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obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:44 PM Nov 2012

Stress Eating for Obama

My mother just texted me that she's eaten half a bag of Pepperidge Farm Chess shortbread cookies, and I just ate two biscotti. Even though I believe Obama will be reelected, I keep snacking. At least I ran five miles earlier.

How are you all dealing with nerves the next few hours?

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Stress Eating for Obama (Original Post) obamanut2012 Nov 2012 OP
A glass of white wine. kstewart33 Nov 2012 #1
a glass? I'd need a whole vat! Whisp Nov 2012 #26
Okay, TWO glasses of white wine. And that's my limit. kstewart33 Nov 2012 #49
By ordering local spinach pizza of course! duh! nt ncgrits Nov 2012 #2
I've had to take about 4 pain relievers cause of stress in my shoulders justiceischeap Nov 2012 #3
You are not alone! pegasis Nov 2012 #4
I'll start doing this soon. octoberlib Nov 2012 #5
I ordered a pizza Faith9326 Nov 2012 #6
Same as you. Island Blue Nov 2012 #7
I cooked dinner with pizza dough as buns. I slathered q roguevalley Nov 2012 #57
Ordering pizza.... pegasis Nov 2012 #8
I hate to say it but am a stress eater. I ate breakfast this morning. Had a snack about noon. southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #9
eating my month's ration of chocolate candy northoftheborder Nov 2012 #10
I couldnt sleep last night till I took a muscle relaxer and oxycodone NightWatcher Nov 2012 #11
I can get away with staying up until 2 am EST obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #23
couldn't sleep last night. so excited. progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #34
When I get nervous, it all goes to my stomach .. Smuckies Nov 2012 #12
I wish I lost my appetite some! obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #16
i have actually lost 7lbs amborin Nov 2012 #13
chocolate covered cherries and twizzlers. on a glass of wine now, lol. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #14
Chocolate and red wine. n/t sarge43 Nov 2012 #15
Ditto DemsUnited Nov 2012 #21
Baked a cake earlier. House smells divine! Grammy23 Nov 2012 #17
stress coping activities... a geek named Bob Nov 2012 #18
lol obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #24
Yoga DesertRat Nov 2012 #19
I can't eat. Jennicut Nov 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #51
chilis chips and salsa.... and Zumba of course! :0) nt Windy Nov 2012 #22
yah, gotta do the zumba!!! nt progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #31
Halloween Candy is disappearing quick in my house budkin Nov 2012 #25
Taking my restaurant group to a Mediterrean restaurant OldHippieChick Nov 2012 #27
I am eating too much too InsultComicDog Nov 2012 #28
I am supposed to be studying... Kalidurga Nov 2012 #29
Last few days.. eating way too much... progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #30
i finished a bag of chips, chow mein and a Weight Watcher crumb cake LOL - LiberalElite Nov 2012 #32
black licorice Skittles Nov 2012 #33
Half a box of GrapeNuts RichardRay Nov 2012 #35
Ordered a pizza Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #36
Bag of Oreo Double Stuff. eom truth2power Nov 2012 #37
My diet starts Thursday... savebigbird Nov 2012 #38
E-Day Ritual. Pizza and Hot Wings. kerouac2 Nov 2012 #39
Can't eat at all n/t Blaukraut Nov 2012 #40
Baaahahahaha! I just made a cake! I NEVER make cakes. Squinch Nov 2012 #41
My wife did too! progressoid Nov 2012 #42
lol obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #44
Banana split...popcorn...and maybe later a milk shake! Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #43
I'm stress drinking davidpdx Nov 2012 #45
I finished the Halloween candy Mz Pip Nov 2012 #46
I lifted some weights and ran 3.5 miles ellie Nov 2012 #47
My partner brought home a container of three foot long red vines from his work for me Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #48
Wild smoked sockeye salmon with water crackers and whipped cream cheese. Snarkoleptic Nov 2012 #50
Leftovers: BBQ'd Pork Loin, greens & cabbage, rice & black-eyed peas. japple Nov 2012 #52
Just went out for frozen yogurt with my sister Catlover827 Nov 2012 #53
I'm eating garlic bread pizza and barbecue potato chips. ChaoticTrilby Nov 2012 #54
I have been eating carbs all day! n/t calico1 Nov 2012 #55
1 beef enchilada, 1 guacamole enchilada, rice, papas and 2 home made lattes. I'm stuffed. 8^/ pewhitfield Nov 2012 #56
I can't eat, just too nervous Ghost of Tom Joad Nov 2012 #58

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
3. I've had to take about 4 pain relievers cause of stress in my shoulders
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:45 PM
Nov 2012

making a migraine likely. Eating won't help that.

Hi!

pegasis

(35 posts)
4. You are not alone!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:45 PM
Nov 2012

Your mother is not alone. I'm dealing with it by checking in at various chats. What a nerve racking time!

Island Blue

(5,817 posts)
7. Same as you.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:46 PM
Nov 2012

Except for me it's Capt'n Crunch. I'm allowing myself to do this tonight. (And tonight only, dammit.)

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
57. I cooked dinner with pizza dough as buns. I slathered q
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:59 PM
Nov 2012

them with butter and ate four hot. I am sort of hovering on the brink of death but happy anyway.

pegasis

(35 posts)
8. Ordering pizza....
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:46 PM
Nov 2012

I hadn't thought of that. But you know how when someone mentions something and then you just can't get it off your mind?

