Bill Phillip's | Transformation

Day 5 - Control

I got up early this morning and hit the gym at 6:00.  Today was Chest-Arms-Shoulders day.  I had a great workout, my muscels were screaming at the highpoints.  Afterwords, I returned home, ate a killer breakfast, took a shower, and hopped in the car for my morning commute.  I was in a great mood...I had a perfect morning going...then I made the mistake of turning on XM Radio and listening to the various news shows.

In case you didn't realize it, the world is quickly sinking.  The stock market hit a new low, the fires in California are out of control, Isreal is flying fighter jets into Iran, the price of oil is at a record high, my company's stock is at a 17 year low, and the local super star quarterback got picked up for snorting cocaine in the back of Toyota Tundra!

WHen I arrived at the office, this poor old guy was waiting for me to tell me the story of how his beloved wife of 25 years had forged his signature and screwed him out of hundreds-of-thousands of dollars.  After that, I returned calls to clients all day who are scared and watching their retirement savings sink lower and lower. I tried to reassure them that they're O-kay...but I could here the panic in their voices.

By the time I got home, I was exausted...I was mentally drained. 

I'm really glad I'm on the BFL program, because this is exactly the type of day in which I would have come home and ate and ate and ate and ate.  When I'm stressed or strained, it seems like I try to make it go away by eating.

One thing I need to remember is to CONTROL what I can control and leave the rest to God.  I can't do a damn thing about the stock market, the price of oil, the coke snorting quarterback, or the client with the disloyal wife.  I can only react.  i have no control over those situations (or very little control).

WHat I do have a huge amount of control over is my health.  I can choose to be thin and fit.  I can shoose to eat right and workout.  I can choose to get plenty of rest and not let the SMALL STUFF bug me.

I have a lot of work to do in this area.  This is a huge part of my transformation.

I hop e you had a great day!  Thanks for reading.

Peace and Love!