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Personal Improvement & Life Style Management Storyboard:
“Modifying Eating Habits”
KMDecember 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
PERIOD ROUTINE DIRECTIONDESCRIPTION
OFIMPACT
Daily Eat Lunch Negative ( - ) Always want to eat junk food w/
lunch
Daily Watch TV Positive ( + ) Rarely eat snacks while watching
TV
Daily Eat Breakfast Positive ( + ) Always eat a healthy breakfast
Weekly/Biweekly Hanging out w/ friends
Negative ( - ) Tend to eat what they eat (ex: McDonalds)
Variable Going out to eat Positive ( + ) Choose healthy meal & no
dessert
Yearly Thanksgiving Dinner
Negative ( - ) Tend to overeat, lots of dessert
Yearly Christmas Dinner Negative ( - ) Tend to overeat; lots of dessert
Yearly Summer Vacation Positive ( + ) Drink more and eat less
Daily Processes that Affect My Eating Habits
Work
Dinner: never have
snack w/ dinner
Breakfast: always eat a healthy one
Lunch: includes a snack
ex: cookies, chips
More Workw/ Snackex: fruit
Watch TV:no snack, maybe
popcornif watching movie
BEDCONTINUOU
S
DAILY CYCLE
What Might Help?
ENVIRONMENT PERSONALMATERIALS & 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 N/A
3. Eliminate eating junk food w/ friends
Encouragement from process owner
N/A 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 home2. Memory: remembered my resolution when craving junk food3. Behavior: altering junk food patterns made me less hyper at night4. 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?Time Between Junk food Days
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1.52
2.53
3.54
4.5
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23
Days since start of no junk food
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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 mycurrent resolution to eliminate junkfood from my diet all together.
The End