Take this quiz to determine your SDQ (Social Dieter Quotient)

You are a Social Dieter if:

1. _____ You enjoy food and the whole atmosphere surrounding eating, but you constantly worry about your weight

2. _____You love eating in restaurants of many types, ethnicities, and price-points, but often the restaurant choice is based on your diet of the day and not on what you really want to eat

3. _____You enjoy shopping in gourmet food stores and at farmers markets
 
4. _____You often eat take-out because you are too tired to cook

5. _____You read about food even if you don’t cook

6. _____You love diners and luncheonettes, but also keep Zagat’s or other restaurant guides handy

7. _____You have been on many diets and spend a lot of time thinking about food and what to eat

8. _____You are very specific about the type of food you want and how it is to be prepared and feel obliged to give waiters a long list of directions

9. _____You often abandon your diet because your family, friends, or roommates don’t like “your” food and make you feel like a party-pooper

10. _____You’re routinely faced with the choice of donuts, cookies, or bagels in your conference room, break room, and/or in airports

11. _____Invitations to dinner, parties, weddings, drinks, coffee, or pizza – any place where there is potentially caloric disaster — fill your inbox

12. _____You travel for business and/or pleasure and must make food choices in many different cities and countries

13. _____You break into a sweat reading menu choices in restaurants because you don’t want the other people at the table thinking “Oh, not another diet!”

14. _____You frequently get to a hotel room late at night and dinner choices come from the mini-bar, vending machine, or the late night room service snack menu

15. _____You often end up eating certain foods that you are trying to avoid because it’s too embarrassing to have to make special requests

If you have from five to eight affirmative responses:  you are a social dieter and are concerned about your eating, your health, and the perception of your behavior.

If you have eight or more affirmative responses:  you are a supreme social dieter and are very concerned about your eating, your weight, how your behavior affects others, and how to maintain an eating plan in multiple venues.

If the majority of your “yes” answers are odd numbered statements:  you are mostly interested in food of varying types, your weight and health, and are worried about how your food preferences and desires will appear to other people.

If the majority of your “yes” answers are even numbered statements:  you are a business and/or travel dieter and face food challenges in various venues like the conference or board room, hotels, airports, and restaurants located in countries other than your own.

If you have a combination of responses you face the challenges of most social dieters:  concern about your health and weight, how your food preferences and behaviors affect others around you, and how you handle your eating in venues outside of your usual demographic – and perhaps outside of your comfort zone.

YOUR SCORE:
Total number of “Yes” responses_______
Total number of “Yes” responses to even numbered questions_______
Total number of “Yes” responses to odd numbered questions    _____

 
This quiz is meant to be for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice.  If you would like a PDF version of quiz click here.