I succumbed to the cake...and the sausage and peppers and the bread and the chips and dip.
My in-laws came for a visit yesterday. It was a fairly pleasant visit, yet there's always some underlying stress associated with them (could you imagine, stressful in-laws!) And I am a hard core stress eater, so not a good combo.
Looking back on my behavior I could see how I nervously shoved food in my mouth all day long. Some people have a drink to calm the nerves, I just eat. It's really terrible. It's like a compulsion and I am helpless to it.
The very worst part though is that once I get into a mode like that, I go into a tailspin. I just want more even though the stress is gone. Maybe now I'm stressed out because I ate so much and that stress is making me want to reach for more food to comfort myself. Food is my drug.
So I am frustrated today because I don't know how to break this. Maybe I should be focusing on my exercise first and once that falls into place I'll be more inclined to really focus on my diet.
How do normal people deal with stress?
My in-laws came for a visit yesterday. It was a fairly pleasant visit, yet there's always some underlying stress associated with them (could you imagine, stressful in-laws!) And I am a hard core stress eater, so not a good combo.
Looking back on my behavior I could see how I nervously shoved food in my mouth all day long. Some people have a drink to calm the nerves, I just eat. It's really terrible. It's like a compulsion and I am helpless to it.
The very worst part though is that once I get into a mode like that, I go into a tailspin. I just want more even though the stress is gone. Maybe now I'm stressed out because I ate so much and that stress is making me want to reach for more food to comfort myself. Food is my drug.
So I am frustrated today because I don't know how to break this. Maybe I should be focusing on my exercise first and once that falls into place I'll be more inclined to really focus on my diet.
How do normal people deal with stress?
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Sorry you were so stressed out. I so can relate to the stress eating. I have done the stress eating for years. Hope your exercise plan falls into place and is a huge success.
Onnalie
Don't be down on yourself. Today is another day and another opportunity to make different choices. If you know you are stress eater, try keeping some high fiber choices around. It is nearly impossible to keep grazing, if you are full. I like Fiber One bars - oats and strawberry flavor is my fav!
I know exactly how you feel. I also have 50 lbs of pregnancy weight to lose. I also eat when stressed out, which is almost all the time LOL. Its a hard habit to break. I know the best thing to do when stressed is go for a walk, if possible, take a bath, do you like to knit? I hear knitting is relaxing. I don't do any of those LOL. but I plan on starting when my kids are back in school in sept.
Ow, how I can relate! I am such a stress eater plus an emotional eater. The in-laws certainly trigger that big time LOL!
See I seem to think that normal people just don't eat when they are stressed and I am just wired the opposite way.
I love when a friends says to me, "Ow, I can't eat I am just to stressed out." That's when I chime in and say, "Ow, your not going to let that go to waste... I'll eat it for you."
Problem is I don't know how to control it and how to reverse my wiring.
Me too! Still trying to get the motivation to do something about the 40+lbs I want to lose. I gained more after the baby. :p
Stress eating sucks! I do it all the time. actually, I can eat for evey emotion...except when I'm anxious. All of a sudden, the thought of eating makes me wanna throw up. Go figure.