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2 Day Hunger Delay - Post Race

TheRayOD2014
TheRayOD2014 Posts: 26 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I recently ran my first ultramarathon, where I burned about 3,000 net calories but consumed only 600 or so additional on top of maintenance.

Does anybody understand or can explain why the extreme hunger hasn’t set in until 2 days later? I’ve already experienced the bloat from too much sodium and water consumption and am starting to defloat but I think all that extra water took up room from the glorious food I missed out on!

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  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    I am less hungry on exercise days than none exercise days some people find exercise a appetite surpressant + being bloated will make you feel less hungry
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited May 2020
    Marathoner here. Long runs suppress my appetite to the point that I now just plan to eat more the 1-2 days following a long run. Why does it happen? I have no idea. I just know that this is something that I experience too. My hypothesis is that the digestion slowdown that happens during a longer run impacts my appetite for the rest of the day and my system needs time to catch up and "understand" that I actually need some calories.
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