Goals To examine reasons for food choices and eating patterns. To experiment with healthy standards for determining what and when to eat. Time frame 10-15 minutes Process 1. The trainer introduces the exercise with a brief synopsis of factors that influence eating patterns. Although we now realize how self-defeating that attitude can be, most of us have not fully adjusted our food choices.
Many people use taste as a justification for eating.
The trainer lists all suggestions on the board, and leads the group in a short discussion on the motivation for eating underlying each of the phrases. Dr Christopher's consciousness-raising diet questions. A wellness consciousness calls for us to ask two additional questions about our food. What they would have consumed if they had taken their answers to these questions seriously. The trainer challenges participants to apply at their next meal what they have learned in this exercise.