Preferences for coaching strategies in a personalized virtual coach for emotional eaters 143 5 Sports: formerly korfball, but nothing at the moment. Starsign: pisces Lisanne weighs 91 kilograms. She started dieting when she was 14 years old. Then she weighed 63 kilos. Lisanne feels insecure about her body. She is unable to feel the difference between hunger, cravings or emotion. She is unable to feel what she is really feeling. Once or twice a week she binges. Eating does relieve her for a while, but afterwards she feels horrible. She is disgusted with herself. Lisanne is an only child. Her parents split up when she was 5 years old. She was very upset about that. Her mother was not very talkative, but expressed her feelings toward Lisanne by preparing her favorite food or bringing in treats, such as desserts, a bag of licorice, or tea and cookies. Lisanne has a few friends, but she doesn’t see them often nowadays. She knows Josje and Karin from her childhood, but they live on the other side of the country. Floor, an old classmate has just started a new relationship. Furthermore, she occasionally goes into town with colleague Esther. She used to play korfball fanatically, but nowadays she doesn’t allow herself time for sports. A day in the life of Lisanne Lisanne gets out of bed too late – she set the alarm clock to snooze just a little too often… So she skipped breakfast and took the car to work. That morning she has a performance review at work. Her supervisor is quite pleased with her, but says she should take on more of a role in the sales team. She is quite flattered by her boss's words, but gets creeped out by the idea that she should be more visible in the group. Back home Lisanne puts on her sweatpants and plops down on the couch. There is still a pile of laundry to be folded on the table. She turns on the TV, but she cannot find anything nice to watch. When she thinks back to this morning’s conversation, it really gets to her. She is overcome by feelings of insecurity. No way her colleagues like her! In her face they are behaving nicely, but in reality they think she is fat, and ugly, and stupid. She should actually be cooking dinner, but she doesn't feel like it. There's nothing decent in the fridge anyway… She shuffles to the kitchen, and browses all the cupboards…
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