My good friend Karen Rysavy, author of Truly Low Carb Cooking and owner of http://www.trulylowcarb.com send me this today. She's really trying to get the word out about this contest so I hope you'll check it out.

HEADLINE: TrulyLowCarb.com Hosts Hamptons Diet Recipe Contest

SUMMARY: Calling all low-carb cooks: Put on your thinking caps and aprons, because you could win an autographed copy of 'The Hamptons Diet'!

PRESS RELEASE: TrulyLowCarb.com is the brainchild of Karen Rysavy, an official Atkins success story and professional recipe developer who provides recipes and support for all low-carb plans.

Rysavy says ?Ongoing support can make all the difference between weight loss success and failure, especially when you might be the only person you know who is eating the low-carb way. Online support forums like mine provide an important service to these people by enabling them to get together with other like-minded individuals and share their common goals, problems, frustrations, tips, and successes.?

Rysavy has self-published two low-carb cookbooks, Cooking TLC: Truly Low Carb Cooking Volume I in November 2000, and More Cooking TLC: Truly Low Carb Cooking Volume II in November 2003, and currently functions as an Associate Editor for LowCarb Energy Magazine. Her latest offering, Learn the Low Carb Lifestyle for Five Bucks! was released by Fair Shake Press in 2005 to rave reviews. Rysavy's website publishes a popular free newsletter and regularly conducts free contests like this one.

Recipes will be judged on creativity, anticipated appearance and taste, and adherence to the Hamptons Diet eating principles.

Four semi-finalists will be chosen by the contest sponsor and awarded insulated beverage holders and engraved key rings.

Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of The Hamptons Diet and former Medical Director of the Atkins Center, will select the Grand Prize winner, who will also receive an autographed copy of The Hamptons Diet, and a 4-ounce bottle of Fiberfit sweetened soluble fiber, a product endorsed and distributed by Rysavy.

If you have any questions about the contest or the Hamptons Diet, you'll have the opportunity to ask them during a live moderated chat session with Dr. Pescatore on Wednesday March 30th at 9PM Eastern, 6PM Pacific.

This contest is being sponsored and hosted by www.TrulyLowCarb.com, where you will find complete rules and entry information.

Enter now through April 30, 2005. Winners to be announced May 9, 2005. No purchase necessary to enter or win.