Personal Improvement

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Personal Improvement Life Style Management
StoryboardModifying Eating Habits

• KM
• December 11, 2004

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What is the Problem How Do You Know Its 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.

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What are my Routines?

• 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

• 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

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Routines that Affect Eating Habits
PERIOD ROUTINE DIRECTION DESCRIPTION OF IMPACT
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
 
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Daily Processes that Affect My Eating Habits
CONTINUOUS DAILY CYCLE
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What Might Help?
ENVIRONMENT PERSONAL MATERIALS EQUIPMENT OTHER
Engage process owner in my effort Positive outlook for change N/A Altering daily routines to eliminate junk food
Eliminate junk food from home Determination to keep up with resolution N/A N/A
Eliminate eating junk food w/ friends Encouragement from process owner N/A N/A
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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
• Environment minimized or eliminated amount of
  junk food in home
• Memory remembered my resolution when craving
  junk food
• Behavior altering junk food patterns made me
  less hyper at night
• Tasks/Activities altering junk food patterns
  led to more exercise
• Friends no longer eating the type of food they
  eat (fast food, junk food)

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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.
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Whats 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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The End