New And Improved Low-Carb Discussion Forum Is Back And Better Than Ever

Weeks after a hacker took my forum, the new one is ready!

A little more than three weeks ago, a ruthless and cowardly hacker breached my forum and took it down for good. But despite this rather bleak and depressing incident, I refused to give up. Thanks to the encouragement of so many members of my old forum, I've been working diligently behind-the-scenes with my public relations company to create a brand new and improved forum--and now it's ready to go public!

Check it out now at LivinLowCarbDiscussion.com. You'll notice it is a lot more user-friendly with less categories for easier use. Many of the same faces from the old forum are back here again for the new one, including most of the moderators you loved and enjoyed such as Charles, Linda, Christin, Lisa, Amy, Deni, Valerie, Mary, and ME! :) They and others have been working over the past few days adding lots of great content ready to go right now waiting for you to continue the discussion that we started before.

I have been working with my PR company to make this new forum as hacker-proof and secure as possible by installing all the latest security software with daily backups. This is costing me a pretty penny, but I think it will be worth it so that you can have the best possible experience at a low-carb forum. THANK YOU for your incredible patience as I've been working on getting this web site back...and now it is!

Special thanks to Amy at the Eating Low forum as well as Tom at the Low-Carb Friends forum for opening the doors to their respective sites over the past few weeks to my forum members who were going through withdrawals without their favorite forum. For that, I am so grateful to them and sincerely appreciate their generosity towards me and so many of you. It warms my heart that the low-carb community can band together for the greater good.

Here are the 10 new categories at the new forum:

Ask Jimmy Moore/Technical Support
General Low-Carb Discussion
Personal Journals
The Low-Carb Plans/Challenges
Low-Carb Foods & Recipes
Low-Carb Product, Restaurant, & Book Reviews
Low-Carb Exercise & Fitness Room
Debunking The Low-Carb Myths/Latest Low-Carb Science
Long-Term Low-Carb Maintenance & Success Stories
Forum Free-For-All

So, go ahead and dip your toes in the water of the new "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Discussion" forum. Hope to see you there early and often as we talk about anything and everything that deals with the healthy low-carb lifestyle. Lemme know if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions about how to make the forum even better. E-mail me anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net.

Diabetes Mine Diggin' The 'Enthusiasm' Of The Low-Carb Community

I recently blogged about my fellow health blogger Amy Tenderich from the uber-popular "Diabetes Mine" blog and her rather humorous post about obsessing over carbs as a Type 1 diabetic.

She made some excellent points in that column, although she is not an advocate of livin' la vida low-carb as a lifestyle change per se. The Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes author and I don't always see eye-to-eye on the definition of a healthy diet, but that doesn't stop us from mutually sharing in our mission to help educate, encourage and inspire our readers to improve themselves.

In that spirit, Amy recently asked me the following question in an e-mail:

"Since most diabetics seem to struggle with restricting carbs and figuring out what in the heck they can eat, I need your help. Could you share your TOP 20 FAVORITE LOW-CARB MEALS & SNACKS with me to share with my readers?"

Since I've been eating this way for nearly four years, it would have been pretty easy for me to come up with a quick 20 list for Amy to share with her readers. But, instead, I decided to let the members of my new "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Discussion" forum take a stab at it since they all have a wealth of knowledge and experience in this area--particularly my low-carb recipe moderator Linda.

So I pitched it to my forum readers and boy did they ever come through with some OUTSTANDING suggestions for Amy to share with her readers. Diabetics and low-carbers alike would be proud to eat those foods early and often and I'm thankful for their input (that includes so many of YOU here at my blog, too, so THANK YOU!!!).

Amy featured those in a post today at her blog entitled "Low-Carb Favorites, From The Devotees." Check out this amazing list of MEALS and SNACKS that my forum readers came up with. Incredible work you guys and I'm so proud to see you recognized for your healthy efforts on such a major diabetes web site. EXCELLENT!

Amy was a bit concerned as she expressed in her post why livin' la vida low-carb is so hard for her.

