Comments on: "Cardio Compensation" – Certain Cardio Workouts Cause Intense Food Cravings

By: "How To Reduce Thigh Fat"

"How To Reduce Thigh Fat" — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:00:33 +0000

the right exercise program will get you the body you want provided you make a few changes, put a little time aside &

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:54:16 +0000

Hi Rusty.
How many times per week should your combination of HIIT and steady state cardio be done?
Great site by the way, really informative and helpful. Put a few of my friends onto it and they love it
Cheers

By: Simon Wheeler

Simon Wheeler — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:51:58 +0000

Interesting to hear that cardio is not a requirement for weight loss as frankly, it's my least favorite form of exercise I love interval training and sprinting sports, and have never had trouble keeping fit with just those..

By: Pollen bee

Pollen bee — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:01:19 +0000

I am also used to putting a lot of time into cardio workouts with literally no results, so I can understand these people. However, now I don't even have time to go to the gym, but it was nice reading this info.

By: steve bashara

steve bashara — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:07:57 +0000

when you go to the buffet try salad bar with vinegar and olive oil baked chicken sweet potatoes veggies etc

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:11:56 +0000

This is startling and important news to me! Time to increase my intervals and decrease my cardio workout.

By: Handbags

Handbags — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:10:18 +0000

Great post! As the saying goes, a healthy body, healthy spirit. Eat a healthy diet and you'll feel fine.

By: Watches

Watches — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:57:51 +0000

I agree with you completely. But still, there is a category of people who need a high-calorie foods. For example people of the North

By: hats

hats — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:27:08 +0000

I realize now after reading through your site that I need to get "obsessed" about my calorie intake to lose the last 20 lbs. I do big heavy ropes for arms and kettle bells along with a ton of lower body exercies like squats and lunges – but I can't lose any weight (been doing this for nearly 8 months 5 times per week for 2 hours per day with a personal trainer – ugh) and I think I am actually getting bigger.

By: Shoes

Shoes — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:26:15 +0000

Healthy lifestyle save the World

By: Seane

Seane — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:23:26 +0000

Exercise will often increase the appetite and so it should, but what it also achieves is muscle. Muscle is also heavier than fat. I have not weighed myself in over four years. I use my senses to determine if my body is in peak shape and if I am hungry, I eat, if I am not I don't. Simple really.

By: Robert C - The Wholesale Products Guy

Robert C - The Wholesale Products Guy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:56:42 +0000

Hey Rusty..

I do about 180 minutes of cardio on the elliptical machine a week. I crave food like crazy. I am always hungry even on the days I do not exercise. It's strange because in the past – that kind of exercise would put a damper on hunger.

I lift weights as well, but I can't believe how hungry I am. Loosing a lot of weight has become almost impossible. My blood pressure is getting high and I really need to loose weight.

I will try to adjust my workout via the suggestions in this post and I might just have to do some HIIT training instead of these long hard slogs of cardio fitness.

Here's to hoping it works..

Robert C – The Wholesale Products Guy

By: Tracey

Tracey — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:11:58 +0000

Rusty – I have found this blog most informative but I have some questions and they are the similar to Curvy's post. I also have a hour glass figure. I am 5'4, 160 lbs. I have been lifting heavy, doing TRX classes, and some cardio. I realize now after reading through your site that I need to get "obsessed" about my calorie intake to lose the last 20 lbs. I do big heavy ropes for arms and kettle bells along with a ton of lower body exercies like squats and lunges – but I can't lose any weight (been doing this for nearly 8 months 5 times per week for 2 hours per day with a personal trainer – ugh) and I think I am actually getting bigger. My clothes are tight in the legs and butt and my jackets are snug around my shoulders. I feel great, I look ok, but I am not getting any smaller – just tigheter, fitter, and bigger. Any suggestions??

