I'm a stress eater. Are you?

rebecca916

If you are a stress eater, can you please list any suggestions and advice on how you relieve your stress and or manage the temptations to overeat?

Newmammaluv

I am a stress eater big time and I don't manage well.... I do really well until something REALLY stressful happens like taking my 2 year old to the ER earlier this week, and then I say "aww f it!!" and pick up jack in the box on the way home at midnight. lol Dont follow my lead.

Valtishia

I haven't found anything that completely cures it.. but I do take a B vitamin complex which helps tremendously minimizing the impact on my body.

toodleton

I am a stress eater also and sometimes I am successful and overcome the temptation by drinking a cup of hot tea with splenda and fat free creamer which is very low calorie and filling.....try low calorie drinks, it might fill you up and keep you from eating...

callipygianchronicle

I am a comfort eater. That means I eat when I am stressed, lonely, bored, sad, self-loathing, or any other word we use to describe bleak, emptiness. For me, the only cure has been abandoning my crutch. That means that when I am sad, I have to deal with being sad. when I am hurt, I have to feel hurt. I’m not allowed to shut up my feelings with food. The only way out is through. Rather than numb, I feel, and I am developing different coping skills as a result.

That doesn’t mean I am perfect. Some days, I heal my feelings the way I always have (and yesterday’s diary is a prime example). some days, I go workout. But, above al, it has taken a change in mindset. My feelings are okay. They are not something I have to overcome or be embarrassed by. They are not insignificant, as I have been taught to believe since childhood. My feelings are simply something I must work through, and I do not have to silence my stress, or anything else, with food.

MyNameIsNotBob

I'm a stress / emotional eater, for sure. If I'm having a crappy day, I'll just graze and munch and not even think about a cookie here and a croissant there. It really helps to be honest with myself and enter everything into MFP as soon as I eat it. I start to see the calories add up and then it curbs the temptation. I really want to stick with my plan and lose the weight, so being accountable to myself is helpful. I might still eat 4 Oreos and 5 Hershey's Kisses, but once I enter them into MFP, I know that I've done my damage and it's time to move on and get back to the plan.