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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2015 Jul 11;38(6):886–898. doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9660-3

Table 1.

Group workshop topic overview

Group Workshop Topics/Activities
Session 1
  • Introduction

  • Physical activity guidelines & safety—learn guidelines and safety information specific to diabetes

  • Goal-setting—set specific, manageable physical activity goal for the next week

Session 2
  • Goal-setting & monitoring—examine goals and adjust based on experience

  • Barriers—identify personal barriers to physical activity

  • Strategies for troubleshooting—anticipate barriers by planning for them, learn strategies to recover from barriers

Session 3
  • Goal-setting & monitoring—examine goals and adjust based on experience

  • Confidence building—focus on incremental progress, share successes

  • Cognitive reframing—learn how to reinterpret unhelpful or demoralizing thoughts, feelings, and opinions regarding physical activity

Session 4
  • Goal-setting & monitoring—examine goals and adjust based on experience

  • Relapse prevention & recovery—define and normalize relapse, identify relapse vulnerabilities, plan for relapse, and learn strategies to get active again after experiencing relapse