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 Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:34 pm
okay, so i've not had the healthiest eating habits for the past two years. let's just leave it at that. anyway, i struggle with restriction, i don't want to eat anything. it's complicated. when i do start on a running program, i get insane cravings for food. any food. i just want to binge. i guess it's because i'm working more and my body needs more food. but i know for a fact that i don't work enough to eat as much as i end up eating, and my weight tends to skyrocket by a good five to ten pounds. this is incredibly discouraging, and it makes it seem like all of the exercise i do is doing more harm than good. not to mention, it totally kills my self-esteem. what can i do to stop all of these cravings? i just get so HUNGRY even when i know i'm really not. (you know, when you just want to eat for the sake of it.) is this normal? i stayed on the program for 3 weeks with this effect. i felt better emotionally, but physically i didn't feel well because i was gaining weight (that wasn't muscle) and eating a lot. what can i do? someone help me?
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:56 pm
The more you exercise, the more your body wants and can handle more food. I saw an interview with this somewhat skinny guy who ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days (or something like that) and his diet was stuff like pizzas and whatever else he wanted.
What kind of exercise are you doing?
Is it just that you want to taste certain foods? If so, try just using smaller portion sizes...or find alternate foods that taste similar but are healthier.
Like I cut soda out of my diet (except for special occasions like when I go out) and replaced it with a certain brand of water I foudn at Walmart that has some fizziness and has flavors that taste like soda (in particular, I found flavors that taste like orange, cherry, and ginger ale sodas).
Maybe snack on some bread sticks or have some healthy whole grain bread that might fill you up more easily than eating a bunch of other random stuff.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:00 pm
CrazyRob The more you exercise, the more your body wants and can handle more food. I saw an interview with this somewhat skinny guy who ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days (or something like that) and his diet was stuff like pizzas and whatever else he wanted. What kind of exercise are you doing? Is it just that you want to taste certain foods? If so, try just using smaller portion sizes...or find alternate foods that taste similar but are healthier. Like I cut soda out of my diet (except for special occasions like when I go out) and replaced it with a certain brand of water I foudn at Walmart that has some fizziness and has flavors that taste like soda (in particular, I found flavors that taste like orange, cherry, and ginger ale sodas). Maybe snack on some bread sticks or have some healthy whole grain bread that might fill you up more easily than eating a bunch of other random stuff. I once saw a swimmer( i think it was michael phelps) and he ate constantly, but he burns so many carbs a day.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:34 am
I know what you mean. However, I weight-train instead of run, so I use a ton more calories. Oh, and I do taekwondo, which also burns a lot of calories since it's a full-body workout. Basically, I can eat whatever I want, and I might lose about 2 pounds initially, but then I quickly gain back and increase my weight with muscle. (I'm also small and only weigh about 105 lb. before starting a training program, so your weight changes may be more noticeable since you're probably bigger than me....like everyone else on the planet over the age of 12 crying .)
Anyway, I recommend you get a scale that calculates body fat percentage. If you know that percentage and how it's affected by eating and your training over time, you can better determine which foods to eat that will keep you nearer your goal.
Also, you might want to add some basic weight training to you running schedule, so that way you burn extra calories and can get away with eating more.
Finally, remember that the stomach is elastic. It expands over time if you're consistently eating larger portions. So you can choose to either eat a lot over time throughout the day, or splurge on one big meal when you're really craving and then restrict yourself at other times that day. But you should try to eat at similar times and use similar portions each day so that the body acclimates to that eating schedule and can expect to receive energy at those times.
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:55 am
Big Big Headphones okay, so i've not had the healthiest eating habits for the past two years. let's just leave it at that. anyway, i struggle with restriction, i don't want to eat anything. it's complicated. when i do start on a running program, i get insane cravings for food. any food. i just want to binge. i guess it's because i'm working more and my body needs more food. but i know for a fact that i don't work enough to eat as much as i end up eating, and my weight tends to skyrocket by a good five to ten pounds. this is incredibly discouraging, and it makes it seem like all of the exercise i do is doing more harm than good. not to mention, it totally kills my self-esteem. what can i do to stop all of these cravings? i just get so HUNGRY even when i know i'm really not. (you know, when you just want to eat for the sake of it.) is this normal? i stayed on the program for 3 weeks with this effect. i felt better emotionally, but physically i didn't feel well because i was gaining weight (that wasn't muscle) and eating a lot. what can i do? someone help me? We'd need to know more about the specifics of the meals you're eating in addition to how much physical activity you're doing to best answer your questions. Craving food when you're burning energy is perfectly normal, but it may also be a sign that your body is just craving certain things it's not getting that it definitely needs. I will say this much up front, though you may become more active to loose weight, try not to forget that muscle is denser than fat. Weight lost in fat loss, will inevitably be regained as your body's muscle density increases. The best way to know if it's beneficial is to use a tape measure to find out if your waist line is shrinking, or not. Best of luck to ya.
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:10 pm
It could be that your taking in the wrong types of carbohydrates, specifically sugars like sucrose. Sucrose will cause blood sugar levels to rise and drop and therefore making you crave more food even though you have only just eaten. Stick to complex/starchy carbs like wholegrain pasta & rice or sugars like fructose or lactose as they are lower in GI than sucrose. But the majority of your carb intake should be from complex carbs, marathon runners eat buckets of pasta days prior to a race so to ensure they have enough glycogen in their bodies.
Simply put, eat less processed and refined foods like table sugar (sucrose), white bread/pasta/rice & general junk, eat more wholegrain rice/pasta/bread, fruit & veg smile
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