Super intensive workout followed by over eating?

RedheadedPrincess14
RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
My diary is open so you guys can see this if you want to but yesterday I did rock climbing and yoga and I ate so much. I normally dont like to trust the MFP calorie judgments from calorie adjust,eats but I was so hungry. Problem is that the hunger has extended to today, this is /not/ normal for me. Any tips to avoid overeating after strenuous excercise?

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  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    You ate a lot of carbs yesterday, while there is NOTHING wrong with that, you may want to eat a little more fat and protein pre and post workout. You may find that to be more satiating.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    How many calories did you eat? If you're ravenous maybe you need to fuel your workouts better.
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    How many calories did you eat? If you're ravenous maybe you need to fuel your workouts better.

    This too!
  • RedheadedPrincess14
    RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    How many calories did you eat? If you're ravenous maybe you need to fuel your workouts better.
    I ate 1700. I usually never go over 1400. Can you explain how to fuel my workout? I'm New to working out. Also I'm vegan and I definitely don't want to push that on anyone else but if you're aware of a plant based option, it would really help! Thanks so much
  • RedheadedPrincess14
    RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
    prattiger65 wrote: »
    You ate a lot of carbs yesterday, while there is NOTHING wrong with that, you may want to eat a little more fat and protein pre and post workout. You may find that to be more satiating.
    Thank you! I have to eat low fat because of my stomach and skin breakouts but I could definitely eat more protein. The thing is that I usually do eat high carb and it doesn't usually cause this reaction but maybe you need to be more protein conscious when working out?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited April 2017
    RedheadedPrincess14 wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    How many calories did you eat? If you're ravenous maybe you need to fuel your workouts better.
    I ate 1700. I usually never go over 1400. Can you explain how to fuel my workout? I'm New to working out. Also I'm vegan and I definitely don't want to push that on anyone else but if you're aware of a plant based option, it would really help! Thanks so much

    The more active you are and the more strenuous the activity is, the more energy (calories) your body is going to use and inadequately feeding your activity is going to result in hunger, among other things. When I'm actively training for an endurance cycling event, my calorie requisites can jump significantly...like peak training I can be around 3500 calories per day to maintain...if I was eating as per usual, I'd be starving because my body is using substantially more energy.

    I typically don't do much in the way of deliberate training when I'm trying to drop weight for this reason...I'm starving. I do far better keeping my exercise at moderate levels when I'm trying to drop weight.

    At 1700 calories, I doubt you were "overeating" for that activity (though I don't know how long you were climbing, etc)...overeating is when you exceed maintenance calories...maintenance calories are variable as per your activity.
  • kklemarow
    kklemarow Posts: 167 Member
    I'm also vegan and typically eat unsweetened applesauce or half a banana before cardio. For protein, I'll have a couple of Tofurky deli slices dipped in mustard although, they're high in sodium so I try to limit those to a few times a week. Cucumber slices/carrots & hummus is another option.
  • Mini_Medic
    Mini_Medic Posts: 343 Member
    Honestly it may not even have a relation to your workout. Because if you eat 1400 normally but today ate 1700 and burned off 300, your still getting the same net intake as your normal. In face you may have under fueled your workout and that's why your hungry. But my original thought was it's possible that since you ate more your body reacted to that increase and now wants more. You didn't overeat by any stretch of the imagination at 1700 calories plus exercise but when I actually overeat like 2,500 calories and up I feel way hungrier the next day and even several days after. Your body likes homeostasis. When you eat a set amount it will burn a certain amount. This is why we have to adjust our intake down the more weight we lose. When you eat more it will burn more (obviously not bypassing maximum capability since our body cannot compensate for constant hyper caloric states or no one would gain ever). But one day of eating more will make your body burn more that day. Naturally your body will expect more the next day.
    Increasing fat and protein after a workout will help.
    Fueling your work out just means you aren't physically stressing your body by replacing some or all of what you used/burned during activity. Cars can't run on fumes and neither can we. I'm not sure about vegan protein sources but I'm sure someone else will chime in with suggestions to help you get the nutrients you need for working out.
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