Hi Mandy, not sure if this will help: my stress-carb-sugar-cravings went down a lot after I stopped drinking coffee and stopped CrossFit/jogging and did 3x a week bodyweight exercises and heavy lifting and maybe just 1x a week HIIT.
I liked this article by John Berardi:
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/me...ad.php?t=13396 (WFS)