If you're super busy, your hectic life may lead to being overweight. How is a busy lifestyle connected with emotional eating and overeating? There are lots of ways. First, we become nervous that eating healthy will require time (more time than we have). We react to this by not even trying, by going out to eat, and by grabbing food on the run. I know that I end up eating more carbs (think, frozen pizza) when I'm crazy busy.