Stress Eating is Killing me . . .

I find myself going out for walks now. Logging my food also keeps me aware of how much I'm eating and encourages me to limit my consumption of coke and sweets.

My first thing is if you cant get the exercise or get out is to get the food out - I make sure not to buy my trigger binge foods. If only I could binge on veggies and lean proteins I would be happy lol. Second I buy portioned items of the things that can trigger or that I can mindlessly eat when I'm in "one of those moods" its more expensive to buy a small bag / portion of something then the larger/ industrial size but I know that I've I "need" the snack at least I can have something and I wont be able to over eat (well unless I eat more than one pack of it, but that why I tend to buy limited amounts). Another thing is to try and find healthier substitutes (like baked chips rather then normal chips or low fat/ low sugar rather then whole).

Truly the issue is tied to emotional issues and behaviors and requires a lot of work and its hard and takes time. Over a year and half and I suddenly too found myself stress eating and binging. Sometimes even at the expense of a meal or ai nust go wayyy over on my calories.

Good luck!

My job entailed dangerous winter driving on icy/ unplowed crowned roads, driving at the edge of the road, ditches, slippery conditions, with a draconian and inflexible time schedule that did not allow for winter driving conditions, for 5 or 6 hours a day, 57 mile route, with a childishly bad-tempered arsehole boss who hated me ( it was mutual), and while I liked my coworkers and loved the job in summer, in winter I hated and dreaded it all 23 years, and would come home stressed, exhausted, sometimes having been stuck in snowdrifts or ditches,need wrecker service and thus getting a tow bill, or having been in terrifiyng skids. My way of dealing with it? Go to bed and crash. I would usually be too tired and stressed to even think of food, or else I'd look at dinner, feel too exhausted to eat, say "Ugh, not hungry" and go crash.
I'd suggest finding another way to relieve stress. Sleep, reading, music, arts, play with your dog.....

I can relate to stress eating. I lost 60 lbs, 265 to 205, gained 25 lbs to 230, lost 20 lbs to 210, gained 35 lbs to 245, and recently lost 10 lbs to 235. I go on The biggest loser program at my health club where they make you trak your eating, signin to a work out three times a week, and weighin once a week. The tracking my food works but I resist. I saw my old weight watchers coach who said I looked great. I complained that I lose 20 lbs. on the biggest loser only to gain it back between contests. I complained about yo yo weight loss. She said to avoid th u\going up in weight on the yo yo dieting cycle. In the biggest loser, my diet coach said maybe eliminating the ice cream and nachos would help. My exercise trainer said to eliminate the 1,000 calorie meals. I resist. I took a vote in my weekly class, amd we voted to make diet 60% of success and exercise 40% of success, instead of the 80/20 split that our exercise coach said it was. I resist. I've also blown diets whn people told me not to eat something, just to spite them. I resist.

I go for a run. It calms me down and takes my mind off things. Also, i can't eat when I'm running