Stress Eating

On the oral allergy post, Donna wrote:

At the rather advanced age of 51 I developed a rather strange allergy – pressure urticaria. It seems that if I’m over tired or stressed, it flares up worse than usual. I’m trying to use it as a guage to tell me when I’m stressed but not acknowledging it. That’s something I’m really good at – not acknowledging that I’m stressed. I’ve always claimed that I don’t stress eat, but lately I’ve had to face up to the fact that I do. They seem to be intertwined, feeling stress but not wanting to acknowledge it, eating because I’m stressed but not facing the reason why I’m eating. I have to face the fact that I’m not super woman and it’s not a weakness to get stressed.

This was too important to leave as a comment.  Aren’t we all in this situation?  It kind of  ties in with what I wrote on the Daily – acknowledging the problem without giving into or wallowing in it.  It sure affects how I want to eat. I don’t think there’s an answer – just a constant practising of noticing the problem and either dealing with it or giving it away.

Thanks Donna.