FLABULOUS

Stress Makes Me Fat

Lately things have been really stressful in life. I’ve been trying to work out and eat right, I’ve had finals, I’ve just had another persons entire job description fall to me and now I have to get everything settled before I go on vacation this week. Something I’ve noticed is, stress makes me fat.

When I get stressed, I guess it manifests itself into hunger because I get so hungry. I mean hungry for anything. I don’t really want a meal, I want snacks. Give me a box of cookies, give me a bag of sugar peas. It doesn’t matter, I’m just hungry. And of course the easier thing to reach for (when you are near coffee houses and gas stations instead of real stores) is the crap food. It’s just a terrible habit or whatever, that helps make me fat. And it’s hard to keep in check, but you just gotta you know?

This pretty much goes hand in hand with emotional eating for me. I’ve pretty much decided that my stupid feelings have way too much control over my diet. It’s really silly isn’t it? But as they say, the first step is admitting that you have a problem!!

By the way, after some light reading about stress in relation to weight gain I’ve found that studies show chronic stress contributes to a slower metabolism, cravings, blood sugar and fat storage. So if you are sick of stressing out and don’t want to gain weight while you do it . . . I dunno, do some yoga and meditation!