Me, if I'm stressed enough I lose my appetite completely.

9/30/2010 11:39:25 AM

same

9/30/2010 11:40:23 AM

it doesn't really affect my appetite.

9/30/2010 11:41:06 AM

For me, both.

Though as of late (read: within the past year), it's tended strongly towards loss of appetite. Which is mostly fine by me til I realize I've gone something like 36hrs without food and make bears in the early spring look like congenial, happy fuckers.

9/30/2010 11:42:52 AM

I'll usually lose it, not eat for a while, realize I'm really hungry and then eat like, a whole pizza or something. It also tends to make me only able to stomach one type of food. One particularly bad month the only thing I could bear to eat was plain cheese sandwiches (just bread and cheese).

9/30/2010 11:44:15 AM

no eats

9/30/2010 11:45:18 AM

Most women I know eat when they get stressed . . . a lot of the men I know don't. I'm wondering if it is an evolutionary thing to direct resources towards the women since they are more critical to survival of the species than men.

9/30/2010 11:51:48 AM

Gorge

When I'm stressed it usually has to do with having too much bullshit to do and too little time to do it. In that situation I think I'm attracted to negative things that give a quick sense of pleasure since I can't seem to find time to do the things I really enjoy doing.

On the opposite end of the spectrum I might spend 8 hours on the beach, have no hunger whatsoever, and realize after the fact that I've only taken in a couple hundred calories all day.

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 11:54 AM. Reason : l]

9/30/2010 11:51:52 AM

i eat. i wish i didn't eat. i'd be like a size double zero if i lost my appetite when i was stressed.

9/30/2010 11:52:49 AM

I do both

one day its nothing and the next I might binge

I really can't predict myself

9/30/2010 11:56:13 AM

i dont eat when im stressed

9/30/2010 11:58:05 AM

I don't eat or sleep. This is bad for trying to gain/maintain weight, and that it makes my level of mental efficiency and proficiency drop, making my stress worse.

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 12:08 PM. Reason : so far this week I"ve slept 3, 5,3, and 9 (crashed last night and didn't get shit done)]

9/30/2010 12:07:39 PM

^

9/30/2010 12:08:25 PM

I used to not eat but I have conditioned myself to eat during times of stress. I have to or I will lose weight at an alarming rate.

9/30/2010 12:09:20 PM

i completely lose my appetite with any extreme emotional change...

sometimes i'll eat just because i know i need to but it's not because i want to


i've never understand comfort eating

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM. Reason : if i eat it's because i like to eat...not because of my emotions]

9/30/2010 12:12:07 PM

it seems dependent on where i am...if i'm at home and food is readily available, i find that i eat more (particularly sweets)...if i'm not at home, then i almost never go out and buy food (rather, i read a book or go to the gym or something)

9/30/2010 12:14:07 PM

emo fatties ITT

9/30/2010 12:14:43 PM

i am usually only stressed if I'm busy, and if i'm busy, i don't really think about eating... it's funny- I'll have a long day work, and I won't even think about food, but as soon as I'm on the drive home, I realize that I'm starving

9/30/2010 12:16:18 PM

i just realized it's after 12 and i'm not hungry in the least...

haha


it's probably because i feel like crap and had the excitement of a flooded office this morning which was stressful in and of itself

9/30/2010 12:16:57 PM

sounds like everyone in here is a candidate for medical marijuana.

9/30/2010 12:18:10 PM

As I am not a woman, i don;t allow "stress" to affect my eating habits.

9/30/2010 12:18:11 PM

i snack when i'm stressed

especially when i have a lot to do and trying to keep it all straight and staying focused on TCB

9/30/2010 12:18:32 PM

I lose my appetite when I get stressed.

But, even then, I still manage to overeat.

9/30/2010 12:19:16 PM

Quote :

"sounds like everyone in here is a candidate for medical marijuana."

sounds like if eating is the issue, this will exacerbate the problem

9/30/2010 12:44:27 PM

^?

The majority of people are reporting a loss of appetite when they get stressed.

