Make It Fun.  

  One key to staying active is to make it fun.  

1.	List some ways to be active that you’ve liked in the past:                              

2.	Check the “fun factors” below that apply to you. 

I like being active:
9	In the morning.
9	During the day.
9	In the evening.
9	At any time of day.
9	Indoors.
9	Outdoors.
9	With music.
9 Alone.
9 In teams.
9 In groups of friends.
9 With one or two friends.
9 With my family.

I like to:
9	Compete against myself.
9	Compete against someone else.
9	Compete against a team.
9	Not compete at all.

I like ways to be active that:
9	Are really fast.
9	Aren’t too fast.
9	Are hard.
9	Are easy.
9	Attract an audience.  

Other:
                                                3.	List below some activities you’d like to try.  Then look at the fun factors you checked above.  Put a check beside each activity below for each of your fun factors it matches.      

I’d like to try:	How many fun factors it matches	

		

What did you learn?                                                                                (Adapted from Building Your Activity Pyramid, Institute for Research and Education HealthSystem Minnesota, 1996.)