I don't feel self-conscious about my weight or body size when I'm with others.

I feel concerned about how I look to others, but it normally does not make me feel disappointed with myself.

I do get self-conscious about my appearance and weight which makes me feel disappointed in myself.

I feel very self-conscious about my weight and frequently, I feel intense shame and disgust for myself. I try to avoid social contacts because of my self-consciousness.

I don't have any difficulty eating slowly in the proper manner.

Although I seem to "gobble down" foods, I don't end up feeling stuffed because of eating too much.

At times, I tend to eat quickly and then, I feel uncomfortably full afterwards.

I have the habit of bolting down my food, without really chewing it. When this happens I usually feel uncomfortably stuffed because I've eaten too much.

I feel capable to control my eating urges when I want to.

I feel like I have failed to control my eating more than the average person.

I feel utterly helpless when it comes to feeling in control of my eating urges.

Because I feel so helpless about controlling my eating I have become very desperate about trying to get in control.

I don't have the habit of eating when I'm bored.

I sometimes eat when I'm bored, but often I'm able to "get busy" and get my mind off food.

I have a regular habit of eating when I'm bored, but occasionally, I can use some other activity to get my mind off eating.

I have a strong habit of eating when I'm bored. Nothing seems to help me break the habit.

I'm usually physically hungry when I eat something.

Occasionally, I eat something on impulse even though I really am not hungry.

I have the regular habit of eating foods, that I might not really enjoy, to satisfy a hungry feeling even though physically, I don't need the food.

Although I'm not physically hungry, I get a hungry feeling in my mouth that only seems to be satisfied when I eat a food, like a sandwich, that fills my mouth. Sometimes, when I eat the food to satisfy my mouth hunger, I then spit the food out so I won't gain weight.

I don't feel any guilt or self-hate after I overeat.

After I overeat, occasionally I feel guilt or self-hate.

Almost all the time I experience strong guilt or self-hate after I overeat.

I don't lose total control of my eating when dieting even after periods when I overeat.

Sometimes when I eat a "forbidden food" on a diet, I feel like I "blew it" and eat even more.

Frequently, I have the habit of saying to myself, "I've blown it now, why not go all the way" when I overeat on a diet. When that happens I eat even more.

I have a regular habit of starting strict diets for myself, but I break the diets by going on an eating binge. My life seems to be either a "feast" or "famine."

I rarely eat so much food that I feel uncomfortably stuffed afterwards.

Usually about once a month, I eat such a quantity of food, I end up feeling very stuffed.

I have regular periods during the month when I eat large amounts of food, either at mealtime or at snacks.

I eat so much food that I regularly feel quite uncomfortable after eating and sometimes a bit nauseous.

My level of calorie intake does not go up very high or go down very low on a regular basis.

Sometimes after I overeat, I will try to reduce my caloric intake to almost nothing to compensate for the excess calories I've eaten.

I have a regular habit of overeating during the night. It seems that my routine is not to be hungry in the morning but overeat in the evening.

In my adult years, I have had week-long periods where I practically starve myself. This follows periods when I overeat. It seems I live a life of either "feast or famine."

I am not preoccupied with the thought of food.

I am preoccupied with the thought of food, but I am not driven to eat.

I feel that I am driven to eat and I am preoccupied with the thought of food.

Most of my days seem to be pre-occupied with thoughts about food. I feel like I live to eat.

I don't have a problem with eating in secret.

I am embarrassed about overeating and I prefer to eat alone.

I feel so ashamed about overeating that I pick times to overeat when I know no one will see me. I feel like a "closet eater."

I have three meals a day with an occasional planned snack.

I eat moderately, that is, more than three times a day.

There are regular periods when I seem to be continually eating, with no planned meals.

I am able to stop eating when I want to. I know when "enough is enough".

I usually can stop eating when I want to but I overeat on occasion.

I have a problem not being able to stop eating when I want to.

I feel incapable of controlling urges to eat. I have a fear of not being able to stop eating voluntarily.

I don't think much about trying to control my weight.

I am conscious of my weight and I try to control it by watching what I eat.

I am very preoccupied with my weight. I am constantly watching my weight by going on diets.

It seems to me that most of my waking hours are pre-occupied by thoughts about eating or not eating. I feel like I'm constantly struggling not to eat.

I don't have any problem with binge-eating.

I binge-eat on occasion.

I binge-eat on a regular basis.

I have a serious problem with binge-eating.

I don't feel any need to vomit after I binge-eat.

After I binge-eat, I have an impulse to vomit to get rid of the food.

After I binge-eat, I have a strong urge to vomit.

Because I have a problem not being able to stop eating when I want, I sometimes have to induce vomiting to relieve my stuffed feeling.