Wedding Stress Eating

I think I have been had that forever and a day. One minute I'm doing good and the next I'm eating everything. I think its just stress period.

Stress... I've been doing it too. Building a house and planning a wedding while working isn't going well for my stress level. For me I find it's a chewing thing so I try to always have gum with me. I'm not hungry, I just want to consume something. Gum works for me and then copious amounts of alcohol at the end of the day.

I am on the last 2 weeks before the wedding diet but not overeating... I would guess its stress. You can control it just do something else when you want the candy...

I have always heard of the "divorce diet" where you are stressed, nervouse, having to start a new life in the dating world and so on. Its sad news but ALL but 1 friends I have that got married are now divorced... and I am 29 years old...

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one going crazy eating. I had to join myfitnesspal.com and record everything I put in my mouth lately or I wont fit in my wedding dress.

I need to start using myfitnesspal again!!!!!!!!

Stress is a bicsh! You could always try keeping some oranges, grapes, strawberries ect on hand. See if those sweet fruits can help keep you from constantly wanting the candy...goodluck!

OMG mee too!! My weakness is m&ms and twizzlers right now tho..its def stress..i need to get my butt in gear!

Before my wedding I went crazy over anything chocolate....but girl you gotta just stop buying those bags of starbursts!!! I had to get all the chocolate out of the house...if I couldn't get it I couldn't eat it!

@kimberly: I didn't think there were any of me anywhere else in the world... i TOO and buying and practically rebuilding a new house and moving in one month before my destination wedding. how are you coping with all of the stress? i have two full time corporate positions with the same company, and I travel for them extensively... between all of that and my family birthing FIVE babies in the past month I am completely spent. I was diagnosed with shingles and have been out from work for nrealy three weeks. I am going completely nuts love! what do you do to help keep all of it under control?

I totally stress eat!!!

I agree with Kimberly-gum does the trick for me when I'm craving something I'll regret later. I've also found that the more sugar I consume, the more I crave...so I have tried to cut it out as much as I can and make sure I'm getting healthy protien, a good fat, and some fruit and veggies with each meal/snack as I find it helps a bit to stave off those darn cravings.

Good luck!!!

I thought I would eat more out of stress, but every time I think of buying chocolate or chips, I just think, "that's two dollars I could be spending on the wedding," or "that's a pound I could keep off so that I look good in my dress, photos for a lifetime, and a bikini on the honeymoon". It really is pretty good incentive! Try drinking flavored water. Curbs the appetite a little. Watermelon is great too! Practically no calories!

Ooh, watch old episodes of "The Biggest Loser"! That's good motivation too!

Thanks, everybody!! Chewing gum definitely does help and I really have to stop buying candy....why is it always on sale???

I have been doing weight watchers online for a little over a year and when I stop keeping a log of my food/points I tend to start gaining again - I just need one more month of discipline!

OMG Michelle! You have it way worse! At least I don't have any kids bugging me. I drink a lot of wine and go to pilates 3 days a week (or at least I try to). My days are spent running between meetings and making decisions. FH has finally figured out that he can't ask me any questions at night. I can't handle any more questions! And when I have a free 1/2 hour I kill it on the forums.

I hope you get your Shingles under control soon, I remember when my mom had shingles, she was miserable. It's brought on by stress though, so I can see how it happened. I would be completely lost without Google & my smart phone. And I have a wedding bag and a house bag in my car at all times with measurements, colors, samples, pens, paper, tape measure and vendor business cards. I wish I had an Ipad though, that would take my organization to a whole other level!