(This reminds me of when I was in the hospital, in labour with Katie... the pains had been low-level and intermittent, and I had just dived in to the supper a nurse had brought me -- chicken & rice, I think -- when all of a sudden, they started increasing in frequency and intensity. I started eating faster, because I knew as soon as they called in the anasthesiologist (sp?) for pain management, I wouldn't be allowed to eat any more -- and I was hungry. Still makes me chuckle to remember it.)
Are you like me, or like dh in this respect?
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It depends on the stress. Stress that is long and drawn out, I tend to eat too. But add intensity and anxiety, and I stop eating. All depends
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm like you. Sadly. I never thought I was. But in the last ten years, I have realised it over and over again. I'm trying to get brave enough to post about it!
ReplyDeleteWhen I get stressed I usually forget to eat. For example, right now It's 9:50pm and I haven't eaten in about 12 hours, and it just occurred to me.
ReplyDeleteI am like you too.
ReplyDeleteShort term stress like month end deadlines, when I was working, meant there was always a few bars of chocolate in my desk drawer for that particular week.
ReplyDeleteLong term drawn out stress puts me off my food as the worry sets in.
I'm pretty sure the ONLY time I'm hungry is when I'm stressed. Lucky enough for me that's a LOT. hahaha! :P
ReplyDeleteHa ha!
ReplyDeleteI also forget about eating when I'm stressed.But your way is better way to stay busy :)
I'm more like you ;-)
ReplyDeleteI don't eat more, but I eat poorly. Last night I was stressed. It had been a terrible day. And my first thought was "cookies!" I decided to skip the cookies and brushed my teeth an hour before bed just to be safe. Because I am also the type who will then go back downstairs and reward herself with a cookie for being so good as to pass up cookies the first time.
ReplyDeleteStressed. Depressed. Poor eating. Not necessarily more, but certainly poor. Potato chips.
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