Behaviour change techniques that will be employed to help participants address their personal strongest predictors of weight loss outcomes; theme based on theory and previous studies
| Theme most predictive of the outcome | Behaviour change techniques to be used (examples) |
| Motivation | Techniques supporting motivation, for example, retrieval of past success, role models; coping models |
| Resources - sleep | Information provision; techniques to improve sleep; problem solving; action planning, coping planning and relapse prevention |
| Resources - stress | Information provision; techniques to lower stress levels, problem solving; action planning, coping planning and relapse prevention |
| Resources – energy level | Information provision; techniques to improve energy levels, for example, physical activity, problem solving |
| Resources - hunger | Information provision; techniques to deal with hunger; problem solving; action planning, coping planning and relapse prevention |
| Environment – social support | Searching for and enhancing social support; problem solving; action planning and coping planning |
| Resources – happiness | Information provision; techniques to improve mood; action planning and coping planning |
| Self-regulation – awareness | Techniques enhancing awareness of weight plan, for example, reminders |
| Self-regulation – obstacles | Coping planning, relapse prevention, problem solving |
| Habit – general | Habit formation techniques, identifying relevant cues |
| Habit - environment | Environmental restructuring, incentives and disincentives system |
| Competing goals | Dealing with multiple goals, goal prioritising, goal setting, goal contrasting, for example, based on goal importance |
| Other (chosen by the participant) | Various techniques, depending on the predictor selected, personally tailored to the participants by the intervention facilitator |