Working out and Eating - hungry all the time?
Hi All, anyone out there find they are much much hungrier when working out? I'm a VSGer and we're supposed to eat 600-800 cals a day - but spinning really takes it out of me - I burn about 400 cals per spin class - I tend to then eat about 1000-1100 per day...I figure the net puts me in the range. But when I work out I'm hungry all the time and it's not always dehydration. My dr told me to take it easy working out - to not do too much - that some cardio was fine - like 30 minutes but no intense weight lifting or cardio. But I don't think he gets the whole working out thing (he's from Hong Kong) - but it makes me feel good so I have a hard time not wanting to do it...
Anyone else have a hunger problem? Anyone else cut back working out because of it?
Currently 180 - 76 lbs lost! Surgery 11/7/12, 36 years old, 5'8". I live in Hong Kong and it's a bit different here!
If you are burning calories you have to fuel your body. Do you have a dietitian?
I find myself absolutely ravenous after a hard training and my dietitian tells me to just make good choices.... but I am 19mths out.
COURAGE TO START, STRENGTH TO ENDURE, RESOLVE TO FINISH
HW 353 SW 317 Original GW 180 Current Wt 170
First 5k 59:18; 5k PR 32:06; 1st 10k 1:20:27; PR 1:08:36
1st Half Marathon 2:48
Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15k- 1:47:34
Three Sprint Triathlons
Um, yeah, that advice from the dr is kinda antithetical to why one would have this surgery - like, to get healthy? So I'm not sure that cutting back on physical activity is the best advice. IMO.
As far as hunger, yep, I usually am ravenous the day after long runs! I've never cut back my physical activity because of hunger but, in fact, try to increase it on days when I'm exceptionally hungry to compensate for the extra calories my body is wanting. E.G. I may be hungry the day after a long run, and it is suppose to be a "rest day" for recovery, so I'll walk instead of totally resting or do some other cross-training thing so that I'm burning calories instead of sitting on my butt, yet still trying to give my body a chance to recover. If that makes any sense.....
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
Hunger attacks people working out differently, but TRUE hunger is a signal from your body saying I need fuel. Your job is to give it the proper fuel and the right amount and at the right time.
For me I can sit on a bike for 4 hours and hammer it with all I have burn 3500 calories and not be hungry for hours, another day I can do 40 minutes of AT intervals on a treadmill or run a 5K and want to eat everything in sight.
The key is to know what your body needs and when to give it to it. I think 600-800 calories a day is unreasonable but I am no doctor. I know what my caloric intake is and can be. If you can get you metabolism tested and find your RMR then you will know where you should be with daily calories.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
