foods like meat and cheese before bed:
A. Prevents me from sleeping
B. Doesn’t bother me
C. Improves my sleep
11. Eating carbs like breads and crackers before bed:
A. Disturbs my sleep; I sleep better on lighter foods
B. Doesn’t affect me
C. Is better than nothing, but I sleep better on heavier foods
12. Eating sweets before bed:
A. Doesn’t keep me from sleeping at all
B. Sometimes makes me feel restless in bed
C. Keeps me up all night
13. How often do you eat each day?
A. Two or three meals with no snacks
B. Three meals with maybe one light snack
C. Three meals with constant snacking
14. Your attitude toward food is:
A. I often forget to eat
B. I enjoy food and rarely miss a meal
C. I love food—it’s a central part of my life
15. When you skip meals, you feel:
A. Fine
B. I don’t function at my best, but it doesn’t really bother me
C. I feel shaky, irritable, weak, and tired
16. How much do you like fatty foods?
A. Not at all
B. Moderately
C. I crave them regularly
17. When you eat fruit salad for breakfast or lunch, you feel:
A. Satisfied
B. Okay, but I usually need a snack in between meals
C. Unsatisfied and still hungry
18. What kind of foods drain your energy?
A. Fatty foods make me feel lethargic
B. No food affects me in this way
C. Fruit, candy, or confections give me a quick boost and then a sugar crash
19. Your food portions are:
A. Small—less than average
B. Average—not more or less than other people
C. I eat large portions of food, usually more than most people
20. How do you feel about potatoes?
A. Don’t care for them
B. Take them or leave them
C. Love them
21. Red meat makes you feel:
A. Tired
B. No particular feeling one way or the other
C. Strong
22. A salad for lunch makes you:
A. Feel energized and healthy
B. Fine, but it isn’t the best type of food for me
C. Sleepy
23. How do you feel about salt?
A. Foods often taste too salty to me
B. Don’t notice one way or the other
C. I crave salt and salt my food regularly
24. Your snack of choice is:
A. I don’t really snack, but if I do, I like something sweet
B. I can snack on anything
C. I need snacks but prefer meats, cheeses, eggs, or nuts
25. How do you feel about sour foods like pickles, lemon juice, or vinegar?
A. Strongly dislike them
B. They don’t bother me, but I don’t particularly like them
C. I like sour foods
26. When you just eat sweets, you feel:
A. Sweets alone can satisfy my appetite
B. They don’t bother me, but don’t totally satisfy me
C. I don’t feel satisfied and often crave more sweets
27. When you just eat meat (bacon, sausage, ham, salmon) for breakfast, you feel:
A. Sleepy, lethargic, or irritable
B. It varies day to day
C. Satisfied and I don’t get hungry until lunch
28. Out of the three following dinner choices, you’d prefer:
A. Grilled fish, salad, and rice
B. A mixture of plates A and C
C. Lamb chops, cooked carrots, and baked potatoes
29. When you eat heavy or fatty foods, you feel:
A. Irritable
B. Doesn’t affect me
C. Often alleviates my anger or irritability
30. When you feel anxious:
A. Fruits or vegetables calm me down
B. Eating anything calms me
C. Fatty foods calm me down
31. You concentrate best when you eat:
A. Fruits and grains
B. Nothing in particular affects my concentration
C. Meat and fatty food
32. You feel more depressed when you eat:
A. Fatty or heavy foods
B. Food doesn’t affect me in this way
C. Fruits, breads, or sweets
33. You notice you gain weight when you:
A. Eat fatty foods
B. No particular food makes me gain; I gain whenever I overeat
C. Eat fruits or carbs
34. What type of insomnia, if any, applies to you?
A. I rarely get insomnia from hunger
B. I rarely get insomnia, but if I do, I often need to eat something to go back to sleep
C. I often wake up during the night and need to eat. If I eat right before bed, it alleviates the insomnia.
35. Your personality type is:
A. Aloof,