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.