Bill Phillip's | Transformation

If Nothing Changes.....Then Nothing Changes.... UNTIL

Lets take a little trip back in time and let me tell you part of my story... The year we start Jan 1999. BFL is sweeping the nation and buzz words include, the abyss, HIIT, BP and 6 nutritious protien and carbohydrate containing meals is on FIRE. I have people on both sides of my family taking challenges and so off to the book store I go. I came home read Body for Life cover to cover and watched the VHS Tape that was included with purchase for FREE! I watched Jamie Brunner win, heard that his wife started to cry, watched Kelly "The Air" Adair do her thing, Ab and all the rest win. Who among the watchers didnt dream of Bill Phillips coming to their house! Jan 1999 I put together a little home gym and decided to get busy...I got out in the garage and took my before pictures....

BUT NOTHING CHANGED.....BECAUSE IF NOTHING CHANGES....NOTHING CHANGES.

Nothing changed year after year after year after year after year after year after year after year after year. It stayed the same.. Youth fades and fresh faces become older and the years make their make. I got bigger but if you look close its all the same. Same face, same eyes...NOTHING CHANGED!

Fat kinda sneaks up on ya. You dont even see it coming until one day in a light bulb moment you look at a photo and see that your IT. It really is about yourself, the self judgement, the self loathing and the self absortion that takes over your life deadens your soul. I didnt know it at the time but the self confidence was leaving, the self esteem was gone and the self-ish nature took hold. I will argue to the day I diethat fat people are jolly. Some may accept their "lot" some myself included made terrible fun of myself... but lets face it in the morning fresh out of the shower I looked into the mirror and all I could see was pain. And lets face it that ain't jolly!

Of course there is the obvious pain of obesity... tying your shoes, bending over, walking uphill or any exertion but the pain that hurts the most is the inside. How did I let this happen to myself? How can I hold my head up high? How could I have gained a few more pant sizes? How can I STOP?? And then if you're lucky the FOG settles in and the heightened emotions dull and you accept your way. It becomes not your fault, it becomes something you have to deal with, a personal cross to bear and you dont even realize or stop to think that not only are you hurting yourself but your hurting the other people who often are the most important people in your life. Wives, husbands, children, family, friends....those who see you becoming a person you said you never wanted to be. BUT IF NOTHING CHANGES THEN NOTHING WILL CHANGE...

SO thats how I lived my life for not a few years but 15 of them I tried every pill, every potion, every patch and almost every lotion. I drank Kambucha tea, I fasted, I ate and I looked for a way out.... I began to justify and accepted where I was. It was medical, it was part of my genes, its not my fault my wife is just a great cook. HEY IM IN SHAPE.... round is a shape RIGHT?? BUT NOTHING CHANGED BECAUSE NOTHING CHANGED...

I saw Bill speak and I went hoping that whatever he was doing now he would at least say something to inspire me to CHANGE... I was 20 feet from him... talking to my son... I wanna go talk to Bill I thought... but what would I say... Hey Bill just wanted you to know how inspiring you are... I knew about you in 1998 and 1999 and you inspired me soo much that I took your tools and took your challenge and I am proud to report that I did absoultely nothing with my life except let just about 3200 precious days slip by and so I just wanted to say thanks for what you do and all that you have done and all that has occured around you has allowed me to Change nothing... BECAUSE NOTHING HAS CHANGED. So I walked up... looked at the floor held out the book he looked at me... I looked at him... he signed the book and I slunk back to my seat... "Shane what a putz I said to myself..." Nothing changed same attitude same self judgement...

Then he spoke... and he gave great info.... he told us that we could leave a mark on the world .....he told us about feeling better, looking better, Heck he even told us how much he liked In and Out Burger. He told us about people who changed their lives he told us and even promised what we would gain if we did and there I sat... I took a taxi back to my motel that night... the mile I had walked that morning seemed to far to walk because NOTHING CHANGED.... UNTIL

I CHOSE TO BE DIFFERENT.... AND THEN THINGS CHANGED AND I MEAN EVERYTHING CHANGED!!

You see when I chose to be different my whole life changed. It wasn't perfect, it wasnt pretty at times, I struggled, I cried, I tried, I lied, I tried again, I bled, I sweat, I cursed,and still I CHOSE TO BE DIFFERENT! I began to smile, I began to laugh, I bled, I sweat, I began to love and I BECAME DIFFERENT. I had a Transformation. I am in Transformation. The road I traveled was well worn, the signs were everywhere that others had been here before me. They left signs, they left clues, they left maps and told me where to go. It was done million times before me ...it will be done a million times after and in each and every case NOTHING CHANGES UNTIL ......someone changes... The choice is yours....BE THE CHANGE!

Ya know its funny often times we cannot see change happen even if it happens right before our very eyes. But I assure you that change is everywhere all around us and all we have to do is CHOSE TO BE A PART OF IT.

You know there are 2 things that I have come to firmly believe with all of my heart and soul.

Either you currently are doing it OR YOU CAN DO IT. All that you need to do is BELIEVE!