"Thanks so much for the suggestions, Guys! But I also see my problem right there; I am sick to death of skinless chicken, eggs, and salad, salad, salad. I can't stand cauliflower. Steak and pepperoni are too fatty for my poor sensitive stomach to take very often... whine, whine, whine... I know."

You are hilarious, Amy! But there is a happy medium when counting carbs that I hope you can find in your own journey to control blood sugars naturally through this way of eating. But I was encouraged to hear Amy was spurred on by the "enthusiasm" of my forum readers to get excited about controlling her carbs again.

WOO HOO! She even gave some rather high praise for the support the forum is providing people who need it when they're getting down and out.

"It's sure nice to know there's a whole community out there to fall back on whenever you feel you might be 'losing it.'"

YEAH! THANK YOU Amy for those very kind words and I'm sure my forum readers will be thrilled to know you felt the positive impact they are having there. It's one of the most caring and loving group of people I've ever been a part of and we've grown so fast, too! Over one-third of a million views in just about six weeks...and STILL growing!

Got any favorite low-carb snack or meal ideas that might have been missed? Feel free to share those in the comments section below. See, livin' la vida low-carb can be an exciting and viable way to lose weight, control blood sugars, and get healthy while still being enjoyable. No other way I'll ever eat again, baby! :D

Jimmy Moore Presents The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Discussion Forum

I've finally got my very own low-carb forum up and running

I'm so incredibly excited to present to you today a brand new feature here at the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog. You'll notice at the top of the blog that I have added a Forum link that takes you to a web site called LowCarbDiscussion.com. This is now the official forum site for the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog and you are cordially invited to SIGN UP TODAY to start discussing all things low-carb! :)

My recent column calling for more low-carb community led one of my very faithful and tech-savvy readers to offer his services to me to create this brand new forum for my blog and I am grateful for his efforts to make this dream of mine a reality! It is absolutely beautiful, professional, and easy-to-use and I couldn't be prouder to put the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" name on it. :)

There are already some excellent forums out there, so I'm not trying to replace them or take away from the fine work they are already doing. Instead, what I wanted to have was a place where my readers could talk to each other about the various aspects of livin' la vida low-carb. This new forum will now allow that to happen beyond the comments section of my blog.

You'll notice some familiar categories, but also some Jimmyfied ones, too:

The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Mission
- Encourage
- Educate
- Inspire

All Things Livin' La Vida Low-Carb
- Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Discussion
- Who's Livin' La Vida Low-Carb?
- What's Your Questions About Livin' La Vida Low-Carb?

The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Plans
- Who's On Atkins?
- Who's On Protein Power?
- All Other Low-Carb Plans

The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Community
- Show Off Your Before & After Pics
- Vee Vawnt To Pump You Ahhp!
- Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Recipes

What's Got Your Goat Today?
- Low-Carb Hot Potato Topics
- Respond To A Topic At The 'Livin' La Vida Low-Carb' Blog
- Forum Free-For-All

Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Prayer Room
- Prayer Requests
- Praise Reports
- Favorite Bible Verses

I'd love for my regular readers and especially my new readers to hop on over to this new forum and start discussing the low-carb life in earnest. You can build relationships with like-minded people who share your belief that livin' la vida low-carb is not only a good way to lose weight, but it can also improve your health in ways you never thought possible.

Share YOUR story and the lessons YOU have learned living with this way of eating. There's a lot of wisdom found in the literally thousands of men and women who comprise this blog audience and I sincerely hope we can all learn from each other's experiences and knowledge about the low-carb life through this new forum.

As of right now, you should consider this new forum an extension of the work I am already doing here at my blog as we seek to continue educating, encouraging, and inspiring others on a daily basis! Now more than ever we need each other, standing hand-in-hand championing the low-carb cause, and sharing unabashedly how the low-carb lifestyle has changed our lives forever.

VIVA livin' la vida low-carb!!! :D

Let me know what you think about my new forum. Leave your comment below or e-mail me with any feedback and suggestions you may have to make it the very best it can possibly be. I look forward to continuing the conversation with you at the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Discussion Forum."