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Table 2 Health plan

From: Psychodynamic Motivation and Training program (PMT) for the secondary prevention in patients with stable coronary heart disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of feasibility and effects

My goals

I want to improve my health, my physical and cognitive fitness, in order to preserve my autonomy, because I enjoy living. I want to spend more years with my son and his wife and I am looking forward to become a grandmother and see my grandchild grow up.

The measures to achieve my health goals

1) I need to be more physically active, at least 150 minutes and at best 300 minutes of moderate exercise training per week; 2) I need to quit smoking urgently; 3) I need to care more about myself (for example, meet friends and do things that I enjoy such as traveling and cinema/theater); 4) I need to improve my dietary habits (less alcohol, less chocolate, more fruits and vegetable).

My to-do-list

1) 20 minutes brisk walking at pulse range of 90 to 105 beats per minute every second day; 2) I will reflect on my reasons for smoking and try to become more aware of the harm I cause to the most important goals in my life; 3) I will carefully read the patient guideline for coronary heart disease and reflect about it.

Potential obstacles

I am in danger of missing good opportunities for engaging myself for important goals due to maladaptive feelings of guilt. These guilt feelings block healthy impulses, for example, doing what I like, assertiveness, and taking a long-term perspective on my life.

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