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[eat big]

Okay so this past week I have been having midterms and I have been exteremely stressed out. Now, when someone was stressed, I always thought they ate more. However, I have been eating much less and have lost weight. This ever happen to you?

 

[theoak01]

ya im the shut down and dont eat type of stressed myself,I got from 6 meals to 1,maybe 2 when things go nuts.

it sucks

 

[chefbone]

Yes......Your CNS stimulation is probably close to nil!

 

[Gymgurl]

I think people tend to go one way or the other when really stressed...don't forget to get to the gym try to eat healthy when you eat and drink lots of water which they show is good for learning.....hang in there you are almost done!

 

[shamrock11]

Yeah it happens to everyone Stress causes a person to lose his/her appetite and they do not eat the same goes from depression.

 

[hamstershaver]

whenever im stressed i lose my appetite

 

[eat big]

I think people tend to go one way or the other when really stressed...don't forget to get to the gym try to eat healthy when you eat and drink lots of water which they show is good for learning.....hang in there you are almost done!

Yeah I do eat healthy all the time. I have been going to the gym but my performance has been sub-par. I always thought those who were stressed ate more, at least that's how it is in my family.

-Edit-

I had my first cheat meal in months. I did this because I thought my body might be getting tired of the same thing. So I decided to eat a cheat meal. Didn't help.

 

[PBR]

if its bad stress i wont eat...good stress i chow big time.

 

[Sassy69]

For me it seems to depend on the level of stress or the situation. Generally speaking when I"m stressed I eat. People crave the sugar -- I read about in a Food / Mood book awhile ago - its all bio-chemical. However when I've had really catastrophic situations like a massive fall-out w/ a boyfriend, I just simply stop eating. I actually stopped eating almost literally for 3 months the last time that happened. As I sit down & analyze it, the eating stress seems to come when I feel frantic, like maybe a lot of stuff needs to be done in a short period of time (e.g. finals, deadlines, etc.) or if there's a lot of chaos around me and things can get done but its just very chaotic. But the boyfriend situation was such that I think I felt 1) a huge amount of guilt for having hurt my ex and 2) a fatalism about it - there was nothing I could do to address or fix the situation. I was completley helpless. These other stress eating situations were not characterized by a feeling of completely lack of ability to make come up w/ some sort of solution. The non-eating situation was exactly that. There was nothing I could do.

 

[hamstershaver]

i think its a guy thing, chicks eat when they are stressed, hell women dont need any excuse to eat now that i think about it

 

[PBR]

Hammy you rule...LOL