I get hungry

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I've been running at the gym for 3 week straight. I began to reduce the junk food in my life. Then I decided to start some weightlifting. Thats when I came across this forum.
Since I started weight lifting I've been HUNGRY. On a site, I cam across MY calorie intake for Maintenance, Fat Loss, and Extreme Fat Loss. I also reduce the dialy 500 calorie, for fat loss.
I lost four pounds so far. Results from running.
My Question:
1. Is it a bad idea to run 1-1.5 mile after good workout? I found a new love for running. My roommate said It'll deplete your muscle. Is that true?
2. How do I know, how many calorie are burned from weightlifting? If any.
3. Why am I so hungry? I feel like I'm doing counter weightloss.
4. How do I know my metobelism is up? By How my poops I take.
5. Should I Lose weight first than gain muscle or combo.
6. I workout late 9-11pm that when the gym is empty. Now I can't sleep, I stay awake til 7am. But I think its from reading all the stuff on this site.
Is this normal?
I feel that running is the ONLY way to really lose weight. Followed by calorie reduction.
My Goal: 155-165lb currently 181
Run 5 time a week. After a run I feel good about myself.
 
There's a good reason why you're so hungry!
You're not eating enough and not regularly enough!

Trust me, your body gives you signs.
Especially when you start a new workout routine after being lazy, your body is going to readjust itself. It needs more food more regularly.
Try this: Eat 6-8 small meals throughout the day (like one every 2 hours). You won't be as hungry. Also, right after a work out, drink gatorade or powerade or something sugary to feed your starving muscles.
To answer your questions:
1. If your goal is to build mass, you need to cut back on cardio to 1-2 days per week. You're roomate is partly right. Your body can begin to use muscle tissue to fuel itself if you go too long without refuel (just look at marathon runners)
2. You won't know how many calories you burn. But just by lifting weights, you are burning them. Go ahead and eat - your body will thank you.
3. If you don't eat, your body will need to fuel itself somehow. You are heading straight for a wall (physically) if you don't up your caloric intake.
4. You know your metabolism is up by how hungry you are.
5. By working out, you will lose weight and gain muscle at the same time. Don't stop.
6. Late workouts will keep your system up. You might want to try and reschedule to allow for more of a cool down period. Drink that sugary stuf after the workout and drink a protein shake, and see if that helps too. Your body may be trying to tell you to feed it!

Running is NOT the ONLY way to lose weight. Anytime you keep your heart rate elevated for an extended period of time (be it weightlifting, running, swimming, sex, wrestling) you are burning calories and potentially losing weight.
Eating right will also help lose weight. Cut out ALL fast food (ZIP, ZILCH, NADA). No sodas (drink juice). Drink more water. Watch your fat calories. The more fat calories to total calories is bad (like mayonaise has 100% calories from fat).
Running 5 times a week sounds like overtraining to me. If you begin to lose interest, or feel really tired, you know you've hit the wall and need to scale back.

J;)
 
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I feel what your saying. I've upped my calorie intake. I deleted SODA from my life a month ago, anything carbonated. Plenty of water, 70oz+ a day. Fast food is out of my life. I eat so often now. 5+ small meals. I eat to satisfy my body. I know my muscles needs it or something needs it.
So should I use a new calorie intake system. Because I still want to lose fat. My current calorie intake was 2000 for fat loss. That seem to little If I'm going to be lifting weight also.

Your right I don't want to be skinny and boney.

What would be the most effective way to lose fat?
 
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Diet and exercise. Basically burning more calories than you put in. You might also want to start weight lifting. Muscles burn a lot of cals.
 
I'm confused on upping the calorie intake a little. Should I up it for the entire week or only the days I go to lift weights? I've decide to Up on workout days. Also decided to reduce my cardio. I used to run 5-6 time a week,

What should be my Calorie intake, now that I'm lifting? Ive been keeping a person diary I measure calorie fat and protein. I would like to have a rough idea.

I like the burn more than you take in. But how do you more you've burn what you taken in? By being hungry.
 
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You need to base your calorie intake off what you are burning as an average, to make sure you are getting the fuel to keep you going. If you are eating healthy with good %'s of protien etc then yo ushould be good to go on your diet. Make sure you try to eat up to 6 meals a day, with one meal every 2-3 hours. This will keep your metabolism working for you.

Your weight training is burning calories, and the more muscle mass you get the more calories they will burn.

Keep your calorie intake the same on a daily basis. Spread your workouts throughout the week to allow your body to recover, you can stick cardio in between and rest days.

You control your body from the kitchen and you help mold it in the gym, like many of the guys here will say it is 70% diet 30% workout/cardio.
 
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