By: mickieb

mickieb — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:48:54 +0000

Oh here's the article you wrote on cardio and hunger! I just posted a comment on "Why exercise wont make you thin" and here is my justification! So it does seem that some people get hungry after cardio and they subsequently dont lose weight. I'm trying to change my exercise routine along with trying out the Low Glycemic way of eating. Any thoughts on this?

By: Nancy D

Nancy D — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:18:26 +0000

I guess it all comes down to what you can do and what you can fit into your routine. The info you give is really useful, makes everything sound very easy which I am sure gives many of us initiative. HIT training I am guessing is still not right for everyone?
Nancy

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:33:15 +0000

Very important information to know that if whatever form of exercise you are completing is making you more hungry than before you started exercising it can give the false illusion that your body actually requires more food. However when exercise is combined with the diet it often comes across to people as if they are starving themselves and that they are convinced they need more food. The combination is the key, getting the right amount of sustenance to keep your body going but without feeling that hunger stage to a degree it makes you give in!

By: Annalisa

Annalisa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:49:41 +0000

This is a really interesting article Rusty. Sometimes after I go running I get intensely hungry and I never understood why. So I actually started doing some HIIT training again and I can't believe the difference.

After running an hour straight I would be starving but after only a half hour of HIIT training I wouldn't be hungry at all! And i'm getting the same, if not better results, in a shorter amount of time. Thanks so much! I really appreciate your blog.

By: April

April — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:07:11 +0000

A few years ago I ran a marathon. Prior to that I had slowly lost the baby weight but had the last 10 lbs to lose. It proved a difficult task. I decided to run a marathon. My thinking was–"how could training to run 26.2 miles not cause weight loss?"

The good news- I didn't gain any weight during my training.

The bad news – I didn't lose any either.

I know what I did – after training, especially my long runs I was ravenous. I am sure I ate much more than I burned off.

Although I was a runner before pregnancy I had never attempted the marathon distance. I did like the challenge but was disappointed with the result. Next up came a half marathon. Surprisingly I lost the rest of the weight and then some. I found the distance challenging but at the same time…I didn't have the hunger cravings like I did with marathon training.

Of course I now I am attempting another marathon( yes I am doing it for the challenge! Not for weight loss this time!)…but have had great success with my hunger cravings. I am doing the galloway method where for the entire marathon I run and walk a certain ratio. Run 3 min/walk 1. Sure…I get rude comments from other "real runners" that I shouldn't be walking. But at the same time I am in the BEST shape of my life.

I read your article about marathon cardio! I have to say….I like having a goal. A challenge. I want to beat my prior time. So hoping I will set a personal best. I do agree that running a marathon shouldn't be used for weight loss. Alot of people will be very disappointed.

By: curvy.

curvy. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:24:46 +0000

I just discovered your blog today. I'm an exercise science major at a major university and I think your advice is in harmony with what a lot of cohort studies that follow groups of people over the span of many years demonstrate about true fitness and health, and much of it fits in with what the leading nutrition and exercise science professors and textbooks say. Its a great resource.

I have a question for you, and I've been having trouble finding information on the subject. My measurements are 39" hips, 28" waist, and 37" bust, so I'm pretty close to an hourglass body type. I find that when I work my abs too much I feel like I'm bulking up my waist, rather than accentuating it. It is true that spot reduction is a myth, and its actually going in reverse for me and bulking me up. I would just quit working the abs altogether, but I still want to be toned, and I do have too much love handles. I also want to shrink my waist, NOT my butt or bust.
I'm trying to follow your advice on dieting and eat less meals per day. I interval train on the elliptical and stairmaster, and I alternate between weight training and yoga. I just started a couple weeks ago, but I feel bulkier, and I gained 2 pounds I'm praying it's just muscle or water weight. (but I dont want much muscle)
What workout plan and diet would you suggest I follow to lose 10lbs of fat and accentuate an hourglass figure?

By: Done

Done — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:03:11 +0000

Thanks Dude!!!

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