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Since 1999, CarbSmart has been publishing Low Carb Success Stories. If you would like to be featured as a Low Carb Success Story, send us an email to comments@CarbSmart.com.
I’m happy to introduce Sandi Russell, our latest success story. A 37 year old stay-at-home mom of two boys, Sandi was a tall, healthy youth, standing 5′ 9” and wearing a size 7. She was one of those people that could eat just about anything she wanted without visible consequences. As the story goes, one day things changed.
In her first column for CarbSmart, Tara Grant, Primal Girl, explores her history with sugar addiction and how after finding the right doctor to diagnose and treat her Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), she started her journey to better health. This journey includes the steps she took to the low carb lifestyle and eventually to refining it the Paleo/Primal way.
Jimmy Moore has lost over 60 pounds and normalized both his insulin and leptin levels by adopting Nutritional Ketosis in his Low Carb Lifestyle. But is his success due to the Nutritional Ketosis or because he’s naturally consuming less calories than he uses? Jimmy weighs in with his opinion based on his n=1 experiment.
Dr. Joe Leonardi’s Success Story: Fat Then, Fit Now Part 1. Dr. Leonardi utilized his education and experience to put together an eating and exercise program to drop his weight from on obese 340 pounds to a fit 210 pounds. He has appeared on television, radio and internet programing discussing obesity related topics. He is now ready to help others live a life beyond obesity.
In his first column for CarbSmart, Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times’ TV Skeptic adds a 5th phase to The Atkins Diet he calls “Doubling Down on Atkins” based on his own n=1 experiments and the n=1 experiments of Jimmy Moore, Dana Carpender, and Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt.
Today I want to share 5 mistakes I was making in my own low-carb plan that prevented me from reaching the needed level of nutritional ketosis. Correcting these mistakes has helped me effortlessly shed 50 pounds (and counting!) in less than five months. This is not a comprehensive list of the common low carb mistakes. However, these are worth a closer look if you are struggling with your weight and health goals. You might just be surprised!
This week we welcome Vanessa Romero of ‘Healthy Living How To’. In her first column for CarbSmart, she shares her inspirational journey of conquering adrenal fatigue with a healthy lifestyle and setting a course to better health for her and her family and giving back to help others.
Today’s success story comes to us all the way from France. Meet the lovely Anne Robertson. Not only is her story inspirational, it’s nothing short of amazing.
Positive Thinking Day got me thinking about keeping a positive attitude on your low carb diet. Staying positive & focused on low carb no matter what.
