Hungry all day

yoplait311 wrote: »

I'm fairly active and log all my meals.
I have my long run on Sunday, and since yesterday was Sunday, I went for my regular 12 mile run.

Monday's are usually recovery days for me and I find myself starving today. Literally hungry all day. I'm drinking plenty of water and checking-in for true hunger and I'm just having one of those days! Can't decide if I should eat to hunger or just suck it up and be hungry so I stay under my calorie goal.

Your diary says you had 1661 calories yesterday. Sounds like this isn't enough for a day you ran 12 miles.

It sounds like you should worry about netting 1700...not eating 1700 despite what you exercise. Eating only 1700, then exercising running 12 miles, puts you at a REALLY low net. That explains why you are hungry. Your body is telling you that you aren't feeding it enough.

yoplait311 wrote: »

I aim to eat an average of 1700 calories a day, regardless of what I actually do - which follows my BMR + TDEE - 750 calories (since I'm aiming to lose over a pound a week)

So, by your figures, your TDEE is 2450. How many miles do you run per week? I'd suspect your TDEE is much higher. And your cut seems excessive, per your explanation of hunger.

taracan25 wrote: »

It sounds like you should worry about netting 1700...not eating 1700 despite what you exercise. Eating only 1700, then exercising running 12 miles, puts you at a REALLY low net. That explains why you are hungry. Your body is telling you that you aren't feeding it enough.

This.

I'm 5' tall, and if I run 12 miles, I get something like 1200 extra calories (probably a little less - I'd have to look at the data from my long runs a few months ago). My MFP calories before exercise are 1220 to lose 0.5lb/week. I may not eat all 1200 extra calories that day, but I definitely would eat back some, and the rest on another day.

You should not be aiming for 1700 gross calories. At a minimum, you should eat back 1/2 of your exercise calories, especially if you're putting in lots of miles like that. 1700 gross would probably fine if your exercise was a couple walks around the neighborhood, but it's not fine for fueling long runs. Running is hard on the body, and it needs fuel to recover.

It's fine if you don't want to eat all those extra calories the day you earn them. If you're not hungry the day of your long run but are the next day, then go ahead and eat them.

But if you're going for 1700 gross calories, you're at a really low net, which can cause all sorts of health problems if it's a consistent thing.

~Lyssa

yoplait311 wrote: »

I run between 40-50 miles a week.
I'd like to drop a lb or more per week, hence the larger deficit. I'm not sure why it's so confusing to figure out how much to eat.

Depending on how much you have to lose overall, 1lb or more/week could be too aggressive. It leads to some serious hunger.

melonaulait wrote: »

yoplait311 wrote: »

I run between 40-50 miles a week.
I'd like to drop a lb or more per week, hence the larger deficit. I'm not sure why it's so confusing to figure out how much to eat.

Depending on how much you have to lose overall, 1lb or more/week could be too aggressive. It leads to some serious hunger.

Thirded (new word, weee).

Seriously, if your deficit is too aggressive, you'll be hungry. Just reduce your deficit.