Most of us eat for emotional reasons from time to time. Food is plentiful, and we each have many mental and emotional associations with food. However, too much emotional eating can lead to weight issues, and cravings or obsessions with food.

How much 'emotional eating' do you do? Take the quiz!

Answer each of the following questions with 'Yes', 'No', or 'Sometimes'.

1. I eat because I am bored.
2. I eat when I feel lonely.
3. I eat when I am angry.
4. Whenever I'm in front of the TV, I want to eat.
5. There are certain times of day when I just can't stop eating.
6. When I drink alcohol, I always eat.
7. If I feel like I've broken my diet, I just go ahead and eat more.
8. It's not a celebration without food.
9. Sometimes I just crave a certain food, and nothing else will satisfy me.
10. I comfort myself with food.
11. I feel deprived if I can't eat what I want, when I want.
12. I feel that I deserve certain foods after working hard.
13. I eat when I'm feeling stressed.
14. I can't stop thinking about what I'll have for my next meal.
15. I can't avoid eating in social situations.
16. I don't want to offend people by refusing food.
17. I always want to eat when others are eating.

Count the number of times that you answered 'Yes' or 'Sometimes'.

• 0-2 You have a relatively easy emotional relationship with food, and your desire to eat is triggered mostly by hunger.
• 3-6 You have some emotional eating habits. Noticing your eating triggers, and using EFT on the underlying emotions, may help you to create an easier relationship with food.
• 7-11 You have a significant number of emotional eating triggers. Either your weight is probably not what you'd like it to be/ or you feel controlled by your thoughts of food. You would benefit from a program that targeted, and helped you release, the emotional triggers of overeating.
• 11-17 Your relationship with food is mostly one of emotion. You may feel controlled by thoughts of food. You probably feel out of control with regard to your weight, and feel that no diet will ever work. Diets (food plans) only provide temporary, if any, relief. You may feel lost or hopeless with regard to food, and weight. You would benefit greatly from a program that targeted, and helped you release, the emotional triggers of overeating.

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