Table 6 RUFIT-NZ workshop content
Week | Topics/Core Messages to Cover | Target behavior | Behavior change technique addressed | Facilitator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | • Welcome & getting to know each other • Focus on lifestyle behaviors vs weight • SMART Goal setting • Team photo | Exercise/ physical activity | Goal setting and intention formation Self-monitoring Social support and encouragement | Trainer |
Week 2 | • Whole food philosophy including social aspects • Big wins for healthy diets • Incorporating fruit and veg • Healthy drink options • Healthy serving sizes • Reading food labels | Nutrition | Identifying autonomous reasons for lifestyle change Goal setting for, and self-monitoring of healthy diet | Nutritionist |
Week 3 | • Menu planning • Budgeting • Shopping • Being organized/importance of routine | Nutrition | Goal setting for, and self-monitoring of healthy diet Intention formation with action plans | Nutritionist |
Week 4 | • Discussion of important behavior change techniques: Autonomous motivation, building confidence, goal setting, action & coping planning, self-monitoring, social support | Exercise and physical activity | Identifying autonomous reasons for lifestyle change Goal setting Self-monitoring Social support and encouragement | Trainer |
Week 5 | • Focusing on your ‘circle of influence’ • Eating out Mindful eating | Nutrition | Self-monitoring, social support, goal setting with intention formation with action plans | Nutritionist |
Week 6 | • Informal session designed by trainer to meet individual needs of men in team | Physical activity | Identification of barriers and coping planning, self-monitoring and review of progress | Trainer |
Week 7 | • Question and Answers session | Nutrition | Identification of barriers and coping planning | Nutritionist |
Week 8 | • Alcohol weight-related facts • Standard drink sizes • Planning your drinking | Nutrition Alcohol | Goal setting for behavior and outcome; discrepancy between current behavior and goal; health consequences | Trainer |
Week 9 | • Questions and Answers session | Physical activity | Identification of barriers and coping planning, review of past progress and goal setting, social support and encouragement | Trainer |
Week 10 | • How sleep affects weight • How much sleep we need • Signs of sleep deprivation • Sleep hygiene tips • What is sedentary behavior • How sedentary behavior affects weight • Tips for reducing SB | Sleep and sedentary behavior | Self-monitoring of behavior and outcome of behavior, goal setting for behavior and goal setting for outcome; problem-solving | Trainer |
Week 11 | • Importance of enjoying physical activity for long-term maintenance • Long-term behavior change & overcoming obstacles • Planning for lifestyle change • Relapse prevention | Physical activity | Social support/encouragement; goal setting for behavior and outcome | Trainer |
Week 12 | • Wrap-up • Motivational talk • Team photo & Certificates | Physical activity and nutrition | Focus on past success; verbal persuasion to boost self-efficacy; goal setting for behavior and outcome; problem-solving | Trainer |