3.3: Action Planning
Action Planning is the perfect compliment to goal setting. It provides participants with a way to break their goals down into smaller plans of action that can be achieved on a weekly basis. The more participants feel achievement in smaller steps, the more their self-efficacy builds towards achieving the larger goals.
The action plan is broken up into two steps:
1. the "what" or the activity being done; and
2. the "how often," or frequency.
Using the Texercise Take Charge Challenge sheet, participants will write down their "what" and "how often" action plan for each week of the session. Participants should complete a weekly action plan for both physical activity and nutrition.
Participants action plans are reviewed at the beginning of each week and updated at the end of each session.
Sometimes a little help identifying action items can be extremely useful. A great way for participants to develop their action plan is to partner up with someone else in the class and share ideas.
"Partnering Up" can be used in other aspects of Select as well, like when you would like the class to come up with ideas and suggestions.
