I'm having the same problem as OP. I feel so hungry after those days I work out. When I only do ripped in 30 by Jillian, then I'm okay. But on the days I do the video + run c25k I have wolf hunger.

Should I add some protein powder?

Your approach is almost exactly what I do (minus the kids and the protein shake --LOL!). I have been trying to do one hour of some kind of activity each day, but not "formal" gym-type exercise. I'll ride my bike to the store and back (30 minutes), do deep cleaning on a room in my house (30 min. - 1 hour), take my dog for another walk (20 minutes), etc. If I tried to do a gym-style workout on top of that, I would be even hungrier than I am!

As for the OP, when I feel hungry I try to ride it out. In the past, it was almost as if I was afraid of hunger, as if I would just die if I didn't eat something immediately. However, I've learned that when I get hungry, if I can ride out that feeling for 30 minutes or so, it usualy passes (especially if I get involved with something else). If it persists and is really bad, I'll eat a little something that I know will satisfy me until dinner (e.g., a small piece of bread w/ cheese---combining carbs, fat, & protein seems to help me tremendously with hunger).

I've decided to do the same. Exercising just requires me to eat way too much, and I find it hard to control myself. Once I get down to my goal weight, I plan to start lifting weights (free gym at my school!), so I can be ripped, and not just skinny. ;)

More protein and more fat!! Fewer carbs!!

I'm on around 1200-1300 and even on days I run 9 kilometers (about an hour) I don't get too hungry... though I do add another 100-200 cals to my usual total. I get no more than 150 g of carbs a day usually, and try to get to 80-90 g of protein.

Also, my "go to" meal that leaves me feeling STUFFED is: 3/4 c of oatmeal, 1 scoop protein powder, 1 tbs peanut butter. It is delicious and keeps me from wanting to eat for hours. It's something like 400 calories, 30-35 g of protein, 15 g of fat I think :)

Initially, a good workout will make me not want to eat afterwards, but if I don't add a little something to those days, I get crazy hungry. I worked out for a month without adding extra calories, and it was torture.

Now I drink a fat-free, high protein shake (190 cals) after super-awesome workouts. Like I won't "get" the shake unless I burn at least 200-300 cals, preferrably more. Adding this is hasn't stalled my weight loss, and does help me work out more and sustain my energy.

I say keep working out!!! You don't want to lose a bunch a weight and then be skinny-fat, where you have no muscle tone and still have an unhealthy body fat %.

yeah, working out hard put me in an eating frenzy but when i took it down a notch and currently workout only three times a week i crave less and only remember to eat when i'm really hungry unlike before when i exercised like a maniac I thought about food all day. Plus i'm losing more weight! I wish you all the best!

Yes, yes, yes! I used to exercise for an hour or more a day, but it would make me hungry and binge and think about food all day. I exercise 30 mintues a day now, and I feel great and don't binge. One or 2 days a week, I might exercise 50 minutes, but 30 minutes is what I aim for.

Right after I work out I have absolutely no appetitie. So if I plan my day appropriately, I can use my workouts to avoid going over on calories.

That diet PB looks just nasty. Look what they have done to it. All the processing and additives. Ugh :( Why? PB is perfectly healthy and quite easy to fit into a reduced calorie diet. My philosophy is to just eat the real deal and work my numbers to accomodate it.

I agree completely. I love all natural p.b.---no sugar, no salt. One of my favorite breakfasts is eating p.b. on whole wheat toast with a tsp. of fig jam (bought from Whole Foods). Yum! And it's filling and satisfying.

Since we're all sharing ... :D

Light exercise has no effect

Moderate tends to make me hungry but not that much

Heavy exercise makes me hungry but not ravenous

Heavy + intense exercise totally blunts my hunger for a couple hours. Can't eat. Don't want to see food. Eventually I become ravenous.

Generally speaking I'm hungry all the time though. :D

Exercise kills my appetite for a couple of hours. Then I become starved. I exercise only in the evenings for this reason. By the time I'm starved, I am too tired to worry about it and go directly to bed.

I get ravenous no matter how hard or little I work out. So I eat a light dinner when I get home from work, work out, and then shower and sleep right away. This way I sleep though my hunger.

Better than Peanut Butter is nasty stuff - loads of sugar.

I should try to workout right before bed and see if that helps.