Here’s Our Eating and Exercise Quiz

I’m sure you’ve been waiting on tenterhooks all week to take this quiz. So let’s get to it! Simply choose one answer for each of the 10 questions below and follow the instructions at the end of the quiz to identify your CHANGE-STEP. As I recommended last week, you might want to take it twice … first to identify your eating behaviors and second … your feelings about exercise.

1. I would feel healthier if I changed the way I ate (or exercised).
A. I feel fine right now.
B. I don’t feel well and it may have to do with the way I eat (or exercise).
C. I’ve read up on eating (or exercise) changes and might do some in a few months.
D. I’m trying to change the way I eat (or exercise) and having some success with it.
E. I’m so happy I changed the way I ate (or exercised) because I feel great!

2. I don’t have time to change the way I eat (or exercise).
A. I’m fine the way I am.
B. I’m too busy to do anything else right now but I’m kind of interested.
C. I’m considering it but need to figure out how to make time for it.
D. I’m making changing the way I eat (or exercise) a priority in my life.
E. Changing the way I eat (or exercise) was easier than I thought and I did it!

3. I would have to stop eating the foods I love (or moving/not moving the way I love) to eat (exercise) more.
A. I’ll never stop eating my favorite foods (or doing what I do now).
B. I might consider giving up some of the foods I love (or my sedentary behaviors) to feel healthier.
C. I’m going to give up some foods I love (or exercise more) very soon to feel healthier.
D. I’ve given up some of the foods I love (or gotten off the couch more) and it wasn’t as hard as I thought.
E. I love the foods I now eat (or the way I now exercise) and mostly don’t miss my old ways.

4. The people in my life wouldn’t like it at all if I changed the way I ate (or exercised).
A. I’d never do anything to make the people in my life unhappy with me.
B. I might consider changing the way I eat (or exercise) if people in my life were okay with it.
C. I’m thinking of changing the way I eat (or exercise) even if people in my life don’t like it.
D. I’m changing the way I eat (or exercise) and the people in my life will have to get used to it.
E. My eating (or exercise) habits have been different for some time now and the people in my life are OK with it.

5. I would love myself more if I change the way I eat (or exercise).
A. I’m fine with the way I am right now.
B. I might like myself more if I changed the way I ate (or exercised).
C. I like the idea of changing the way I eat (or exercise) and I will do it soon.
D. I feel happy and in control because I’ve changed the way I eat (or exercise).
E. I love everything about my new eating (or exercise) habits including myself.

6. I can’t change my life to change the way I eat (or exercise).
A. I’m fine doing exactly what I’m doing.
B. I’m thinking about changing things in my life but I’m not sure right now.
C. I’m reading up about changing eating (or exercise) behaviors and think it might change my life.
D. I’m changing my life by changing eating (or exercise) behaviors.
E. I’ve totally changed my life by changing my eating (or exercise) behaviors.

7. I would obsess less about food (or exercise) if I changed the way I ate (or exercised).
A. I can’t see myself not obsessing about food (or exercise) anytime soon.
B. I’m considering that changing the way I eat (or exercise) may stop my obsession about food (or exercise).
C. I’m trying out new eating (or exercise) behaviors and it seems to decrease my obsession about food (or exercise) sometimes.
D. I’m eating (or exercising) well most of the time and feel less obsessive about food (or exercise).
E. Changing the way I eat (or exercise) has pretty much ended my obsession with certain foods (or exercise/lack of exercise behaviors).

8. There is some benefit from eating (or exercising) the way I do.
A. I’m totally OK with eating (or exercising) the way I do.
B. I’m seeing that changing to a better eating (or exercise) lifestyle may be more beneficial than how I’m eating (or exercising) now.
C. I’m seeing that the benefit from eating (or exercising) the way I do may not be right for me and I’m considering other options.
D. I’m eating (or exercising) differently and seeing that it may benefit me more than how I’m currently eating (or exercising).
E. I now see that eating (or exercising) the way I now do is better than eating (or exercising) the way I once did.

9. The people in my life benefit from the way I eat (or exercise) now.
A. I can’t see changing how I eat (or exercise) because of the other people in my life.
B. I’m considering changing how I eat (or exercise) but worried that the people in my life may not like it.
C. I’m going to change how I eat (or exercise) soon and have talked about it with the people in my life.
D. I’m changing how I eat (or exercise) but still concerned about the way people in my life may feel about it.
E. I’ve changed how I eat (or exercise) and don’t care how people in my life feel about it.

10. I would have to work really hard to change the way I eat (or exercise).
A. Working hard isn’t my thing.
B. I’m thinking about changing how I eat (or exercise) even if I have to work really hard.
C. I’m going to change the way I eat (or exercise) soon even if it may be hard.
D. I’m changing the way I eat (or exercise) now and it’s been hard but I’m okay with that.
E. My eating (or exercise) behaviors are different for some time now and it wasn’t as hard as I thought.

OK … here’s how you score this. Tally up your points in this way:

1 point for every “A”.
2 points for every “B”
3 points for every “C”
4 points for every “D”
5 points for every “E”

And here’s the way you determine your CHANGE-STEP. If your score is:

10 … you’re FROZEN!
11-20 … you’re THAWING
21-32 … you’re WARMING
33-40 … you’re MOVING
41-49 … you’re FLOWING
50 … you’re FREE!

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So where at you at when it comes to eating (or exercise)? Were you surprised at the results? Has taking this test motivated you to do things differently when it comes to eating (or exercise)?