Gwen Shamblin, M.S., R.D., has had extensive experience in the fields of nutrition both as a consulting registered dietitian and as an instructur of nutrition at Memphis State University.

Since 1980 she has focused her counseling practice in the area of weight control, combining her formal training in dietetics with a strong Christ-centered orientation.

These efforts led her to establish The Weigh Down Workshop in 1992. The company has grown from a garage start-up business to a multimillion-dollar corporation in Nashville that employs more than 100 people. They now coordinate thousands of seminars using volunteer leaders in all fifty states and seventy countries.

With the phenomenal success of her first book, The Weigh Down Diet, Gwen became a bestselling author in demand by the media and as a speaker around the world.

She and her husband, David, have been married for twtenty-one years and have two children, Michael and Michelle. They live in Nashville, Tennessee.