Stress eater tips please

denisecruz20 · August 2018

I need some advice about controlling eating when im stress . I notice I would start the diet than I'll get stress about something and there goes the diet. Any advice will be apperiated.

DoubleUbea · August 2018

I stress eat also. Your diet hasn't ended.. it slows down a bit. Don't worry about it, get back on track for the next meal.
I know it is easier for some people to correct bad habits. If you are routinely and habitually weighing and logging your food it might make it easier to stop. If you are routinely logging your food, when you grab that stress food your focus will turn from eating the food to pulling out the scale, weighing the food, and logging it. You are redirecting yourself away from the food to something else.
Habit will make you think "I need to weigh and log this food before I can eat it." and by that time you might have lost the urge to stress eat.
If you ate a few bites it is okay, make sure you log it as best as you can and move on. Whatever you do don't give up.

I know sometimes weighing or logging is difficult. If you use the app when you start to stress eat, reach for the phone and get in the habit of logging that stress food. It will be a deterrent, it will shift your focus from the food to logging the food and in that switch you might start to realize you don't need or really want that food.

Make sure that you don't give up because of a minor bump, get back on track for the next meal and carry on.
Best of luck

Lillymoo01 · August 2018

Even when stressed log everything before you eat it. Sometimes just doing that is enough for you to rethink whether your choices are worth it.

denisecruz20 · August 2018

Thank you for the advice

MsHarryWinston · August 2018

Cardio. Your mileage may vary but for me cardio really helped curb my stress eating. I’ve always been a crazy emotional eater. Straight up binging when when my emotional eating kicks in. I started doing extra workouts when I got stressed. I crank the music and dance like crazy for an hour. It burns a few hundred calories, and after a while it retrained my habits. I honestly don’t think I’ve given into emotional eating in a year now.

Maybe something to try?

cesse47 · August 2018

What has worked for me in the past is to immediately drink a big glass of water as soon as I recognize I'm stress eating. Also, be sure you honestly log everything ... especially stress / binging foods. Log as soon as you can. Sometimes seeing the picture of what is happening will be enough to snap you out of it.

The other trick I've used is a change of scene. Go for a walk around the building, the block, etc. Or, jump rope. or do a Walk at Home video for 10-15 minutes. Then, slowly drink a glass of water.

A friend of mine brushes her teeth; another chews gum.

You need to find what will work for you so you can redirect yourself away for snacking, binging, stress eating, etc. Good Luck!!

musicfan68 · August 2018

Go for a walk or something that doesn't involve food. You need to change your coping mechanism for stress.

SimplementeSM · August 2018

I recommend reading (or listening! Its an audiobook!) Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat. I'm a boredom/emotional eater and this book helped me work out what is actually triggering my eating. Hope it helps!

denisecruz20 · August 2018

All yall had great advice thanks !

alexa0ne · August 2018

Try to eat healthy foods when you are undergoing stress. Go for fruits or vegetable salad.

OddDitty · August 2018

denisecruz20 wrote: »

I need some advice about controlling eating when im stress . I notice I would start the diet than I'll get stress about something and there goes the diet. Any advice will be apperiated.

HI there. I , too, am a "mood eater" as my doc calls it.

There's several things I do, depending on my situation and location. They're in no particular order.

1) I remove myself from the stressor.
2) I find myself a cool glass of water or a warm cup of tea and sip, just sip, until the feeling calms down.
3) I pray. Lordy sometimes I pray so hard I'm sure God is going: want me to smite em? lol
4) I breathe deeply and slowly until I calm down.
5) Pace. Even if its in circles.
6) Chew gum. Save gum chewing for stress times. Don't chew it any other time. (this is when the desire to eat is so strong I don't want anything BUT food).
7) Sing. If you can do it without scaring too many small children and pets

A funny story about that one.

One of the things that stresses me are elevators. I have claustrophobia type enclosed. I cannot stand enclosed spaces from which I cannot exit. And the more people in the elevator the less likely I am to even get on it.

Anyway, one day I got on the elevator and there was just one other person on it. Okay, I told myself, not bad. Lets do this! But on the next floor a herd piled on. I swear we were packed in like kippers and they all crammed on quickly, pushing me and my first floor buddy to the back before I could wind my way to the exit!

So about 1/2 the way up, my palms began sweating and I felt nauseated so I began singing. My first floor buddy began singing with me. Harmonizing the entire way. We didn't plan to, it just kind of happened! Amazing Grace. Figures everyone was going up the entire 6 floors so it gave me time for all verses. Anyway, we go to get off the elevator and when my first floor buddy and I got off, the crowd was out there and applauded. SOOOOOOOOOOOO embarrassed lol. My first floor buddy and I went on to our doctor appts. but it was still a great time instead of a bad, stressful moment.

mazurkiepolish · August 2018

I stress eat as well. Things that have helped me are distracting myself. Watching a movie, reading a book, going for a walk, listening to music. I will even brush my teeth. It’s also good to know that if you happen to do it, it’s not the end of the world. Just move on and get back on track the next day.

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