Today we’d like to introduce you to Jayne Jones.
Hi Jayne, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
Let me start from the beginning—three years ago. On my 44th birthday (literally), my husband dragged me to the ER where my blood pressure was 289/185. After a boatload of tests, the ER physician diagnosed me as severely diabetic and told me, “For the rest of your life, eat lean meats and salad.” She sent me on my merry way.
What she didn’t tell me was I was going to wake up with no eyesight for the next 3 weeks of my life. Here’s the good news: in 6 months, I was insulin-free, diabetic medicine-free, sugar-free, 60 lbs lighter and my vision was back to near normal. I’m a lawyer, and former college professor, started a nonprofit for individuals with disabilities, and love life to the max. Full of energy and fun. I started posting pics on my social media of new sugar-free recipes I was experimenting with. Our daughter came home from college and suggested I start “No Sugar Baker” on social media.
Just to make her happy, I did just that along with a cool “tell it like it is a blog.” That blog was an instant hit with similar women. In 3 years, I’ve done hundreds of TV and print interviews, created over 250 recipes, launched a product on a national shopping network, published two cookbooks, and have over 175K followers.
The story isn’t all sugar plums. You see these past ten months have been life-changing and my faith has never been stronger. Part of this journey has brought me to my knees in complete awe and wonder. I keep telling myself, “Be still and know.” Here’s the past ten months:
• My dad unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack at age 77.
• In June, I felt like I had a bad case of the flu and started vomiting—almost 10-12 times a day for about a week. My mom and husband thought it was some funky Covid type. After a week, my husband again brought me to the ER. This time I don’t remember anything about the visit. My blood pressure was 70/30. Yo, yikes.
• The ER discovered a large kidney stone and said it was normal procedure to insert a kidney bag to release the pressure and proceed the following day. My husband left to get some rest.
• At about 1 a.m., out of the blue, I was able to page the nurses. I told them I wasn’t feeling well.
• I went into cardiac arrest twice, received CPR twice, was transferred to the ICU, and was placed on a ventilator. There was sepsis under the kidney stone and I went into septic shock. My husband came dashing back to the hospital, where he didn’t leave my side for days.
• They say I was the 1% you read about in medical textbooks—more than the majority don’t survive.
• I remained medically sedated/ventilator for 72 hours. I came through—and shared a few recipes and hockey stories with the ICU nurses—not missing a beat and not realizing anything I just went through.
• I was transferred to a stabilization floor and released from the hospital 72 hours later with a walker and requiring 24/7 care from my husband, mom, and a home health nurse including IV antibiotics. This was the same week we launched our No Sugar Baker cookie dough at HyVee! Life changes so fast, live every day!
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Besides the health challenges, distribution, finding good investors and working with brokers for grocery store placement has been a challenge!
You have to stay focused and understand who is on your side.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about No Sugar Baker LLC?
No Sugar Baker started as a blog of free recipes and telling the personal health story of Jayne Jones.
It then became a business that inspires others daily.
Any big plans for the future:
We are ready to launch our a new zero sugar food product that will be a complete game changer! We will be the ONLY product of this type on the market and it’s crazily cool! We are ready to roll!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.nosugarbaker.com
- Instagram: NoSugarBaker1
- Facebook: No Sugar Baker
