Stress hunger.
It’s a thing.
A thing I recently developed last semester.
In the last month or so of last semester, I was always hungry. I was eating at all hours of the day. 3 a.m.? No problem. I was up writing those papers I had procrastinated on, anyways.
I was seriously beginning to wonder if something was wrong with me. If I had some sort of illness that caused me to be hungry ALL THE TIME. Maybe I should go to a doctor? No time, though!
Eventually, it dawned on me that I had a lot on my plate. I was freaking stressed out. And my body might be reacting with this constant hunger.
As a matter of fact, it was.
The end of the semester came and went.
I felt much more relaxed and my constant hunger went away.
Here we enter the last 2 weeks of spring semester 2015. a.k.a. my last semester of undergraduate classes ever.
And the stress hunger has begun. again. Next to me as I write this post is a banana peel. The banana? I just ate it. Because I was hungry. In the middle of the day.
I have a lot to do in the next week. A lot of due dates. A lot of deadlines. I’m presenting undergraduate research on Saturday. Oh yeah, and there’s that future that I should probably be thinking about.
I try to eat pretty healthy, including my snacks. That’s easier said than done as a college student, though. Lucky for me, I scored a bunch of free bananas last night! Better eat them before they all go bad on me!
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Oh man, I can’t wait for dinner. I’m still hungry.
It's a Britta Bottle! 
As a college student, I can definitely relate to this! The struggle for food is real!
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Absolutely! The worst is when it’s a really odd hour of the night and I don’t have any sustaining food around.
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Thank you for this! I stress eat as well, and I feel weird when I get midnight cravings or eat right after eating breakfast. A second breakfast. I thought I would never stop. And then I realized I was just stressed and this is my body’s way of coping with it.
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You’re welcome! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who does this. It was just weird for me because I’ve never done it before last semester, but I guess the way my body responds to stress has changed over time.
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Ugh! Stress hunger is the worst lol. #thestruggleisreal lol
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Only three weeks left of my undergraduate career. I can do this! And then hopefully the stress hunger will go away. 🙂
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Go Britta! Go! 😊
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Eat all you want. You can stop the gorge after the semester ends. And don’t even start thinking about the future until you get through those finals. 2 Weeks 2 Go! How exciting.
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I’m with Lisa 🙂
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Thanks, Lisa. I’ll try to keep your advice in mind. 🙂 It really is crazy how time flies. It seems like just yesterday that I posted about there being 6 weeks left. Where did the time go?
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And DesleyJane–thank you, too! 🙂
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Can totally relate to this. It’s even worse because it’s such a vicious circle: all you can think about is food when you really need to concentrate on other things, and that’s stressing you out even more!
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Yup, story of my life. Being hungry just ends up making me so much more distracted! Thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed this post. 🙂
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I’m constantly snacking all day, every day at the end of semesters. Right now, I’ve just finished off a packet of ham (yes, all six slices), alongside having started an Easter egg. I had cereal and am at present, debating whether to order a pizza. It’s currently 12:25pm.
I feel like I should add that I have 8k worth of words to write by the end of the month that I haven’t started yet (IDIOT), alongside more essays and three exams next month (for which my notes disappeared last month). YAY COLLEGE.
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YAY COLLEGE for sure, though. I have a draft of my English senior thesis due tomorrow night at midnight, of which I’ve barely started any of it. I can totally relate. I’ve become worse and worse at procrastinating as I’ve gotten farther along in this college business and, it seems, I’ve been eating much more, too. I guess procrastination leads to stress, which some how leads to more procrastination and lots of hunger! Best of luck to you with all you have to do!
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I am right there with you.
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Its a struggle, for sure.
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