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ARE YOU A “NORMAL” EATER?
Take this simple test and find out…

Instructions: Check one answer in each section.

1. HUNGER

I often eat when I’m not hungry, but just want to stuff something into my mouth.

I try to deny my hunger and hope it goes away.

I usually eat whenever I’m moderately hungry.

2. CHOOSING FOODS

I go for high-calorie, high-fat, high-carb, “bad” foods.

I eat only low-calorie, low-fat, low-carb, “good” foods.

I eat a combination of foods based on my hunger level and what I enjoy.

3. ENJOYING EATING

I eat so fast, feel so guilty, or am so tuned out when I eat that I rarely enjoy food.

I don’t think about food as enjoyable or nourishing, only how it will affect my weight.

I generally find eating a pleasurable experience.

4. FULLNESS AND SATISFACTION

I often eat way past full and/or satisfied and end up eating too much.

I eat as little as possible and rarely feel satisfied after eating.

I usually stop eating when I am pleasantly full or satisfied.

Evaluate Your Answers:

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If you most often checked off the first box in each section, it’s likely that you’re an emotional, compulsive overeater.

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If you most often checked off the second box in each section, it’s likely that you’re a chronic dieter or restrictive undereater.

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If you most often checked off the third box in each section, it’s likely that you’re a “normal” eater.

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If you checked off a mixture of first and second boxes, it’s likely that you yo-yo between dieting and binge-eating.





IF YOU’RE NOT A “NORMAL” EATER, YOU NEED TO…
FOLLOW THE RULES:

THE RULES OF “NORMAL” EATING—A COMMONSENSE APPROACH FOR DIETERS, OVEREATERS, UNDEREATERS, EMOTIONAL EATERS, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN!
By Karen R. Koenig, LICSW, M.ED.
This new book will tell you how to eat as “normal” eaters do naturally and instinctively. It will teach you the four basic skills you need to learn to tune into your body’s signals and sensations of hunger, craving, eating pleasure, fullness, and satisfaction. Written by a former chronic dieter and binge-eater who is now an eating disorders’ specialist and educator, The Rules of “Normal” Eating is full of compassion, humor, insight, and practical wisdom. So stop struggling with food and weight and learn to Follow the Rules...

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