Does exercise curb appetite or just make you hungrier?

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  • tajmel
    tajmel Posts: 401 Member
    If this were purely physiological it should increase your hunger. You burned calories, and your body wants to maintain or increase fat stores. However, the reality is that much of this is psychological, and having put in a good workout makes you want to stay on track. Both are normal.
  • NCchar130
    NCchar130 Posts: 955 Member
    Cardio kills my appetite. I almost always go under on cardio days. Strength training on the other hand - no matter what I've had to eat prior, halfway through my workout, I am starving.
  • sam308lbs
    sam308lbs Posts: 1,936 Member
    Cardio kills my appetite. I almost always go under on cardio days. Strength training on the other hand - no matter what I've had to eat prior, halfway through my workout, I am starving.

    Totally agree!.Cardio gives me a mental high and i dont feel like eating at all.But strength training make me hungry as hell.
  • ShmoozyQ
    ShmoozyQ Posts: 390 Member
    Since I usually feel like puking after I get done strength training - definitely not hungry. :laugh:
  • Kat120285
    Kat120285 Posts: 1,599 Member
    Any exercise kills my appetite then again stress kills my appetite as well. I work out hard and my mentality after a work out is "All I want is water" because I'm so thirsty after despite drinking water throughout. I know that plays a part as I'm drinking 3 cups at a time so I'm always full of water.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    I think the residual effect is increased hunger but during/immediately after it's suppressed.
  • gracieabem
    gracieabem Posts: 211
    It depends. Running about 4-7 miles usually curbs my appetite a lot, to the extent where I'm ravenous the next day because my body is like OH YEAH, CALORIES. Anything over eight or nine though, and I have to eat ALL THE THINGS.
    Sounds like me, except I haven't reached 8 or 9 mile runs yet. It'll be interesting to see if I feel any difference.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Even if I go to the gym hungry, I lose my appetite immediately after a good cardio session (1 hr). What I don't understand is that I often go to the gym after work with a terrible starchy carbohydrate craving. But after cardio I first lose the hunger, and then find it has turned into a meaty protein craving.

    This is what happens to me also, and happened today.
    Actually, I was craving for nuts after my workout today (90 mins elliptical).
    If I do 60 minutes or less exercise, I find I get hungry. If I exceed that, I find my appetite is definitely suppressed.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Here you go....
    Energy expenditure

    The appetite of an athlete is not a reliable indicator of either energy balance or specific macronutrient requirements, because no biologic imperative to match intake to expenditure appears to exist.[8] Hunger is actually suppressed for a brief period after a single episode of exercise at greater than 60% maximal oxygen consumption, or VO2max.[9]

    Food deprivation increases hunger, but the same low energy availability, when caused by energy expenditure from exercise, does not increase appetite.[10] In one study, a 20% increase in energy expenditure during 40 weeks of marathon training did not result in an increase in energy intake.[11, 12]
    http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/312312-overview#a1
  • Amberonamission
    Amberonamission Posts: 836 Member
    Cardio not that hungry. Weights make me very hungry.
  • luv4jme
    luv4jme Posts: 8 Member
    For me, I would have to say hungrier for sure!
  • Emili03
    Emili03 Posts: 164 Member
    It makes me lose my appetite. But a few hours later is a different story...

    Yep, I lose my appetite but i usually work out late in the evening and the next day I am usually very hungry! :)
  • bobie1978
    bobie1978 Posts: 204 Member
    I do not want to eat after a workout.. but later it catches up with me and I am starving.. So I try to eat something post workout.
  • anzi888
    anzi888 Posts: 102 Member
    Cardio kills my appetite. I almost always go under on cardio days. Strength training on the other hand - no matter what I've had to eat prior, halfway through my workout, I am starving.

    Totally agree!.Cardio gives me a mental high and i dont feel like eating at all.But strength training make me hungry as hell.

    I'm exactly like this.. cardio decreases my appetite but if I do weights (les mills body pump) I'm realllllly hungry!
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Cardio not that hungry. Weights make me very hungry.

    The opposite for me.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Exercise increase the release of Peptide YY (an amino acid) which can suppress appetite.
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    for me it suppresses. When I'm hot and sweaty I feel a little nauseous and all I crave is a hot shower! LOL
  • Sixalicious
    Sixalicious Posts: 283 Member
    It surpresses my appetite until after I take that first bite of food. Then I could literally eat a horse!!!!
  • farroz
    farroz Posts: 51 Member
    It makes me lose my appetite. But a few hours later is a different story...

    ME too ^^^

    Me three

    I think it also depends on if I at bad during the day, the more balance meals I eat the less hungry I am. So I find now that I am eating healthier I am eating less and am not hungry very often. Any type of protien bar I eat seems to make me hungry in 2 hours so I avoid eating those unless I know I will be eating again soon
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    Training makes me hungrier, only eating a high protein and fat meal curbs my appetite. I can usually eat a lot of carbs before getting full.
  • SweetCheekszx0
    SweetCheekszx0 Posts: 478 Member
    Excercise literally works as a natural appetite suppressant for me. After a long ride on my bike I have to remind myself to eat after

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