Hungry!

I am fighting being hungry today, HARD! It's not that I haven't felt this since surgery but I think this is the worst it's been. I wonder if it's the hard work out yesterday?

Everything has been normal with my eating today. SIMMER DOWN TUMMY, SIMMER DOWN. You can have dinner in a couple hours!

I felt that way yesterday, and today I can hardly get anything down. At least it's not boring!

I know on hard workout days, I am seriously hungry.

Do you just suck it up and ignore it?

Depends. If lean protein doesn't cut it, then in comes one of my lovely power Crunch protein bars, or even 2. I probably wont stay in my calories, but I don't feel guilty about it either. What is really strange is that I typically lose after being in this situation.

There have been a bunch of studies that link hard exercise and hunger. It's one of the many reasons that exercise doesn't help weight loss. It's great for health of course. But not weight control.

One study showed that people training hard to run marathons actually gain weight -- fat, not muscle.

Hm. Good to know and I guess that makes sense. My trainer is less than enthused by 700 calories or less per day, but we've come to an understanding that he doesn't bring it up.

Luckily, I'm only working out like that 2 days per week.

My trainer used to question that too. But my energy is good, so he's stopped worrying about it.

Maybe you should rearrange your meals on the days you work out. Like a small meal b4 & after your workout, maybe it'll help keep the hunger at bay.

I know I usually eat some protein like shrimp or salami, something like that b4 I go bike riding, then drink more water when I get home, & something small again, like a boiled egg.

I have been having a protein snack (but not meal) before working out. That helps to level my blood sugar (diabetic ).