How to not eat when stressed?

When I am bored and think I'm hungry, I knit.  Or force myself to go outside and get physically active.  Now that the weather is (somewhat) better. Knowing it is head hunger is the first step.  Good luck! KA

Good question! Some things I'm working on doing myself are grabbing a large glass of water, getting active, getting my hands dirty so I don't want to touch food...  play with the dogs, make myself wait until snack time and grab protein or grab just a little something HEALTHY and not beat myself up about it.  I also journal - that is what my therapist taught me to do...  sometimes it helps and other times it just stresses me out more! Laughter also helps.  I think it releases some of that pent up energy in a relaxing way. Best of luck!  I'm there with you!

What about if you're stressed at work? You can't really go outside or whatever.

Eating at work when stressed is a problem for me, too.  It seems to be ok for a while, and then it seems to be a problem for a while.  I try to keep small portioned WLS-friendly & high protein snacks at work so I won't be tempted by the venidng machines or candy dish.  Sometimes it's really hard, though.  I try to "delay" as much as possible and I even forget about snacking sometimes.  I also try to leave my desk for a while to run to the mail room or do another errand when it gets too tempting to eat. 

Check out this web site. I have it in my favorites on my computer at home at work and even printed it out. Hope it helps

Opps sorry forgot to put in the web site http://www.cookinglow-fat.com/snackhelp.htm