Am I Fat or Bloated Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Across a typical day, how much does the size or tightness of your abdomen change?
It stays about the same from morning to evening.
It changes slightly, without a pattern I can identify.
It changes noticeably on several days each week.
It regularly feels flatter earlier and fuller later in the day.
2. Without deliberately restricting food, what pattern have you noticed between particular meals or ingredients and later fullness?
A repeatable link appears with several meals or ingredients.
There are a few possible links, but they are inconsistent.
I recall one possible link and cannot tell whether it was meaningful.
I have not noticed fullness changing according to what I eat.
3. Comparing the same time of day across the past two or three months, what pattern best describes your abdomen or clothing fit?
It is generally unchanged once temporary fullness passes.
Differences are small or too inconsistent to judge.
A change has remained noticeable through most recent weeks.
A gradual change has continued across much of that period.
4. How is the feeling of abdominal fullness related to having a bowel movement?
It often eases noticeably afterward.
It sometimes eases, although not completely.
I have noticed a possible connection, but it is weak or inconsistent.
A bowel movement does not usually change it.
5. When you compare several mornings with the evenings before them, what do you notice?
My abdomen often looks or feels clearly less full in the morning.
It is consistently similar in the morning and evening.
Some mornings bring a clear reset, but others do not.
There are minor differences, but no dependable pattern.
6. Over the past few weeks, how often has fullness appeared alongside constipation, looser stools, or a change in bowel frequency?
Never or almost never.
Once or twice, without a repeating pattern.
On several occasions.
During most episodes of fullness.
7. Where have you noticed a lasting change in fit or size?
Only around my abdomen, and it comes and goes.
Mostly around my abdomen, with no clear pattern elsewhere.
Around my abdomen and one other area, with the change lasting several weeks.
Across several areas of my body, with a consistent change in multiple garments.
8. Which description best matches the overall pace of the change you are exploring?
It shifts mainly within individual days.
It combines temporary shifts with a possible longer trend.
It has stayed at a fairly consistent new level for several weeks.
It has developed gradually and persisted over multiple months.
9. On mornings when you have not yet eaten and digestive discomfort is minimal, what do you observe?
The size change is still present consistently.
A smaller change remains on some mornings.
I am uncertain because mornings vary slightly.
The apparent change generally disappears or becomes minimal.
10. When your abdomen feels unusually full, what happens with gas, burping, or internal gurgling?
Those sensations are usually absent.
One of them appears occasionally, but not at the same time consistently.
They often accompany the fullness.
They reliably increase as the fullness develops and ease when it subsides.
11. After an ordinary meal—not an unusually large one—how does your abdomen typically respond?
I often develop obvious pressure or expansion soon afterward.
I sometimes feel mildly fuller, but the effect is inconsistent.
It usually feels much the same as before the meal.
I notice fullness after meals on several days each week.
12. Imagine clothing fits comfortably when you put it on. What is most likely to happen later that day?
It generally continues to fit the same way.
It may feel tighter after an unusually large meal.
The waistband sometimes tightens during an ordinary day, then fits normally another day.
The waistband often tightens within hours and feels comfortable again after sleep or rest.
13. How consistently do familiar clothes fit differently now than they did a few months ago?
Several regularly worn items fit differently across more than one area of my body.
One or two items fit differently, though garment shape or washing may explain it.
Waistbands or fitted clothes remain noticeably different on most days.
They usually return to their familiar fit when temporary fullness eases.
14. Thinking about your most recent noticeable abdominal change, how quickly did it appear and ease?
It developed gradually over months and has remained fairly consistent.
I cannot identify an onset because it has been fairly steady from week to week.
It appeared over a few days and later eased.
It became noticeable within hours and then receded.
15. When episodes of abdominal fullness occur, how long do they usually last?
I do not notice separate episodes; the size or sensation is fairly constant.
The change tends to remain for several weeks or longer.
It commonly lasts one to three days before easing.
It often lasts several hours and then eases.