Concept 2 Using self-management Skills to Adhere to healthy lifestyle Behaviors Introduction Practicing lifelong healthy lifestyles is the key to health Many people are not effective in making lifestyle Special skills SMS have been developed to make lifestyles change Goal: factors relating to healthy lifestyles adherence and self-management skills will be described

1. To what extent one could change his/her lifestyle ? Practicing one healthy lifestyle does not ensure adherence to another (asked to do) Adopting one lifestyle change often makes it easier to make other changes ( believe in) changing a lifestyle is not an overnight process Model for lifestyle change Fig1(to help understand negative lifestyles and positive ones)

a) Precontemplation: refusing change in lifestyle b) Contemplation: thinking about change c) Preparation d) Action e) Maintenance Depending on life circumstances lifestyle move back and forth from one stage to another Relapse is less likely after the maintenance stage is reached

2. Factors promoting lifestyle change The promoting factors relate equally well to stages of change for the healthy lifestyle They influence the way you live

Age, gender, heredity, social status and current health/fitness are Personal factors that affect health behaviors but are out of control Predisposing factors (getting you started) are associated with 2 basic questions: Am I able? and Is it worth it ? They can help you to move from contemplation  to preparation  - Feeling that you are able means that you have good perception of competence (self confidence and self efficacy) - You will make change in behavior if you think your effort is worthwhile

Enabling factors help to take step toward action and maintenance - Self assessment - Self monitoring - Goal setting……….. Reinforcing factors (support) move people from action to maintenance and to stay there ‘ to stick with a behavior change’ - Reinforcing factors are family, peer, and health professional influence

3. Self- management skills for changing predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors : Table 1,2 and 3 * Self- management skills  are very useful in promoting lifestyles that enhance health, wellness, and fitness: Self-assessment skills Self-monitoring Goal-setting Planning skills Performances Skills Balancing attitudes Overcoming barriers Learning consumer skill Finding social support Preventing relapse Adopting coping skills Managing time (lab 2A) * Table 4 to practice SM

Strategies for actions Do not compare your fitness to athletes (unrealistic expectation) Factors that influence Health, wellness and fitness are largely within your control Assess factors that influence healthy lifestyle With practice you can improve your SMS table 4 Theories and models associated with healthy lifestyle adoption table 5