When you get stressed do you eat more or eat less?

[moshquerade]

or maybe it doesn't change your eating patterns? I know when I get super stressed I lose my appetite, but some people turn to food at times like that.

So which is it for you?

 

[Captante]

If I'm really stressed out I have to force myself to eat.

 

[Regs]

Smoke...

I just can't picture myself crying and eating at the sametime. Maybe if I were depressed over a long perioed of time.

 

[FoBoT]

i will eat that box of dozen krispy creme donuts to stop the stress, no problem

 

[Ktulu]

much less

 

[Kirby]

I eat more when I'm stressed or bored.

 

[GZDynastar]

I don't eat when I'm stressed... at all.

I eat a lot when I'm bored.

 

[kranky]

More.

 

[homercles337]

Definitely much less. Wheres your pole Mosh?

 

[Descartes]

Definitely less.

 

[Special K]

No change, although my appetite is usually much less.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

I continue to eat like a horse, although the type of food changes. I tend to snack more instead of eating meals, and I'll eat whatever is on hand - fruit and veggies, cereal, chips and salsa, peanuts, etc.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: Special K
No change, although my appetite is usually much less.

lol, sounds like a change to me.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Definitely less. I have to make myself eat when I get stressed.

 

[middlehead]

Less. I've been eating once a day for the last month.

 

[krunchykrome]

I eat less, and I drink more energy drinks.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: Special K
No change, although my appetite is usually much less.

lol, sounds like a change to me.

Well, the question specifically asked if we eat more or less when stressed.

I said there was no change in the amount of food I eat, but my appetite was lower.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I eat less, and I drink more energy drinks.

Don't those energy drinks actually make things worse because they get you all jittery on top of being already stressed?

 

[Squisher]

When it's something catastrophic, like when I heard that my 2 month old granddaughter needed open heart surgery, I lost my appetite, but if it's nothing monumental I'm dwelling over I seek comfort in food.

 

[KB]

Stress makes me forget about food and hunger so I definitely eat less. A couple days of stress and I will lose a few pounds.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Regs
Smoke

 

[magomago]

WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more. it doesn't matter if i go and take a 5 mile run to get it out of me, or sleep for 13 hours straight i just east sooo much more

 

[Feldenak]

When I get stressed or really depressed, I pretty much have to be forced to eat. I have zero appetite in those situations.

 

[konakona]

stress and appetite are in an inversely proportional relationship..

 

[HammerCurl]

Well back in school during finals week I would pig out, different kind of stress I guess. If I was waiting on hearing bad news in a hospital I'd probably lose my appetite, but thats more anxiousness/hopelessness. Stress/anger = eating. Stress/depression = less eating