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Monday, February 22, 2016

#MicroblogMondays: Stress and hunger

It's been a stressful couple of days... and I've noticed something interesting. When I'm stressed out, I get hungry. Ravenous, even. (I used to keep chocolate stashed in my desk drawer at work, & would sometimes gobble it by the handful when I was under deadline... hence, the reason why I never succeeded at Weight Watchers...!)  Dh finds this amazing -- whenever he is stressed out, he finds it impossible to eat.

(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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10 comments:

  1. CristyMonday, February 22, 2016 8:01:00 PM

    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

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  2. MaliMonday, February 22, 2016 8:37:00 PM

    Oh, 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!

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  3. BentNotBrokenMonday, February 22, 2016 9:52:00 PM

    When 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.

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  4. KlaraTuesday, February 23, 2016 1:34:00 AM

    I am like you too.

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  5. AnonymousTuesday, February 23, 2016 4:40:00 AM

    Short 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.
    Long term drawn out stress puts me off my food as the worry sets in.

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  6. Lavonne @ the OCD infertileTuesday, February 23, 2016 8:01:00 AM

    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

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  7. ParulTuesday, February 23, 2016 8:47:00 AM

    Ha ha!
    I also forget about eating when I'm stressed.But your way is better way to stay busy :)

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  8. Lori Lavender LuzTuesday, February 23, 2016 10:51:00 PM

    I'm more like you ;-)

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  9. Lollipop GoldsteinWednesday, February 24, 2016 1:46:00 PM

    I 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.

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  10. Middle GirlThursday, February 25, 2016 7:38:00 AM

    Stressed. Depressed. Poor eating. Not necessarily more, but certainly poor. Potato chips.

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