Hi Fairydust. At the Summit we had a Wellbeing Lecture. It was all about writing goals for change and reviewing periodically- which keeps up motivation. The questions we asked ourselves (and wrote down on a chart) WHY we want to change, WHAT we want to change, BENEFITS and OUTCOMES of the change, and importantly BARRIERS to change and SET BACKS. The last two where we wrote our Plan B's . Then we tracked our sucesses and reevaluated wasn't working. I have set dates through winter to review my diet and exercise plan. Around the October, I am going to treat myself to new clothes (I got a Katie's voucher for my b/day). We made a broad goal and then broke it down to a series of steps. So it is a conscious effort of review and writing. I look at it everyday in my diary. Also what primek said is good: talking to others about our struggles and achievements. I am from NSW and the government has a phone programme called "get healthy" - this is making me accountable to someone ( and stay motivated). The templates from the Summit, you may be able to find on the BCNA website somewhere. Hope this helps <3
