I picked up a book at the library this week. It's called Transformation. It's by the same guy that wrote the Body for Life challenge that David and I are doing. I love Bill Phillips. I wanted to share a couple of passages.
"1) Transformation is going from a lower to a higher state of being.
2) It's the ending of something old and the beginning of something new.
3) There's a degree of permanence, of irreversibility to it.
As we more forward, keep these points in mind as they are important differentiators between this process and conventional diets, workout programs and other self-improvement plans which deal merely with exterior issues. Whenever we try to change ourselves from the outside in, it never lasts. We lose weight only to gain it back. Or we might get motivated for a short period of time but it doesn't last. We might temporarily change our habits and patterns through self-restraint, but individual willpower is simply not enough to keep us on the right path for any considerable length of time.
You see, as long as we're still the same inside, at the level of our thoughts, beliefs, patterns, and emotions, we simply haven't undergone true transformation. It's because inward processes always precede external forms and events. And so that's where we begin; we turn our attention inward to take a look at where we are now with this first step of self-appraisal."
I hope I didn't make any typos there. I know it's a lot to read, but pretty profound. This is a 18 week program and involves dealing with the inside and outside. I'm on page 59 and can't put the book down. You can sign up for the program on their website. I suggest you go to the Transformation website and at least check it out.
http://www.transformation.com/pages/public/welcome
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