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...
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'm a Georgia native, mother of four grown children (last one in college) and three small grandchildren. I'm also a realtor in my spare time. I've been on a health journey most my life. I have battled with chemical imbalances, estrogen dominance, hypoglycemia and who knows what all as a young mother. Now in post menopause, I've learned I have Hashimotos (hypothyroidism) and am insulin...
Began the weight roller coaster around age 42. Finally, he Atkins Diet saved my sanity and, maybe, my life. I will always be grateful to Dr. Atkins for his brilliance and willingness to stand strong in the storm of hatred that was shoveled his way by the so-called 'establishment'.
I have several friends who gained more benefit from Atkins than weight loss - one friend got...
Six years ago I was injured at work. I under went a spinal fusion which failed and left me in extreme pain so much so I spent 2 years and five months almost completey in bed, while the lawyers and insurance company fought it out finally I had the disc's above and below the fusion replaced this has helped some what.
Unfortunately I am now fighting a weight problem I...
Sarah has been vegetarian for almost 15 years, and for the last 3 years has eaten mostly low carb food. She identified the need for nutritional information and recipes specifically relating to the low carb vegetarian lifestyle. Her website, Low Carb Vegetarian Living, is the result of many years of research and reading and endless experimentation in her kitchen. Anyone...
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,...
