"hungry like a wolf" after...

JazmineYoli
JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
in Food and Nutrition
It seems after I swim or lift weights I end up "hungry like a wolf". Nothing is satisfying this hunger. Does anyone else get super hungry after...

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  • cristynfaye
    cristynfaye Posts: 88 Member
    I always get hungry after swimming too, and I crave rootbeer. I realized it's cause when I was a kid, my dad would always buy rootbeer after I was done swimming at the local pool. It's weird too because I don't even really like rootbeer, or any sodas.
  • gillyflowers12
    gillyflowers12 Posts: 1
    YES! Swimming makes me SO hungry! I never know what to do to solve that problem. I guess that's why swimmers are notorious for not losing fat-- the appetite increase just gets too intense. If anyone has any advice on how to fix this problem, that would be amazing.
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
    I guess that's why swimmers are notorious for not losing fat-- the appetite increase just gets too intense

    I wish my HRM monitor would work in water so I can find out how many calories it burns. It is definitely a full body workout and works like every muscle group.
  • wanttoloseweight4
    wanttoloseweight4 Posts: 253
    i lift like crazy and do cardio and find myself hungry all the time no matter what i eat!
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I train hard and eat a lot. Nothing wrong with fueling the work... there's no way I could sustain a deep deficit. Make sure you are, in fact, eating enough...
  • wanttoloseweight4
    wanttoloseweight4 Posts: 253
    I train hard and eat a lot. Nothing wrong with fueling the work... there's no way I could sustain a deep deficit. Make sure you are, in fact, eating enough...

    just curious how many calories do you eat i burn about 700 a day just from my workouts and its says on here to eat 1470 im always hungry now and i dont wanna go over what the site says and gain the weight back!
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I train hard and eat a lot. Nothing wrong with fueling the work... there's no way I could sustain a deep deficit. Make sure you are, in fact, eating enough...

    just curious how many calories do you eat i burn about 700 a day just from my workouts and its says on here to eat 1470 im always hungry now and i dont wanna go over what the site says and gain the weight back!

    I eat 2100 calories to lose weight and 2500 to maintain. I lost 35 lbs eating 2100 calories/day and running 5-6 days a week. Now I do a combined 5-7 hours of running, martial arts and heavy lifting over 5 days of the week. I'm at 2200 calories daily right now but working back up to maintenance to prepare for a race.

    EDIT: If your MFP target is 1470, you're supposed to eat those plus the calories added from exercise. All your weight loss will come from your NEAT burn (non-exercise activity thermogenesis)... everything else: cooking, showering, driving, moving around, watching TV, going up and down stairs, etc. I burn about 700 calories daily in NEAT alone.
  • krystleneal
    krystleneal Posts: 12
    I feel like swimming turns me into a different person! I have such a great time being in the water, but the second I'm out I blindly eat everything within a five mile radius. I consider not swimming at all because I don't know if it is worth it in the long run!
  • SarahSmilesCA
    SarahSmilesCA Posts: 261 Member
    Something that helps my hunger after swimming is a protein/fiber/mct/greens shake. I do it as soon as I get out of the pool, it zaps hunger fast so that when I do sit down to a meal I am not consuming 5000 cals in one sitting.

    I agree swimming makes you ravenous. Just a good sign that it is an awesome workout.
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
    Something that helps my hunger after swimming is a protein/fiber/mct/greens shake.

    Is the protein/fiber/mct/greens shake something you make or you buy? I'll have to try it.
  • wanttoloseweight4
    wanttoloseweight4 Posts: 253
    I train hard and eat a lot. Nothing wrong with fueling the work... there's no way I could sustain a deep deficit. Make sure you are, in fact, eating enough...

    just curious how many calories do you eat i burn about 700 a day just from my workouts and its says on here to eat 1470 im always hungry now and i dont wanna go over what the site says and gain the weight back!

    so i should be eating 1470 plus 700? and ill still lose? if i go that high what do you do to get all your calories peanut butter? i honestly am always hunrgy every since i started doing my intense workouts and would love to not be hungry becasue thats when i tend to binge but the fear of gaining for going over scared me im 5 foot 152 but am 40% muscle just did a new fat % and its down to 27%
    I eat 2100 calories to lose weight and 2500 to maintain. I lost 35 lbs eating 2100 calories/day and running 5-6 days a week. Now I do a combined 5-7 hours of running, martial arts and heavy lifting over 5 days of the week. I'm at 2200 calories daily right now but working back up to maintenance to prepare for a race.

    EDIT: If your MFP target is 1470, you're supposed to eat those plus the calories added from exercise. All your weight loss will come from your NEAT burn (non-exercise activity thermogenesis)... everything else: cooking, showering, driving, moving around, watching TV, going up and down stairs, etc. I burn about 700 calories daily in NEAT alone.

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