What's Your Hidden Holiday Eating Trigger Type?

Discover what's really triggering your emotional eating during the holidays — and what to do about it. Take this 2-minute quiz to uncover your hidden trigger pattern.

1 of 7: When the holidays get stressful, what's your first instinct? *

Reach for comfort food to calm down

Think about special holiday treats from your childhood

Say yes to food even when I'm not hungry to keep the peace

Tell myself "I've earned this" and indulge freely

Have one treat and suddenly can't stop

2 of 7: What's your biggest emotional eating struggle during the holidays? *

Stress eating when things get overwhelming

Getting emotional around traditional family foods

Eating things I don't want because someone made them

Feeling like the holidays are my "free pass"

Sugar cravings that spiral out of control

3 of 7: Which statement feels MOST true for you during the holidays? *

"I'm so overwhelmed, I just need something to take the edge off"

"These foods remind me of happier times"

"I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by not eating"

"It's the holidays — I should be able to enjoy myself"

"Once I start eating sweets, I can't stop"

4 of 7: What usually triggers your holiday overeating? *

Feeling overwhelmed, tired, or stressed out

Seeing or smelling foods from my childhood

Someone offering me food or pressuring me to eat

Thinking "it's only once a year"

Having one bite of something sweet

5 of 7: Which describes your emotional eating pattern during the holidays best? *

I eat to cope with stress and calm my nerves

I get emotional around certain holiday foods

I eat to make others happy or avoid awkwardness

I give myself permission to eat freely all season

I start with one treat and end up bingeing

6 of 7: If you could fix ONE thing about your emotional eating during the holidays, what would it be?

Stop using food to manage stress

Stop getting so emotional around holiday foods

Learn to say no without feeling guilty

Stop using the holidays as an excuse to overdo it

Break the sugar craving cycle

7 of 7: What's your biggest fear about emotional eating for the rest of the holiday season? *

That the stress will completely derail me and I'll emotionally overeat

That I'll keep emotionally eating at every gathering

That I won't be able to set boundaries with food

That I'll gain even more weight before January

That I won't be able to control my sugar cravings

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