52yr old male with a very strong family history of heart disease and stroke. Every male in my family tree (except for me) has had either a heart attack or stroke by age 48. Tried eating "healthy" and exercising religiously for years, only to be saddled with a very low HDL cholesterol (<32). Started taking niacin six years ago to boost my HDL, and while still eating healthy,...
Just Saying No is about living life...sugar free! Nobody needs sugar to be sweet, or to live the sweet life. This blog focuses on the food you CAN eat when you live sugar free, low carb, even gluten free.
I'm a freelance writer and photograher who's been living the low-carb lifestyle since 2001. I run a low-carb website and corresponding blog titled Healthy Low-Carb Living. I also write for Examiner.com as the St. Louis Low-Carb Examiner. I love helping people as they learn about this great way of life!
I am the LA Low-carb Examiner at Examiner.com, a Lap-band patient, a low-carb lifestyle proponent, and a fervent reader to stay on top of current medical research. I believe in saturated fat, resistance training, the 912 Project, and all things lard.
In September of 2003, I was working with a very good friend who just happened to be the owner of the company I then worked for, and I had noticed that he had lost some weight - he kept pulling up the pants of his pinstripe suit like a hobo. I asked him about it and he seemed reluctant to say, but eventually he admitted that he was on the Atkins? diet.
This was at the height of the...
Writing for a National Low-Carb Column through Examiner.com, I can also be read in YourHub in the Denver/Boulder area through the Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News, and am currently writing for Parents Canada Magazine.
I've lost 84 pounds since January 1, 2008, following a low-carb plan consisting of whole, healthy foods and exercise.
I was a vegetarian for 11 years. After that I was on a high carb low fat diet for years another 10 years. None of these diets worked for me long term. As a vegetarian, I wasn't getting enough protein and had very little muscle mass. On low fat high carb, I was constantly hungry and had to do an insane amount of exercise to stay thin.
In May 2009, I switched to a Low Carb High Fat Whole Food...
My name is Jimmy Moore and I am the author of the popular low-carb weight loss blog called "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb." In 2004, I was able to lose nearly 200 pounds on the Atkins diet and radically changed my life forever learning about the importance of low-carb living. Now, I am using that experience to help encourage, educate, and inspired thousands daily about the healthy low-carb...
I run the LowCarbEating website, in addition to freelance Internet Consulting work. A dedicated low carber since Nov. '03, I have lost over a hundred pounds with low carb and am still enjoying the journey....
