do you tend to do this too??? eat lots before an exam??

the day right before an exam, I tend to overeat (not binge) due to stress and to keep myself awake. Do any of you tend to do this too? For some reason, eating while cramming for an exam heightens my concentration!! eeeeek!!!

overeat in the sense that I don't go all out crazy where I can't taste the food and just ravaging my pantry, but overeating in terms of calories. For instance, it's 2:19am right now and (after dinner), I have had a small sweet potato, 2 mini cans of 7up, some mashed potatoes and stuffing (probably 300-400 cals), a sandwich bag full of grapes (so probably 2 cups), and 2 bananas... yeah... it's probably 1200 cals right there.

Yeah tend to binge before an exam, like as I'm studying the night before or an hour before, I'll be eating like crazy. I hope I won't do this when I'm in university...

definitelyyy... i hate midterms! and assignments! and everything else that is due right now! ahsioadhaispd

hahaha

but yes.. definitely a stresser and trigger for binging for me.. every year around exam times i probably gain 2-5lbs (and then just have to work extra hard at keeping it off afterwards)

yeah, i def. do it too. i don't know if i've got a good solution for you... i try to just have lower calorie foods around that i can binge on when i know i'm going to be stressed, like carrots or cucumbers or popcorn. i also try to drink lots of tea or water to fill up.