I do not usually post. I wanted to see how others deal with stress eating post surgery. I am watching my calories and not eating junk food, but it is a struggle when under stress. How do you handle the temptations when under stress?

I do not usually post. I wanted to see how others deal with stress eating post surgery. I am watching my calories and not eating junk food, but it is a struggle when under stress. How do you handle the temptations when under stress?

Go for a walk. Call a friend. Listen to music. Do some yoga (YouTube has some vids for beginners). Go be by yourself somewhere to clear your head. Clean something. Keep your hands busy.

Your stomach is smaller now. Even if you're not eating junk food, you can't turn to food and eat away the problems. Besides, it never really helped you anyway, right? Remember those feelings of guilt and failure after a binge? It just creates more stress in the end.

Thank you for the advice.

Thank you for the advice.

Good luck hun!

If I am stressed, and want to eat - Itry distraction of course, but if that doesn’t work, I eat a sardine. Yep, a sardine out of a can (sardines in oil - blot the oil off, but sardines in spring water are too dry for me). That fills me up til mealtime - and I take it off my next meal allowance.

Works a treat!

I have noticed this is a tough thing to deal with. Honestly, now that I cannot comfort myself with food sometimes I am forced to deal with the stress by crying. My job is super stressful and now instead of coming home and eating empty carbs I might have a little sniffle. At first I wondered what the hell was the matter with me but then I realized what was going on. I’m not really craving the food that used to comfort me, so these emotions are coming out in other ways. Not sure if it’s normal but there it is.