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New situation weight drop?

EloquentSelfLoathing
EloquentSelfLoathing Posts: 20 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone else rapidly lose weight in new anxiety inducing situations eg new house, new job, new school year? Cause I have a pretty strong tendency to and wondering if it's normal?

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    When you get anxious, do you eat less than normal? Or fidget a lot?
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
    edited July 2017
    No, I gain because I'm a stress eater.

    But losing one's appetite due to stress is also very common for many people. You are probably one of those.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    My 21 year old daughter started a job working at a fast food restaurant 3 months ago. She lost 15 lb in her first two months and it's stabilized there. This is all about her increase in activity.
  • Mezzie1024
    Mezzie1024 Posts: 380 Member
    Yes. I would say it's fairly common, as is its opposite, overeating when stressed.
  • WyldHaggis
    WyldHaggis Posts: 17 Member
    Yep. All the more if the stressful situation implies that I'm very busy. (But then, I'm a 'boredom eater', so it makes sense.)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I definitely eat less when i'm stressed/anxious/heartbroken etc My sister's the same, she dropped to an unhealthy low weight after her divorce. My mum also just about wasted away after my dad died.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    No, I overeat.
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