By Jay Littmann
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Jay Littmann became an addict when he was just twelve years old. Thrown out of his home when he was 17, he succumbed to a downward spiral. With stints on the street, in jail, and in rehab, he spent the next 12 years controlled by a bottle or pipe, developing a serious weight problem and diabetes.
In How to Get From There to Here, Littmann details his life of drugs and crime and his turning point, his moment of clarity. He finally got clean for good when he was twenty-nine. Searching for financial independence, he purchased a muffin shop just off the Las Vegas Strip, a move that would dramatically change his life.
When Littmann bluffed his way into a sale of his healthy oat bar to a nationally recognized chain, he had to fill the order for thousands by hand. Thus was born Chef Jay's Food Products, now an internationally recognized brand that sells millions of healthy products each year. Jay has been clean and sober for nearly two decades, is in the best shape of his life, and no longer suffers from diabetes.
Chef Jay's memoir is more than just a story; it's a blueprint for how to succeed even when it seems the chips are stacked against you.
''I have been eating Chef Jay's protein bars for years but never knew the story behind the man until now. This is truly an inspirational read.''
--Mike Straka, host of FOX Fight Game
''Chef Jay Littmann understands how to expertly combine scrumptious taste and nutrition, which will honestly have kids and parents alike scratching their heads in disbelief that his products not only taste so good but are good for them too! I'm in awe of the journey he's taken and excited to be able to share in it with this book.''
--Melissa Chapman, ''Kids in the City'' Columnist
''Some say that you have to go through a test to have a testimony, and if that be true, then Jay Littmann's testimony is one for the books--his book.''
--Monica Jackson, news anchor, Fox 5 Las Vegas
A real roller-coaster ride, but you ll be pulling for Jay throughout...a riveting and motivational tale of one man s triumph. --Iron Man magazine, May 2010 Read more
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