Thus the medical marijuana.

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM. Reason : Blah. No comma.]

9/30/2010 12:46:18 PM

yeah, and smoking weed doesnt make me hungry for whatever reason...I was talking more for the stress.

9/30/2010 12:49:18 PM

Quote :

"i'd be like a size double zero if i lost my appetite when i was stressed."

9/30/2010 12:49:38 PM

It depends. Some days when I'm stressed I see food and just think, "blah no thanks."

Other days I'm like, "I WANT TO EAT MY FEELINGS, GIVE ME TWO PINTS OF BEN & JERRY'S HALF BAKED ICE CREAM"

9/30/2010 12:52:12 PM

which brings us to our next topic...different kinds of stress?

9/30/2010 12:53:02 PM

Not sure I really have stress. But I forget to eat when I'm busy. I have to force myself to eat bc I get woozy when I go more than 4 hours without eating.

9/30/2010 12:55:33 PM

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it's... under control.


but for real, i stress eat pretty bad.

9/30/2010 12:57:33 PM

I'm serious about overeating when I have no appetite.

Like, when you're not hungry at all, and you go out with friends just cause, but once you start eating you end up grubbing out. And everybody gets to-go boxes while you've got a clean plate.

Do y'all know what I'm talking about?

9/30/2010 1:00:26 PM

I tend to crave food, and specifically anything and everything that is bad for you when i'm stressed.

also, my eyes twitch.

and i grind my teeth at night.

9/30/2010 1:02:44 PM

^Yes! Twitchy eye!

9/30/2010 1:04:38 PM

I lose mine.

its funny after a big break up i don't want to eat. so its kinda nice b/c i shed lbs quicker lol.

9/30/2010 1:40:09 PM

If I was dating a girl like that I'd probably break up with her every few months to keep her in check.

9/30/2010 3:07:33 PM

I tend to eat less when I'm in a relationship and more when I'm single. Mostly because relationships are time consuming and there's less time to eat when you're constantly spending time with someone. And when you're in a relationship, I'd rather spend my time with them doing other, more fun things.

9/30/2010 3:13:34 PM

I lose my appetite as well.

I dropped about 10 pounds after I found out that EMCE is black.

9/30/2010 3:15:08 PM

^^I dunno. We go out a lot, so all that fatty restaurant food fills me up

When I'm stressed I forget to eat, and end up eating about 300 calories a day..roundabouts. But since I'm unemployed (hooraaaayyyy....) I sit around the house and the fridge beckons to me all.day.long.

9/30/2010 3:19:09 PM

Quote :

"i eat. i wish i didn't eat. i'd be like a size double zero if i lost my appetite when i was stressed."

ditto.

9/30/2010 3:57:28 PM

the women I understand - but any man who can't eat supper cause of "stress" fails at life.

Quote :

"GROW A SET"

9/30/2010 4:19:25 PM

stress just makes me horny....yeah...weird i know

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 4:26 PM. Reason : s]

9/30/2010 4:26:21 PM

That isn't that weird. It's a great way to blow off some steam.

9/30/2010 4:27:07 PM

just stress: loss of appetite
stress + depression: eat all the junk around me, especially ben and jerrys oh yeah and beer

9/30/2010 4:31:14 PM

lose it

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 4:44 PM. Reason : except for beer]

9/30/2010 4:43:35 PM

it depends on the stressor

9/30/2010 4:45:34 PM

lose appetite.

9/30/2010 4:47:09 PM

I don't get stressed. I get shit done when it needs to and if something goes wrong, it's no worries man. Unless someone dies...then I'm a sad panda

[Edited on September 30, 2010 at 5:10 PM. Reason : I try to eat 3 meals a day...usually ends up being like 6 meals a day...]

9/30/2010 5:09:50 PM

not so much stressed, but when I'm super-depressed I usually don't feel like eating

but then at night I gorge myself, so I actually gain weight

9/30/2010 5:21:25 PM

Lose appetite for me.

9/30/2010 5:26:45 PM