Transformation: The Mindset You Need. The Body You Want. The Life You Deserve

by Bill Phillips

The Mindset You NeedThe Body You WantThe Life You Deserve"From worst to first in health and well-being." That is the mantra of Body-for-LIFE® author Bill Phillips as he lays out this personalized, realistic plan to help people become healthier, happier, and more alive. Concerned by the unhealthy physical and emotional trends in U.S. populations, Bill firmly believes the well-being of the country can be completely transformed in 10 years—one person at a time. After reading this book, you’ll believe it too. Bill uses personal examples and touching stories to exemplify that real people can, and have, overcome their worst to truly reinvent their lives. In his 18-week Transformation program, you’ll - How to achieve a sustainable healthy lifestyle; - How to transcend your unhealthy habits;- How to harness the power of a positive mindset; - How to heal emotions and find happiness; and - How to live more deeply and compassionately. Transformation is a process of reshaping your whole person. If Body-for-LIFE was a manual for the physique, Transformation is the how-to guide for invigorating the body, mind and soul. When you make healthy changes in your life, you are able to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. And ultimately, that is what Transformation is all about.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sports, Fitness, Self Help

221 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 21, 2010

About the author

William Nathaniel Phillips is an American entrepreneur and author. He wrote Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength with Mike D'Orso. He is also the author of Eating for Life and the founder and former editor in chief of Muscle Media magazine and the former CEO of EAS, a performance nutritional supplement company. Other books that Phillips has authored are Anabolic Reference Guide, The Natural Supplement Review, and Transformation: The Mindset You Need. The Body You Want. The Life You Deserve. Phillips made a promotional movie called Body of Work which was filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada and chronicled the first EAS Challenge.

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty amazing book. I doubt the people who rated this book so poorly even bothered to complete the assignments in the book or participated in the online support community.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant book. Bill Phillips takes his tried and tested Body-for-LIFE fitness and nutrition instruction and creates a transformation challenge that's even more powerful by exploring the mental, emotional, and spiritual issues that may be causing us to not live the full life we deserve to live. He encourages a lot of soul searching and answers from your heart to help you transform from the inside out. When our insides are good, our outsides will show it. I LOVED this book and have already started back at the beginning and am reading it with even more care the second time through.

[Andy Nieradko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very deep, thoughtful read. Inspiring. In this book Bill Phillips goes beyond Body For Life, and teaches a system of transformation that is by no means easy, but definitely do-able. This isn't one of those quick read self help books, it asks the reader to do some heavy heart and soul searching, but it's worth the effort. Whatever you're willing to put into these exercises will come back to you multiplied. Great book.

[John Hibbs · Rating 2 out of 5]

Attempts to be a combination of his previous excellent work BODY FOR LIFE and THE SECRET and succeeds at neither. A banal and pedantic read. I wouldn't waste your time.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Almost finished to the end. Didn't get quite there. This is a self-promotion book, but, and I say but cautiously, it does have some good sound judgment in it that Bill shares. Since my current book is on transformation it helped me eliminate a number of things I had on my "to-write" list. Narrowing down the list is quite nice actually. Thank you Bill.

For those looking to make any type of transformational changes in their life I do recommend reading this book. Actually studying it is a better objective.

I didn't purchase this book. I read the library copy. Normally if I find the library copy to be good I purchase for my personal shelf. This one I'm playing Humpy Dumpy with at the moment with any decision. I have decided though to allow time to pass, no more than a week, before I doing another review and decide whether to purchase for my shelf or let it go for now..

[Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's just....bad. This isn't Body-for-Life and Phillips goes on to make such crazy claims as if you think healthy thoughts while cooking your food it LITERALLY makes the food you're cooking healthier. Skip this one. Buy his Body-for-LIFE book. While BFL offers REAL advice on nutrition, this offers silly metaphysical advice about imagining balls of light, etc. Bill had a lot of credibility back in the day because BFL really worked for a LOT of people (most of it was a ploy to buy a supplement from his supplement company...but that was fine. It was a small price to pay for a product you can physically use). The problem here is that there is no direction, no instruction, just tips and facts and figures from questionable studies. I had high hopes it would be BFL 2.0 and was really excited about the release, but the house of cards has fallen.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like the book an everything about it. There are so many forms of help, ways to be a better person and think outside of the box. Ways to be healthier and gain a better understanding of the deeper parts of you to help you learn who YOU are. I love that it is not just another diet program or fad it teaches you how to live each and every day with whatever changes may happen. Successful online support boards with others who have faced the same problems and do each day. Accountability for your actions, letting go of the past, planning, progress not perfection, changing your lifestyle. Fail to plan, plan to fail. So many inspirational words and advice. It was the book that made a light go off in my head.

[Tracyteacher05 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Phillips goes beyond his Body for Life ideas by delving deeper into the why we do what we do and how we can overcome those inner battles we have with ourselves. Our body transformation is more than what we eat and how we exercise, but how we think, what kinds of things we are holding onto mentally, how we feel emotionally, etc. It was a good read--pretty short. I read it in an hour.

The web site http://transformation.com is probably the gem of this whole book. The support there is tremendous and well worth it.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Amazon.com crowd trashed this book, yet it's a great introduction to the topics he covers, like forgiveness, concealments, nutrition and other basics for mental and emotional transformation. Do the exercises at the end of each chapter because the book is well worth the read as an introduction. You don't have to join his Transformation community online, by the way.

I checked the book out of the library where I work. The library is the source of most of the books I read. Yet as an introduction to the topics, the book would be OK to buy.

[Jon Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was an amazing find for me. Bill covers so much territory that is currently on my mind, my heart, my to do lists in life. Lots of practical advice, and very pointed in inspiring you to take action on the things you know you should be doing for yourself. It's much more than just a book about dieting and exercising. It's about total health and wellness as a person. Filled with emotional, spiritual and social implications. Will definitely re-read this one, slowly. Highly recommend it!

[Lindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I liked this book and like this man, I'm only giving 3 stars, maybe because of my religious beliefs and background, none of this was new (though I certainly need a reminder and need to actually do it!). However, I did appreciate the research behind these ideas. He writes not just about food and exercise (which was all he covered in his Eating for Life book), but about gratitude, addictions, praying, forgiveness, etc as part of maintaining a healthy body.

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed the psychology aspect of getting healthy. It made me look at how I look at food and my body differently. It is disappointing that in order to get his whole transformation plan, you have to buy it online. It really never mentions that in the book and so you're left wondering and wandering to see what you've missed. You could do the plan without the book but you can't do it with just the book.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been thinking that I do need to add a review for this book. Bill Phillips is an inspiration to me. I've been dragging his Body for Life book around with me since 1999. His views on health and fitness, makes sense. His first book concentrates more on your workout routine but this Transformation books, takes into account, body, mind and spirit. It is important to check out his transformation website too if you want to get his full message. :)

[Gaylynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well rounded perspective to health. Not just food and exercise - but also your mental, emotional, spiritual, social needs and how they are all connected to your physical health and well being. Now, I just need to stick to the plan!!!

[Mo]

Wow, Bill Phillips is sporting some serious highlights...!

[Beverly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't find anything new or helpful. Kind of cheese, really.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fitness and Health made SIMPLE!
Includes a full program with online support and everything one needs to live a healthy lifestyle, and transform in weeks.

[Tim Plett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great help along the way to change.

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

all about creating good habits.

[Joseph Monsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bill has done it again

In Body for life Bill Phillips helps you get a better body in Transformation he helps you achieve a better mind so you can make a total Transformation.

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have everyone of his books and I have always gotten some great information from them.

[Ruth Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book