Thank you so much for taking the
Food & Metaphor Quiz
You have just taken the first step towards solving the mystery of your struggle with eating.
Please note: This quiz is designed to help you find the symbolic meaning behind the foods you crave or fear. It is meant to be used to guide you to think about these topics. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any health condition, and is not a substitute for professional medical advice.
I am Dr. Anita Johnston, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, and I have been working in the field of disordered eating for over thirty-five years. And what I have discovered is that the very foods we struggle with can reveal hidden hungers that we have been attempting to satisfy with food behaviors.
When we restrict our food, that is usually not the only thing we restrict in our lives. More often than not we restrict our emotional expression, participation in relationships, or new experiences that seem like “too much.” Sometimes we put ourselves “on restriction” if we make mistakes or feel like we are not “good enough."
Your quiz results show:
Your quiz results suggest that a tendency to restrict warm, “comfort” foods and that you may have difficulty accepting your needs for comfort and emotional warmth. Perhaps you don’t want to be “too needy” or you feel undeserving. Perhaps you might be afraid it won’t be there when you need it the most, or perhaps it is difficult for you to get it support the way you want it – not too much, and not too little. Or that you can lose yourself in the warmth of a relationship and get addicted.
Think of the ways we describe relationships as being warm and cozy and how we can feel the sensation of warmth when we get close to others. Sometimes we can experience our relationships with others as being too much, too suffocating or become frightened when our boundaries start to melt. At other times we might want to avoid the pain that comes with having a close relationship — and then losing it.
These are some metaphoric categories to get you started. Of course, we are all different and what one food means to someone could mean something else to someone else. Your preferences, however, reveal a general tendency to struggle with experiencing and expressing a need for comfort and emotional warmth.
Sometimes the symbolism of the food is connected to memories associated with it and might indicate a longing for some past experience. Forbidden foods can speak to us metaphorically about things, feelings, or experiences that feel forbidden. Other times the actual names of the foods carry meaning that might be significant to you. The ways and situations in which you might typically eat the food can also be symbolic.
The questions to ask yourself to find the deeper meaning are:
These are questions that can point you towards the real hungers you are experiencing.
Now that you have some idea of what might be driving your disordered eating, what can you do about it? How can you put this information to good use in your life?
What we’ve covered here is a good start, but it’s just the beginning. I have so much more to share with you. A lot of it is covered in my Cracking the Hunger Code self-study course and in conversations we have in The New Crescent Moon interactive course at the Light of the Moon Café.
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“Your guidance has enabled me to put a full stop to my search for the meaning of my eating and weight. I greatly value the clarity of understanding I now have. I do still have to work at being conscious of my feelings and the metaphors in my own life experience and my foods. You have given me great processes and tools for achieving the clarity I was looking for. Thank you”.
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You’ll discover how the answers to these questions are hidden in the very foods you crave or fear. But they’re coded! And you have to crack the code.
In this course, I’ll show you how. (It’s easier than you think)
You’ll find the hidden reasons you eat when you’re not hungry, keep on eating when you’re full, or won’t let yourself eat when you are hungry.
“Anita is so inspiring and so passionate about her work and has so much compassion with everyone she works with and meets. Being able to hear Anita crack the food code with metaphors is so amazing.... she is so spot on with defining what you are truly craving for in your life. It is so cool to find out that the food I was either restricting or craving had to do with things in my life now or in my childhood that I wanted and/or needed but didn't get”.
K.C North Carolina, USA
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What’s on the Menu? The Cracking the Hunger Code course is a series of “mini-plate” offerings. It consists of three main lessons, each with five short teaching videos, downloadable audio stories, and a journal for you to answer self-reflective questions. So you can solve the mystery of your struggle with food.
Take out Available? Once you sign up, the teaching videos are available for you indefinitely. You can watch them over and over if you like. The audios, worksheets, and journal can be downloaded into your personal library, and are yours to keep and review in the comfort of your own home. Forever.
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“Looking at food as a metaphor really has shifted my way of relating to my cravings and allowed me to open up a dialogue with myself about what I truly need. Anita's work resonates with my heart and soul”.
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