Time is running short in my 5-Year Blogiversary Giveaway Contest, so if you haven’t entered yet you should really do so as soon as possible. I’ve already set a record for entries into my annual blogiversary celebration and for that I appreciate everyone who has responded. But there’s plenty of room for more and LOTS more prizes to share with you today.
Entering my 5-Year Blogiversary contest will give you a chance to win one of many outstanding low-carb prize packages including the big Grand Prize which is the SousVide Supreme and accompanying SousVide Supreme Cookbook from Drs. Mike & Mary Dan Eades. Check out Prize Package Post #1 and Prize Package Post #2 to see some of the other nifty stuff up for grabs just for being a reader of the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog. Aren’t you just special?
Once again, in order to enter to win a prize in this contest you need to e-mail me your answers to the following to be eligible in my 5-Year Blogiversary Giveaway. Don’t forget to put in the subject line “BLOGIVERSARY CONTEST”:
1. Your full name, mailing address (no P.O. boxes please), and telephone number.
2. Which eating plan do you follow? How long have you been eating low-carb?
3. How much weight have you lost following a low-carb nutritional approach?
4. What led you to begin a controlled-carb diet in the first place?
5. Have you read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes?
6. Are you a diabetic? Type 1 or Type 2? Any family members with diabetes? Who?
7. How and when did you find and start reading the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog?
8. What is your favorite part of the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog?
9. Would you be interested in joining us on The Low-Carb Cruise in the future? Why or why not?
10. Name someone you would like for me to interview on my podcast who has not yet appeared?
Please send your answers to livinlowcarbman@charter.net no later than 11:59PM ET on Friday, April 30, 2010 and the winners will be picked in a random drawing this weekend and then announced at my blog on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Remember, one entry per household to make it fair for everyone to win a prize. This contest is open to my blog readers from all around the world and I’m hearing from so many of you. Keep them coming in! You still have time to enter. Here’s another batch of prizes that could be YOURS if you are chosen as the winner:
PRIMAL BODY-PRIMAL MIND PRIZE PACKAGE (5)
Autographed copy of Primal Body-Primal Mind by Nora Gedgaudas
I first learned about Nora Gedgaudas last summer and was immediately highly impressed with the work she was doing promoting a primal way of eating that is a high-fat, adequate protein, low-carb nutritional approach. That sounded a whole lot like livin’ la vida low-carb to me and she was so well received by my podcast listeners when she first came on my podcast in October 2009 that they voted her back for The Best of 2009 “Encore Week” this January. There’s just something compelling about the way she puts these nutritional concepts that make her an amazing spokesperson for primal eating. After meeting her at the recent Nutrition & Metabolism Symposium in Seattle, Washington, she’s just as warm and personable in the flesh as she comes across on the air. Speaking of, if you haven’t already checked out Nora’s Primal Body-Primal Mind Radio Show, then you are missing out on one of the best nutrition and health shows on the airwaves today. And her Primal Body-Primal Mind is a fascinating and sometimes humorous read which I described in my book review of it as “yet another book to complement your healthy lifestyle change away from the conventional wisdom of our day back to the diet we were meant to be eating all along.” FIVE LUCKY READERS will win themselves a copy of this amazing book autographed by Nora Gedgaudas herself and delivered right to your doorstep. What could be better than that?
THE SILVER CLOUD DIET PRIZE PACKAGE (5)
The Silver Cloud Diet e-book by Dr. John Salerno and Linda Eckhardt
Dr. John Salerno had the opportunity and privilege to work with the late, great Dr. Robert C. Atkins in his complementary medicine practice in New York City before his untimely death as a result of a slip and fall accident on ice in 2003. But he has never lost sight of the low-carb nutritional principles that make up the core of what he believes is best for patients looking to control their weight and health problems with a natural, non-pharmaceutical approach to tackling the issue. Late last year, Dr. Salerno released his long-awaited new e-book called The Silver Cloud Diet outlining his compelling and somewhat controversial extended modified “fat fast” for quick low-carb weight loss and I was about to discuss the intricacies of this program in a follow-up podcast in December 2009. It’s certainly an interesting concept that has people talking in the low-carb community and yet it is also helping those who use it shed the fat when even regular low-carb diets have failed to produce results for them. FIVE LUCKY READERS will receive a copy of this exciting e-book from Dr. Salerno featuring 75 delicious low-carb recipes contributed by his James Beard and Julia Child award winning co-author Linda Eckhardt.
