Table 4. Results from satisfaction and evaluation exit interviews.

Satisfaction and evaluation questions	Indirect intervention	Sample quote	Direct intervention	Sample quote
How did you feel about the study?	1/5 neutral 4/5 positive	Oh my gosh I actually loved it. Like I, cause I actually like had an increase (in physical activity). And I liked that it wasn’t focused around like performance	6/6 positive	I really enjoyed like the identity – exercise identity piece of it, like that was kind of what hit home the most
What was your favourite part?	1/5 N/A 1/5 liked increasing PA 3/5 liked study features	Just getting back into it and knowing that I could. Cause I think it can be a very mental thing sometimes where you sort of psych yourself out before you’ve even tried it, so yeah I think that I came into this feeling very, like it was going to be a huge challenge, and obviously it was in some aspects but I think that I made it to be more of a challenge in my head than it was in reality.	1/6 liked study features 1/6 liked increasing PA 4/6 liked interaction with researcher and counseling sessions	Definitely just like the personal interaction and talking about, just having somebody to talk to about all the things that are going on. I don’t really get that anywhere else, so it’s good to take off a little bit of weight there … emotional weight
What was your least favourite part?	3/5 N/A 2/5 goal related guilt	During the weeks when I didn’t exercise I felt kind of like guilty or embarrassed to talk about it. Because this is an exercise study and I felt really lazy and like couch potato, not because of you but just because, it was embarrassing to report on it that I hadn’t been to the gym.	1/6 N/A 5/6 goal related guilt	Probably just in the beginning when things weren’t working before I had developed some strategies I guess? Cause like it’s nice to be able to check in with you and actually say ‘yes I did meet my goals’ it’s kind of disappointing to have to say no, it sucks, but it’s part of the learning curve I guess.
What would you change?	2/5 N/A 3/5 intervention logistics, intervention structure, materials	Something more structured time wise would probably be more wide reaching in its effects, rather than … and probably apply to more people rather than letting people just sort of forget about it.	1/6 N/A 5/6 intervention logistics, intervention structure, materials	Maybe the timing, like when it was. It would have been easier at the beginning of the semester, it would have been good to get into the rhythm when the semester started instead of doing it at the end when all hell was breaking loose.