Diet Self Test: Thought Processes
Take this test to evaluate your thought process when it comes to dieting, weight and body image.
Read through the following statements and check the ones that are true for you. You might be surprised to realize how many of your thoughts center around food and your weight.
- I keep thinking that if I could just lose a few pounds, everything in life would be better.
- I feel that a curvy body is not as attractive as one that is bony and thin.
- I am tried of worrying about weight and food all the time.
- I am afraid to look in the mirror when I am naked.
- I frequently look in the mirror to judge my body against the ideal I have in my mind.
- I pay particular attention to one part of my body. When I notice it getting bigger, I punish myself in some way.
- A small weight gain can send me into a binge or cause me to significantly limit my eating for several days.
- Feeling hungry scares me.
- I have a hard time falling asleep if my belly feels full.
- I have "fat clothes" for those days when I fear I've gained too much weight.
- I believe my weight and the size of my body directly affect the respect I get at work and from my peers.
- I think that people choose whether to accept or reject me based on how I look.
- Sometimes I wish I could just go someplace totally secluded where I wouldn't have to worry about my weight.
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Excerpted from Life Inside the 'Thin' Cage. Copyright © 2003 by Constance Rhodes. Used by permission of WaterBrook Press, Colorado Springs, Colo. All rights reserved.
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