Do you eat more on the days that you work out?

Sasha24201 wrote: »

I haven't been. I wonder how many people actually do? I find that I am much less hungry when I work out.

I'd be willing to bet that you aren't less hungry but rather more focused on making good decisions. I know that's how it works for me at least.

I eat the same amount everyday workout or not sometimes less on weekends I'm on 1316 Cal's a day

I eat more on work out days - little bit more protein and carbs (normally a protein shake or bar and a couple of new potatoes with my salad or porridge for breakfast) before exercise and then more overall after exercise because I get really really hungry after! Im 5'2" female 60kg going by my BF scales I have 27% Body fat so aiming to see that reduce to 24ish% at the mo. I reckon I will need to cut a couple of KGs to get there but doing it slowly to reduce muscle loss. I have 1460 cals on a non exercise day (my work days are sedentary) and then eat my exercise calories on exercise days and carry over any I have left for the next day as I still seem to be hungry then! I'm losing faster than MFP predicts but I've only just gone back to cutting after a period on maintenance.

Having said that, I think everyone is different so if you are not hungry and you are getting enough protein then maybe just carry on as you are.

I eat way less for some reason, less hunger cues, it's one of the main reasons I try to do it daily since it makes 1500/calories a day feel easy.

My maintenance level is 1650 cals/day.

I burn about 650 cals/day rowing and lifting. Eat most (but not all) of them back. This allows me to eat 2000-2200 cals/day.

Always get hungry if I don't do this and have to restrict my intake to just 1650.

I eat more the day AFTER I work out.

I eat within a range every day, approximately the same, but the range allows for a bit more if I'm especially hungry, or a bit less if I'm not.

I DO calculate my workouts into my daily range though, because they are far too intense not to, especially now that I've been able to get back to my "normal" workout routine.

angelsja wrote: »

jjpptt2 wrote: »

I don't go by hunger, so personally, yes I do... especially when I'm trying to lose weight.

FWIW, it's not uncommon for exercise to be a bit of an appetite suppressant.

FWIW?

For what it's worth

starbird3 wrote: »

Sasha24201 wrote: »

I haven't been. I wonder how many people actually do? I find that I am much less hungry when I work out.

I'd be willing to bet that you aren't less hungry but rather more focused on making good decisions. I know that's how it works for me at least.

Everyone is different. For example, I drink a lot more water when I workout so I'm actually less hungry in general.


To answer the OP's question, I don't eat more, but I eat more efficiently. That is, I always make sure I have a high protein breakfast and a high protein Boost with my AM snack on workout days. In the end, I only consume about 100-200 extra calories, but I don't feel like I've used all my energy.