Ever experienced appetite loss after exercise?

dshgna

I Zumba from 7.00p.m. to 8.00p.m. That's the time the instructor does classes, so there's no way to change that.

I usually get pretty hungry, but after exercising I don't feel hungry at all. I just eat fruit for dinner.

I am not complaining:D! I actually feel great!

But I'm wondering about the WHYs of this. Any logical reasoning? I thought I'd be starved after a strenuous hour of Zumba!

NCchar130

I don't know the reason for it, but the same thing happens to me! The days I do cardio, I've frequently been doing a step aerobics DVD for about 30 minutes that leaves me gasping for breath and soaked in sweat LOL. Don't have an HRM but supposedly I am burning about 400 cals in that 30 minutes. I am not hungry for hours, if at all. Since I do it at night, it's HARD to eat back those calories so lately, I haven't been.

kjw1031

I also don't have any appetite after an hour of strenuous cardio. I wait until my hunger returns to eat, but I exercise earlier in the day than you do.

FootballManaic

I feel so hungry after a workout!

spinqueen72

Don't eat fruit past 4 p.m.

My trainer (who's also a nutritionist) said that it's harder for your body to burn off the sugar from a piece of fruit, later in the day....than it is to burn it off from a piece of bread.

SanjiSun

same for me, apart from my protein shake after strength training I cannot indulge anything for hours.. or rather, I just don't feel like I could do ot

thescrumisfun

All the time, especially after practice. Sometimes anything more than my chocolate milk or Gatorade after is just too much on my stomach.

XtyAnn17

Don't eat fruit past 4 p.m.

My trainer (who's also a nutritionist) said that it's harder for your body to burn off the sugar from a piece of fruit, later in the day....than it is to burn it off from a piece of bread.

That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. I'd get a new trainer/nutritionist

ElleBee66

Me too - I was just talking about this on my wall yesterday - sometimes my calories are really low when I have done exercise in the early evening, because I really don't want to eat for hours afterwards - and I am not a late night snacker at all - so if I haven't eaten by 7.00 ish in the evening I don't eat - but someone suggested that if my calories are really low I should drink a protien shake which seems a good idea.

21June

This has happened to me too, not all the time though and I have days when I generally feel hungrier than others (nothing to do with exercise I don't think), LOL.

Gramps251

My wife and I started working out in the evenings because we used to mindlessly eat in the evenings . We find we don't feel like eating after working out.

pullipgirl

when I do cardio exercises it suppresses my appetite but if I'm weight lifting I am hungry afterwards

Lift_hard_eat_big

Sometimes after an intense workout, I often feel like puking. But shortly after that, I want to eat everything in sight. That's as much of an appetite loss I experience after a workout.

kdiamond

Always!!! Usually I can't eat for 3-4 hours after a workout. There must be something scientific to that, some chemical being released or something. It is a true appetite depressant for me!

smokinjackd

It does'nt affect me one way or the other. I never eat right after a workout but within an hour or so I can always eat.

Sarauk2sf

Don't eat fruit past 4 p.m.

My trainer (who's also a nutritionist) said that it's harder for your body to burn off the sugar from a piece of fruit, later in the day....than it is to burn it off from a piece of bread.

Sorry but this is a bunch of cr*pola. You should fire your alleged nutritionist.

dward2011

I lose my appetite after any activity. Always.

pittsblue99

I can honestly say that I am never hungry after exercising. I run almost daily and it is all I can do to get my calories in sometimes because I am just simply not hungry. I would love to know why this is (but I am not complaining) lol

Lift_hard_eat_big

Don't eat fruit past 4 p.m.

My trainer (who's also a nutritionist) said that it's harder for your body to burn off the sugar from a piece of fruit, later in the day....than it is to burn it off from a piece of bread.

Don't take nutrition advice from your trainer. Anyone can call themselves a 'nutritionist'. Seek nutrition advice from a 'Registered Dietician'.

Your trainer is wrong about your body not being able to burn off the calories later on in the day juxtaposed to earlier on in the day.

quill16

After my morning work out (1+ hour running on treadmill and 1 hour water aerobics 900-1000cals) I have such a high, endorphins I'm guessing, that I don't feel like eating right away, but give me an hour and I want/need my food to keep me fueled!

Sarauk2sf

The reason for the loss of appetite is due to a hormone that is released due to exercise - peptide YY.

http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/296/1/R29.full

med2017

whenever i do a 2 hr crazy cardio work out or even when i go heavy swimming for hour and a half i can never eat anything for a good 3 hours or more otherwise i will throw up. it happened plenty of times to me before.. when i ate like 30 min after working out haha so just lots of water and maybe a smoothie or something but thats about it

TheRealParisLove

I'm the same way. On the days I don't exercise at all, I feel like I can eat an elephant. Some people have the opposite issue, feeling famished after exercise.

WaterBunnie

I find that I don't need to eat all the exercise calories that day but I do the following day when I'm famished but back to basic calorie allowance.

Laoch_Cailin

I generally don't feel hungry after exercise either for a few hours. You could always 'roll' over the calories you can't eat to your rest day, eating more on the rest day. It all levels out.

lilmisfit

Yep. I work out in the evening and sometimes do not have an appetite for dinner. I try to eat something, though.

Amy911Gray

I noticed that looking at the phone app. Running days, lower cals, next day, higher cals...looks funny!

Laoch_Cailin

I find that I don't need to eat all the exercise calories that day but I do the following day when I'm famished but back to basic calorie allowance.

ha snap

zyxst

I'm thirsty as hell. I want icy cold water, too, which is not a fun thing to gulp down.

LJCannon

:happy: Exercise ~ Regardless of Type , Length of Workout, Intensity, or Time Of Day ~ Is BETTER than ANY Appetite Suppresant than I have EVER tried!! If I don't do SOMETHING - even just a Walk around the Neighborhood - I cannot stop Eating!!

meshashesha2012

if you do HIIT then it affect your appetite because of the hormones HIIT stimulates.