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Title: are you addicted to food?
Post by: witchypoo on September 21, 2012, 12:01:44 PM
quiz and linked article here (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/quiz-are-you-addicted-to-food/)
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Post by: merigayle on September 21, 2012, 12:11:54 PM
not addicted!
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Post by: caito on September 21, 2012, 12:12:31 PM
I took the quiz and was surprised to find that the results said no!
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Post by: Magic Microbe on September 21, 2012, 12:21:04 PM
Test says no.

I say yes.
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Post by: Run Amok on September 21, 2012, 12:49:52 PM
My score was zero. But... I don't like the way they phrased the questions.
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Post by: onawhim on September 21, 2012, 12:50:55 PM
My score was zero. But... I don't like the way they phrased the questions.

1. 
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Post by: MiniDriver on September 21, 2012, 02:06:00 PM
My addictive behavior manifests more in the teetering between in control and out of control.  Since I always feel vulnerable to losing control, I see my behavior as addiction.  It's comparable to a non-drinking alcoholic, always aware of temptation, usually under control but more vulnerable when stressed.
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Post by: Courtney on September 21, 2012, 03:22:18 PM
Mine says I'm a possible food addict. 
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Post by: VP of Tea on September 21, 2012, 04:29:53 PM
0 here too. No surprise.
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Post by: The Turtle Whisperer on September 21, 2012, 05:50:48 PM
It said no, but it's probably up for debate.   :)

I think at least three to four meals ahead, maybe even more.   
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Post by: rocketgirl on September 21, 2012, 06:05:07 PM
My score was zero. But... I don't like the way they phrased the questions.

Seriously.  WTF kind of question is "I keep consuming the same types or amounts of food despite significant emotional and/or physical problems related to my eating."

I mean, you'd have to already think you had a problem in order to answer yes.  And, what exactly are emotional problems related to eating?

Title: Re: are you addicted to food?
Post by: merigayle on September 21, 2012, 06:35:46 PM
It told me no but i am definitely thinking about food wayyyyyyy more than the average person and could probably tell you everything i ate for atleast a couple weeks.
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Post by: BonitaApplebum on September 22, 2012, 03:48:39 PM
I totally think I am, despite my score (11) that said I wasn't.

Hmm.
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Post by: diablita on September 22, 2012, 04:03:50 PM
I find I'm more addicted (thinking about my next meal, obsessed with what flavors/foods I'll have) when I'm eating more.  It's a neg cycle for me.

but I'm not taking the test based on the posts above
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Post by: triciaflower on September 23, 2012, 09:57:49 AM
It said I was a 0. But I think I'm more obsessed than addicted.

I think that has more to do with my slight OCD tendencies than anything else. I was planning to take a dish to a potluck this weekend and all week I was thinking about the preparations for it. Like from beginning to end. Chopping the vegetables, timing, how it would look, taste, etc. In ADDITION to thinking of all the other meals I was going to prepare.
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Post by: Ice Cream on September 24, 2012, 11:02:38 AM
No, score = zero
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Post by: crazypants on September 24, 2012, 12:23:41 PM
Not addicted.
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Post by: ihop on September 24, 2012, 05:00:44 PM
Score of 0.  Interesting.
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Post by: Courtney on September 24, 2012, 05:32:13 PM
Ok, so if I'm the only possible addict here, what do you think that says about me??   :yikes:
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Post by: debbatx on September 25, 2012, 02:22:50 PM
I'm a "possible," too, Courtney.
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Post by: witchypoo on September 25, 2012, 02:51:27 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/the-optimal-diet.html?src=me&ref=general (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/the-optimal-diet.html?src=me&ref=general)
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Post by: merigayle on September 25, 2012, 03:09:24 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/the-optimal-diet.html?src=me&ref=general (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/the-optimal-diet.html?src=me&ref=general)
basically what the movie Forks Over Knives advocated ;)
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Post by: witchypoo on September 25, 2012, 03:37:04 PM
basically what the movie Forks Over Knives advocated ;)

it's basically what i've advocated my entire adult life (and espoused since my mid-twenties).
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Post by: merigayle on September 25, 2012, 04:35:53 PM
it's basically what i've advocated my entire adult life (and espoused since my mid-twenties).
yep, me too :)
I have actually gotten a few patients to go veg after watching FoK.