How do you overcome stress to help with weight loss?

I actively remind myself that home stresses stay at the home and work stresses stop when I leave work. It's hard to do, but if it's for less than a year you can do it.

Take up a relaxing hobby that allows you to be distracted. I go hiking in the valley. It's hilly enough and gorgeous enough to distract me from my troubles.

Exercise is a good stress reliever. Try some cardio.

I picture the door closing in my brain to drop the work stress. Then I try real hard not to pick it up till I get back to work the next day. The more I did it the better it was to not pick it back up. Deep breathing exercises while at work have helped as well. Doing the breathing doesn't take too long and it is amazing how my shoulders will relax after doing them. There are also stretches to do at your desk that will help as well. Not sure if you are at a desk but they work even if you aren't at a desk. I found the stretches online (Youtube) there were a lot so I picked what I liked and do those. Hang in there. On the exercise, if you are cleaning your house and doing any yard work that can count as exercise. I use house cleaning and gardening as my exercise. I also use my pedometer and use the walking for my exercise. It is amazing how many steps you can get while at the grocery store or Lowes. :-) Have a great day!

You've received some good advice so far, but it bears repeating: meditation and exercise have been the most effective tools for helping me to cope with stress.

If you have a smartphone, download the Calm app. It's free and gives you options for either guided or unguided meditations, and also allows you to set how long you want to meditate. It has taken me YEARS to finally make a good practice of it (I felt like I was horrible at meditation at first), but now, I can tell a real difference in my mood and patience when I don't meditate.

Exercise has been the same way for me. I wouldn't say I'm on a regular schedule yet, but I am getting to the point where if I don't exercise (yoga, body weight exercises, walking), I don't feel as good as if I did exercise.

When I'm exercising AND meditating, I am eating better, thinking more clearly, and handling stress in a much better way. Study after study has shown that these two methods are some of the best ways to handle stress, anxiety, depression, and a host of other problems. And they'll help you keep up with those grandkids once retirement day comes. ;-)

Meditation, breathing exercises, a walk in the woods, humor, wine

Stress will ALWAYS BE In your life! I can promise you that. The best thing to do is find a go to for when you are feeling stressed... that's one thing you can do. Mine is walking, no matter if I am at work or home, when I find myself stressing out I go walk and it helps a lot. Wine is a great emergency go to if you drink ;-) I also recommend lots of humor and some good comedies. If you aren't into movies find someone who makes you laugh. I have a friend who is a comedian so I'm lucky I call him and he cracks me up... laughter is a great stress reliever. Oh and music is great! Find an artist you can identify with and fill your head with it! It helps.

meditation, practice a hobby, spend 15 minutes a day doing something you love. (Not eating badly of course LOL)
best of lucks!!!

A good trick I read about to use during stress is to think about what you are grateful for. Apparently, even if you can't come up with anything, the process of trying to think of something has really positive affects on your brain.

Sometimes when my toddler is in a grump I ask her what her favourite part of the day has been (simpler form of the above) and honestly it actually snaps her out of her mood sometimes! And it works for me as an adult.

Also if I find I've eaten emotionally, I ask myself out loud whether that food actually fixed my problem or helped me. It's always a no. Eventually I've just stopped doing it as much. Unfortunately I also like eating when I'm happy though hahahaha.