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Stress Eating




                                                                          By: Rachel Esses


         I need more space for the guests to sleep...  discomfort, and is soothed with food.
         Chaya Rochel already finished cleaning        Stress eating is actually a very effective
         and is already stocking her freezer...        way of reducing emotional anxiety
         last year’s Pesachdik apple kugel tasted      in the short term, because foods like
         weird, I need to find a new recipe...the      chips and chocolate actually release
         boy’s need haircuts...I need to find an       serotonin - a brain chemical that allows

         outfit for the baby to match the girls...     you to feel pleasure. Unfortunately,
         wow look at the price of matza this           the effects of this process aren’t very
         year...look at the price of everything -      long lasting, as the extra calories alway
         how do people do it?….my girls really         bring along more stress and anxiety.
         don’t help enough...I’m so tired and I
         can’t afford to get sick…did I really just    So why do we do it? We all know that
                                    Bulletin
         eat half that bag of chips? Where did the     the short term stress relief is not worth
         rest of those chocolates go - I ate them?!    the long term regret and misery that
         I MUST lose ten pounds before Pesach!         comes from gaining weight, especially

         Why did I let myself eat that?! I need        when we want to be losing weight! Yet
         to go shopping for Pesach clothes but I       over and over again we find ourselves
         really want to lose weight first....          eating foods that we later regret.


         If any of this seems even remotely            Actually,  not stress eating is more
         familiar to you, you are dealing with         difficult than it seems. When we are
         stress eating. Stress eating doesn’t come     stressed, we have our own hormones
         from hunger. It comes from emotional          working against us. Stress activates











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