Who I Am

If you’ve been reading this blog you’re probably wondering who I am and why I feel that I should be writing on the subject of weight loss and nutrition. I don’t blame you. I wouldn’t want some fat guy telling me how to lose weight!
The truth is that my body has transformed in this manner: [...]

Why Fad Diets Make You Fat

I feel sorry for people who are trying to lose weight for the first time. They probably head to Google, type in “weight loss diet” and are bombarded with a ridiculous amount of information that constantly varies from one source to another. The truth is that there is more than one way to lose weight. [...]

Beginner’s Guide to Losing Weight

Weight loss is very difficult for many people, myself included. It involves abandoning the way you eat and spend your time to enter a process that is completely unfamiliar and seemingly painful. Many times you have to eliminate the trip to Hooters with your buddies or that delicious slice of cake you’ve become accustomed to [...]

What Motivates Me to Lose Weight

I just wrote a post about why we choose to lose weight and how we can be more effective with our goals. Here are the reasons I choose to lose weight:

I want to feel attractive: I’ve got a beautiful girlfriend who loves me regardless of my weight. I noticed that her “undying” love was one [...]

What Motivates Us to Lose Weight

As human beings we tend to have visions of what our lives should be like. We want expensive cars, the latest gadgets, great careers, amazing social lives, and perfect bodies. The problem is that we want everything now. In the United States, where this “want-it-now” culture is most prevalent, we see the constantly increasing use [...]

Picture Progress 7-18-08 (Day 1)

This is what I look like. Not pretty. It’s disgusting and I want to keep that mind set. The “you’re beautiful big” mentality is one of the reasons the United States is the leader in the obesity pack. The mentality allows people to be complacent with the way they are and eliminates the motivation needed [...]

Why I’ve started this blog

It’s 9:23 p.m. on a summer night and all I can think about how disgusting my body is. It hasn’t always been this way. Before I entered college (about 4 years ago) I weighed a respectable 160lbs. Currently, I am the fattest I’ve ever been at 230lbs. My clothes are fitting too tightly, my endurance [...]

Welcome to BuildingMe

Hello and thank you for choosing to view this exceptionally tiny fragment of the internet. My name is RJ and I will be rebuilding my body starting now. Keep checking for updates so that you learn what I learn and go through the physical and psychological rollercoaster ride of getting healthy.