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Kim, Low Carb Maven. I wanted to share the low carb recipes I was developing at home for my family — finding ways to reinvent old favorites and creating new ones. Megan Ellam, Mad Creations. I have always had a passion for recipe developing and missed working in an environment that allowed me to do that. Cristina Curp , The Castaway Kitchen. Stacey Crawford, Beauty and the Foodie. I started blogging on the suggestion of my 7-year-old son as a way to share my recipes online for people that also have a restrictive diet or food allergies like I do.
We saw there was a desperate need to get more of this information out to the world and we wanted a great platform to share it on. At some point, my husband suggested I could start blogging so that other people would also benefit from my recipes.
I love challenges and keeping the recipes simple but delicious is challenging but very rewarding. Is 50 the new 30? Vivica Menegaz , left one year shy of 50, and Antya Markin , photographed in at Both make a natural appeal for their food philosophies, blogs, and books. I started in and I just never gave up. I took a giant leap of faith and quit my job in to do it full time. It took literal blood, sweat, and tears to get Peace, Love, and Low Carb where it is today.
I just refused to give up, no matter how hard things got. I found that I loved it even more than my day job and just kept learning as much as I could about every aspect of it. To motivate myself, I told myself that once I could consistently earn more on my blog than my day job income, I would quit my day job.
I retired from my day job last year. I stay motivated by continuing to learn new skills and hone older skills. The job is always changing and never gets boring. We spend hours and hours creating infographics, writing articles, and creating video content each week. However, every story we hear and all of the feedback we get back from people on how this information has helped change their life — that what makes us keep going. I receive emails every single day from readers who have transformed their life through low-carb nutrition.
I have helped more people in the last 4 years regain their health via my website than in the last 25 years as a pharmacist dispensing their medication. I am inspired each and every day by the people in my free support group who completely turn their life around. There are even two babies who were born to women who were told they were infertile because of hormonal issues, which were resolved when they addressed their insulin resistance caused by a high-carb diet. But most people miss the delicious, albeit terrible, foods they used to eat, so I set about recreating classic dishes that have been healthified and low-carbified, such as pasta, gnocchi, pizza, cakes, biscuits, etc.
I have an Italian heritage, so many of my re-inventions are based on high-end patisserie and real Italian traditional foods. There are many keto recipe bloggers out there, but I guess I bring a different keto experience to discerning readers who want more than the usual bacon poppers or zoodles with marinara sauce.
I actually stopped blogging a couple years after I started the sugarfreelowcarbrecipes. Then, a couple years later, I realized that my posts were being shared and helping a lot of people make it through a low carb lifestyle. So what motivates me to keep it going is the feedback from the audience on how they have improved their health with the help of my blog. One of the things that inspires me most is the frequent comments and e-mails I get from readers who tell me they are losing weight using my recipes.
The veg keto community is absolutely amazing. Every kind email, comment, direct message or random shout-out made me realize how many people are actually using these recipes and really keeps me motivated and inspired. I am very passionate about the ketogenic lifestyle and really it is my followers that help keep me motivated.
Many bloggers have their editorial calendars planned months in advance.
I find planning stifles me. I need to wing-it or it feels like a job. I truly stand behind what I do. Cooking, recipe writing they are my hobbies, but helping people is my passion. It also makes me happy and inspired that people like my recipes so much. So I strive to make my recipes as simple as possible.
Hence, The Lazy Keto! Luis Villasensor , Ketogains. Well, it was pretty small until I started using my blog to document product development of Keto Chow. I think that persistence publishing regularly , continuing to improve photography, styling, writing, SEO , and befriending bloggers in my niche have all contributed greatly. A lot of time was needed to start the blog site from scratch, especially as I had no prior web knowledge or help from anyone. Nowadays most of my time is devoted to my recipe development, sourcing new low-carb products, testing, etc.
I work totally on my own and do absolutely everything, including site maintenance and photography. It can be overwhelming at times. My keto-husband has got used to it — he loves being my initial tester. Being authentic and genuine with my readers. I believe that transparency is the key to connection. Instead of only sharing the highlight reel of my life and weight loss journey, I shared the good, the bad, and the ugly, in an attempt to help people feel less alone. This was a difficult financial decision to make, but I believe my reputation is key to my amazing readers placing their trust in me.
The popularity of the keto diet in recent years has certainly had the biggest impact on the success of Low Carb Yum.
And, all the success stories of my readers in their weight loss journeys has certainly kept the momentum of the site going. I think perseverance is the main thing. Connecting with like-minded bloggers and brands. Fostering authentic relationships with brands and bloggers, supporting each other. Teamwork makes the dream work.
I think that continually learning and not being afraid to fail at new projects, and being willing to fail at something until you get better at it has been the key to success. Being authentic and transparent. Our goal is to protect and help this community as much as possible.
Our goal is to help foster this conversation and bring people together. The ketogenic community has always been supportive and the Ketogenic. Networking with other bloggers in my niche, bloggers are amazingly talented and resourceful people. The readers know that they get very carefully developed and high-quality recipes when they browse my blog. Shot from above, these appealing videos feature upbeat music and no talking. Viewers on YouTube will find a link to the recipe placed below the video. We put out a ton of infographics and articles, but videos allow people to connect on a whole other level that I think we could have started earlier.
But I would have benefitted from the knowledge sooner. After looking at who I was aiming to capture the attention of and changing my style my business took off in a positive direction. You have to be the writer, photographer, developer, email marketer, author, researcher, financial controller, social media whiz, and the coordinator of all things. So, I strive to make time to reply to messages and comments.
Secondly, I wish I had invested time to learn about photography before I dived in. Some of my earlier recipe photos are cringe-worthy! It takes time to get known. Just keep chugging along. You leave a lot of money on the table when you are not appeasing the Google gods. If you really want to do this as a profession, or even as a passion project, or side hustle, you have to treat it like it is a career while it is still a hobby.
Just to be present and put out content. It will be helpful to someone. If you find yourself becoming bored with the subject matter, then your readers will be as well. Give yourself a break and find an angle that inspires you to post about.
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It is the ultimate in downsizing. The year-old has given up every luxury to spend a year living outdoors. He hopes to prove he can lead a full and fun life with a fraction of his normal comforts. I have realised I can lead my life without television, carpets, sofa, electricity, chairs, tables, a fridge and a freezer. Nicknamed 'ditch-monkey' by his friends, Sawyer tells stories of his new-found life on an internet blog - being woken by owls and fawns, having to choose a new ditch after nearly being mugged and falling ill when he tried to make Thames water drinkable with one purifying tablet.
Before he began his challenge, he cut down his belongings to just a few clothes, books and photographs that fit into his rucksack. At night he has a sleeping bag and cooking stove. If he thinks it might rain he has a piece of tarpaulin to attach to the trees, but he recently discovered the hard way that it failed to stop ground water gushing over him. Despite the difficulties, Sawyer is enjoying his task. He began with a six-week trial but after finding that 'quite easy' extended the experiment. He says he feels 'completely at ease' and extremely healthy and is enjoying living in the countryside.
The amazing views on the way to the bus stop make it worthwhile and you can spot the changes in season. As well as raising awareness, Sawyer is raising money for the Woodland Trust. Staff at the charity were surprised when he first told them his plan. Christine Punter, regional development officer, said: Nevertheless, colleagues and friends are bemused by Sawyer's unusual decision. Sawyer's morning 'wash' involves a few wet wipes and a shower in the gym or at work. When you meet him, Sawyer is smart and clean-shaven, with short blond hair. He is ambitious and hopes one day to become an art dealer.