Your Quiz Results
Unhealthy Relationship With Food, Eating and Weight
Thank you for taking our quiz. Hopefully the results suggesting you may have an unhealthy relationship with food and body did not come as a complete surprise.
Deleterious Eating and Weight Struggles
and What To Do About Them
It is possible you are even dealing with serious eating issues, ranging from disordered eating to eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder.
We don’t believe in labeling a person, this includes giving an eating disorder diagnosis. MOST people in our culture have some level of disordered eating, primarily we are admonished to follow specific eating guidelines, such as:
Monitor your food intake
Eat healthy
Don’t eat too much
Be careful of “bad” foods
These guidelines are a set up for disordered eating. Most people try to follow them (or feel guilty because they don’t) and end up on somewhere on a continuum of disordered eating. Based on this quiz, you appear to be more towards the right side:
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Don’t Blame Yourself, But Do Get Help
It is important to understand how our culture’s approach to food and eating sets us up to fail. We tell our clients that this is NOT their fault. In fact, once our clients begin to realize how these guidelines set them up, we often ask, “If someone asked you to sign a release of liability to sign before you started manipulating your food, listing all the predictable negative consequences of doing so, would you have signed it?” The answer is always no!
Do not blame yourself if you have disordered eating or an eating disorder.
But do know that complete recovery is possible. Please feel free to reach out to us if we can help you. Below are suggestions to help you begin to heal.
Healing Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
Consider seeking professional assistance. Make sure your therapist and nutritionist specialize in these issues (see below). A medical evaluation and intervention may also be needed to address health concerns. Don't hesitate, get started today!
You may want to read:
The Eating Disorders Sourcebook
An excellent resource. You can read the chapter Karin wrote about finding a nutritionist skilled with eating issues.
Also check out more articles here, such as:
What Stage of Recovery Am I In?
Addicted to Exercise
For the Spouse, Parent, Sibling, or Friend
And more
Again, this is not your fault. Society preaches mostly disordered behaviors when it comes to food and eating. To find out more about how common beliefs about food, eating and weight backfire and create disordered eating, check out our online course:
Life Without Disordered Eating or Eating Disorders
What is life like without eating issues? Check out this article on intuitive eating.
Where to Learn More About Recovery from an Eating Disorder or Eating Disorders
The Do I Have a Healthy Relationship with Food? quiz is given for informational and educational purposes only, and does not substitute for any psychological, nutritional and/or medical evaluations performed by a qualified professional. Please consult a qualified professional with any concerns.