Finding an interesting trend

timanda2
timanda2 Posts: 149
edited September 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm not sure if it's just me or what. I have found that I burn more calories when I exercise in the morning compared to the afternoon. I do the same workout with a HRM. I don't know if there is an explanation for this or what. Has anyone else noticed this?

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  • foxxybrown
    foxxybrown Posts: 838 Member
    More energy in the morning!
  • JesaGrace
    JesaGrace Posts: 799 Member
    I don't have as much motivation in the evenings when I work out....wish I could make myself get up in the mornings....
  • deannarey13
    deannarey13 Posts: 452
    I have done the same thing as you. Same workout with a HRM. For me, it was actually the opposite. I burned more calories in the evening. I don't think I am awake enough to have the same intensity in the morning.
  • AllyS7
    AllyS7 Posts: 480 Member
    I have done the same thing as you. Same workout with a HRM. For me, it was actually the opposite. I burned more calories in the evening. I don't think I am awake enough to have the same intensity in the morning.

    I agree I can't workout in the mornings. I am a slow waker-uper. :) The afternoons are perfect for me!
  • jmariano825
    jmariano825 Posts: 10
    I have zero motivation in the morning, but good for you girl.
  • eillamarie
    eillamarie Posts: 862 Member
    Your metabolism is fastest in the morning! It slows noticably over the course of the day-which is also why experts suggest eating the bulk of your calories earlier in the day, rather than saving until supper. Even tho a calorie is a calorie, fats and nutrients are stored and digested differently depending on what time of day you eat them (a fatty breakfast will be digested and worked off, a fatty supper will result in more fat storage).
  • Cristy_AZ
    Cristy_AZ Posts: 986
    You are a morning person!! So am I -- even though I don't feel like it sometimes -- I have more energy and workout harder before work than I do after work. Funny thing is I walk faster later in the day than I do early in the day.
  • taldie01
    taldie01 Posts: 378
    Alo you body doesnt have any fluids in it yet, so your heart is working 2x as hard
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