Hungrier when I don't work out...

AuntieKT
AuntieKT Posts: 235 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I work out just about every day. I find myself somewhat hungry on those days but nothing that I can't control. Then on the few days that I don't work out I find myself REALLY hungry. You would think it would be the other way around cuz on the workout days I'm obviously burning more calories. Does anyone else have this? What gives? Am I really more hungry or is it just all in my head or something?

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  • seena511
    seena511 Posts: 685 Member
    this happens to me. i have no clue why. it's not an issue to "restrict" to keep myself around my goal on workout days, but on rest days i just want to eat ALL the food. frustrating.
  • dwh77tx
    dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
    this happens to me. i have no clue why. it's not an issue to "restrict" to keep myself around my goal on workout days, but on rest days i just want to eat ALL the food. frustrating.

    Same!! Maybe it's because I usually work out at lunch time so I eat later on work out days. Yesterday was my rest day and I ate more than usual!!
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    It is all in your head - you crazy!!! Just kidding. I tend to eat more on rest days, too. Which is why I never rest... :smile:
  • AuntieKT
    AuntieKT Posts: 235 Member
    Ok good. At least I'm not alone. LOL Dorothy! YOU'RE crazy! So that's why you never rest...
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Exercise dulls hunger temporarily. Couple that with muscle recovery on rest days and it makes sense that you'd feel more hunger.
  • Pottermouse
    Pottermouse Posts: 15 Member
    Snap! Today I've done no exercise at all and I am starving, I will have gone over by the end of this evening (only by 90cals), but as I was under yesterday I'm sure I can cope.

    This happens every time I have a rest day, weird! Glad to hear though that I'm not the only one.....
  • caribear1984
    caribear1984 Posts: 203
    Exercise dulls hunger temporarily. Couple that with muscle recovery on rest days and it makes sense that you'd feel more hunger.

    Agreed. I have always had this theory that your body gets used to the "feel-good" chemicals your brain produces when you exercise. When you don't exercise your brain will go looking for its "fix" and the easiest way to get it is with food. When I don't exercise I crave sugar and carbs.
  • mrsg2006
    mrsg2006 Posts: 120 Member
    this happens to me. i have no clue why. it's not an issue to "restrict" to keep myself around my goal on workout days, but on rest days i just want to eat ALL the food. frustrating.

    This happens to me also.
    Part of me feels like it's easier to remember NOT to ruin all my exercising by eating everything in sight on the days I workout....no science behind that....just a thought about myself.
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    This happens to me, too. Good motivation to get out there and so SOMETHING exercise-wise, even if it's just mowing the lawn!
  • phatguerilla
    phatguerilla Posts: 188 Member
    Exercise dulls hunger at least temporarily as previously mentioned, but I feel in addition that exercise is a trigger to keep doing well that day, as well as a distraction from free time (devil makes work for idle hands etc). Any evening I don't go for a walk I'm generally hungrier, simply because I have an extra hour free if I don't go out.

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