PWLP: Week Four - Lesson Five

Personal Evaluation

1.  How have the problems of others close to you and your reactions to them affected your eating behavior?    When I was affected negatively by life and the people in it, I would always respond by reacting - by going out and eating away my problems. I would eat treats and candies to ease my hurt and sadness regarding other people and situations in my life.

2. Are you a "reactor" or a "responder"? What evidence do you have to support your answer?    Usually I was a reactor, but since starting PRISM I am a responder. Same as above.

3. How does your reaction or response to another's problem or behavior reflect your trust and love for them?    I react because I care - I love people and I want them to feel better. Often, I am so affected emotionally by another person's problem that I feel like I too am also hurting.

4. When you nurture yourself through food, what does that say about your love and trust in yourself?    It says that I value myself and my body. That I'm not trying to destroy it or abuse it, but that I am a conscious

5. Think of a time in your life when you reacted to a problem by overeating. How would you face this problem differently today by responding rather than reacting?   When I lived in Edmonton, when I felt upset about my boyfriend or about school, I'd go to the cafeteria and buy bags of chocolate and boxes of chicken fingers and fries and would often eat all of them in a single sitting. There would be no food left over by the end of the night. My friends and I would order large pizzas and chocolate cakes and devour the entire meal by the time the night was through. Today, if I was upset about school or my husband, I would talk to my friends/family about it, and would take a break from the moment to gain a new perspective. I would eat something that would make me feel comforted, but I wouldn't overeat or fill my void with food.