Just took the kids swimming (no afternoon childcare this summer), and afterward I was ravenously hungry! My stomach was growling and twisting, and everything I saw looked delicious!!
It wasn't just me: the kids devoured their dinner, which almost never happens. I guess that swimming makes them ravenously hungry too! You too?
ps I'm also incredibly tired right now... swimming makes me exhausted too, apparently.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Yes, we just took the girls to a pool for the first time last weekend and we were only there a few hours and we were starving and overly exhausted once we got home! The girls slept in until 10:30am the next morning, which isn't uncommon for A but is for E since she is so young. She loved the water though!
nectarine / 2358 posts
After a day in the sun swimming I could eat a cow and sleep 16 hours!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
You burn a ton of calories swimming. It's my exercise of choice.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
Just read that it's the cold water that makes you hungry!! If you work out in cold water (rather than warm), you eat 44% more calories afterward!!
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/tips/expert-advice/why-am-i-always-hungry-after-swimming/
My mind was totally blown!!
pear / 1699 posts
@mrbee: that's so interesting!
We have a pool and we're all always so hungry after an afternoon in it - even if we snack on fruit/pretzels during. It's set to 72, not sure if that's considered cold.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrsjets: According to this, the warm water in a related experiment was 91 degrees!
pear / 1946 posts
I was a swimmer growing up and was always starving after practice. Nowadays it doesn't necessarily make me ravenous but it definitely tires me out more than any other exercise.
grapefruit / 4120 posts
Yes, I try to get my kids to swim as much as possible during the summer! Get them all hungry and worn out 
But yes, unfortunately it has the same effect on me!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Well DD has been swimming every day at came and she comes home starving and has been sleeping more!
pomegranate / 3411 posts
yes it does! i should go swimming more often to burn those calories, lol.
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