Posts: 11,377
11/3/07 11:42 A

Great topic!

10 QUESTION QUIZ
Week # 1
October 29-November 4, 2007

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? no

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? no

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? no

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? yes, too much of that Halloween candy at work! (I didn't have any at home though)

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) no

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? no

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? no

8. Are my clothes tight? no

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? sometimes, probably my biggest problem area. I'll have to watch that.

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? no

current weight: 0.5  over

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Posts: 1,210
10/30/07 11:28 P

With 3 Yes answers and two "not recently" answers, I am on the border. But since two of those are items I have no control over, I think I am OK. Gaining control over these items is not worth the cost, harmony in the home.

I like this list. It gives you some flexibility.

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? Not recently.

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? Yes. I can't plan if I want to eat what my wife prepares. I have to be flexible and adjust.

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? No

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around?
No

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) No

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? Yes they are in the house. But I am not keeping them there. My wife is. Again, I have no control in this area.

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? No

8. Are my clothes tight? No. I haven't bought clothes that fit me yet.

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? Yes

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? Not recently.

current weight: 216.0

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Posts: 755
10/30/07 2:24 P

10 QUESTION QUIZ
Week # 1
October 29-November 4, 2007

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? No

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? No

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? No

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? Yes, a little (but I'm stocked up on fruits)

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) No

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? Yes, just bought 3 bags of Halloween candy *danger, danger!*

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? No

8. Are my clothes tight? No!

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? No

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? Nope!

With my world-class sweet-tooth, I think I'm good until the Halloween candy bags get opened...my plan is to immediately pack the remainder off to DH's work!

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Posts: 53
10/30/07 10:08 A

It's a good book and a good quiz. Thanks for the reminder. I'm definitely slipping!

10 QUESTION QUIZ
Week # 1
October 29-November 4, 2007

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? yes

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? no

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? no

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? yes

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) yes

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? yes

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? no

8. Are my clothes tight? yes

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? yes

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? no

Posts: 3,540
10/30/07 7:37 A

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? No

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? Occasionally

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? Occasionally

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? No

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) No

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? Yes for my hubby but doing well at staying away from them

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? no

8. Are my clothes tight? no

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? no

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? yes when I am too worn out from working on my feet all day.

current weight: 147.0

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Posts: 1,671
10/30/07 3:58 A

10 QUESTION QUIZ
Week # 1
October 29-November 4, 2007

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? yes, but within limitations like I have done all the time since I've been on spark

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? No

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? No

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? No

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) No

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? yes

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? No

8. Are my clothes tight? No

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? No

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? Yes

SparkPoints: (118,715)
Fitness Minutes: (54,966)
Posts: 3,009
10/29/07 8:55 P

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing?
No.

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan?
A little (so, yes).

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods?
Nope.

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around?
Yup.

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance)
Nope!!

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house?
No. :)

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating?
Me? Ha ha. No.

8. Are my clothes tight?
Nope!

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods?
A little. But sometimes that means "not eating at all" which isn't proper, either.

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week?
No way!

Wow, that's kind of cool. More no's than I would have thought!!

SparkPoints: (67,446)
Fitness Minutes: (50,285)
Posts: 5,545
10/29/07 7:44 P

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? yes, but limited

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? no

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? no

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around?
occasionally

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance) no

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? yes, but I've been good about avoiding them or limiting them

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? no

8. Are my clothes tight? no

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? on occasion

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? no

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10/29/07 5:26 P

10 QUESTION QUIZ

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? not for the past 5 days.

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? not for the past 5 days.

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? nope, never

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? Not for the past 5 day

5. am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? ( when on Maintenance)no

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? no

7. am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? no

8. Are my clothes tight? no

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? no

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? no

I am the picture of perfection...for the past 5 days...OH!!! I am so happy this quiz has been sent out today and not 2 weeks ago. :-)

day 6 tomorrow, got to go plan it.

gail

Edited by: RHYNIC at: 10/29/2007 (17:27)

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Posts: 13,624
10/29/07 4:44 P

Excellent Post Mimi!!!

I will definately be using this on the two team is lead if that is okay with you~~~I agree this will be helpful to those maintaining as well as losing!!!

Jackie!!!

Edited by: MISSJCISRUNNING at: 10/29/2007 (16:45)

Posts: 10,127
10/29/07 4:36 P

10 QUESTION QUIZ

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing? No

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan? No

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods? No

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around? No

5. Am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? No

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house? Yes

7. Am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating? No

8. Are my clothes tight? No

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods? No

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week? No

Mimi

Edited by: PERSISTENCEMIMI at: 10/29/2007 (16:36)

463 Maintenance Weeks

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Posts: 10,127
10/29/07 4:33 P

Please feel free to copy and paste in order to answer this quiz.

I found this QUIZ in a great book:
The thin Commandments diet by Stephen Gullo, Ph.D. (page 162)

Note:
This quiz is meant for people on Maintenance, but I think it is also great to take while losing weight.



Ten questions QUIZ reviews some of the basic skills and attitudes that increase your likelihood of SUCCESS.
Take this quiz ONCE each week.

*** If you answer "yes" to four of the questions,it's an early warning that you are slipping into bad habits.

*** If you answer "yes" to five or more questions,you are in danger of regaining the weight-even if your scale hasn't started to rise yet.

*** If you see that you're slipping into old ways of thinking , just admit it.

*** Evaluate what caused you to slip, the situation, and where it might have occured.
See that you can learn from your mistakes so they won't happen again.

REMEMBER!!!
Slips should teach you, not defeat you!


10 QUESTION QUIZ
Week # 1
October 29-November 4, 2007

1. Am I eating any foods that I have a consistent history of abusing?

2. Am I getting sloppy about my behavioral strategies and failing to plan?

3. Am I eating too much of the right foods?

4. Am I nibbling again on whatever foods are around?

5. Am I being negligent about weighing myself regularly and guarding my weight ceiling? (when on Maintenance)

6. Am I keeping problem foods in my house?

7. Am I skipping meals or snacks or going longer than 4 hours without eating?

8. Are my clothes tight?

9. Am I allowing my moods to dictate my foods?

10. Am I skipping exercise frequently during the week?


Edited by: PERSISTENCEMIMI at: 11/3/2007 (12:12)

463 Maintenance Weeks

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480