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
9. I hate to say it but am a stress eater. I ate breakfast this morning. Had a snack about noon.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:47 PM
Nov 2012

Had a candy bar a little while ago then I had a couple pieces of baked chicken I made. It was so good. Am now full. But give me time before the night is over am sure am going to be eating again. My grandkids are here so am trying not to eat in front of them.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
11. I couldnt sleep last night till I took a muscle relaxer and oxycodone
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:47 PM
Nov 2012

Tonight I'm up till we win, at least. If it's not called till 6am I'll be here. I think I'll be able to turn in at midnight

obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)
23. I can get away with staying up until 2 am EST
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:50 PM
Nov 2012

I'll be sleepy as hell tomorrow if I have to stay up late, but I can handle it.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
34. couldn't sleep last night. so excited.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:57 PM
Nov 2012

told myself a few weeks ago that politics makes bad bedfellows, and banned political thoughts from my head when I go to sleep.. but to no avail. I'm not nervous, exactly. I'm more like a kid on the first day of school. Kind of excited AND nervous!!

Smuckies

(692 posts)
12. When I get nervous, it all goes to my stomach ..
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:47 PM
Nov 2012

I LOSE my appetite. I am biting my nails and ripping the surrounding skin to shreds. Can't sleep but I'm tired! And i have an exam for school tomorrow morning and I can't study.( live in Egypt & it's 1 am here) yay!!-.-

amborin

(16,631 posts)
13. i have actually lost 7lbs
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:48 PM
Nov 2012

in the past month....i have waves of nausea every time i see anthing that reminds me of romney

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
17. Baked a cake earlier. House smells divine!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:49 PM
Nov 2012

Have not eaten any but will later. Also making some crescent roll thingies with turkey sausage crumbles and cheese. Might do a tray of sweet peppers, grilled asparagus and goat cheese. We'll eat good no matter how things turn out. Fingers are crossed that all of our fretting is for nothing. Won't we feel silly (but relieved) when that happens?!!

Oh, got something cold, bubbly and alcoholic chilling for when we get to 270 +!!

 

a geek named Bob

(2,715 posts)
18. stress coping activities...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:49 PM
Nov 2012

1.) There are no dirty dishes, nor clothes, nor dusty shelves in Casa de Geek.
2.) There is now enough fake Thai soup to feed the block.
3.) I've started cataloging and moving the books. All 15,000 of them.

I don't count this as extreme. I've got a friend who's a fellow Maker, who craft tables with hidden drawers. THAT'S a stress coping reaction.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
20. I can't eat.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:50 PM
Nov 2012

And I need to as a diabetic or my blood sugar will go too low. Too nervous. Confident but nervous too.

Response to Jennicut (Reply #20)

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
27. Taking my restaurant group to a Mediterrean restaurant
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:52 PM
Nov 2012

tonite to get away for a while. Suspect I'll eat my way thru the buffet and come home and drink until midnite.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
29. I am supposed to be studying...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:54 PM
Nov 2012

Can't concentrate. I will probably get a C on my geo test. I really hope it doesn't come down to that. But, I got 2 hours of study in last night, so I should be ok. Still this is much more nerve wracking than I thought it would be. If I have to stress eat, I am going to have a nice warm bowl of oatmeal and raisins, it's hard to over do oatmeal.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
30. Last few days.. eating way too much...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:55 PM
Nov 2012

I'm a bit of a stress eater. My roomie is making curry chicken for me tonight, because he knows that I'll be too geeked to cook. Gonna be munching on Trader Joes chips and such all night, maybe a bowl of cereal. haha

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
32. i finished a bag of chips, chow mein and a Weight Watcher crumb cake LOL -
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:56 PM
Nov 2012

I think I'll take a couple puffs of Rescue Remedy and go to bed before I eat everything in the fridge.

savebigbird

(417 posts)
38. My diet starts Thursday...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:59 PM
Nov 2012

Stress eating today, celebratory/devastation eating tomorrow, diet starts Thursday.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
45. I'm stress drinking
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:14 PM
Nov 2012

Bottles of Coke. And the piece of pumpkin pie in the fridge that is my wife's maybe gone before she gets home. That won't go over well.

Mz Pip

(27,451 posts)
46. I finished the Halloween candy
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:20 PM
Nov 2012

Days ago. Had a glass of wine a couple of hours ago.

I am now curled up in a fetal position with my iPhone.

I may vomit before this is over.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
48. My partner brought home a container of three foot long red vines from his work for me
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:28 PM
Nov 2012

for my birthday last month. Those are almost gone. Let's see, what else. Half a bag of TJ's blister peanuts, chips in avocado oil, rice crackers, three loaves of sourdough in the last two weeks and I just had half a calzone and my partner is tempting me with a bottle of champagne he got on sale at work.

If we have screen-name changes I might have to change mind to Eatey Messenger. Or Moby Dick.

japple

(9,833 posts)
52. Leftovers: BBQ'd Pork Loin, greens & cabbage, rice & black-eyed peas.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:14 PM
Nov 2012

Cooked on Sunday and enough for tonight and tomorrow.

 

Catlover827

(191 posts)
53. Just went out for frozen yogurt with my sister
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:17 PM
Nov 2012

It was extra delicious, for some reason. I AM SO NERVOUS!!!!

ChaoticTrilby

(211 posts)
54. I'm eating garlic bread pizza and barbecue potato chips.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:18 PM
Nov 2012

Pizza and chips are what carry me through life. Hopefully, they'll carry me through this.

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