- Do you frequently eat until your stomach is uncomfortably full?
- When you get hungry, does it make you feel tense, weak, or irritable?
- When you get hungry, do you sometimes focus on one or two specific foods?
- Do you snack often, usually eating the same snacks?
- Have you ever had other addictive habits, such as smoking or drinking too much alcohol or overconsuming caffeine?
- Are you often hungry after a meal and stay that way until you've eaten one of your favourite foods?
- Do you usually need dessert after dinner to feel satisfied?
- Do you tend to eat a relatively narrow range of foods?
- When you eat your favourite foods, do you often intend to eat only a moderate amount, but end up eating a larger amount?
- Do you sometimes feel as if you lack control over what you eat?
- If you snack on foods other than your favourite foods, do you tend to feel unsatisfied?
- Do you binge on food more than once per week?
- Even if you know a food doesn't agree with you, do you eat it anyway?
- When you eat your favourite foods, do you frequently drift into an almost trancelike state of relaxation?
- When you eat one of your favourite foods, does it generally improve your mood?
If you answered yes to six or more questions, you are probably overweight. If you're not, you must have a tremendous degree of willpower or an exceptional metabolism.
When this happens, you will stop eating as much as you now eat, and your metabolism will heal. You will then begin to lose adipose tissue gradually, painlessly — and permanently.