Bill Phillip's | Transformation

I Am

So here it is 2010 less than a day away. 2010 is the year i will reach my goal weight! It wont happen the first month, or the 5th month, but it will happen! My name Danielle and ive been with transformation sense last June. I love life, i love people, i enjoy learning about new cultures and i like to keep an open mind so that i can expand how i think and how i feel. So i can see things from someone elses point of view perhaps. I also am a huge fan of tattoos. I have nearly 17 and i dont plan on stopping any time soon. Its an artistic way for me to express myself and to remind myself of different events in my life. Some are more serious than others but i love them all. I also am using 2010 to buckle down and tighten up my photography skills. This is the career path that i want and i feel its the best thing for me. I have a high opinon of photography and what i do and dont like. I dont want to end up somewhere wearing "sensible shoes and business cloths. " theres nothing wrong with that if that is what makes you happy. But i know that would make me miserable. I want to be free to express myself and my artistic ablities. I want to show the world something new and have fun at what i do. I also want to be healthy. I'm tired of feeling like my husband is married to an old woman that cant keep up with him. He is 27 and i am 25 and yet when we go to the zoo he has had to sit down with me when i was tired and shouldnt have. Or watch me hurt at a concert because of my back. He doesnt have these problems when we go out and i want us to both fully enjoy our adventures and trips. I want to do lots of outdoor things without being reminded that im overweight due to pain and difficulties climbing a hill or not able to do something period. I want to enjoy life to the fullest. I am a great friend, i enjoy being there for others, i care deeply about many things. I care about animals, people, i care about the earth. I am a Christian, i dont claim a denomination. I believe in positive and negative energy. I believe in the Bible, I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and why should i waste one bit of my life, a life that he died for. I also believe its wrong to stereo type a christian as being a certian way. When people see me they dont always know what to think of me lol. I have books on spirituality that many would not understand, i have my Holy Bible, and I have my beliefs. I listen to rock n roll, i watch American Dad and I have a loud laugh somewhat like Roseanne Barr, which is why my husband sometimes calls me Roseanne lol. All in all id like to think im a good person who could be anyones friend so long they are a good person in general and can accept me for who i am. :)

My Favorite Charity

To me, Transformation Means

Transformation isnt JUSt about the outer appearence. Although it is a great pay off lol. I also enjoy and appreciate the INNER transformation. The feeling of confidence coming back, the feeling of peace, the feeling of accomplishment. To me transformation is about changing how you think in a positive way and learning a whole new way of life. Its about taking a body that is unhealthy and making it healthy. You can be skinny and be unhealthier than someone 20 pounds over weight. I am not as healthy as i could be, but i live a lifestyle now that is much healthier than the one i lived before. Knowing that makes me want to push even harder and transform completely inside and out. But you really have to transform on the inside first. Once you do that, your inner beauty will radiate to the outer and nothing can stop you from maknig your goals and dreams come true. This is transformation to me.

My Goals

My goals are many. But i have decided to not jump the gun and try to meet a million goals at once. This seems to help me to reach them even faster and better. I want to shop in hot topic on the womens side, i want to go to a concert and my back doesnt kill me and i can stand the WHOLE time and enjoy the front row! I want to have abs, i want muscle defintion. I want to enjoy life in ways i havent enjoyed it. I want to go places and not think about my weight. I want to take invitations from friends automatically and not think, but im so big...can i do that, or will someone make me the butt of their joke. I want so many things and i know through God and through hard work and determination i will succeed. I want to no longer feel like an old woman trying to catch up wiht my husband, i want to be anything i want for halloween, i want to go in stores and not get "the look" when someone wants to tell you they dont have plus size or their not sure what you like...if that isnt emberessing enough. I dont want the backhanded comments from people. LIke "i bet you can hold your own" (referring to my size) things like that. I want a career, i want to travel, i want to go places and hang with my friends like i use to. i want to hang out in places and go places i didnt go even when i was smaller. I want to be a normal weight, i have no idea what that is...i want it.

I also want to feel comfortable the next time i walk into the tattoo shop. I didnt realize how much my weight affected the experience until i got on a tattoo bed and it shook! Also when i could barely get off my back once it was time to get up! It was so embarressing and my artist was so nice about it and acted like it wasnt a big deal. But it was to me. The first time i layed on one i weighed around 50 pounds less and took for granted the fact that laying on that chair was so easy and comfortable.

and now an update...sense starting transformation something i have been struggling with for about 5 yrs now is what i truly want for a career. It had to be something that made me happy, i could be creative with and i could be my own boss. Those things were very important to me. So i realized through some funny events that if i complain so much, critique and practically obsess over photos...my own included lol...then photography is where i belong! Now im on the path of learning how to be a great photographer and just KNOWING what im gonna do with my life now...really warms my heart and makes me feel great!

My Intentions

Again my intentions are pretty much my goals. But i also intend on just being a better happier person. I intend on meeting the goals i have made. I intend on sharing my success with others and showing others it can be done. I intend on enjoying my life and living to its fullest potential. LIke Bill says "living to our fullest God given potential."

Who I'd Like to Inspire

I want to show others that it is possible to lose weight and transform from the inside out. I have friends who say they will never be skinny, their meant to be fat. I use to have that mentality. Now i know thats not true. No one was meant to be fat and unhealthy. We were not put on this earth for that. I want to talk to young teens and young adults about self esteem, weight loss, and bullying. I was bullied in school & people that say a bullied kid should just work harder to fit in don't know what their talking about. The bullied kids just get beaten down into believing that no matter what they do its never going to get better. So its easy to over eat because food doesnt make fun of you. Its easy to not care about your weight after so long because you think even if i was skinny no one would like me. Its much more than just that but those are examples of the way the victim thinks and i want to teach the victim new ways of thinking and show im living proof there is a life after being a victim of bullying. I also want the bullies to know what they really put kids through. That taunting and name calling can end in something worse than just a kid running away and crying. It could end up with your classmate in the obiturary section because they couldnt take it anymore. So i have lots of reasons to lose this weight and lots of people to inspire for many different reasons.

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