Arrg I was doing great today. Then I had some stressors come up and I just started stuffing food down, chips, chocolate.....

When stress happens what do you do to stay out of the food?

Go for a walk!
(but don't take any money so you won't be tempted to stop for ice cream!)

GOOD TIP!!!

If I'm at home I start to clean something...anything

I read. Reading does wonders for me because i complety forget the world outside. I forget hunger, cravings, stress... the bad thing though that if the book is really good, I won't want to hit the gym until I finish it. So I limit myself to one chapter.

If the stress is really bad, then I'll hit the gym too!

Here's what helps me, I sit down and write down what the stressor is...like, "I just found out my company is laying people off!" - then I write down what my thoughts are. So, I might write, "I'm going to lose my house! I'm never going to find another job in this economy! I haven't got any good job skills!" Literally, anything you're thinking - the crazier the better, lol. Then, I write down my feelings, "Anxious. Scared. Crazy. Overwhelmed." Then I read it all, and then I write the truth. The truth is, "I might not even be one of the ones getting laid off. My husband has his job & we'll be okay. We are in no danger of losing our house. I'll find another job, I have before!"

Then I remind myself that though a binge might make me feel better/feel numb/feel distracted (you get the picture) right now -- after it's over, I'm still going to feel all that same stress over potential company lay-offs AND I'm going to feel bloated, stuffed and guilty about over-eating. The binge does not help in the long run.

By then, I usually feel better. It also helps to tell my husband, just so he can help me get over the hump. If I can resist that binge crave for an hour or two, it normally passes.

I was there lastnight. I tried adding up my points and i stopped at 40 points... I had a stressful day and well week for that matter and ate pizza hut. But I made myself feel better by going for a 2 mile walk. I also didn't eat for the rest of the day and just drank a bunch of water... a small ponds worth actually... haha... you'll be fine... just work out a bit harder or longer today and it'll make up for it...
as for me... i won't be shocked if i don't lose this week... or if i gain!!
D*mn you pizza hut!! D*mn you will power!!

Recently, I was so upset and stressed out. I vacuumed and it really soothed me. I think it was the loud, droning noise and repetitive motions. You might try some house cleaning task that is soothing to you. The other suggestions are all great ones too!

I'm going to have to try some of these tips. Thanks ladies!

The thing I do when I want to eat is... eat. I just eat something like 5 carrot sticks that take awhile to munch on.

I usually try to think of other things besides what is stressing me out.......take a nice hot bath......chew some gum and drink a HUGE glass of water! Tell yourself, If hunger isn't the problem then food isn't the answer!

You know, the first thing I think of when i start to stress, is going back to chowing down. Not just chowing down, i mean like bathing in butter and marrying a bag of doritos. The only way I can stop myself is just by not keeping it in the house. I deal with a lot of stress on the average day ( I have custody of my nine year old sister and my dad is really sick) and since I don't have the option of binging anymore I have to find something else to do to change that. I found that working on my Blog, or posting something on here and waiting for all these really cool people to respond back is so much better than feeling so awful. Last week I had a spoon full of my trigger food (peanut butter ='s my crack) and felt so compelled to eat a whole jar of it that i went outside and dumped dirt into the whole jar. lol... It was so rash... but I did what I had to do to save myself from the guilt... lol. That and the idea of having to starve for the rest of my day was just miserable.

soak in the tub with one piece of chocolate and some gossip magazines

shop or window shop- go to the mall and look at all the cute stuff that will fit soon...

clean the house, do laundry, organize a closet- I think the cleaning thing gives you a task and that puts you back in control.

What I do NOT do: sit on the computer, watch TV

Well I've been sick 4 the pass 2 days and my parents r like ur sick cuz of ur diet u need 2 eat but I didn't want 2 eat. I finally did pass 8 pm yesterday and 2day. I ate some chips but they taste nasty and I had a small piece of corn bread with butter. Then I had a bowl of corn bread with syrup and milk. Tonite I had a bowl of ice cream. I screwed up the pass 2 days. I was still keeping track of my cals and points until I ate that bad stuff. Things like this I just put in more working out knowing I screwed up. Nobody is perfect we all have our mess ups whether its stress or ur sick other problems. U can start it all over and were all here 2 support u.