Chapter 7
Imagination
Target Practice
I will spend twenty minutes to one half hour each day connecting with my soul while doing some form of exercise. I will start this activity immediately.
What I will do tomorrow is to take a walk.

My problem for this Chapter is my weight.
The question is, Have I balanced my behaviors in relationship to being overweight? Clearly not.

What behaviors am I using now to solve the problem?
AVOIDANCE.
I also use excuses such as: I am too busy to exercise or I am too tired to exercise.

Here are the solutions I came up with in my brainstorming:
Park further away
Say and follow through on "Unless I walk, I can't eat.
Visit individual office suites instead of sending e-mails to people whenever possible.
Get life cycle fixed and start using it.
Combine connecting with my spouse time with a walk.
Do yard work and get those leaves picked up
Get a dog or walk a dog
Join a dance class
Have a contest lifting weights with my son
Go for a hike
Find scenic bike paths and go for a ride
research kid friendly hikes
walk to meetings or library
Figure out why/how I got there to begin with to avoid those situations

Of these brainstorming ideas, which ones would cover all the categories of fun, love, freedom and power?
Both figuring out the why/how and I deciding on "connecting with spouse and walking" along with "no food" until that has been done.

How would the person I want to be handle this situation?
First off, it wouldn't be an odious task - it would have to be fun, so I would want to do it again. Secondly, it would involve some family time because I have so little of it lately. Then it wouldn't have to be so time consuming that I couldn't do it. The picture of Snow White singing "With a smile and a song...." comes to mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZ6zzLpoNQ
The person I admire wants to be more fit and in the process lose weight.

The action I will take to handle the situation the way I want is to ask my husband and /or my son if they would meet me at the track on our way home from work to walk.

It wasn't so hard, I did that this morning and got an OKAY!