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When answering each question, try not to judge yourself or to in any way colour your answers to fit what you think your ideal eating style ought to look like. I'm sure that you are very educated about what constitutes a healthful eating style -- people who struggle with weight are usually self-taught nutritional experts.
You'll gain the most from this quiz by boldly answering each question with the first answer that pops into your mind.
True or False:
1. I tend to overeat one or two certain types of food.
2. Once I have one bite of a food such as a certain type of dessert, dairy product, baked good, or salty junk food, my eating habits and appetite go out of control.
3. I sometimes worry -- often without justification -- that I won't get enough to eat.
4. I crave certain flavours or types of foods, and sometimes the only way to make the cravings go away is to eat whatever I have the desire for.
5. I have gone to extreme lengths (e.g., driven several miles out of my way; spent excessive money, etc.) to get the food I'm craving.
6. I only overeat when I'm feeling a strong emotion, such as anger or depression.
7. Right after work, I head straight for food.
8. I tend to eat whenever I'm bored.
9. Sometimes, out of the blue, I'll find that I am incredibly hungry.
10. I feel uncomfortable openly displaying or talking about my feelings.
11. I wish I were a more confident and strong person.
12. Just when I lose enough weight to start receiving compliments or admiring glances, I tend to start putting the weight back on again.
13. For the most part, I want to lose weight to please my spouse, parent, lover, or some other person.
14. I'm almost to the point where I've given up hope that I'll ever lose my excess weight; maybe I'm meant to be overweight.
15. My weight makes me feel bad about myself, and when I gain weight, I feel like a failure.
16. I never seem to have enough time to eat right or exercise.
17. I'm so busy that some days I wonder if I'll drop from exhaustion.
18. I seem to be working harder these days and getting less accomplished.
19. The only way I can unwind most of the time is when I'm eating.
20. Food is a great pick-me-up when I'm feeling drained but feel that I need to keep going.
21. My weight changes during the seasons; I'm one weight in the summer and a different weight during the winter.
22. Eating is one of the few pleasures left in my life.
23. Sometimes when I'm lonely, I'll nibble on whatever's handy.
24. Usually when I diet, I'll eventually stop caring whether I lose weight or not. That's when I return to overeating.
25. I often go back for second or third helpings of "diet," low-fat, or low-calorie foods.
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