FRED HAHN SLOW BURN PRIZE PACKAGE (5)
Autographed copies of The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution and Strong Kids, Healthy Kids by Fred Hahn
One of the neatest guys you’ll ever meet in the low-carb community is none other than Fred Hahn. I had the distinct honor of getting to know Fred even better when he was one of the guest speakers on The Low-Carb Cruise this year and he’s already signed up to join us again on the 2011 trip to Jamaica! What makes him so unique is his intense passion and sincere belief in everything he does because he knows it is backed by solid scientific evidence. That’s why he can’t help but be such an ardent believer in carbohydrate-restricted eating and what he describes as “slow burn” strength training. In 2002, he co-wrote the book The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution: The Slow Motion Exercise That Will Change Your Body in 30 Minutes a Week with the great Drs. Mike and Mary Dan Eades and it’s been a perennial bestseller ever since! In 2008, Fred wanted to tackle childhood obesity and released his sensational “slow burn for children”-styled book entitled Strong Kids, Healthy Kids: The Revolutionary Program for Increasing Your Child’s Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week (listen to my November 2008 podcast interview with Fred about this book). FIVE LUCKY READERS will win a signed copy of BOTH books to add to your low-carb library!
THE PERFECT 10 DIET PRIZE PACKAGE (8)
Autographed copy of The Perfect 10 Diet by Dr. Michael Aziz
It always brings a big smile to my face whenever I find a medical professional who is out there in the mainstream extolling the virtues of consuming saturated fat for health! You know doctors who do this get a lot of funny looks from patients and their fellow physicians, but they know the science backs them up on it. And that’s exactly what you get from internist and complementary medicine physician Dr. Michael Aziz who released a thought-provoking diet and health book in January 2010 called The Perfect 10 Diet: 10 Key Hormones That Hold the Secret to Losing Weight and Feeling Great-Fast! In his book Dr. Aziz accurately realizes that in order to shed body fat and attain optimal health for yourself, you’ve got to get your ten key hormones under control. Unless you do that, you’re gonna have issues to contend with fighting against you every step of the way. He does have a slight aversion to the consumption of red meat as your saturated fat choice, but the basic principles of the book are ones that will resonate well with anyone who is livin’ la vida low-carb. EIGHT LUCKY READERS will receive an autographed copy of Dr. Aziz’ The Perfect 10 Diet to get started on discovering what the ten hormones are and what you can do to put yourself in the best possible position to deal with any of the negative effects they may have on your health.
CARBSMART GIFT BASKET PRIZE PACKAGE (1)
The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Gift Basket from CarbSmart
Our friends at CarbSmart.com have put together a gift basket with all of my favorite stuff, including an autographed copy of my latest book 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb, Dreamfields pasta, ChocoPerfection bars, La Tortilla Factory Regular low-carb tortilla, Big Train Hot Chocolate, Truvia, True Lemon, Atkins Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch Bars, a jar of Nutiva Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, a box of 100 Ketone Strips, and NOW Vitamin D-3 5,000 IU. Plus, you’ll get a complimentary e-book copy of my debut book Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: My Journey From Flabby Fat To Sensationally Skinny In One Year as part of your winning package! ONE LUCKY READER will be the recipient of this special “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” gift basket found exclusively at CarbSmart.com.
That’s all the prizes I have for you today in my 5-Year Blogiversary Giveaway Contest and we’ve got just one more prize package post to share with you before we draw the names this weekend. Make sure you enter your name into the drawing by sending your answers to the 10 survey questions above to livinlowcarbman@charter.net. I’m overwhelmed by the enormous response I’ve received to this year’s blogiversary celebration, especially all the new people who have found my blog in just the past six months or so. WAY COOL! Good luck to everyone who enters.
