Are you a stress eater?

AmberJslimsAWAY
AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
edited December 16 in Food and Nutrition
I know that some people eat like there's no tomorrow when they are stressed/depressed/upset. I on the other hand have to force myself to eat when I am stressed.

What are you?
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  • angied80
    angied80 Posts: 713 Member
    Depends. Sometimes I am like you and have to force feed myself. Sometimes I eat like there is no tomorrow!
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    Yes, I am a stress eater. I eat stress, and poop rainbows!!!

    but seriously, I am more prone NOT ot eat when I am stressed. When I get really stressed, my stomach tends to tighten up and I just don't feel like eating. That does not stop me, however, from pouring it full of beer or tequila from time to time.....
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    I'm not. I have to force myself and if I do eat I normally get sick. Stress is a great diet (joking)
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    Yes, I am a stress eater. I eat stress, and poop rainbows!!!

    but seriously, I am more prone NOT ot eat when I am stressed. When I get really stressed, my stomach tends to tighten up and I just don't feel like eating. That does not stop me, however, from pouring it full of beer or tequila from time to time.....

    LOL there's always room for booze!
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    Nope, I just want to do nothing. I'm not an emotional eater either.
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    Fast food junky stress eater - I know I am feeling stressed when I want a big mac and french fries from McDs :(, chips and ice cream...
  • MorissaW
    MorissaW Posts: 95 Member
    I way overeat when I am stressed and when I am tried. Monday's are terrible for me because I am so tired and if I let it, the weekends are bad as well. We are remodeling right now and it is stressful!!
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    Yes, I am a stress eater. I eat stress, and poop rainbows!!!

    but seriously, I am more prone NOT ot eat when I am stressed. When I get really stressed, my stomach tends to tighten up and I just don't feel like eating. That does not stop me, however, from pouring it full of beer or tequila from time to time.....

    LOL there's always room for booze!

    I'll second that!
  • iluxoxo211
    iluxoxo211 Posts: 241 Member
    I am a stress eater.. or should I say I used to be a stress eater.. I felt myself stressed last night and I wanted to reach for junk but I forced myself to re think and instead I had a filling healthy dinner and took a nice long walk with my husband...in order to lose weight and keep it off you really have to make it a life style change.. I personally got so large because I let my stress and emotions over come me.. you have to find a different outlet.. its all a learning process its very hard to over come but if you keep trying it will get easier and easier every time.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I'm maybe a bit of a stress eater... In general, I notice I eat when I'm angry at myself.
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    I hate being so stressed but what a freaking diet boost! lol jk
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    I hate being so stressed but what a freaking diet boost! lol jk

    haha I went through a breakup a while ago and I wasn't sad that the relationship was ending but it was the moving, pets looking for a new place and everything else that went along with it that was playing on my nerves and I tell you I must've lost 15 pounds at least during that ordeal.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I'm a stress eater, for sure, so to balance that out I've started doing a lot of yoga and meditation, plus running helps too. I figure, if I'm gonna eat because I'm stressed, I better go run 5 miles to burn it off!
  • lkcuts
    lkcuts Posts: 224
    hi, my name is Lorie and I am a stress eataholic!! It makes me feel better. But now, I try to do something else besides eat..play with my dogs (helps my stress big time) when I am stressed my brain triggers my stomach to hurt and I want to eat to make it stop, wrongfully mistaking it for hunger pains. My biggest accomplishment is ackowledgeing what happens and derail myself to do something else. That not only helps me from getting over stressed about the situation I have no control over,it also lifts my spirits.My dogs always make me laugh. Laughter is good medicine!:laugh:
  • SkyPixie
    SkyPixie Posts: 224
    I don't eat when I am stressed I go the other way but I do eat bad when I am tired to my bones and my job coupled with home life makes me like that some days.

    Whatever is first out of the cupboard will do ...a 12 hour day with no breaks and 2 hours driving coupled with never ending household chores is enough to make me reach straight for the chips and forget the healthy stuff in the fridge ....not proud that I do this but I guess some days you are only human ...
  • dane11235813
    dane11235813 Posts: 682 Member
    when i'm stressed i tend to eat more

    when i'm REALLY stressed i stop eating completely.

    not good either way....
  • 911chell
    911chell Posts: 26
    I am all of those , however I have been working on it and it is getting better. When I am stressed I go for a run, If I am depressed I take a bath, If im just in the mood to munch I grab som sugar free dark chocolate and walnuts just a few and make them last !!!
  • Faintgreeneyes
    Faintgreeneyes Posts: 729 Member
    I am definitly not a stress eater. If I am really stressed/upset I basically stop eating completely. Which isn't good, so I know when that happens I need to take a time out, and try and get some food in.

    I am also like that when I am sick as well.
  • neelia
    neelia Posts: 750 Member
    Definitely a stress eater.
  • jenrod1118
    jenrod1118 Posts: 150 Member
    I am such an emotional eater! The worst is when i'm bored, or super excited about something.
  • macmess
    macmess Posts: 28 Member
    unfortunately, I eat when I am bored... not stressed.
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    Definitely an emotional eater.
  • newman84
    newman84 Posts: 234 Member
    I am definitly a stress eater. I've been trying to be a stress excerciser instead. So when i'm upset i go for a walk or something.
    When i'm having a really hard time sometime i do stop eating. Either way isn't good but i continue to work on that.
  • mmsilvia
    mmsilvia Posts: 459 Member
    I am SO a stress eater & I love to polish of a bag of Salt N' Vinger chips when I am stressed. My solution ~ don't keep chips in my house any more. If they aren't there I can't eat them. If I start to feel stressed or had a bad day ~ as soon as I get a few mins I will workout & put all the stress into my workout. Always feel better after and never miss the chips :smile:
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    I know that some people eat like there's no tomorrow when they are stressed/depressed/upset.

    Oh hell yes. That's a big part of what got me to 350 pounds in the first place.
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    Moderate, day-to-day stress... eater.

    Totally, stressed-out, life falling apart stress... NOT an eater, end up losing a ton, but lose muscle too. Luckily, this has only happened 2x in my life, but I'm still working back up from the last time.
  • giselle9938
    giselle9938 Posts: 194 Member
    I'm emotional eater thats why there is no nutella at home anymore.
  • shine_
    shine_ Posts: 150 Member
    Definitely not a stress eater! I really struggle to eat at all when I am stressed. Around exam time (I'm a student) I am lucky if I manage to eat (and keep down) one meal a day.
  • snlperdue93
    snlperdue93 Posts: 210 Member
    I know that some people eat like there's no tomorrow when they are stressed/depressed/upset. I on the other hand have to force myself to eat when I am stressed.

    What are you?

    I am the exact same way. When I am stressed or upset I have to force myself to eat. Like right now, it is finals week so I am cramming for exams, finishing up final projects and just stressed out. I am not even hungry at all. I could probably go all week without eating anything and not even notice. The one good thing I have going for me is that it is also PMS week, so I am craving chocolate and Tacos. So, when I get that craving I grab some almonds or string cheese which at least gets something in my stomach. Thank goodness for alarms in my iPhone or I would forget to eat all together.
  • monroe61
    monroe61 Posts: 620 Member
    I am a stress eater!
    Now when I feel depressed I stop eating...for example I went through a mis-carriage (or so I thought) and I didn't eat for a long time, just laid in bed and cried...well needless to say my "mis-carriage" is turning ONE on Saturday!!!
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