Bodybuilding Kicking In

Posted on April 5, 2011 by mrmeltdown

When I was young I was highly into bodybuilding. I wanted to be like my hero’s back in the day and impress all the women. I was a fan of guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno and who could forget Lee haney?

I maintained a great diet back then with ease and actually developed a very impressive body. I was much more confident back then and looked the part of a bodybuilder. Now fast-forward to today and you might want to know what happened, right?

I guess I just let go of the workouts and put fitness on the back burner. Now I am at a point that I am feeling like I want to get back into the bodybuilding scene. I am not trying to compete or anything I just want to be fit again and look the part.

I love the sport of bodybuilding and appreciate all the hard work and dedication it takes to sculpt your body. I am now about to start picking the weights back up and get my butt into gear. I am feeling like an old fat man and that is not how I’m trying to live my life.

The picture you see in this post was me at the age of 19 years old and 200lbs of pure muscle. I was so happy back then and I want that person I used to be back. So I guess now is when it gets really real. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired and I am putting my fork down and picking up the plates. Don’t worry, the plates that I am speaking about are iron and that’s what I am focused on right now. I guess it’s time to kick this 12 Month Journey up a notch!

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Raw Food Blog – Fat Loss Motivation

Posted on April 4, 2011 by mrmeltdown



I have to admit that sometimes I need a little Fat Loss Motivation. In this video I am talking about the topic of motivation and how it applies to my raw food diet. I absolutely feel that friends and family are an asset when dealing with weight loss.
You know the one and only guarantee in life is that it won’t be easy.

Everyone including myself will face let downs and challenges. Sometimes I need some old fashioned fat loss motivation to get me through the hard days. This is what this new video I just uploaded is all about…

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Change Is Coming

Posted on March 30, 2011 by mrmeltdown

One of the things that I am finding more common to problems in raw food weight loss is the willingness to change.

I feel the spirit telling me what to do, knowing it is right but often I avoid the obvious and eat poorly.

I am thinking that a mental detoxification is necessary for me to boost my progress. I am now feeling that I have some of the correct information in place but my mindset is a little weak.

I have built up mental blocks and have to reposition my mindset to destroy any negative mental waste.

I have to change my thinking and master my mind in order to adjust my waistline. I am so mad that I did not figure this out in the beginning of this 12 month raw food study. I was going about this all wrong and it took a little thinking to reposition my direction.

First of all I have to organize my life a little and allow fitness to become a daily practice. I was so focused on just the eating part of this study that I forgot about the fitness that will skyrocket my results off the charts!

I am thinking about starting a cardio workout 3 times a week and engage resistant training the other 3 days with 1 day of rest. Are you starting to see the difference here in where I am now going with it?

I am becoming a little more organized. I feel with a little effort I will absolutely produce the desired results.

I needed a better blue print to guide me on my road to a healthier Derek. Fast forward to today. I am 3 months into this diet of raw food and mixed with falling off here and there and still hitting brick walls.

So now I am trying something different and I am sure this will help. I am designing a weekly program for myself and will share it with you so you can follow my progress better.

I am at the point where I am ready to kill the excuses and do the damn thing already! This friend is not as easy as some may pretend it is. But the one thing I know for a fact has always been true in life. “Nothing Happens In Life If You Are Not Willing To Change!”

Time to change…

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