Body Responsiveness Quiz - Follow The Joy

This is for the professional midlife woman who has done everything right and watched the scale refuse to move.

In the next few minutes, a short series of questions will show you something the diet industry never will - why your body stopped responding to your weight loss efforts and which patterns might be keeping you stuck.

Answering honestly will ensure the accuracy of your results. There are no wrong answers. When you finish, you will receive your customized Body Responsiveness profile. This is exactly where the work begins.

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When you've tried to lose weight in the past, what kept you going?

The scale. A good number made it a good day, and a bad number could wreck the whole week.

Fear. Of the photos, of the doctor, of the next size up.

A picture of who I'd be on the other side, so clear I could almost feel her.

Nothing that lasted. That's always been the problem.

It's 9 PM, the house is finally quiet, and the pull toward the pantry or the wine is real. What usually wins?

I think about the woman I'm becoming, and I don't want to let her down.

I mean to hold the line, but in the moment the craving usually wins.

I tell myself I've earned it after the day I had, and deal with it later.

By that hour I'm running on empty and my will to resist is gone.

When weeks go by and the scale hasn't budged, what happens to your drive?

It holds, because this was never really about the scale for me.

I start bargaining, skipping meals, or hunting for a new plan.

It tanks. If the number isn't moving, what's the point?

I quietly give up and tell myself I'll start again Monday.

When you've tried to lose weight in the past, what did a typical plan look like?

Eat less, move more, and grind it out. The usual.

Pick a diet, whatever everyone's doing right now, and follow the rules.

Cut way back and pile on more cardio, basically punish it off.

Figure out what's actually happening in my body first, then work with the cause.

Think about the last time you tried to lose weight. What was the primary focus?

A specific thing my body was doing, like my blood sugar or my stress, that I knew was in the way.

Burning off more than I eat.

The number on the scale. That's the whole point, right?

Honestly, I was just doing whatever the plan said.

Think about the diet or workout plans you've done. What were they mostly built on?

Things I didn't actually mind, and a few I genuinely looked forward to.

Being strict and hoping it would stick if I just repeated it long enough.

Pushing through stuff I dreaded until I couldn't anymore.

Punishing myself when I cheated or missed a workout.

Be honest about how those plans usually ended. What did the unraveling look like?

I'm good for a while, then I crash hard and quit all at once.

The second life gets stressful, it's the first thing to go.

They don't really unravel anymore. What I do now mostly fits me.

I'm so miserable by the end that quitting feels like a relief.

Most days, what does your body actually feel like?

Wound up and running on adrenaline, even when I'm exhausted.

Tired all the time, but I push through it.

Calm more often than not. I've gotten better at coming down from stress.

Honestly, I don't slow down long enough to notice.

Picture a normal weekday meal. Which sounds the most like you?

Coffee for the first half of the day, then nothing until I'm starving.

Eating at my desk while I work, or in the car between things.

Sitting down, slowing down, actually tasting it, most of the time.

Whatever's fast, usually standing up or on the way out the door.

How much does stress affect your ability to lose weight?

Probably a little, but I can push through stress. I always have.

Not much. My problem is the food and the workouts, not stress.

A lot. When I'm calmer, my body acts differently, and I've felt it.

I've never really connected the two.

Deep down, what do you believe losing weight actually requires?

Strict discipline and giving up the things I love, basically suffering through it.

Finding the right plan - I just haven't found it yet.

Becoming a slightly different person, where the choices just come naturally.

Willpower, and I'm just running low on it.

When you finally reach your goal weight, what will staying there look like?

White-knuckling it forever so I don't gain it all back.

Constant watching and restricting, the way I always have.

It feels natural, like it's just who I've become.

Honestly, I assume I'd eventually gain it back. I always do.

When a healthy choice gets hard, what's usually going through your head?

I have to force myself, because part of me wants it and part of me really doesn't.

I should want this more than I do, and I feel guilty that I don't.

It's not really a fight anymore. It's just what I do now.

I push hard for a while, but the old me always seems to win.

What's your relationship with the bathroom scale?

I check it constantly, and lately it never moves, which kills me.

It runs my mood, and a bad number can wreck the whole day.

I check sometimes, but it doesn't get to decide how I feel.

I've stopped letting the number lead, and I watch how I actually feel instead.

When you slip, eat the thing, miss the workout, how do you talk to yourself?

I tear into myself. I'm my own harshest critic, by far.

I feel guilty and ashamed, and it hangs over me for days.

I notice it, let it go, and get back to it without the drama.

About how I'd talk to a good friend who slipped. With some grace.

When you've tried to lose weight in the past, what has support usually looked like?

I did it alone. I'm the one who figures things out for everyone else.

People cheered me on, but I still did the work by myself.

I tried diet programs, meal plans, and exercise programs, but that was it.

I had someone truly in it with me, and it made all the difference.

Think about the kind of help you usually reach out for when losing weight. What does that look like?

A plan or a program to follow on my own.

Encouragement from people who love me but aren't really in the trenches.

An expert who hands me the instructions and sends me on my way.

A real partner in the process, side by side, the whole way through.