Behavior Change Part 1 (This is HEALTH course)
It’s a self reflective project. This assignment is an opportunity to consider what your behavior change will be for the semester.
Please submit your answers to the following question prompts in a paper. (Don’t go with a list format)
(1) Identify a behavior that you would like to consider changing
(2) Explain how you made this choice.
Important Note: If you choose to engage in physical activities (such as exercising or walking) you MUST indicate that you have a doctor’s approval to engage in physical activities. In addition, any substantive nutritional changes should be with a consultation of a nutritionist or other health care provider. The point is NOT to engage in behaviors that will jeopardize your health. Causing harm to yourself in the course of this project will result in an “F” (I.e. eating one meal a day to lose weight). If you have questions, please ASK!!!
(3) Explain when, where and why you think your current behavior (that you want to change) occurs. Be specific!
(4) List and explain resources in your community that can help you in changing your behavior. Explain if you will or will not use this resource.
(5) Indicate at least ONE person/group you are using as a support system and what they are doing to help you accomplish your goal.
(6) Create a time line of goals. You must have at least 3 goals on how you will accomplish your main behavior change. For instance if I want to stop drinking Pepsi one goal may be to reduce my Pepsi intake by half in week one and by ¾ of all drinks by week to and no Pepsi by week three.
(7) Develop a reward system for yourself. Note: feeling really good is NOT enough!!! An example of this may be a back massage for every pound lost by your partner. Another example may be that for every day that I am saying positive things to my children I will reward myself with 10 extra minutes of sleep each morning.
(8) Describe how you will log your progress over the 30 days. (Ex. I will use a calendar and add a sticker for meeting my goal of drinking water for each day.
(9) How will you define success in your project?
(10) What will you do if you run into challenges accomplishing your goals?
