strength training make you hungry?

blueboxgeek
blueboxgeek Posts: 574 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone else get really hungry the day after strength / resistance training?

I work out at home so am just doing body weight and kettlebell workouts. I do my workout before dinner, so after I still eat plenty. Last night I had my dinner and a snack, I think a good 500-600 calories.

It’s 9.40am here and I have eaten breakfast and a snack and my lunch that is sat in the office fridge is calling my name!! It seems to be a regular thing for me.

Is there anything I can actually do post workout that will help with the hungry feeling the next morning? Or would I perhaps actually be better working out first thing? I could get up early and work out but it would need to be on an empty stomach as I leave the house at 7am after getting the kids up and ready.

Or am I just been a greedy sod and need to get a grip??? Haha.

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  • Junctionbox
    Junctionbox Posts: 47 Member
    I do strength training in the morning before work and you're right it always makes me hungry. But the same day, not the next day. Annoyingly, I find cardio seems to suppress it, so I generally go back to the gym at lunchtime for a quick 30 minute session on the stairmaster or elliptical. Drinking lots of water helps too. But yes, I have scoffed 750 calories before 10am this morning!
  • blueboxgeek
    blueboxgeek Posts: 574 Member
    Yeah I figured if I switched to morning training I would be hungry at some point during that day instead of first thing haha.

    Cardio is same for me, I do cardio the same time in the evening and although I have dinner later that evening I am not overly fussed for it.

    Guess I just need to suck it up and step away from the biscuit jar haha.
  • meankeen
    meankeen Posts: 49 Member
    Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Yes it makes you hungry, it's supposed to because you are burning a lot of calories. The key is finding balance. Eat, but don't over eat, if you are always hungry, that's not a long term sustainable situation.
  • shinkalork
    shinkalork Posts: 815 Member
    yep... makes everyone hungry. it's simply the body asking for fuel.

    I've found that whey shake and oatmeal...deals with it pretty fast and clean.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

    not building muscle eating at a deficet...esp with the OP being a woman.

    To the OP I don't find I am that hungry anymore...not sure if it's because I've been lifting for 6months or if it's the food I eat..

    I looked at your diary...it's a bit sporatic..but your protien is pretty low that might explain it.
  • GillianMcK
    GillianMcK Posts: 401 Member
    I go to a womans weights class and I'm hungry half way through the class (normally right after the clean & press), I tend to have some milk or nuts within about 10min of finishing for the high protein/fat content.
    I'm normally ok the following day, but after 30min of weights I'm looking for something to eat!!!
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

    not building muscle eating at a deficet...esp with the OP being a woman.

    To the OP I don't find I am that hungry anymore...not sure if it's because I've been lifting for 6months or if it's the food I eat..

    I looked at your diary...it's a bit sporatic..but your protien is pretty low that might explain it.

    Yep. More protein.
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Of course you're hungry, you're building muscle. I'm hungry as **** after weightlifting, especially after training legs, then i'll be hungry for days after.

    not building muscle eating at a deficet...esp with the OP being a woman.

    To the OP I don't find I am that hungry anymore...not sure if it's because I've been lifting for 6months or if it's the food I eat..

    I looked at your diary...it's a bit sporatic..but your protien is pretty low that might explain it.

    Been lifting for a year and you're right. First few months were brutal. Now, I don't notice, but I keep my protein much higher now. Try that.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I've been lifting/working out for 15 years.

    It doesn't matter what I do for a workout- if it's a solid workout I'm starving about 10 minutes later- it has never gone away LOL.

    It's completely normal and it's one of the reasons I do not work out in the AM- I'd over eat- ALL day because of it. It's also one of the reasons I eat a large meal at 11 PM.
  • blueboxgeek
    blueboxgeek Posts: 574 Member
    Thanks for the replies everyone! Least it's normal hey lol.

    I think I will stick to my PM workouts as they are working ok right now. I definitely need to stop eating so much junk and have better quality foods and include more protein. I crave the junk so much and try and work it in to my calories.... but it isn't filling at all!

    So I am thinking rather than my usual chocolate / crisps after dinner treats, I will try oats made with some protein shake that I have. Hopefully will still satisfy my sweet tooth but be much more satifying and filling.

    For breakfast I tend to have cereal. Would I be better with a protein based breakfast? Maybe omlette or something?
  • celtbell3
    celtbell3 Posts: 738 Member
    Of course. :)

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