Emotional Eating Quiz

Your journey has started, and you are starting to notice that it only takes a few days to start to see results.

Are you texting your coach daily? If not, remember this is only a 30 day journey, and we want to make sure that we are staying on track together!

If you are not attending the check in meetings you will want to make sure you take time to do that. We will be educating you on hormones, motivation and start adding new foods so you can begin the Listen to Your Body piece of the program.

Below we are going to give you an emotional eating test. This test we will help you become aware of the what causes you to gravitate towards foods.

Let's Begin!

For Each item, record the scale number that best reflects your current lifestyle.

0=Never, 1=Rarely, 2= Sometimes, 3= Often, 4 =Almost Always

  1. I try, but fail to lose weight and keep it off ___________
  2. I feel out of control of my eating ___________
  3. I eat when I am not hungry ___________
  4. I turn to food when stressed or upset ___________
  5. I use food as a source of pleasure or reward ___________
  6. I think a lot about food ___________
  7. I can’t seem to stay on track with weight management ___________
  8. I binge eat or graze eat ___________
  9. I feel ashamed of my eating and myself               ___________
  10. Food helps me deal with feelings ___________

Total Score: ______________

 

0-10 No or little emotional eating: Your weight management efforts should be relatively uncomplicated by emotional issues

11-20 Mild emotional eating: You may experience difficulty achieving weight management goals due to emotional obstacles

21-30 Moderate emotional eating: You will probably encounter emotional obstacles to healthy weight management and should consider being coached

31-40 Severe emotional eating: Significant obstacles exist to healthy weight management, and coaching is strongly recommended