Improving Eating and Health Behavior - Assignment Example

You will consider the ways you could benefit from this behavior as well as think about how you could overcome any obstacles that are keeping you from practicing this behavior.

1. Using what you have learned in this course, list 3 disadvantages of continuing your current behavior.  Make this personal (as opposed to simply providing a book answer).  Will you experience the consequence(s) of this behavior anytime soon, or do you not truly see this as a threat to your well-being in the next 5 years?
   
   a. overeating

1. mental depression

1. reduced alertness
   
   
2. Using your knowledge of nutrition, list 3 advantages of the target behavior you selected. Again, please don’t just provide a book answer.  What might changing this behavior provide to you today as opposed to 10 years from now?  Is that worth the perceived “sacrifice” of changing whatever it is you’re currently doing?  Why or why not?

Getting 7-8 hours of sleep will be advantageous in the following ways:

• Increased energy levels push me through daily activities as compared to the situation with my current behavior where I usually get tired within midday
• Mental alertness feeling to help tackle my daily activities as compared to the current situation where I’ve witnessed depression most of the time.
• Target behavior will also be beneficial in maintaining a healthy weight since it reduces overeating.
  
  
  
  

3. What are some things that might get in the way of your efforts to implement this behavior? (List at least two.) 

• A lot of activities during the day that I miss the time for doing the exercises

• the need to beat deadlines within a day

4. Regarding your target behavior, at what “Stage of Change” are you?

I am in this stage:  ___________ Preparation: The description of target behavior doesn’t match my current behavior patterns, but I am motivated and confident that I can change them to be more like it in the next 30 days.

5. What one benefit of the new behavior do you think will motivate you the most?

• Target behavior will be beneficial in maintaining a healthy weight since it reduces overeating.

6. What one barrier do you think will present the biggest obstacle for you?

• The need to beat deadlines within a day consequently reduced my willingness to be involved in physical activities

7. Start to recognize any successes you have had in practicing this behavior, no matter how small. Look over the records you kept and/or assessments you completed.  When were you successful in following the desired behavior even a little?  Why do you think you were successful?

The week I joined my friends, who were also in the process of adopting the daily exercise schedule.

8. Were there certain times of day, or situations that prevented success? If so, what were they and how might you prepare for these times so you can be more successful?

The times when there were a lot of activities during the day, I missed the time for doing the exercises. I consider that introducing breaks of 30 minutes between the activities to involve brisk walking or any other indoor physical activity can help adopt my target behavior

9. Increasing your knowledge of the advantages of practicing this behavior and/or the disadvantages of failing to do so can help motivate you to change. Using what you have learned in class so far, and/or other resources as needed, write a paragraph describing how you will benefit from making your target behavior a part of your lifestyle.  If you need help finding a resource to help you, contact your instructor.

Making the target behavior part of my lifestyle will help me in reconciling with my body, thereby promoting the maintenance of my body composition. Healthy body composition is beneficial in reducing fatigue, which is the basis for overeating. Overeating comes as the result of depression induced by general body fatigue. Intuitively, I would be able to reduce the risk of being overweight. Further, the reduction in fatigue also helps in increasing my concentration in every activity; consequently, improving my productivity.

10. Other people can help or hinder the behavior change process. Identify at least one person to support your efforts, name them below, and list one or more things they can do to provide support.

My friend

We are usually close with my friend and involving him in my change process will be of much help. He can always remind me and motivate me to carry out physical activities during the day when at work.

Your next step is to commit to the decision you have made to change your behavior.  You will do this by setting one or two small, realistic goals (s) and creating a plan to take action.

11. 11. What changes will you need to make to achieve the target behavior? In other words, what will you need to do differently to succeed?

Introduce 30 minutes running for three days within a week. This will mount up to the recommended time of 75 minutes required for running every week.