The following inventory was designed to give you some idea of how comfortable you feel with your body at its present shape. Please answer using the 1 to 5 scale. 1 means this statement never applies to you, 2 means rarely applies, 3 is occasionally, 4 is a fair amount, and 5 is frequently.

  • How I feel about my body can change depending on what I wear, or what others say.

  • I wear clothes based more on how I think they make my body appear, rather than for comfort.

  • It is difficult for me to look at my body, clothed, in a full length mirror.

  • It is difficult for me to look at my body, naked, in a full length mirror.

  • Most of my inner comments to my body are negative or judgmental.

  • I think I have no right to feel sexy if I am overweight.

  • I think I shouldn't wear the clothes I like if they don't make me look as thin as possible.

  • I look in mirrors throughout the day to see if I look “ok”.

  • I rarely leave the house unless I look “presentable.”

  • I feel better or worse about myself on a given day depending on how I look physically.

  • My body is something I seek to tame and control.

  • I don't trust my body to know what food it needs without monitoring my intake (i.e. counting calories).

  • I deny my body's needs regularly (i.e. hunger, fullness, pain, fatigue)

  • I am conscious of how I look when I sit, stand, or move, and I position myself to look the slimmest.

  • I can think of many people with whom I would literally trade bodies of possible.

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