Hunger vs Workout

Exercise suppresses hunger for some people, which is why hunger tends to be an untrustworthy indicator of whether or not you're getting enough to eat.

1200 calories is pretty low, so many people find themselves hungry at that level. You could try saving some of your exercise calories to eat on your rest day.

I am just the opposite. Working out makes me ravenous!

sunnbunniez wrote: »

Can you clarify about eating my exercise calories? I dont eat any more or less on any day.

Sure. MFP doesn't take any exercise into account when it sets your calorie goal. It uses your stats and activity level, but ignores the amount of exercise you tell it that you plan to do. It sets your goal a little lower than many other sites would expecting you to log your exercise here so that it can add more calories to your goal once you've earned them. (Basically, the site doesn't trust us to actually do our exercise until it's logged!)

That's why your calorie goal here goes up after you've logged your exercise. Now, the site is designed for you to eat those back the same day, but many of us try to stay in our calorie goal for the week and worry less about hitting our goals exactly every day. So, you could log your exercise today, get the extra calories, but then eat them on your rest day instead if that works better for you.

one question you might ask yourself is 'what am i doing on non-workout days in lieu of working out' ? it might be you're also less occupied in some way. the idle mind is a real monkey.