'Livin' La Vida Low-Carb' Blog Quietly Eclipses 2 Million Pageviews

We're celebrating another major milestone for my blog today

Six months ago, I was thrilled beyond belief that my little "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog had hit a rather lofty goal of sorts when it reached the ONE-MILLION pageview mark. It was a proud day in the history of this mission to educate, encourage, and inspire others with the amazingly healthy low-carb lifestyle!

At the time, it was just under two years since I had created this blog to chronicle my low-carb journey from an excessively obese 410-pound man into the thin and healthy man I am today. It was a proud moment, but I was already looking ahead to even greater things to come when I wrote in that blog post that the second million would probably happen before the end of the year.

"The neat thing about exceeding a million pageviews to me is that the second million could very well happen by the end of 2007. While the media continues to bang the drumbeat that low-carb is a dead, passing fad, the number of people who are still flocking to this way of eating is still going strong."

Like a prophetic revelation of what was to come, that vision came true today, September 16, 2007 when this blog indeed hit the TWO-MILLION PAGEVIEW mark...IN JUST SIX MONTHS removed from the original million! WOW!

What a remarkable and break-neck year 2007 has been so far! It started in January when I had the highest traffic EVER at my blog, but then that record was surpassed in March, April, June, and again in July. Stunning! Absolutely mindboggling stuff to me since livin' la vida low-carb is supposed to be that dangerous fad diet thing from a few years back.

Obviously, the readers of this and the other OUTSTANDING low-carb blogs out there vehemently disagree with that description of the low-carb lifestyle and seek to learn more about what this way of eating is all about on a daily basis by coming here to read what I post. People are tired of being lied to about how to lose weight and get healthy which is why blogs like mine are increasingly attracting more and more people all the time!

The health and medical establishment had better take notice that their monotonous message has grown tiresome amongst those who have discovered there are better ways to battle such health issues like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, hypertension, cancer, Alzheimer's disease...need I go on? Let's face it--the low-fat diet has failed on virtually every account and the low-carb lifestyle has swooped in to fill that void for so many of us. And the science is now backing us up!

While I don't pretend to have all the answers, I do know what has worked to change my life forever for the better. It's livin' la vida low-carb, baby! And I'm gonna keep on sharing what's worked for me so that others can have the hope that they too can escape the pain of obesity and all that comes with that miserable state of existence. There is a better life awaiting those who are ready to make this their permanent and healthy lifestyle change.

So, what about the possibility of THREE MILLION pageviews, hmmmm? It took nearly two years for the first million and six more months for the second million. Is it really possible that by the time I reach my 3-year blogiversary in April 2008 that we'll hit this new traffic mark? As long as YOU keep coming here and invite your co-workers, friends, and family members to check us out, there's no doubt in my mind it can and WILL happen.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your love and devotion towards the work I am doing here at "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb." I've branched off with a successful podcast show, a wildly popular new discussion forum, and an entertaining series of YouTube videos. It's all about impacting the culture and reminding people that there are alternatives to the same old low-fat, low-calorie, portion control diets they've been forced to endure for far too long. Nevermore, I say, nevermore!

WE KNOW BETTER and will keep sharing the truth as long as there are people here to listen. And from the looks of it, there are a bunch of ya! :D God bless you all and I look forward to seeing the next million come through here VERY SOON! Please feel free to contact me via e-mail ANYTIME by writing to livinlowcarbman@charter.net.

185,369 Hits For 'Livin' La Vida Low-Carb' Blog In July 2007

If low-carb was supposed to be deader than a doorknob by now as the media would have us to believe, then somebody must have forgot to tell that to the thousands of visitors who come to the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog. The year 2007 has been one incredible ride so far with brand new all-time traffic records set in January, March, April, and June.

Now we can add July 2007 to that illustrious list.

After setting the new mark at 172,244 in June, I was not expecting to surpass that mark for a while. But July was one for the record books--AGAIN!--with another traffic increase:

185,369!!!

