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Here you'll find advice to help you set goals and plan your physical activity. You'll also learn what to do when things don't go as expected and how to keep up those changes you've made for the better.
Webpages in the Take steps to get more active section
First, set your physical activity goal
Take your first step to becoming more active
Then plan for any problems
Identify barriers to you becoming more physically active and find ways to overcome them
Finally, get support from the people around you
Discover how social support can help you achieve your activity goals
Monitoring and maintaining progress
Making sustainable long-term changes to our behaviours can be a challenge. The following advice and tools are here to help you monitor and maintain your progress.
Keep track of your progress with physical activity
Learn ways to maintain the new changes you've made to your physical activity
Check in on your physical activity goals
Find out why it's important to review your physical activity goals
Managing emotions
How to deal with unhelpful emotions or cravings that might get in the way of your physical activity goals
Manage slip-ups and get your activity plans back on track
What to do if things don't go to plan with your activity goals
Keep up the good work in being more active
How you can sustain the positive changes you've made to your activity levels
Further professional help and support
Links and resources for getting active
See our list of links and resources to additional information and advice from other organisations
Tell us how you've made a change
Let us know how you've used Ready to Change to improve your health