Theme 3: Guilt and frustration when unable to exercise
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We identified belief statements related to guilt and frustration from participants when they were unable to exercise. In each case this was identified as a barrier as participants did not frame their experience as motivating; negative emotions were expressed (e.g., ‘I thought I should have gone out [walking], but I didn’t. But I did, I felt guilty.’, and ‘I was always frustrated because oh, come on I’d tell myself, you can do this. But my body was saying I don’t think so. So that’s different for me. I’m always used to pushing, so I didn’t feel very good about it when I didn’t do it.’).