts...just starving. I'm trying to get into the habit of having something with me for right after I'm finished and then I come home and have a protein shake. Well, that's what I'm trying to do anyways. And trust me, my calories are no where near to low, eating close to 1800 daily.

pinkraynedropjacki

Water water water. Fills you up. Have an apple. Fills you up.

jofjltncb6

If you're hungry after working out, I'd say that's a good sign that you got work done. My approach to this problem is to eat. (But when I'm trying to lose weight, I just make sure that my calories for the full day are less than my TDEE.)

robin52077

But then when I eat, I will eat away all my burned Calories!!
Any Advice!?!

you do realize you're SUPPOSED to eat the burned calories, right?

you already have a deficit built into your goal.
you exercise, you increase that deficit to a potentially unhealthy level, so you eat the calories you just burned to get back to the original deficit you had (presumably 2 pounds per week since that is what everyone chooses...)

exercise isn't to lose weight, it's to get fit and strong....
the calorie counting is to lose the weight....
don't sabotage yourself by starving yourself unknowingly...
if you are hungry after a workout it's because you worked hard and need to fuel your body.
eat.

victoriannsays

I also had this issue and people suggested me protein shakes with I think are absolutely disgusting! So I drink a stonyfeild organic super smoothie after my workout.

tigersword

But then when I eat, I will eat away all my burned Calories!!
Any Advice!?!

you do realize you're SUPPOSED to eat the burned calories, right?

you already have a deficit built into your goal.
you exercise, you increase that deficit to a potentially unhealthy level, so you eat the calories you just burned to get back to the original deficit you had (presumably 2 pounds per week since that is what everyone chooses...)

exercise isn't to lose weight, it's to get fit and strong....
the calorie counting is to lose the weight....
don't sabotage yourself by starving yourself unknowingly...
if you are hungry after a workout it's because you worked hard and need to fuel your body.
eat.

This.

Twiliightmoon

After I workout, which is usually in the morning, I take in my duffel bag tuna fish. I eat it plain, for me, about 1/3 of a can. This helps curb the appetite but is also high in protein and helps muscle building. They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out. By the time I get to work, I will usually have a protein shake or bar. I prefer making my protein shake with strawberries and bananas & peanut butter, sometimes with spinach added in. Because the shakes are filling to me, I have to remind myself sometimes to eat lunch.

Play around with ingredients for protein shakes, you might find a flavor you like.

tigersword

After I workout, which is usually in the morning, I take in my duffel bag tuna fish. I eat it plain, for me, about 1/3 of a can. This helps curb the appetite but is also high in protein and helps muscle building. They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out. By the time I get to work, I will usually have a protein shake or bar. I prefer making my protein shake with strawberries and bananas & peanut butter, sometimes with spinach added in. Because the shakes are filling to me, I have to remind myself sometimes to eat lunch.

Play around with ingredients for protein shakes, you might find a flavor you like.

Myth.

martinh78

They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out. .

Myth.

It's not a myth, they do say that.

Twiliightmoon

They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out.

This could be a "myth", but the "myth" is working for me.

I think everyone is different and you have to do what works for you. For now, this works for me, in a few months, it could change.

Time Frame
Consume the protein shake as soon as possible -- ideally, not more than 15 to 30 minutes -- after your workout to allow your body to digest and absorb the nutrients, protein and carbohydrates so they can be delivered to the muscles and tissues that need to be repaired following the workout. After you consume the protein shake, the nutrients reach your muscles in about 30 minutes.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/399844-post-workout-protein-shakes-for-women/#ixzz2FsPGnijb

Twiliightmoon

This is the first time I have actually posted a picture of myself on this board. But my profile picture will show you my "before" and "work in progress" photo. I think every individual is different, and you have to do what is best for you. I would suggest planning what you eat the next day so you aren't grabbing things you shouldn't eat.

NeverGivesUp

I have the opposite, after I exercise I am not hungry at all. In fact I use it as a tool when I am hungry to stop me from eating the house down. I would say for you to save your calories till after you work out, so then you won't be hungry. Plan in advance.

Dymatized

But then when I eat, I will eat away all my burned Calories!!
Any Advice!?!

you do realize you're SUPPOSED to eat the burned calories, right?

you already have a deficit built into your goal.
you exercise, you increase that deficit to a potentially unhealthy level, so you eat the calories you just burned to get back to the original deficit you had (presumably 2 pounds per week since that is what everyone chooses...)

exercise isn't to lose weight, it's to get fit and strong....
the calorie counting is to lose the weight....
don't sabotage yourself by starving yourself unknowingly...
if you are hungry after a workout it's because you worked hard and need to fuel your body.
eat.

This.

