TedBell's Blog / Bill Phillips Transformation

Day 37 - Temptation

As I write these words, my wife is in the kitchen making a peanutbutter pie. Oh man! Do I love me some peanut butter pie.

Now, the old Ted would've gone in the kitchen and licked

Day 36 - Being Abnormal

As a Financial Planner, I have the fortune of getting deep inside people's heads. I have to in order to learn what makes them tick...so I can make appropriate financial recomendations fo

Day 35 - Hope You Had A Great Day

I wasn't very good today...it was my free day and I probably overdid it...but it was a really fun day.

Took the family to church, then we went out for lunch. Came home, rested up,

Day 34 - Do Good Work

I've just about completed 5 weeks of this Transformation and one of the htings that I'm most pleasantly surprised by is how much more energy I have...and how much better work I'm able to do.

Day 33 - Don't forget to Smile

Since the begining of my Transformation some 33 days ago, I've been very focused on my goals. I'm very serious about making permanent changes in my life.

The thing is, it's like I

Day 32 - Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good

One thing we all have to get over is that we're never going to be perfect. It's just not going to happen. I'm especially bad about this. If I can't do something perfectly in a pre

Day 31 - Whiter Teeth!

This subject is a little whacky...but at 43 years of age, my teeth were really begining to get yellow. I bought a pack of Crest WHitestrips at Sams Club (cost about $30 for a 14 day supply) a

Day 30 - Using Food As Medicine

One of my weaknesses is I tend to use food as an emotional crutch. In the past, when I'm under a lot of stress or if I'm nervous about something, I tend to try and relax myself by eating...an

Day 29 - DO NO CHEAT!

YEsterday was my free day...and I took full advantage of it. In fact, I went overboard.

The day started easy enough...I made a Breakfast Pizza, striaight from the EFL cookbo

Day 28 - Four Weeks In

Today marks the end of four weeks into this transformation and it's my free day.

How do I feel? I feel great! I've lost about 11 pounds and while I havn't retested my body fat percentag

Day 27 - Never Forget What We Are

Last night I was put in one of those situations that has the potential to derail my Transformation. My 6th grade son had a little league football game. It was an exciting game...won my

Day 26 - Annoying People

I work with a guy who is one of those people I can't stand. Up until this point, the guy has pretty much been able to eat what he wants, without gaining an ounce. A couple of years ago he tur

Day 25 - Watching the Kids

I'm really scared. My wife is flying to Alabama this weekend to attend her 20th high school reunion...AND I'M WATCHING THE KIDS ALL BY MYSELF!!!

Actually, it's going to e great. M

Day 24 - Having A Plan

It is impossiblke to undersetimate the importance of having a plan for any goal you wish to achieve. No matter how motivated you are to achieve any partidular goal, if you don't have a plan,

Day 23 - Being Selfish

One thing the stewardess tells us during the pre-flight safety talk is if the plane loses pressurization, always put your own oxygen mask on before you put on your childs. At first glanc

Day 22 - Tired

Man, we still have another 99 days to go until the presidential election...and I'm already tired of it. Things are starting to heat up with personal attacks, unfortunatly it's only going to g

Day 21 - Being Thankful

Today I stop to reflect on a few of the things I'm thankful for:

1. My family - my children are healthy, my wife is great...we're still in love, nothing else is as important.

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Day 20 - Energized!!

Here I am on Day 20 and I'm not sure what is happeneing, but all of a sudden, within the last week or so, I've found that I have much more energy. I made a to-do list at the begining of the w

Day 19 - Response-Ability

I was listening to Dr. Stephen Covey in my car today. He was talking about the first of his 7 Habits of Successful People: BE PROACTIVE. One of the points he made was that we have

Day 18 - A Challenge

I just found out I'm goin going to a professional baseball game on Saturday. This is our local minor league team.

I love going out to the ball park...the smell of the grass, the