I have this theory, and maybe I am wrong, but my theory is that there are certain personality types that are more prone to obesity and weight loss surgery than other types. My theory is that people who have a strong preference for "intuition," "feeling," and "perception" per the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (that would be the N, F, and P) are more likely to need WLS than people who have a strong preference for "sensing," "thinking," and "judging" (the S, T, and J). Not sure whether introversion vs. extraversion matter ... I am curious to find out!

So anyway, if you know your MBTI type, please answer the poll and help me see if my theory is right. (By the way, I am an INFJ with a very slight preference for J ... most of my life I have been an INFP but since becoming a supervisor at work I have changed a bit).

If you don't know what your MBTI type is, you can take a free, anonymous online test (not the actual test but a variation of it that is pretty close to the real thing) here:

http://www.humanmetr...win/jtypes2.asp

Thanks for sharing!

Kris

ENTP over here! We just did 360 evals and took the Myers Briggs to help assess and learn about our management team. Very interesting stuff!

INTJ .

INTP here

Your Type is

ESFJExtravertedSensingFeelingJudging Strength of the preferences % 10011267

ESFJ type description by D.Keirsey

ESFJ Identify Your Career with Jung Career Indicator™ ESFJ Famous Personalities

ESFJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss

Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:

• very expressed extravert
• slightly expressed sensing personality
• slightly expressed feeling personality
• distinctively expressed judging personality

Your Type is

ESTJExtravertedSensingThinkingJudgingStrength of the preferences % 44121278

ESTJ type description by D.Keirsey

ESTJ Identify Your Career with Jung Career Indicator™ ESTJ Famous Personalities

ESTJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss

Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:

• moderately expressed extravert
• slightly expressed sensing personality
• slightly expressed thinking personality
• very expressed judging personality

INTP here. But I have been told that types can change after a big event like a substantial weight loss.

INTP here. But I have been told that types can change after a big event like a substantial weight loss.

I've heard the same thing, but my core personality, moral convictions, ethics have remained identical post major weight loss.

Your Type is

ESFJExtravertedSensingFeelingJudgingStrength of the preferences % 7815022

Interesting test.

INTJ

INTJ

Same here.

So far my theory is proving to be totally wrong! Oy!!!! Keep those votes coming!

INTJ here, too--this is more INTJ's in one spot than almost any other I've seen! LOL We're supposed to be only 5% of the population! Kris, maybe this is something to consider, since INTJ's are the "contingency planners" of the world.

I'm an INFJ.

My type is INTJIntrovertedIntuitiveThinkingJudgingStrength of the preferences % 1125144I am a:

• slightly expressed introvert
  
• moderately expressed intuitive personality
  
• slightly expressed thinking personality
  
• moderately expressed judging personality

One of the career choices they recommend is engineer - nice - since I've been a practicing engineer for 30+ years.

Well, this INFP just got approved for surgery today!!!!! I don't know if your theory is true or false, but the lack of INFP's answering the poll might be because there are just less of us out there in general. Some say we make up just 1-2% of the US population! Personally, I think you're on to something here though....

Off to Celebrate my good news!