This also

Dauntlessness

Apples and bananas haha

brevislux

Don't eat too fast.

wjones2

Funny, I am also worried about eating away the calories that I have just burned as well. You know, that you are supposed to eat some of the calories burned to recover from the workout that you just did. I drink lots of water and I try not to go overboard on the snacks that I eat after a workout. I will usually drink a low-call muscle milk, or an Atkins Blueberry Almond Baked Square (only 130 calories and yummy), or a Special K granola bar with dark chocolate (only 110 Calories and yummy too).

I find that eating some with a little of dark chocolate helps curve your craving and you are not going too crazy eating away all your alloted calories. Just some options...Hope this helps.

nikki39ryan

After I workout, which is usually in the morning, I take in my duffel bag tuna fish. I eat it plain, for me, about 1/3 of a can. This helps curb the appetite but is also high in protein and helps muscle building. They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out. By the time I get to work, I will usually have a protein shake or bar. I prefer making my protein shake with strawberries and bananas & peanut butter, sometimes with spinach added in. Because the shakes are filling to me, I have to remind myself sometimes to eat lunch.

Play around with ingredients for protein shakes, you might find a flavor you like.

Really dim question here but how do you make your protein shakes please?
Thanks x

Twiliightmoon

The protein shake I make now is made with:
For 2 servings:

1 whole banana, frozen
8 frozen whole strawberries
2 scoops vanilla whey
2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
16 oz water

Peanut butter can always be omitted. I have used spinach in this same shake. I wash the spinach thoroughly and freeze it. It makes my shake look green, but I never taste the spinach.

I mix this up in the evening and put it in the freezer. This way, I have two morning meals ready to go. I leave the shake in my car and by the time I get to work they are somewhat defrosted, or I put them in the microwave for a minute or 2 once I get to work.

tigersword

They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out.

This could be a "myth", but the "myth" is working for me.

I think everyone is different and you have to do what works for you. For now, this works for me, in a few months, it could change.

Time Frame
Consume the protein shake as soon as possible -- ideally, not more than 15 to 30 minutes -- after your workout to allow your body to digest and absorb the nutrients, protein and carbohydrates so they can be delivered to the muscles and tissues that need to be repaired following the workout. After you consume the protein shake, the nutrients reach your muscles in about 30 minutes.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/399844-post-workout-protein-shakes-for-women/#ixzz2FsPGnijb

Livestrong is a pretty poor source. From Alan Aragon:

Alan: The post-exercise “anabolic window” is a highly misused & abused concept. Preworkout nutrition all but cancels the urgency, unless you’re an endurance athlete with multiple glycogen-depleting events in a single day. Getting down to brass tacks, a relatively recent study (Power et al. 2009) showed that a 45g dose of whey protein isolate takes appx. 50 minutes to cause blood AA levels to peak. Resulting insulin levels, which peaked at 40 minutes after ingestion, remained at elevations known to max out the inhibition of muscle protein breakdown (15-30 mU/L) for 120 minutes after ingestion. This dose takes 3 hours for insulin & AA levels to return to baseline from the point of ingestion. The inclusion of carbs to this dose would cause AA & insulin levels to peak higher & stay elevated above baseline even longer.

So much for the anabolic peephole & the urgency to down AAs during your weight training workout; they are already seeping into circulation (& will continue to do so after your training bout is done). Even in the event that a preworkout meal is skipped, the anabolic effect of the postworkout meal is increased as a supercompensatory response (Deldicque et al, 2010). Moving on, another recent study (Staples et al, 2010) found that a substantial dose of carbohydrate (50g maltodextrin) added to 25g whey protein was unable to further increase post-exercise net muscle protein balance compared to the protein dose without carbs. Again, this is not to say that adding carbs at this point is counterproductive, but it certainly doesn’t support the idea that you must get your lightning-fast post-exercise carb orgy for optimal results.

Something that people don’t realize is that there’s no “magic anabolic window” that’s open for a short period of time near the workout & then rapidly disappears. As a result of a single training bout, the receptivity of muscle to protein dosing can persist for at least 24 hours (Burd et al, 2011).

It's not that it won't work, it's just that it's unnecessary. As long as you hit your macronutrient goals every day, the timing makes no difference.

mmapags

They do say you should eat something high in protein within a half an hour after a hard work out. .

Myth.

It's not a myth, they do say that.

Just because "they" say it doesn't mean it's not a myth. "They' say a lot of stuff that is nonsense. As Tiger's post of Alan Aragon states, there is no magic one hour anabolic window. You don't eat and utilize nutrients in some fixed time increment. It's ongoing all day. To the OP, if you are hungry after workouts, eat! Just keep calories and macros for the day in line by the time you go to bed. Let's not overcomplicate things will a bunch of silly rules that have little to no impact.

taso42

*headslam*