BBC WHAT DIET TYPE ARE YOU?

fatsnacker

FEASTER-assigned to high protein,low GI diet
CONSTANT CRAVER-assigned to 5:2 diet
EMOTIONAL EATER - assigned to 1200 calories per day diet

I completed the questionnaire and couldn't be categorised !!

I enjoyed watching the program. The results of the tests were interesting.
I can't wait to see how much weight the 75 participants lost during the course of the diet having lost 53 stone between them in the first month.

Did anybody else see the show ?

yarwell

yep, like you I'm not a clear cut "type" from the questionnaire so the gene test would be interesting for me. All three diets are types of carb restriction, and no potatoes on 5:2 was interesting.

fatsnacker

Participants lost 104 stone in total - I hope they all go on to achieve their target weights.

I couldn't cut potatoes or bread from my diet but I do eat less of each now.

randomtai

Oh I thought this was about another type of BBC... nm *slinks out*

TimothyFish

I'm more of the BORED EATER. If I don't watch myself, I'll sit around and eat because I don't have anything else to do. (Oh, the joys of living alone.) When I have people in the house or when I'm busy doing stuff, I don't eat as much and I sometimes forget to eat.

GingerbreadCandy

Apparently I am a constant craver by 58%.

I don't fully believe the description, although the if the gene thing is valid it may actually apply to me. Would be interesting to test and see if there is anything to it.

0somuchbetter0

Here's the link: bbc.co.uk/guides/z2csfg8#zt83b9q

My first reaction is "bollocks!" ...coz it's a British test and all...

My second reaction is this: it's taken me years of hard emotional and mental work to understand what kind of over-eater I am and why I do it, and will take me years more to completely overcome it, if ever. A silly 12-question quiz does not help at all.

GingerbreadCandy

0somuchbetter0 wrote: »

Here's the link: bbc.co.uk/guides/z2csfg8#zt83b9q

My first reaction is "bollocks!" ...coz it's a British test and all...

My second reaction is this: it's taken me years of hard emotional and mental work to understand what kind of over-eater I am and why I do it, and will take me years more to completely overcome it, if ever. A silly 12-question quiz does not help at all.

Oh, obviously! Should have specified.

I like taking these kind of stupid tests for fun and see what I get. The gene thing in the description at the end really is interesting though, if it's valid.

Alluminati

I'm an Aries with Scorpio tendencies

0somuchbetter0

GingerbreadCandy wrote: »

0somuchbetter0 wrote: »

Here's the link: bbc.co.uk/guides/z2csfg8#zt83b9q

My first reaction is "bollocks!" ...coz it's a British test and all...

My second reaction is this: it's taken me years of hard emotional and mental work to understand what kind of over-eater I am and why I do it, and will take me years more to completely overcome it, if ever. A silly 12-question quiz does not help at all.

Oh, obviously! Should have specified.

I like taking these kind of stupid tests for fun and see what I get. The gene thing in the description at the end really is interesting though, if it's valid.

I wasn't responding to your post -- it hadn't even popped up when I posted. Weird.

Flookbird

I came out as a constant craver and think that's about right for me (I might actually call it greedy!). It's been interesting to watch - just got the last episode to watch on iplayer now.

GingerbreadCandy

0somuchbetter0 wrote: »

GingerbreadCandy wrote: »

0somuchbetter0 wrote: »

Here's the link: bbc.co.uk/guides/z2csfg8#zt83b9q

My first reaction is "bollocks!" ...coz it's a British test and all...

My second reaction is this: it's taken me years of hard emotional and mental work to understand what kind of over-eater I am and why I do it, and will take me years more to completely overcome it, if ever. A silly 12-question quiz does not help at all.

Oh, obviously! Should have specified.

I like taking these kind of stupid tests for fun and see what I get. The gene thing in the description at the end really is interesting though, if it's valid.

I wasn't responding to your post -- it hadn't even popped up when I posted. Weird.

lol, indeed.

but your post made me realise that I could come me across as really believing this stuff.

yirara

Not good! It made me a constant craver because I probably answered a question from that category one more time with 'ocassionally' or 'rarely'. On most question a center stage NO is missing. Oh well...

Mr_Knight

It got me bang on - not just the what (5:2), but also the why.

"Intermittent dieting will help you conserve your mental energy so you can stick with the eating plan for longer than conventional dieting."

williams969

I took the quiz the other day. I got an even split of "Feaster" and "Constant Craver" with no "Emotional Eater". Yep, that's me.

I've naturally found my way to curb my overeating tendencies (B4 this article) through upping my protein and fiber intake significantly over my old ways. I will never be a 5:2 faster, but I do naturally eat in a smaller daily window (start eating later in the day helps me stay on goal). So, a sort of milder/casual form of 16:8 fasting, but I don't limit myself if I need early or late fuel.

So yeah, if there's some science behind this, I do find the dietary guidelines for my "type" work brilliantly for me. I've lost and kept off 24lbs without undue pain or feelings of deprivation.

pippypuppy

The program has come to our shores and I'm watching it for the first time. I'm not 100% sure what the 5:2 plan is about - 800 cals on those two days? Also when they fasted, is that part of the plan or was that to do the first test ?

DeguelloTex

It's goofy.

"69%
Of your eating behaviours are those of a 'Feaster'
Feaster

Once you start eating you find it hard to stop. It takes more food for you to experience the same sense of fullness as most other people, so you are likely to eat more than your body actually needs."

No, I don't find it hard to stop.

Yes, it takes more food for me to experience the same sense of fullness as most other people. My TDEE is nearly 4000. I eat a lot.

No, I'm not more likely to eat more than my body actually needs.

Need2Exerc1se

I couldn't be categorized.

Kalikel

I am not in any diet category. Cosmo always had answers. You were never nothing, lol.

lemurcat12

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

I couldn't be categorized.

Me either.

I'm Chandler in the what Friend are you test, though, which is kind of disturbing.

tomatoey

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

I couldn't be categorized.

Same. I like big meals, only get hungry right before them, don't stress-eat, rarely binge (except for chips and popcorn maybe that one time a month)

Jillish23

I read the blurb for each and I surmise:

Eat less, eat better to feel fuller and look for support from a group while trying to lose weight. So pretty much use MFP then?!