Do you stress eat?

I can't eat when I'm stressed. Once I even spent 24 hours without eating because I was really under pressure, and didn't even feel hungry.

I mostly have to deal with eating too many sweets on PMS. My way of dealing... Not to keep it in the house. Have just a little bit (because otherwise I'd go crazy) and not have that food I want to eat around me.

Depends on HOW stressed. Normal run of the mill bad day stress...sometimes. Over the top, end of the world, OMG run away stressed. Stop eating. Stop functioning. Go to bed. :grumble:

With regular stress, I'll stress eat, I'll eat the same amount as normal, just foods that aren't so great for you. If it's stress from anxiety I completely lose my appetite and if I didn't make myself eat I could probably go a few days lol

I'm definitely a stress eater, but I don't actually feel hungry when I'm stressed, I simply eat and have no mindfulness of how much I'm eating. When I'm stressed, I can even forget that I ate - I can have two breakfasts, or a second dinner at 11pm forgetting that I ate a huge burger at 7pm

That's why I like MFP's accountability. I track everything either before I eat it, or immediately afterwards, so even if I'm busy or stressed I KNOW what I ate, no forgetting ever again!

I lose my appetite when I'm stressed. Last year, I was in charge of logistics of bringing a team of 13 preteen boys and accompany families to a soccer tournament in Las Vegas and had lost 3 lbs over the course of that trip.

I am sure that I do stress eat sometimes, but it is within my calories and usually within my macros. Wow, boring answer, eh?

Generally when something happens and there is really NOTHING I can do about it...I will be more likely to stress eat. Like when my husband's parents died (both recently but for different reasons) I instantly wanted full fat ice cream both times and indulged. Or if something stressful happens at work I'll be more likely to want to pick up some chocolate or go out to dinner instead of going home and cooking a healthy meal.

In years past I did that WAYYYYY too much. In fact after hovering around 260 lb for a decade I shot up to 307 (my all-time high) because I got a "better" job that was much more stressful and difficult. So I was practically "rewarding" myself with food and lattes for making it through each day. NOT good!!

When really bad stuff happens though I can sometimes lose my appetite. There was a very bad tornado in my town a few years ago, it killed a lot of people (some I knew), destroyed my house, and basically a third of my hometown was gone in a flash. That experience made it very difficult for me to eat for about a month and especially the first week I could basically only keep down some Kit Kats and tea. I know some people who have lost a lot of weight since the tornado, and I know other people who have binged and gained large amounts of weight since going through the same ordeal. Everyone deals with stuff differently. (as for me I lost weight in the year before it happened, then stayed at the same weight for about 2 years before I joined MFP and started losing again)

Nah...stress is not good for my body...

I'm not ashamed to admit that I eat with emotions- big time! The worst thing is that whenever I'm upset, mad, angry, scared...anything negative, I want food instantly. Sometimes, I can get easily stressed because of people and the first thing I think about is toffee popcorn, which is my weakness. I can very easily eat a big bag to myself and feel better whilst eating it but after I eat it, I feel even worse.

this. once, many years ago, when my belly was all bloated, and somebody asked if i was pregnant [the turd], i got upset.. but where did i go right after, during my break? to mcds, to get a junior chicken.

habits CAN be broken =]

another thing ive learned lately that helps--stay full throughout the day. like really full [on healthy stuff]. even if you crave the garbage, you'll be too full to really go for it. =]

I think I used to, but I do not stress eat per se. I would say it is more of a stressful or busy time I eat out more. My grandmother died in November and the week she was in the hospital and the week after were 2 weeks of nothing but take out.

In other situations I try to stick with bringing my food or cooking at home and hitting the gym. The gym makes me feel not as stressed.

Depends on what it is: when my mom was in the hospital I didn't have an appetite.

When I miscolor my hair and can't get to the salon right away, I will eat anything I can find.