Are You an Emotional Eater?

by The Big Question Posted 2012/06/09 01:13:09

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	Yes	162 votes	48%
	No	179 votes	52%

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BloodlessVeins 2012/07/02 03:39:22

Yes

Its a good thing I don't get emotional too often or I'd be fat.

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Brosia 2012/07/02 03:37:21

Yes

I am a stress = carbs eater. When I get really stressed out, I start craving fries, greasy double cheese burgers, and regular sodas.

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Mike 2012/06/12 16:32:50

Yes

touch my steak and your gonna die

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Syl 2012/06/12 13:36:26

Yes

Usually when I'm emotional I keep on eating, but when it's real bad I can't eat anything.

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HarleyCharley 2012/06/12 00:09:09

Yes

I wish I could stop...

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Becca 2012/06/11 20:18:38

Yes

For sure.

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George-2 2012/06/11 20:16:25 (edited)

No

When under pressure, sad, stressed or plain nervous I lose my apetite & thirst even. On a very hectic day or night at work I may even forget (skip) a meal. From what I've seen in my professional practice, people like me have a genetic constitutional tendency to lose weight more easily. The contrary occurs with emotional eaters where most have an obesity inclination.

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Bloodle... to George-2 2012/07/02 03:43:01

By natural selection your "constitutional tendency to lose weight more easily" is supposed to happen less often than an emotional eater. That's probably another reason for the obesity epidemic, because someone like you might have died in the age before refrigeration.

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DebraJMSmith 2012/06/11 20:02:34

Yes

Oh my gosh, YES!

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merslix. 2012/06/11 19:30:12

Yes

Chocolate Ice cream..

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Jorge Enriquez 2012/06/11 18:40:40

Yes

Lots of Pizza pasta ice cream LOL
The best part: rarely happens LOL

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louisa 2012/06/11 18:05:05

Yes

only when the food looks good

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Ben 2012/06/11 17:55:19

No

I know many who are though. The worst addiction to have is a food addiction, in my opinion.

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James 2012/06/11 17:35:23

No

Between work and my new medicine, I can hardly eat. I eat so I have energy for work. Those trucks ain't gonna unload themselves!

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Phil Weinstock 2012/06/11 17:31:56

Yes

Yes - I eat as much as I possibly can and then expect to lose weight.

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May 2012/06/11 17:28:53

Yes

I find I use certain foods to comfort myself at times. I also find that I eat out of nervousness as well. I am not really hungry, I just want to eat because it is enjoyable! The problem is, even if you are careful what you eat, as you age, it still does not take much to put on weight, so that is the bummer! Not to mention that it is much harder to lose weight the older you get. I think by that time the liver is getting "bogged" down with a build up of toxins that linger in the body so it is not functioning properly, thus that is why it hampers with our ability to lose weight like when we were younger.

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Sinister Ken Doll™ 2012/06/11 17:28:46

No

i only eat when i'm hungry

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harley oldman 2012/06/11 17:26:21

Yes

YES...I get "emotional" when I don`t eat....!

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Honeybuns 2012/06/11 17:03:41

Yes

Well yes and no im a emotional eater. Because sometimes i can be just fine and eat a lot.Thats because im greed. But when im sad or mad i usually want to start to eating. Then i cant stop until my stomach starts hurting.

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bamabelle13✝❤ 2012/06/11 17:00:54

No

Actually, when I'm sad, I can't eat. I had to go to the doctor because I started getting depressed and I literally couldn't eat anymore, like I could eat two bites of something and I was full, and lost like 10 pounds. But I'm getting better.

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Aksana 2012/06/11 16:54:05

No

When lm emotional l break stuff

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Papillon 2012/06/11 16:46:08

Yes

Food makes me happy.

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L1 2012/06/11 16:37:42

No

Just am not...

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JohnT 2012/06/11 15:59:12

No

I eat when I am hungry as long as it is three meals a day.

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Momo 2012/06/11 15:56:33

Yes

Some time :)

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Missile 2012/06/11 15:40:52

Yes

Iam

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SOUL4REAL 2012/06/11 15:19:01

No

+2
I'm the opposite,when I get emotional, I want eat. Society need to find better ways of dealing with emotions because neither way is healthy. Eat to much you become obese and if you don't eat enough you become anorexia. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. "Moderation"!

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Papillon to SOUL4REAL 2012/06/11 16:57:40

+1
A lot of food today is empty calories. The body is hungry, so it's giving the signal to eat. It eats more and more to achieve maximum nourishment.

That's why so many people are obese today. Hard not to be if you're eating mostly fast food. If one eats most of his meals at home, he won't become obese, because his stomach knows when it is satiated and signals the brain to turn off the hunger alarm.

If you're interested in losing weight, try eating at home and make fast food a twice a month treat.

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SOUL4REAL to Papillon 2012/06/11 18:39:28

I agree totally!

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Lisa 2012/06/11 15:12:39

Yes

yes, but not all the time, I'd be SOOOO fat :P

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lolo 2012/06/11 15:07:04

Yes

Unfortunately yes.

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GoreGirl 2012/06/11 15:03:48

Yes

+1
Sad to admit, but true.

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LdyLeo 2012/06/11 14:53:27

No

+1
I'm not that much of an emotional eater; maybe a little bit. I will eat only when I am bored, but I'm not an emotional eater. I will eat if I am hungry, and only if I am hungry.

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BlackNeko 2012/06/11 14:47:25

Yes

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I eat when im happy, I eat when im sad, I eat when im angry, i eat when im curious, i eat when im perplexed, i eat when im frustrated, i eat when im exited, i eat when im crazy, i eat when im Disgusted, i eat when im Worried, i eat when im Elated, i eat when im Relaxed, i eat when im Surprised, i eat when im Affectionate, and I eat when im quixotic...i am a VERY emotional eater...omnom

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k fleming 2012/06/11 14:46:26

No

I don't eat because I'm sad or nervous, but being hungry does make it worse.

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Michael 2012/06/11 14:38:33

Yes

Sometimes, not always.

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Caramel 2012/06/11 14:06:19

Yes

Especially when I am upset or stressed out.

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Amelia 2012/06/11 13:59:33

Yes

i eat all day everydaY!

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Miko Mikomiko 2012/06/11 13:56:41

Yes

+1
and I used to be an emotional drinker, those were the biggest challenge I have to deal with

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Wayne TH G 333 2012/06/11 13:47:34

Yes

On occasion!

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