Prior to the assignment I had no intention to start running, the desire was always there, but I had no actual plans to do it. This took me from the pre-contemplation stage to the contemplation stage where I realized that I needed to make a change to my physical activity to prevent negative health effects down the road. Once I put a plan in place to submit in my Assignment One submission I moved into the preparation phase and I finally had a step-by-step plan of how to achieve my goal. I then moved into the action stage, which is where I still am currently, I got my butt off of the couch and started running. I started out slow, but I have been able to steadily move towards running longer and with faster speeds. The next step that I will move into once I have achieved my goal completely is the maintenance stage; this is a stage that I will hopefully achieve within the next few weeks. The Health Belief Model helped me perceive the seriousness of my lack of physical activity could have on my overall health, it also helped me perceive the susceptibility of future health problems, and helped me create an action plan to prevent these negative health problems. I am very pleased that I have been able to get moving and decrease my risk of a number of diseases directly related to little or no physical
Prior to the assignment I had no intention to start running, the desire was always there, but I had no actual plans to do it. This took me from the pre-contemplation stage to the contemplation stage where I realized that I needed to make a change to my physical activity to prevent negative health effects down the road. Once I put a plan in place to submit in my Assignment One submission I moved into the preparation phase and I finally had a step-by-step plan of how to achieve my goal. I then moved into the action stage, which is where I still am currently, I got my butt off of the couch and started running. I started out slow, but I have been able to steadily move towards running longer and with faster speeds. The next step that I will move into once I have achieved my goal completely is the maintenance stage; this is a stage that I will hopefully achieve within the next few weeks. The Health Belief Model helped me perceive the seriousness of my lack of physical activity could have on my overall health, it also helped me perceive the susceptibility of future health problems, and helped me create an action plan to prevent these negative health problems. I am very pleased that I have been able to get moving and decrease my risk of a number of diseases directly related to little or no physical