Can you believe I’m coming up on three years of low-carb blogging?
It’s already halfway through April and many of my regular readers might be wondering to themselves one question–Is Jimmy gonna have another big blogiversary giveaway contest this year like he has every single year since he started the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog? The answer is a resounding YES and I apologize it comes a little later than usual. Life has been very busy in a good way and I have been working diligently behind-the-scenes to compile some truly amazing prizes for you like I have in the past (see what I gave away in 2007 and 2006 for my first two blogiversary contests).
This third blogiversary coming up on Monday, April 21, 2008 is even more special this year because I not only celebrate three years of low-carb blogging, but also surpassing a major milestone in the history of my blog–3 MILLION PAGEVIEWS! It was just 6 months ago when we passed the 2 million pageview mark and the blog just keeps growing and growing despite all the claims in the media that low-carb is dead (ummm, somebody forgot to tell that to the 200,000 monthly readers who come here!). That’s a whole lotta people who are being impacted with the positive message of livin’ la vida low-carb and I am grateful for the opportunity to provide you with enough reasons to keep coming back here to read my blog day in and day out. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all of your support and dedication to my mission here at “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb.”
To that end, I once again want to share some truly incredible prizes with you to let you know just how much you are appreciated. I could never repay each of you all that you are worth to me in my life, but a few of you will receive a golden opportunity to win some cool stuff thanks to the generosity of the businesses and individuals who have partnered up with me in this endeavor.
Today I am introducing the 3rd Annual Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Blogiversary Giveaway Contest and you can start entering beginning RIGHT NOW. Like last year, I’ve got a boatload of prizes to tell you about and it’s gonna take a few days to fit them all in. But I will get to them all so you can see what you have the potential of winning during this contest. Look for those prize posts to be coming over the next several days.
I’ll be conducting the drawing for the prizes on April 27th and announce the winners on Monday, April 28, 2008. So, what do need to do to win? Last year’s scavenger hunt was so popular that I decided to do that again with some new questions. 
Here are the easy instructions about how to enter YOUR name in this drawing (only one entry per household please):
1. Your full name/full mailing address (NO P.O. Boxes please!).
2. Which low-carb plan are you on and how long have you been on it?
3. The blogiversary scavenger hunt (answers easily found on my blog!):
a. Which low-carb doctor did I nominate for Diabetes Educator Of The Year in 2007?
b. In what city did the 2007 Eastern Regional American Society of Bariatric Physicians and Nutrition & Metabolism Society meeting take place?
c. What is the name of the world’s fattest man who has lost over 500 pounds on a low-carb diet over the past two years?
d. Name the low-carb recipe I accidentally created after mixing a ChocoPerfection bar and coconut oil together and poured it on top of ice cream.
e. Who wrote and released the bestselling health book Good Calories, Bad Calories under a cloud of controversy in September 2007?
Like I said, all of the answers to these questions can be found at my blog from over the past year and I’ll give you a hint–Google is your friend! 
E-mail your answers to me at livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Be sure to label the subject line “BLOGIVERSARY CONTEST” so I can easily identify it as an entry in my contest. NOTE: I MUST RECEIVE YOUR ENTRY NO LATER THAN 11:59PM EST ON APRIL 26, 2008 for you to be eligible to win a prize! Hurry and enter so you can have a chance to win the prizes I’ll be sharing with you in the next few days.
For those of you who are concerned about sharing your name and contact information with me, I promise I will NEVER mention your full name, address or e-mail address to anyone or at my blog. It will only be used to mail your prize to you in the event you are chosen as a winner. Remember, please limit your entry to one person per household to give everyone a fair chance to win a prize and there will be plenty of prizes for everyone to have an EXCELLENT chance to win. Winners will be selected by random drawing on Sunday, April 27, 2008 and announced at my blog on Monday, April 28, 2008.
THANK YOU again for three glorious years of low-carb blogging bliss. It is such a pleasure waking up daily knowing that my blog is making a difference in the lives of real people like YOU who have been changed forever by the healthy low-carb lifestyle. If I haven’t said it lately, I’m so proud of you guys for making the necessary changes in your life to improve your weight and health. KEEP AT IT!!!
And be sure to tell all your friends and family about the 3rd Annual Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Blogiversary Giveaway Contest. This is gonna be fun because it’s celebration time, baby! 
Check out the list of prizes available for you to win:
- PRIZE PACKAGE #1
- PRIZE PACKAGE #2
- PRIZE PACKAGE #3
- PRIZE PACKAGE #4
- PRIZE PACKAGE #5
ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED: Because of the Blogger lockdown on my blog over the past week, I have decided to extend the deadline for entering my blogiversary contest to Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 11:59PM. The winners will be chosen at random on Friday, May 2nd and the winners will be announced at the blog soon thereafter. THANKS to everyone who has so enthusiastically entered and shared some amazing comments about how my blog has touched your life. THANK YOU guys!
