Chapter 2 42 Day of Lisanne’s life – a Use Case Scenario User Profile The alarmclock goes off; Lisanne presses the snooze button. She had a bad night. Probably because she spent a lot of time on her tablet and watching television last night, but she couldn’t sleep anyway.... Lisanne gets out of bed eventually. She is standing in front of her drawer. What to wear? She slips into an oversized black sweater and a pair of jeans. She is way too fat to wear a fashionable dress. “Oh bummer ... no time for breakfast ...” The bus is leaving within 5 minutes. The bus stops exactly in front of the building Lisanne is working. She meets colleague Esther at the coffee corner. Esther convinces Lisanne to come with her to the supermarket on the other side of the street. Esther didn’t have any breakfast herself and she fancies a bite. Lisanne wants a freshly baked sandwich. That way she could make up for her missed breakfast. It is very busy in the store. She should focus on her presentation, scheduled for less then 10 minutes from now. Esther yells at her, waving, her hands full with donuts and soft drinks. Lisanne: “Oh well, I will get a healthy sandwich later in the day …” Ok, one last sip of coke and off she goes. The meeting is about to start now. Lisanne is nervous – she hates presenting in front of a group. She thinks that everyone in the room is convinced that she is dumb and that she looks fat. Her clothes look ugly on her. It is noisy in the hall. The door opens. A colleague is standing in the door opening. She is carrying a birthday cake and starts handing out cake to everyone in the room. Lisanne is upset. She hates to do presentations and now she is interrupted too.... The colleagues don’t seem to care so Lisanne decided to keep her mouth shut. Coffee time! Esther brings Lisanne a mug and nestles herself on Lisanne’s desk. She fancies going out tonight to their favorite bar. Tonight is Fry-night: all-you-can-eat chips & snacks for a fixed price. Lisanne doesn’t feel like going, she’d better have something more healthy to eat. But Esther persuades her, saying it will be fun. “Mm, I really should stop nagging… why am I making all this fuss about nothing? Why care? Tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow we will start eating healthily!” Esther turns around on her way out and throws a bag of chocolate peanuts on Lisanne’s desk. Here, something to nibble while you are working. Now Lisanne is totally miserable... doesn’t Esther realise what she is doing? The bag with chocolate peanuts is empty and the amount of work still high. She has got only two hours left and she starts panicking. She was not able to get a lot of work done. She is about to cry. Esther appears in the door opening. Time to go! Lisanne brings up some poor excuses – she really doesn’t feel like going out. But Esther doesn’t want to hear it and drags her along. The Fry-night has started of and both the girls are served a large Aspects of a sedentary lifestyle: computer, television; poor sleeping habits (sleep hygiene: going to bed too late); people with obesity often suffer from sleeping problems. Obese people often suffer from low self-esteem and low body image. Poor eating habits – no breakfast; no decent meals, just snacks, sugary soft drinks; little knowledge about what is healthy food. What the hell effect: totally giving up on set goals (diet, exercise) after one single slip and feeling justified in giving in to poor habits (binging) because the intention is already ‘ruined’. Negative self image: people who are overweight suffer from a lack of self-confidence and have an inferiority complex. (unrealistic) Assumptions about what others might think of you; not assertive, not able to stand up for oneself. Mindless eating (mostly snacks and sweets); eating as a coping-strategy to cope with stress – emotion regulating eating behaviour. Social introversion – quiet and reserved in large groups and around unfamiliar people. Low self-esteem and a bad body image. Having difficulties acknowledging and expressing feelings and emotions. Emotional eaters have trouble recognizing feelings of hunger and thirst, pleasure or discomfort. Most of the negative feelings are translated into appetite.
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