Table 1.

Outline of the Topics Covered in the 16-Week Group Sessions

Session	Topics	Behavioral Skills or Strategies
1	Introduction to writing objectives Exercise overview (with group exercise) Diet overview	Self-regulation: self-monitoring, setting goals, & self-reward Knowledge/self-efficacy Knowledge
2	Writing objectives Staying Safe when Exercising Outdoors Counting your Steps (with group exercise)	Self-regulation: self-monitoring, setting goals, & self-reward Behavioral capacity Self-monitoring/goal setting/behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
3	Eating More Vegetables Meal Planning Food demo & tasting	Behavioral capacity Behavioral capacity (planning) Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
4	Aerobic Activity (with group exercise) Eating More Fruits Food demo & tasting	Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy Behavioral capacity Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
5	Dealing with Triggers Eating More Whole Grains Food demo & tasting	Stimulus control/barriers Behavioral capacity Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
6	Modifying Recipes: ROSE Method Food demo & tasting (group meal)	Behavioral capacity (cooking substitutions) Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
7	Avoiding Roadblocks Managing Stress	Problem solving/relapse prevention Stress management
8	Target Heart Rate (with group exercise) Reading Food Labels How to Shop and Eat Right	Behavioral capacity (gauging intensity) Behavioral capacity (label reading) Behavioral capacity (planning & shopping)
9	Supermarket Tour	Behavioral capacity (shopping)/self- efficacy
10	Rating of Perceived Exertion (with group exercise) Meats and Meat Alternative	Behavioral capacity (gauging intensity)/self-efficacy Behavioral capacity
11	Flexibility (with group exercise) Dairy/Calcium Food demo & tasting	Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy Behavioral capacity Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
12	Community Resources	Environmental opportunities
13	Resistance Training (with group exercise) Eating Out	Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy Behavioral capacity/self-monitoring
14	Relapse Prevention Keeping your Motivation to Exercise What’s Next for Exercise	Relapse prevention & cognitive restructuring Motivation & reward Motivation & reward
15	Social Support Yoga (with group exercise)	Instrumental, appraisal, emotional, & informational social support/assertiveness training Behavioral capacity/self-efficacy
16	Review of Skills and What Worked Group Exercise: dancing Celebration	Review of behavioral skills

Note: Each session started with group sharing and support (problem solving) and recording of daily steps and minutes of exercise (self-monitoring). Each session concluded with setting weekly goals/objectives in participant’s journal (goal setting). A healthy snack was provided in each session that did not contain a food demonstration and tasting (except for session 9).