I'm running a lot and eat 4-6 times a day, but I feel like I get way too hungry and get hungry way too often for some reason. I could even stand to lose a few lbs, but my body for some reason doesnt understand that and wants more and more food. The problem is, I try to eat healthy and healthy food is expensive. Maybe part of it is stress and boredom, but I was just wondering what everyone else's experiences are? Do you frequently feel ravenous, feel like you eat enough for 2 ppl, etc?
How many miles are you running? I only run 70 miles a week and I'm always hungry. I can't imagine how hungry I'd be if I consistently was running more than 100 mpw.
140 miles a week
100 kcals per mile
14,000 kcals right there
hunger is ok, make sure you're not thirsty and mistaking thirst for hunger
Yes. I'm known to eat a bowl of ice cream 20 minutes before starting a run. After I get my last run of the day in I'm not as hungry anymore. It's like my body is trying to tell me that I have to eat a lot in order to do my runs.
Yup, hungry as hell all the time. I try to eat healthy but as I type this I just ate a pint of ben and jerry's fish food. Sometimes at the end of a 23 mile day with an hour of cross training two dinners just isn't enough!
Cut out the stress. Doing that will make you a ton faster, and yeah it will help with your diet too.
If you're really trying to lose weight, find a way to combat "bored eating"...I lost five pounds real quick when I got wireless headphones that just happened to work in every room except the kitchen...my music would cut out and I'd realize I was looking for food even though I wasn't hungry.
Healthy foods aren't that expensive! Stick to what ever fruit is on sale, i can usually get a couple pounds of bananas for a dollar. PB&J sandwiches are solid. Yogurts and nuts, get a little protein out of it!
Like many others have said, I have been pretty damn hungry off 85-90 miles a week, so I imagine chowing down on the regular and still being hungry is pretty normal at 140.
You guys fell for that!? He runs 140 miles per week, so he has ramped, but knows nothing about being hungry!?
lol
and who runs 4-5 times a day, lol!
Im hungry...time for another turkey sandwich and some trees!
still hungry wrote:
You guys fell for that!? He runs 140 miles per week, so he has ramped, but knows nothing about being hungry!?
lol
and who runs 4-5 times a day, lol!
Im hungry...time for another turkey sandwich and some trees!
oh he eats 4-5 times a day, lol
im doing 60-75 a week at the moment, and i do eat a ton of food. and that mileage isnt SUPER high either
i'm only doing 50 and i eat a lot. but then again, i'm fat
Currently doing 80+, and I hardly eat at all. I'm 6' and went from 152 lbs to 136 in the last 6 months (6 months before that I was probably 140). Over that time I've increased my mileage substantially, and with that I got less and less hungry.
A year ago when I was at 140 lbs I would eat a ton. I have no idea why I suddenly have no appetite. Honestly it kind of freaks me out, I don't know how I have enough energy to do the training I've been doing.
At 100 or so mpw, i still eat very little food. I eat a med-small breakfast and a large dinner w running between. Running suppresses my hunger.
I'm a high mileage runner who's rarely hungry and often nauseous instead. I have to reason myself into eating just about every meal
my one stint in high mileage (70 miles of 6 days for a summer) caused me to be hungry all the time. i would try to eat healthy but that would make it worse.
After really bad days i would eat an extra large pizza, grilled chxn salad, and 6 pack of guinness. the next day i usually felt incredilbe.
So for me, it payed to eat a lot.
now i only run 20 miles a week and feel a lot "healthier." diet is controlled, not a walking zombie, sleep less. but, i am a lot slower.
anorexia wrote:
Currently doing 80+, and I hardly eat at all. I'm 6' and went from 152 lbs to 136 in the last 6 months (6 months before that I was probably 140). Over that time I've increased my mileage substantially, and with that I got less and less hungry.
A year ago when I was at 140 lbs I would eat a ton. I have no idea why I suddenly have no appetite. Honestly it kind of freaks me out, I don't know how I have enough energy to do the training I've been doing.
Lack of appetite is one of the signs of overtraining. You may need to dial it back a little bit - lower your mileage for a week or take 3-4 days off. You may need some time for your body to catch up with your new mileage.
When I was running 70 mpw I was always hungry. I can't run after eating for a few hours so my nights were one constant foodfest from dinner to bed. I was eating 1/2 gallon of ice cream cut with peanut butter before bed. My wife would make over a pound of pasta for two of us and she ate very little- I ate a pound in addition to whatever else we had.
One time we had regular dinner- chicken, veggies, and added chicken wings, I ate 3 dozen. I'm not kidding.
I run around 50 mpw and can't get enough food - I have been losing weight for around a year - a pound every couple of months. Went from 140 to 134.
Not sure how to eat more since I feel nauseated if I run with food in my belly - I have to stop eating at 2 PM if I run at 5:00.
Plus I have heart disease issues in my family so I can't just eat hamburgers and ice cream all day.
Any high caloric healthy foods?
I have been doing 70+/week for the last few years and cannot lose weight, in the last month gained 5lbs, went to nutritionist and said I should be losing weight based on my daily food intake, but gain weight, no idea why?
having sleep problems, always tired, on iron supplement from Dr. because ferritin a little low (in last year ferritin has been - 29,61,47)
training and racing recently has been terrible, no idea why