Reducing the Behavior of Eating Unhealthy Food

Reducing the Behavior of Eating Unhealthy Food
The target behavior that I would like to change is the amount of unhealthy food such as fried food and french fries that I eat on a daily basis. As a college student, I am presented with a lot of unhealthy food options every day. I resort to the unhealthy food items when offered an option between healthy and unhealthy food. This behavior occurs every day for lunch and dinner at food halls across the campus. Sometimes, I even go outside of the campus to fast food restaurants such as McDonalds, TacoBell, etc. Not only does this cost money which is scarce for a college student, but it is also very unhealthy. Some consequences of this behavior is obesity, and health problems such as diabetes and heart disease. The few positive consequences are protein and carbohydrates associated with fried food; however, they are outweighed by the numerous negative consequences as stated in the previous sentence.
I would like to create a behavior modification program that aims to reduce the amount of fast food consumed. First of all, I plan on trying to minimize the amount of food that is fried. A strategy that I can follow would be to eat some fried foods with a salad or organic food until I get used to the routine. I can follow a more gradual approach to reduce the amount of fried food rather than being immersed into the new behavior quickly. This method of gradual behavioral change will give my body time to adjust to the new behavior. Furthermore, I would like to follow this procedure to the point where vegetables, fruits, and grilled chicken or fish is my primary diet. If this program doesn’t work after a extended period of time, I would like to try aversive therapy. Aversive therapy is where my body and mind would feel very uncomfortable with the behavior because it associated that behavior with a different, often unpleasant, stimulus. In this instance, I would like to associate eating fried food with a very tasteless or...