Personal Improvement & Life Style Management Storyboard: “Modifying Eating Habits” KM December 11, 2004

What is the Problem & How Do You Know It’s a Problem? Problem: Consuming too much junk food & unhealthy snacks leading to unnecessary weight gain. Resolution: Modify eating habits Change: Minimize the amounts of junk food and unhealthy snacks I eat on a daily basis. Process owner: My father has agreed to stop buying a lot of junk food when he goes grocery shopping. If the junk food is not in the house, I will not eat it. I also will attempt not to buy unhealthy snacks when I am out of the house. When I need a snack, I will buy something healthy.

What are my Routines? Daily Routines Wake up Brush teeth Bathe Eat Breakfast Drive to Work Work 4 hours Eat Lunch Work 4 hours Drive home School Work Eat Dinner Watch TV Sleep Weekend Routines Wake up Brush Teeth Bathe Eat Breakfast Shop Eat Lunch/Dinner Hang out with boyfriend/friends Watch Movie/TV Sleep Weekly, Monthly, Yearly Routines Holiday Dinners Summer Diet Eating Out Hanging Out w/ Friends

Routines that Affect Eating Habits PERIODROUTINEDIRECTION DESCRIPTION OF IMPACT DailyEat LunchNegative ( - )Always want to eat junk food w/ lunch DailyWatch TVPositive ( + )Rarely eat snacks while watching TV DailyEat BreakfastPositive ( + )Always eat a healthy breakfast Weekly/BiweeklyHanging out w/ friendsNegative ( - )Tend to eat what they eat (ex: McDonalds) VariableGoing out to eatPositive ( + )Choose healthy meal & no dessert YearlyThanksgiving DinnerNegative ( - )Tend to overeat, lots of dessert YearlyChristmas DinnerNegative ( - )Tend to overeat; lots of dessert YearlySummer VacationPositive ( + )Drink more and eat less

Daily Processes that Affect My Eating Habits Work Lunch: includes a snack ex: cookies, chips More Work w/ Snack ex: fruit Dinner: never have snack w/ dinner Watch TV: no snack, maybe popcorn if watching movie BED Breakfast: always eat a healthy one CONTINUOUS DAILY CYCLE

What Might Help? ENVIRONMENTPERSONAL MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT OTHER 1.Engage process owner in my effort Positive outlook for change N/A Altering daily routines to eliminate junk food 2.Eliminate junk food from home Determination to keep up with resolution N/A 3.Eliminate eating junk food w/ friends Encouragement from process owner N/A

What Changes have I made? Proposed Change: To modify my eating habits by minimizing the amounts of junk food and unhealthy snacks I eaten on a daily basis. Time Plan: Keep a personal diary of the amounts of junk food eaten for a period of 8 weeks. Changes I have made: 1.Environment: minimized or eliminated amount of junk food in home 2.Memory: remembered my resolution when craving junk food 3.Behavior: altering junk food patterns made me less hyper at night 4.Tasks/Activities: altering junk food patterns led to more exercise 5.Friends: no longer eating the type of food they eat (fast food, junk food)

How Do I Know if Change is an Improvement? Patterns of eating junk food decreased as the days went by. Some occasional junk food eating still occurred, but not nearly as much since the start of the project.

What’s Next? Personal Improvement projects are a great way to propose a resolution & keep on track with it. After seeing the success of the project, I have decided that I can use this method for future resolutions. I will try and keep up with my current resolution to eliminate junk food from my diet all together.

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