That's 13,000 MORE visitors than the previous record with nearly 6,000 daily visitors who are coming to my blog now. WOW!

This is all so exciting because it means real people are being reached with the message that livin' la vida low-carb is an effective way to manage your weight and improve your health. I am grateful to have the opportunity to share from my own personal experiences and research.

To provide some perspective on this new traffic record, let's look at July numbers over the past two years:

JULY 2005--7,335
JULY 2006--61,103

So basically the traffic has TRIPLED in this past year and nearly THIRTY-FOLD in two years. This gets me very excited about what July 2008 will be like. Again, it's all about reaching out to our culture and giving them the TRUTH about low-carb living!

My goal of hitting 2 million pageviews less than 9 months after reaching one million pageviews as of March 2007 is now very likely to happen by September since the total overall traffic now stands at 1.75 million pageviews since the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog began in April 2005. Something tells me we're on the verge of a HUGE breakthrough very soon (especially if a national media appearance happens...LOOK OUT!).

My mission from the very beginning here has always been about educating, encouraging and inspiring those who visit on a daily basis. Regardless of how many people are reading, that will always be why I keep doing what I do here. Did I mention I LOVE IT?! :D

As always, I'm available for questions or comments at livinlowcarbman@charter.net, so don't be afraid to contact me anytime. THANKS so much for your dedication and faithfulness to the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog in July. Hope to see you around for many years to come!

Stay tuned for an announcement about an important new project I am working on to help spread the positive message of low-carb community...

Massive Blogiversary Contest Lifts Low-Carb Blog To New All-Time Traffic Records

I enjoyed celebrating my two-year blogiversary so much in April which culminated with many of you winning some GREAT prizes that it's the proverbial icing on the cake that I also happened to set another new all-time high monthly traffic record.

The new record set in April 2007 was 137, 218!

Holy moley! That completely obliterates the previous record set in March 2007 of 126,002 pageviews and the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog just keeps growing and growing.

Seriously, I keep thinking the traffic has got to slow down at some point, but it just keeps chugging along. In fact, I also broke my all-time single day record on April 23, 2007 with an eye-popping 10,915 pageviews in that day alone! WHOA, where'd that come from?!

Sometimes the outreach of this blog simply astounds me and it reminds me of just how important the work I am doing here really is. I never take for granted the people who make this a regular part of their day because it is a responsibility I cherish and have invested my life into fully. Sure, I like to have fun, but the message of livin' la vida low-carb is too important to be flippant.

I can never tell you enough how grateful I am for your devoted readership, so I hope you never get tired of me thanking you for coming here. I'm just your average, ordinary guy who was able to through the power of the low-carb lifestyle transform himself into a lean, mean, hunka hunka burnin' love, baby! HA! That's me, warts and all.

There are some amazing changes set to happen at the blog very soon. You will notice a full upgrade to the look of the blog that I KNOW you are gonna LOVE, which includes an FAQ section for those burning questions so many of you have and so much more. I've even got a graphic artist working on the final touches of my very first logo for the blog that is out of this world! I LOVE IT and so will you!

Plus, my schedule is busy with a trip to Nashville, TN this weekend for a major low-carb research conference where I hope to interview several of the researchers for my podcast show. I recently finished an interview with a Korean television crew about my weight loss with an audience of 5 million people. Hey, people in Korea need to know about weight loss, too!

There is also a new weight loss documentary interested in interviewing me for their film meant to motivate and inspire people to accomplish great things. I'll tell you more about that project as the movie gets closer to release.

As always, I'll keep doing my thing blog, blog, blogging away trying to find new and unique topics that I think will interest you as it relates to livin' la vida low-carb. Keep on reading and telling others about what I'm doing here at my blog. I get e-mails from people all the time who said they found me from a family member, friend, co-worker, etc. who told them about "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb."

I consider that the highest compliment you could ever pay me. THANK YOU!