exercise = hunger?

I'm considering increasing my exercise but am curious to know whether exercise increases appetite or decreases it? Would love to hear which is the case for all you people....?

Hi, 

In my experience i have noticed that excercise decreases my hunger for about an hour right after my workout, but then i get hungry and the more i workout the hungrier i am!!! Which i think is ok and totally normal since you are burning more calories.

No matter how much i workout i stick with my 1200 daily calories, so i try not to workout for longer than 50 min. But everyone is different. Normally the rule of thumb is that if you workout more you should eat more, but i don't practice what i preach!

I am rambling....hope i helped a little!

Melissa

My experience is similar to melipaone's.  At first it suppresses appetite but an hour or two later I get really hungry.  I find it works best if I eat a small snack when I get back from the gym before I get to the hungry stage.

Oh! Thats a good idea! Because after awhile when the hunger hits you  its a really intense hunger, and a snack before would probably take the edge off!

if i work out really hard for an hour or longer, i am not hungry afterward, but if i work out comparatively moderately for less than that, i am famished.

I'm a track and cross country runner, and like everyone else said, I don't feel like eating anything right after running,  but in the long run, I OVEReat because I'm losing so many calories from exercise. So a lot of exercise really increases your appetite and you eat more than normal...that's why I lose weight at the beginning of the season and gain weight as it goes on. It sucks :(

...So if you get hungry, keep fruits and veggies in hand to snack on and eat a moderate amount of carbs...just avoid overeating and unhealthy foods.