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So I normally eat mostly fairly healthy food over the couse of a day with some occasional junk thrown in on top. I eat a lot, though, so I'm fat. But today I found myself with an unexpected day off from work and school, my last for the next month and change, and settled in to do homework. Then I got some (stupid, not necessarily a big deal) news that sent my brain to panic stations. So far today, I've eaten a whole bag of potato chips, a double handful of jellybeans, and two slices of chocolate cake, and pretty much nothing else but water. I'd forgotten how nasty a diet of nothing but junkfood makes me feel. I'm jittery, nauseous, and can't concentrate worth a damn. I need to go shopping so I can get some real food, like I was planning to before a Bad Decision Bear took over my brain, but the thought of food, even healthy food, is anathema right now. And of course I still have work to do.

I feel you, OP. I tend to panic eat when I'm under stress as well. As unappetizing as it sounds, getting something more nutritionally well rounded into you might help you settle down both in terms of blood sugar and the psychological guilt. A nice stir-fry, maybe?

AYRT--I was thinking I'd get some baby carrots, snap peas, and hummus later, when my stomach has stopped making ominous noises and I can walk to the store without wanting to puke in the bushes on the way. i don't really stress eat normally which is why this hit so hard. I mean, I eat a lot all the time. It's just not usually nothing but sugar, artificial flavoring, and fried carbs. My body and brain are both telling me to never do this again. Blech. I won't have time to really cook from scratch until the upcoming hell month is over, but once it is, stir fry and salads here I come. How could anyone make a habit of this? I feel so fucking lousy, this is one step up from self harm and I seem to be edging torwards mania. How about next time I panic eat, I make sure I have real food in the house first and not just every single unhealthy thing I could shove in my mouth hole? *Headdesk.*

Well, hummus and veggies make a nice snack whenever you're rushed and don't have time to eat properly. Maybe try to stock up on a few easy prep healthy foods?

agreeing with the anon above me.

Eating a protein right now actually would help you because it would even out all the acid in your stomach and protein takes longer to digest than sugar. I'd stay away from anything with too much grease.

A steak and cheese sandwich from subway on flatbread or even some dried beef. I get migraines a lot and dried beef is often all I can eat after a couple of days of rice crispies. Another good food to try is an avocado. They're gentle and full of good fats and nutrients.

we've all had bad decision bear days, hang in there.

Whenever I've overdone the garbage food and feel like my tummy can't handle much (but still want to eat something healthy for damage control), I just have some carrot sticks and half an avocado (without salt). They go surprisingly well together and it's a simple refreshing snack without carbs or grease.

I also try to save up my sugar/bad stuff intake for one treat a day - I bake a lot, so it's always pie/cake/brownie - and the rest of my food for the day is nutritional and balanced. It's still bad and I know I shouldn't be eating it everyday, but I can't help it lol :D

AYRT--yeah, I generally eat a lot, but not a lot of junk all at once. Like I probably eat twice what I should be calorie wise, but it'll be a salad and fruit and a big bowl of tofu and brown rice with veggies and cheese, and too many homemade brownies (I like to bake too.) But I graduate in a month, so no time to cook, and I hadn't gone shopping in awhile so all I had on hand was junk, and I ate it. On the bright side, hopefully I won't do this again for a decade.

I don't think I stress eat they way you do, but the things that helped me control the stress eating I do do after:

1. having a designated 'stress/treat' food. I decided that my treat food would be to have a coffee (instead of a chocolate bar or a piece of toast or whatever). This worked for me because I like coffee, and also because I can only handle a certain amount of caffeine in a day and can't drink too much after the mid afternoon, so it was self-regulating too. You will probably have your own similar snack or set of snacks that will work for you.

2. Not having snack/junk food in the house that I didn't trust myself not to eat if I was really hungry or stressed. Sometimes just not being able to immediately eat something is enough to lessen the mania. And even if you do decide to go out for your fix, you can use the travel time to try to decide whether you really want to buy some junk just to binge on it. If you still decide to do that, you might be able to convince yourself to get a smaller amount of food, or healthier options. And even if you don't do any of that, you will at least only buy enough for that episode, meaning that it won't be easy for you to do it again.

3. Whenever i did stress eat and feel sick, I make myself really acknowledge how my body was feeling. That way the next time I went to eat a bunch of junk because I was stressed I would remember how it made me feel last time, and that it didn't actually help me feel less stressed but instead made me feel worse.

4. This is probably the most important piece of advice that helped me - don't beat yourself up about it. Give yourself the same compassion you'd give anyone else in your situation. Making yourself feel guilt and shame literally helps no one, especially not yourself - psychological studies show that people trying to id themselves of bad habits are much more successful if they practice compassion for themselves rather than self-recrimination.

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