Enhancing Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

Both groups will receive a newsletter that covers: 1) the recommendation to pursue at least 150 mins/week of moderate to strenuous intensity PA, 2) the benefits of PA specific to breast cancer survivors (e.g., reducing in death and breast cancer recurrence), and 3) their total minutes of moderate to strenuous intensity PA and how this compares to the recommendation.

Both groups will receive the brochure titled Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health, developed by the NIH, that describes, based a person's stage of change, the benefits of PA, how to overcome common barriers to PA, and if ready, how to plan for PA.

Participants will get a list of potentially enjoyable activities and a space to list other activities after they consider aspects that can make events fun/interesting.13 Aspects to consider include: location (indoors vs. outdoors, the latter which may appeal to some), hobbies that can involve PA (e.g., sports, dancing), whether the activity is made more enjoyable by having it performed by oneself or with others (e.g., team activities vs. individual activities); what valued outcomes may be achieved (e.g., sense of competence, pride, better health, body image), accompanying activities that are pleasant (e.g., listening to music), etc.

Participants will get two to three testimonials of actual breast cancer survivors. These testimonials will include story-like details of what these survivors find enjoyable about exercising and what they have done to make exercise enjoyable.