Exercise Tool #1 Never Exercise for Fast Results I n the previous chapter, we talked about how being disconnected from our bodies causes us to overeat. This estrangement from our physical being is what makes it possible for us to gain large amounts of weight without noticing, until we can’t fit into our clothes. The first step to reconnect by eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are satiated is the beginning of a new relationship based on cooperation, connection, and love. The second step is exercise. Many of you aren’t even reading this chapter. You are so sick of trying to exercise and dislike it so much you can’t imagine that I have anything to say that might make a difference. What I am suggesting is that you change your entire paradigm about exercise as a tool. In my practice, I use exercise as a way to connect to your body, define your priorities, use the emotional strength to stick to them, and to make a significant identity change for the better. My approach to exercise is probably not like any approach you have taken before because I suggest that you don’t use it as a tool to lose weight or see immediate results. I am asking you to make a huge shift from a taker to a giver. If you think about your past attempts at exercise 51 • If IAm So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight?