Jimmy Moore (author)
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Jimmy Moore is an American
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 blogger
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 and author who is best known for his “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” books and blog. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs extolling the virtues of an unspecified low carb diet plan. Moore also runs a popular weekly podcast that has run over 500 episodes. Moore is regarded as a fan of low carbohydrate diets and eating plans. He currently resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Early Life and Obesity

Moore was born December
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 27, 1971 and later attended the University of Tennessee
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 at Martin, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts
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 degree in political science and English. He also received a masters degree in public policy from Regent University
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. Moore was at one time morbidly obese, weighing 410 pounds. After trying numerous diets, he eventually lost some weight, but remains obese, on his own version of the Atkins Diet plan, which enabled him to lose over 180 pounds. He has not been able to maintain the full weight loss. In 1999, he lost 170 pounds on a low fat diet, but claims to have gained the full amount back in four months.

Published Author

Moore has written two books:
  • 21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew,(2009) ISBN 1439262225

  • LIVIN' LA VIDA LOW-CARB: My Journey From Flabby Fat to Sensationally Skinny in One Year, (2005), ISBN 1591138043

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