Define Your Diet Personality - Test
Please begin by entering your name and email address. (to receive your results) Then complete the diet personality profile by reading each statement below and checking the answer that best identifies your level of agreement with the statement. Please take care to record how you act or feel now -- not how you may have acted or felt in the past.
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EATING INVENTORY: Agree on Occassion or disagree Agree MUCH of the time Agree MOST of the time Agree ALL of the time

1.I do not have consistant meal patterns from one day to the next.
2. I rarely take the time to plan my meals.
3.I'm rarely hungry in the morning.
4.I often skip breakfast.
5.I eat little during the day and am hungry most of the night.
6.I eat most of my food in the evening: at dinner and afterward.
7. Most meals are takeout or eaten in a restaurant.
8.I eat a fast-food meal on most days of the week.
9.I rarely eat fresh foods or home-cooked meals.
10.I eat much more processed food snacks than fresh ones.
11.Fruits and vegetables are my least favorite foods.

 
CONTINUE EATING INVENTORY: Agree on Occassion or disagree Agree MUCH of the time Agree MOST of the time Agree ALL of the time

12.I know I should be eating more fruits and vegetables than I am.
13.Given an choice I seldom choose fruits or vegetables.
14.Hungry or not, I snack throughout the day.
15.Hungry or not, I snack on foods at home.
16.Hungry or not, I snack on food brought into the workplace.
17.My snacking directly relates to the presence of food around me.
18.I have difficulty controlling my portion sizes.
19.I overeat at buffets.
20. I never feel full until it's too late.
21.Eating is always a battle between what I want to eat, and what I think I should eat
22. If I "cheat" on my diet, I feel guilty afterward.
23.I have two eating styles: the "good" one I show in public; and the "bad" one I do in private.

 
EXERCISE INVENTORY: Agree on Occassion or disagree Agree MUCH of the time Agree MOST of the time Agree ALL of the time

24.I do not like to exercise.
25.I am not an athletic person.
26.Being physically active has never been one of my priorities
27.I'm too embarassed by my body to enter a gym.
28.I think others are always looking at how big and out of shape I am.
29.My heightened awareness of other people's and my own body size and shape prevents me from exercising.
30.My attitude about exercising is neigher good nor bad.
31.I don't know the first thing about how to get started with an exercise program.
32.I have never exercised and will need direction.
33.I alternate between being sedentary and working out excessively.
34.If I can't do my full workout I typically will do nothing at all.

 
CONTINUE EXERCISE INVENTORY: Agree on Occassion or disagree Agree MUCH of the time Agree MOST of the time Agree ALL of the time

35.Once my week-to-week exercise routine is interrupted, I find it very hard to get back on track.
36.I normally do exercise regularly, but I'm in a rut.
37.I have been doing the same workout for the past 3 months or more.
38.I'm bored with my exercise routine.
39.I don't usually vary the intensity, duration, or frequency of my worout from session to session.
40.I have physical limitations that make it difficult for me to be active.
41.I limit my exercise because I fear injury or stress on my heart.
42.It hurts when I exercise.
43. Despite trying, I can't seem to fit exercise in to my hectic schedule.
44.I want to exercise, but I have little time to devote to being more active.

 
COPING INVENTORY: Agree on Occassion or disagree Agree MUCH of the time Agree MOST of the time Agree ALL of the time

45.I find myself eating instead of expressing emotions.
46.I have a hard time sharing my feelings with friends and family.
47.Food is my trusted friend and comfort source.
48.I often eat when I'm stressed, lonely, anxious or depressed.
49.I feel ashamed of my body.
50.Being embarrassed about my weight has impaired my social life.
51. I want to cry when I think about my weight.
52. Negative self-talk makes me my own worst enemy.
53.I know I need to lose weight but I can never seem to get started.
54.I spend more time thinking about what I need to do to lose weight than actually doing something about it.
55.I do a lot to help others but not enough to help myself.

 
CONTINUE COPING INVENTORY: Agree on Occassion or disagree Agree MUCH of the time Agree MOST of the time Agree ALL of the time

56.I have a hard time asking others for help.
57. I often put myself last on my "to-do" list.
58.My pace of life is out of control, and I don't know how to slow it down.
59.I feel like I'm juggling too many things at once and have little time for myself.
60.My mind is often on the next task before I complete the first one.
61.I am usually doubtful that a new weight loss program will work for me.
62.I want to lose weight, but I have yet to find someone who can help me.
63.I've tried everything to lose weight and nothing ever works.
64. High expectations cause me to feel disappointed even when I'm making progress.
65.I've had a high degree of success in my work and home life and expect the same of my weight loss.
66.I have problems setting realistic weight loss goals for myself.