I’m in okay shape. I eat fairly healthy, decent food most of the time, and I don’t deny myself anything. But every odd-numbered year, in January through May, my job sucks. I can’t take vacation, I work late, my work load doubles to triples, and I end up eating dinner at 10 or 11 o’clock at night. Consequently, I end up eating really weird things.
Like a plate of sodium …
Kalamata olives, marinated mushrooms, pepperoncini, aged cheese, cured meats, pickles … nothing overtly unhealthy, but taken together my typically low blood-pressure might tick up a notch.
Or I eat things that make sleeping unlikely, or less likely, or riddled with bizarre dreams …
More kalamata olives, taquitos, and Whataburger’s jalapαΊ½no ranch (which amazingly has no msg so I can eat as much as I want!).
So clearly I have some stress-eating issues. No, I don’t eat more than normal, but I eat a lot worse than normal. I also eat a lot of potato chips, tortilla chips, nuts … anything salty and crunchy.
I cannot wait for June! The suits go home and I get to take vacation! And eat normally again!
What is it about stress that changes a person’s eating habits???!!!
Your plate of sodium looks delicious! Stress makes me go to carbs + cheese almost exclusively. Trying to fix that slowly but surely though!
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I LOVE cheese!
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I eat reasonably well under normal circumstances, but add in stress and it all goes right out the window.
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Something about stress makes me love sour cream doughnuts above all else.
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You’ve made me hungry!
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Lunch time! Lol
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My feelings like to be eaten with sugar. Preferably chocolate.
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Flourless chocolate cake feelings
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If its after 9pm I do not pass go I do not eat. It’s just not gonna happen.
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Totally agree with this & it’s usually my policy. Except during the legislative session, which always sends me into mild panic for 5 months and everything goes out the window. Bah!
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lol cheese olives and crackers is an incredibly common dinner for me, stress or no. it’s the food of the gods! good luck with the stress and schedule nonsense tho – hopefully it calms down soon!
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Meeeee toooo π
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Sometimes when I’m stressed, I like to eat something sweet, immediately followed by something salty… This is probably not the best thing for me to be doing…
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I do that too, like the salty has to balance out the sweet. Although it would probably be better to just have some strawberries balanced by walnuts …. not quite the same!
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Sodium is the best… π I eat like a pig when I’m stressed out…. and I think the stress burns off a lot of the extra calories, which is a bonus! (although I don’t feel so great)
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I hope stress burns extra calories! Gotta get something positive out of it
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This was such an excellent post before Friday night’s caloric explosion. So worth it though.
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I need more cheesecake.
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Oh yes- salty over sweet for me please!
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Especially crunchy salty!
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