Behavioral Intervention: Real Food Defined
The following case study is a behavioral intervention I did on myself. I decided to test my level of self-control and determination by disrupting my love/hate relationship with food. As it was suggested, I took the first two weeks to decide on a behavior, and also to find a baseline in which I would attempt to follow a schedule. I battled with myself on behaviors I was willing to intervene. Many times I went back to the lesser struggles or to more boldly state, the evils in my life to make my commitment easier. However, I repeatedly asked myself during the first week, “If not now, when will I make this change in my life?” After discussing a couple medical issues with my doctor, I finally decided …show more content…
Giving permission to someone close to me helped immensely and really assisted in staying the course. The social pressure was by far the most challenging part. The three major impediments I faced were social gatherings, the most difficult one being a work event. The comfortability level is profoundly different when around family and friends compared to colleagues. Sadly, I felt socially awkward saying no to an alcoholic beverage and instead asking for a bottle of water. In my experience, I’ve learned that our society is obsessed with food and alcohol so much that it sets the tone for social events. I had a few people ask me why I was only drinking water and if I wanted a drink. “Well no, I have a drink as you can see,” I thought, but kindly declined and went about my business. Drinking water at a social gathering was a stigma and somewhat insulting. It really annoyed me so my response to the last person was that I’ve decided to do a self-imposed intervention on my eating and drinking behavior. I had to simply remind myself of the adolescent lesson to just say no, both in my mind and out loud to others. Like anything else in my life, in order to truly succeed, I needed mental discipline. Everything is a choice of the will and I would not succumb to the pressure from my peers as an
The following case study is a behavioral intervention I did on myself. I decided to test my level of self-control and determination by disrupting my love/hate relationship with food. As it was suggested, I took the first two weeks to decide on a behavior, and also to find a baseline in which I would attempt to follow a schedule. I battled with myself on behaviors I was willing to intervene. Many times I went back to the lesser struggles or to more boldly state, the evils in my life to make my commitment easier. However, I repeatedly asked myself during the first week, “If not now, when will I make this change in my life?” After discussing a couple medical issues with my doctor, I finally decided …show more content…
Giving permission to someone close to me helped immensely and really assisted in staying the course. The social pressure was by far the most challenging part. The three major impediments I faced were social gatherings, the most difficult one being a work event. The comfortability level is profoundly different when around family and friends compared to colleagues. Sadly, I felt socially awkward saying no to an alcoholic beverage and instead asking for a bottle of water. In my experience, I’ve learned that our society is obsessed with food and alcohol so much that it sets the tone for social events. I had a few people ask me why I was only drinking water and if I wanted a drink. “Well no, I have a drink as you can see,” I thought, but kindly declined and went about my business. Drinking water at a social gathering was a stigma and somewhat insulting. It really annoyed me so my response to the last person was that I’ve decided to do a self-imposed intervention on my eating and drinking behavior. I had to simply remind myself of the adolescent lesson to just say no, both in my mind and out loud to others. Like anything else in my life, in order to truly succeed, I needed mental discipline. Everything is a choice of the will and I would not succumb to the pressure from my peers as an