Try to avoid people in your life that might try to discourage your efforts. You might even find new people to help you on your way. Co-workers can be great allies as you are near them for 8 hours a day. Please identify in your paper the people you have enlisted to help you. 8) Set up a reward system.? 15 points Rewards tend to motivate people. As you reach the end of each Short-term goal, do something that will give you a pat on the back. These can be used to Reinforce your positive changes. Relish your success. Describe what your rewards will be. 9) Prepare for obstacles along the way.?15 points? There will be setbacks. Keep your Short and Long-term goals realistic and you will minimize these setbacks. Work through your setbacks with a "forgive and forget" attitude. Smoking is the topic continuing. The deadline needs to be asap ill pay right now.

I have the other part of the project can I send it on here. 5) Devise a Plan of Action?40 points. As you develop your strategy, adjust your environment to help you replace old cues with new ones; Set down in writing what you need to do How, what, where, who do you need to change to meet that goal? Base your plan of action on research and readings about your health behavior and your desired change. You will need at least 3 references (MLA formatted) in this section. 6) Chart your progress in your diary or journal.? ?15 points From day 1, record how you are doing. By keeping your record visible and in your face, you will have a better chance of succeeding. For example, posting notes on your refrigerator door is an excellent way of reminding yourself. Have a reminder on your cell phone or type in notes as you go. This progress report will be part of Part III, so don’t forget to keep track. 7) Encourage your family and friends to help you.?15 points Social support is important in any attempt at behavior modification. They will remind you why you are doing it!

This is a smaller project related to your overall goal of being a healthier, happier you! e.g. lose 8 pounds over the quarter What is a long term goal? This looks at overall, lasting improved health for your lifetime, e.g. Eat more fruits and veggies EVERY day Meet your calcium intake requirement EVERY day 4) Make a personal contract to accomplish your goals. 10 points Write down both the starting and ending dates. This will help you focus on specific activities for reaching your goals.... Specify the time Specify the personal resources Specify the energy that you will need to commit to this project. You could choose any health behavioral issue.. just make it up

Summarize your baseline data. 20 points Identify any patterns you see. Look at the positives and the negatives Accept what you have found as accurate Focus on strengths as well as weaknesses Identify any patterns you see. If they are strengths, use them as such, if the patterns are behavior weaknesses, work on changing them. 3) Establish some specific goals. 30 points Short term goals Long term goals Every journey starts with the first step, remember that. If long term goal is to lose 30 pounds, short term should be one pound per week. You can't do it all in a day! And you will get sad if you don't see immediate results. Even if you are choosing to quit smoking cold turkey, you need to see the accomplishments of making it one day, then a week... What is a short term goal?

select a health behavior issue that you would like to improve and set out your long and short term goals. Please do the following by the end of Week 2: 100 points (25% of your total final paper and 5% out of your entire course grade) 1) Identify the behavior you wish to change 10 points Is the behavior smoking? Overeating? Being sedentary? Is it being stressed? Anxious? Overly busy? Drinking? Anger management? Relationship issues? Better Physical fitness? Eat better? How does it affect your life? 2) Establish some Baseline data about your behavior. 30 points You won't know where you are if you don't know where you started i.e. how do you know if you lost weight, if you don't know how much you weighed? Keep a diary of your habits for a few days (INCLUDE IT HERE!!!) Write down your feelings on those days, especially in relation to the activity you want to change What triggers do you notice in relation to your behavior? What do we know about your behavior? What contributes to it? What is the history of this behavior? When it is worse? Better?