Click on the Assessment icons below.  Complete the online Assessment and Write a Brief Summary of your results.

For this assignment you're going to make a contract with yourself dealing with behavioral change. Use the format and examples listed below to assist you in writing and entering this behavior commitment. Although the examples relate to fitness and nutrition, you can select any behavior that is important to your personal state of wellness (tobacco use, hygiene, stress management, etc).

Goal(s): Identify general goals to improve your health. Two examples of general goals might be to:
1. Improve my overall diet.
2. Increase my personal activity level.

Objectives: Lead directly to the attainment of your goal; should have several objectives for each goal; and they should be easy to measure. Objectives should not require drastic changes in your life. They should be reachable rather than unreachable, i.e. shorter steps keep you from tripping! Two examples of objectives (related to Goal 1 above) are:
1. Increase my intake of vegetables to three servings per day.
2. Drink water instead of soft drink with my lunches during the week (Monday to Friday).

Positive Factors: Aspects of your life that are supportive toward your attaining your goals. Two examples could be:
1. My new roommate is a vegetarian and has several vegetarian cookbooks.
2. Bottled water can now be purchased in my favorite restaurant for lunch.

Negative Factors: Aspects of your life that make it difficult to attain your goal. Two examples are:
1. Very few vegetables taste good to me.
2. Several of the restaurants where I eat lunch offer a soft drink as part of an economy meal package.

Tasks: Specific actions to help meet your objectives. Examples include:
1. I will cook at least two meals each week from my roommates vegetarian cookbook.
2. At the beginning of each week, I will purchase raw vegetables that I can pack in lunches.
3. I will have a salad at least once a week with dinner.

In Our Health Classroom, select either an Article or Video to Review:

• Write a Brief Summary of the Video or Article you select, and
• Include any comments or opinions you may have on the content.

Note: Please report any broken or dead links to your Instructor, including unplayable videos.

Make sure all three Sections (above) have been completed prior to submitting. Attach or Input (paste) your assignment into the Week One Assignments Drop Box. Follow the Directions outlined in your Drop Box.