What kind of eater are you?

Somehow I stumbled upon About.com's Calorie Count Plus to figure out how many calories in a recipe I'm going to try. I ended up setting up an account and so far they have some pretty simple journaling options. I like how they grade food from A to F. That's helpful to me. I'm going to test it out this week and compare it to The Daily Plate.They also have a quiz you can take to determine your diet profile. Here's how mine came out:

Emotional Eater

You use food to affect your mood. This started as a conscious way to motivate yourself when you needed it, but then it became your second nature and turned into an unconscious method of dealing with problems.

Your Eating Habits

You are familiar with sweets, such as cookies, ice cream, cakes, waffles and other carb-loaded diet killers. They somehow creep into your diet whenever you need a little bit of moral support, or when you feel frustrated, unhappy or simply bored. Therefore, those excess calories are not consumed during your regular meals, but in between.

The Solution

Emotional cravings are easily confused with hunger and are therefore difficult to identify. In most cases, emotional eating patterns only become evident when they have already taken place. Therefore, emotional eaters should plan their meals ahead, and always have a clear idea how much they want to consume. This makes any deviations clearly recognizable and allows the user to find alternate and non-food related methods for dealing with emotions.

Well duh! No news there.

What's your diet profile? Find out here. You may have to set up an account to do it.