Too Hungry and Lazy to Exercise - Need Motivation!

Exercise definitely reduces my hunger...at least for the day on which I've exercised. Good luck, and hang in there!

Exercise does help curb cravings. But, if you're actually legitimately hungry, it probably won't make that go away.

However, maybe instead of cutting your portion sizes so drastically, you cut them only a little and then exercise more? Then you could burn the extra calories but keep your stomach satisfied.

Exercise will help curb hunger pains but are you sure you're drinking enough water? I have find boosting my intake over last couple of days has helped the hunger pangs loads.

I am a newby but I am following my doctors advice that starving isn't ever the answer or the results will be temporary. Their are lots of snacks that you could have that have very little calories. He also said that your excercise routine will be harder to accomplish if you are too deprived on the food side. That is probably why you dont feel like excercising. Eat something healthy and I hope you feel better.

Exercise will improve your mood and your outlook on a daily basis. As soon as I realize Im feeling a bit down, and typically hunger and cravings are worse at this time as well, I also realize that I haven't been exercising as much as I should.
Us ladies who are over 40 are in danger of health issues and ostioporosis if we don't get in that physical activity. Seeing how much this effected my grandmother's quality of life is what helps me get off my butt and get in that activity!
Don't exercise for weight loss, do it for your general health and your health in years to come!!!!!

As ajweekley stated, drastically reducing your caloric intake so suddenly will send your body into shock and therefore will slow your metabolism down to compensate for the reduced intake. That will explain the hunger and lack of energy to work out.

The better way would be to cut down your calories 100 - 200 calories of daily intake, one week at a time. Meaning if you're eating 1800 cal/day, reduce it to 1600 - 1700 cal/day for a week. Then the next week, reduce it by another 100 - 200 calories of daily intake. Your body will literally ease into the calorie decrease without thinking that it needs to eat more and conserve itself for preservation.

At the same time, as you cut those small increments of calories, slowly increase your exercise duration by another 15 - 30 minutes, or slowly increase the intensity at which you do them. Your body again will easily adjust to it, then start realizing that since you're beginning to give more output, it will burn the stored energy (i.e. fat reserves) to allow for that extra effort.

And stay patient. Consequences are produced just as fast as the changes you make to create them.

Eating too low of calories will actually slow your metabolism. Eat the minimum 1200 per day PLUS some or all of your exercise calories. Your body needs fuel for the exercise that you do. If you aren't fueling properly, you slow your metabolism, slow weight loss and lose muscle instead of fat. So, even when you lose some weight, you are losing muscle.... so, you may weigh less, but you have a higher body fat percentage. It's a strange concept, but do some research! You need to eat to lose weight!!

Edit to add:
Eat good, healthy, filling foods..... drink lots of water.... make sure you are getting 25 - 30g of fiber daily. Eat whole grains and minimal white starch. Fill up on veggies! Add them to every meal! They add bulk and nutrition without many calories.