Below are our pre low-carbing pics: Jennifer (43) and Ian (44)
 


By 1999, Jennifer had spent the whole of the 90’s developing and testing great dessert recipes for people coping with Diabetes, having written 3 such books ... 2 of which were "National bestsellers". Now, approaching our mid 40's, as can be seen from our faces, we were happy but quite "chubby"!

So, in 1999 we both "embraced" the low-carb lifestyle, and pretty soon, even after developing and testing 100's of Low-carb recipes for "Splendid Low-Carbing", here we are again: “Christmas 2000”. ...
As you can see, we were decidedly leaner! Also, Jennifer's HDL-Cholesterol and Tri-Glyceride levels were "excellent" and my blood pressure and blood-sugar was again well within the "normal" ranges ...

... and by the time Jennifer finished writing "More Splendid Low-Carbing" in late 2002, this is what she looked like in the picture taken for and featured on the back of her new low-carb cookbook  ...

So below (approaching 46) Jennifer is pictured along with her sons celebrating the publishing of “More Splendid Low-Carbing" - the sequel to her National Best-selling “Splendid Low-Carbing”, looking decidedly skinnier - on top of the world again" You know, it sure is a really neat feeling!

So, after 4+ years of low-carbing, (Ian cheats way more often than Jen does), here are our Cholesterol ratios:

Jen (46): TOTAL/HDL= 3.3 TRI/HDL=0.27 LDL/HDL=2.14 TSH=6.72 (BP = perfect)

Note: Jen was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (generally this is thought to run in families and is quite common, especially in women, after and in their 40's) Since being treated with T4+T3, Jennifer's TSH has dropped to <  0.1 and her feeling of well-being is "perfect" and  is very generally very healthy! Both our blood sugar levels are consistently < normal  (not even a hint of Diabetes) and both our Tri-Glycerides levels are excellent and my PSA levels are excellent too. 

Ian (47):  TOTAL/HDL=5.2 TRI/HDL=0.57 LDL/HDL=3.99 TSH=1.86 BP=134/82 PSA=0.97

What is noteworthy is that Jen had been on the "FAT-FAST" in which as much as 70%-80% of her daily calories came from fat, and just like an Eskimo, Jen thrived on it! Also, I went to Africa for 2 months - on 2 separate trips, and OD'd on carbs ... so my profile could have been quite a bit better.

 


 

Jennifer, at 48 (Oct 26th 2004) - the day she finished
the latest cookbook in her series of 5 Fabulous
Splendid Low-Carb TM  
Splenda® Cookbooks
 
A time when most cookbook authors want to hide their scale!
Jen developed the fabulous recipes (in her 5 Low-carb books) over the last 5 yrs.

A common challenge for anyone on restrictive diets is "boredom". We simply miss our favorite foods! Another is "Trying to lose that last stubborn 10-25lbs". Jennifer has "been there ... done that" and knows exactly how you feel! For almost 14 years now, Jennifer has been writing best selling cookbooks - which involves creating and eating many fabulously rich desserts and main courses, and she is living proof that eating these fabulous meals, contained in her books, need not interfere with our ongoing weight control efforts, or compromise our health. Her low-carb recipes represent a welcome breakthrough in reducing carbs and returning many of our sorely missed, great tasting, favorite old "comfort foods" to us, and introducing new one's to us. All (100%) of the recipes in these 4 books are < 10g carbs  per serving, while most (70%) are < 5g carbs per serving and many (40%) are < 3g carbs per serving! After personally developing and then consuming the 1,000's of recipes that appear in her Low-carb cookbooks, Jen is undeniable living-proof of the effectiveness of the low-carb-lifestyle and of the many fine recipes that make up her Splendid Low-CarbingTM series of cookbooks. Not only were the above photos of Jen taken on the day she finished "Splendid Low-Carbing for life vol-2", but they mark the end of nearly 18 months in which she developed and published her last 3 cookbooks (back-to-back) and this during a time when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (Hypo-thyroid) which makes weight loss very tough indeed! Chances are you will never see or eat as much food as what Jen has had to deal with in the last few years ... and just look at her now. Jen's books ensure that your weight-loss is not compromised!

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