Do you tend to feel hungrier the days after a workout?

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I took a break from the gym for 5 days and started to watch what I ate. I noticed that when I started back up with the weights again, the next day I was a lot hungrier than I was then when I wasn't working out.

Is this a normal thing for everyone?

1. Should I be eating more?
or
2. Is it something I should just deal with?
 
I think it's natural to feel hungrier when you are working out. You're using more energy and burning more calories than when you're not. Therefore, you need more energy replaced. I think it's more of that than the fact that it came the day after your workout. It's probably just that you will be hungrier in general.

I'm usually hungrier on days that I workout, but I'm not that hungry after a workout. I find that it suppresses my appetite for a while, but later on in the day, I get hungrier than if I hadn't exercised.
 
I think Ride On is right in that your appetite increases due to the fact that you are burning more calories.

In regards to whether you should eat more - you should eat what you need to eat depending on your goals. Are you bulking, cutting, maintaining?
 
In addition to the calories you burn during the exercise you also burn extra calories after weight training, and this is the after burn

Your metabolism increases to take in what it needs to repair the muscle (protien!) and you feel hungrier because your body wants more food. Naturally, the more you eat, the bigger you get (put very...very simply) Naturally it depends on WHAT you eat and your workout regimin.

This after burn can last up to 48 hours after a weight training session, where the cardio after burn is signifigantly less (in the 20%'s i believe)

I love being able to just eat all day and never really feel full.
 
cgrame said:
I took a break from the gym for 5 days and started to watch what I ate. I noticed that when I started back up with the weights again, the next day I was a lot hungrier than I was then when I wasn't working out.

Is this a normal thing for everyone?

1. Should I be eating more?
or
2. Is it something I should just deal with?
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This is totally normal. If you drive your car 5 miles you need 5 miles worth of petrol, if you drive it 50 miles you need 50 miles worth.

The body is just the same, doing nothing is like driving the 5 miles, working out is like driving the 50miles or more.

Feed your body it deserves it. But feed it the right stuff. Petrol cars dont take diesel and vica versa. If you put the right fuel in your results will be unreal.
 
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