Body Shape
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Have a short, wide build (pear or apple-shaped) |
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Have an average height and build |
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Have a tall and slim build |
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Weight Gain
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Gain weight around the waist, hips, or thighs |
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Slight weight gain with even distribution |
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Difficulty gaining weight |
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Overweight and often struggle with weight loss |
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Maintain an average weight |
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Lose weight easily |
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Breads and pasta cause weight gain |
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No particular foods cause weight gain |
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Meat and fatty foods cause weight gain |
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Energy Level
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Often tired or lethargic |
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Have average energy |
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Have a high level of sustained energy |
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Often tired in the middle of the afternoon (1-5 pm) |
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Don't feel tired until the late evening (bedtime) |
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Rarely tired (often stay up late working) |
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Have below-average stamina/endurance |
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Have average endurance or stamina |
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Have excellent stamina and can keep going more than others |
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Do well on coffee and often rely on it for energy |
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Don't need coffee for energy; it doesn't make me jittery |
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Don't really need coffee; it also makes me jittery and shakey |
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Exercise
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Exercise is like work to me |
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Like to exercise, but it is not mandatory |
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Love to exercise and lead an active lifestyle |
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Appetite
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Have an excessive appetite |
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Have an average appetite |
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Have a low appetite |
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Need large, heavy meals to feel full |
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None of these options applies to me |
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Small meals are filling |
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Often hungry between meals |
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None of these options applies to me |
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Seldom hungry between meals |
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Skipping meals makes me feel weak or jittery |
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Skipping meals affects me slightly |
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Can sometimes forget to eat and it does not affect me |
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Often want/need snacks between meals |
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Sometimes need snacks between meals |
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Rarely need snacks between meals |
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Food Preferences
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Live to eat; love food and think about it often |
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Enjoy food, but don't focus on it |
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Eat to live; rarely think about food; can forget to eat |
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Prefer eggs, sausage, hash browns, and toast for breakfast |
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Prefer eggs, toast, and fruit for breakfast |
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Prefer pastries, fruit/yogurt or cereal for breakfast |
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Meat for breakfast energizes me; prevents hunger before lunch |
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None of these options applies to me |
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Meat for breakfast makes me feel sleepy and lethargic |
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A fruit/salad lunch would not fill me; I would be hungry/tired/irritable |
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A fruit/salad lunch is sufficient; I would need a snack later |
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A fruit/salad lunch completely satisfies me |
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Red meat for lunch energizes me; prevents hunger before dinner |
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Red meat for lunch has no noticeable effect on me |
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Red meat for lunch makes me feel sleepy and lethargic |
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My ideal dinner includes beef or chicken with a potato or salad |
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Have no specific ideal dinner; could eat anything |
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My ideal dinner is light with some fish and plenty of vegetables |
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Prefer a meat dish over pasta |
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Enjoy all food groups |
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Prefer pasta over a meat dish |
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Could eat potatoes daily |
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Can take or leave potatoes |
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Don't care for potatoes that much |
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Eating meat/heavy meals energizes me |
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Most foods provide me with adequate energy |
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Eating meat makes me tired; light meals energize me |
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Prefer salt and salty foods |
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Average amount of salt is sufficient |
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Prefer little or no salt |
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Crave salty or fatty foods ( chips, cheese, meat) |
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Tend not to have any cravings |
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Crave bread, cookies, crackers |
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Prefer a rich or salty snack following a meal |
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None of these options applies to me |
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Love sweets and need dessert at the end of a meal |
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Prefer rich desserts such as chocolate & cheesecake |
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Have no specific dessert preferences |
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Prefer sweet desserts like cakes, cookies, & fruit pies |
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Like sour food |
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Neither like or dislike sour foods |
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Don’t like sour foods |
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Digestion
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Good digestion; frequent eliminations (3 or more per day) |
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Average digestion and eliminations (1-3 per day) |
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Slow digestion; infrequent eliminations (can go a day without eliminating) |
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Prone to diarrhea when stressed |
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Not prone to diarrhea or constipation |
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Prone to constipation when stressed |
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Digest meat with ease |
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Average digestion of meat |
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Difficulty digesting meat |
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Eating raw vegetables causes gas/digestive problems |
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None of these options applies to me |
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Eating raw vegetables improves my digestive problems |
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Personality
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Extremely patient; very easy-going; laid back; low stress |
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Average patience; cooperative; moderate stress |
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Impatient; aggressive; decisive; stresses easily |
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Very friendly and social; extrovert |
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In-between; somewhat extroverted and somewhat introverted |
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Reserved/ socially withdrawn; introvert |
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Easily depressed |
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Average spirit with some depression |
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High-spirited; seldom depressed |
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Intuitive; very creative; right-brained |
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Average intellect; somewhat creative/somewhat analytical |
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Very intellectual, analytical; left-brained |
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Have decreased mental alertness in the afternoon; strong need for caffeine |
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Sometimes mentally drained in the afternoon; sometimes need caffeine |
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Am consistently mentally alert all day long; no need for caffeine |
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Extremely disorganized; often procrastinates |
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Desire better organization and a little structure |
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Extremely organized and is a structured planner |
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Sleep
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Require 8 or more hours of sleep to feel good |
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None of these options applies to me |
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Can function well off of 6 hours or less sleep |
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Eating before going to bed helps me to sleep better |
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Eating before bed makes no difference to me |
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Eating before going to bed disrupts my sleep |
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Other
If description does not apply, leave the section unchecked
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Tend to cough or wheeze daily |
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Skin tends to crack (fingers/heels of feet) |
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Skin itches often |
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Tend to have dandruf |
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Eyes tend to itch even if I don't have allergies |
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