Why the fascination with Kimmer? #3

[wifezilla]

::::yaawwnnnn::::

Morning all. Did I miss anything while I was sleeping??

[kakay]

Good morning to every one. I so do want my ducky tshirt, not too sure on the blue floral pants tho.altho they may look pretty good with my blue cast boot I am sporting these days. Wonder will we get any new excicitng stuff going on in here today. Yesterday was like my I know I am nutty, but its called SLEEP DEPRAVATION! Speaking of sleep I am going to try and get some now.

[Doodle_in_MA]

Originally Posted by HoneyBee2

Hi doodle.......I see you're still hidden in the styrofoam over there......you smart duckie you! Have you spotted Wonder Woman by any chance?

That's funny...I didn't look close enough to even see it was styrofoam It's so quiet on KK, it's pathetic really. A lot of the challenges that were once big are dissolving...they're melllllllllltinnnnng...

[FaithM.]

Hi guys. Sorry but I'm still about 15 pages behind so I'm not completely up to date...

I just finished watching Christin's video blog. It was extremely upsetting and yeah, I am in tears, crying for her. And for all of us. Even after all these pages I am upset to my stomach. I'm shaking and my heart's beating heavy and I question myself whether I want to even bring myself into this any further because I don't want to make it sound like I am making it all about me, because I'm not trying to do that. I do want to talk about it with you guys though because we all know what each other has been/is going through. Well ok, maybe only sometimes I want to talk about it. Sometimes I want to just sit back and continue watching this whole mess unfold, denying I got caught up in it too. But the truth is I suffer through every single day worrying about how I am going to right things in my mind and body! I just don't want to gain all of my weight back.

Kimkins, K/E, and all her "variations" of this diet screw up a person's mentality like nobody's business and right now my head is pretty messed up. I know there are some moves I've been needing to make on my part that I haven't done yet and that is my fault. It sounds wrong but I keep telling myself I have to worry about getting the rest of the weight off before anything else and that's all that matters. I just went through the last 2 days on a sugar/carb binge and this morning mapping out how I was going to get by on as little as I possibly can to try and make up for it. Then I watched Christin's video and now I don't know what the hell I'm going to do because it hit me so hard, the realities of it all. The destructive cycle just has to end. Not just with me but with everybody who has fallen into this crap trap. The more I read about it and the longer it goes on and the longer innocent people stay in the dark and the not so innocent people keep on supporting it...the more angry and pissed off I get! This is so freakin' NOT LEGAL!!

[losingjusme]

Originally Posted by wifezilla

::::yaawwnnnn::::

Morning all. Did I miss anything while I was sleeping??

well, BBB downgraded Kimkins again - to a D

"We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it."

[mrsmenopausal]

Originally Posted by freyamoon

MySpace.com - Kimmer - 99 - Female - California - www.myspace.com/kimkins

She uses Kimmer as the name, and kimkins as the url

edit. I just found the other one.
KIMKINS FORVEVER! Female 34 years old GILBERT, Arizona

edit: and in the blog for the last one:


NO EXERCISE NEEDED...I DIDN'T BELEIVE IT MYSELF
"I know it's hard to beleive...but yes you can loose that weight without all the work. Just go to Kimkins - Home and start your new life. It's not easy..you will have to be strong for the first few days but it works! Trust me I have been overwieght my entire life and I have never lost 13 LBS in one month from anything....Not even working out 7 days aweek!"



pffhhtt...

And, funny... there it is again, the before is a picture of Heidi Diaz with Kimmer saying it's her, before losing. hmmmmmm

[Sheridan]

Originally Posted by losingjusme

well, BBB downgraded Kimkins again - to a D

"We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it."

YES!

[boogie]

Originally Posted by HoneyBee2

Plus with defamation of character under libel law Heidi would have to prove they were untruths being written. AND with her status considered a "public figure" she would also have to prove malice.
Well we know she isn't going to prove that the statements aren't true!

IF THE RED DRESS DOESN'T FIT THEY CAN'T ACQUIT!!!

OH my!!!!!!!! I just spit my diet pepsi on my keyboard!!!!!!!!!! I am taking your last line and adding it to my siggy!!!!!!!!!!

[mrsmenopausal]

Originally Posted by kakay

Good morning to every one. I so do want my ducky tshirt, not too sure on the blue floral pants tho.altho they may look pretty good with my blue cast boot I am sporting these days. Wonder will we get any new excicitng stuff going on in here today. Yesterday was like my I know I am nutty, but its called SLEEP DEPRAVATION! Speaking of sleep I am going to try and get some now.

Happy Birthday!

[Doodle_in_MA]

Originally Posted by FaithM.

Hi guys. Sorry but I'm still about 15 pages behind so I'm not completely up to date...

I just finished watching Christin's video blog. It was extremely upsetting and yeah, I am in tears, crying for her. And for all of us. Even after all these pages I am upset to my stomach. I'm shaking and my heart's beating heavy and I question myself whether I want to even bring myself into this any further because I don't want to make it sound like I am making it all about me, because I'm not trying to do that. I do want to talk about it with you guys though because we all know what each other has been/is going through. Well ok, maybe only sometimes I want to talk about it. Sometimes I want to just sit back and continue watching this whole mess unfold, denying I got caught up in it too. But the truth is I suffer through every single day worrying about how I am going to right things in my mind and body! I just don't want to gain all of my weight back.

Kimkins, K/E, and all her "variations" of this diet screw up a person's mentality like nobody's business and right now my head is pretty messed up. I know there are some moves I've been needing to make on my part that I haven't done yet and that is my fault. It sounds wrong but I keep telling myself I have to worry about getting the rest of the weight off before anything else and that's all that matters. I just went through the last 2 days on a sugar/carb binge and this morning mapping out how I was going to get by on as little as I possibly can to try and make up for it. Then I watched Christin's video and now I don't know what the hell I'm going to do because it hit me so hard, the realities of it all. The destructive cycle just has to end. Not just with me but with everybody who has fallen into this crap trap. The more I read about it and the longer it goes on and the longer innocent people stay in the dark and the not so innocent people keep on supporting it...the more angry and pissed off I get! This is so freakin' NOT LEGAL!!

You can do it, Faith. Make the call, hon

[boogie]

Originally Posted by MyCannelloni

Christin's video has brought all of my Kimkins horror memories back up .

I was only on it for a few months, but I started it after I had reached goal (115). I wanted to lose a few more pounds. I ended up weighing in near the bottom of "normal weight" per the BMI chart, but my frame is between medium and large, so I think I was at the absolute bottom at 104 lbs.

I experienced the loss of ovulation, severe panic and anxiety attacks, rapid heartbeat and arrhythmia. I attributed this all to stress since my personal life was indeed very stressful.

But the worst part was the incredibly painful and scary chest pain. Gallbladder problems were ruled out. I began to have reflux 24/7. I was worried I had esophageal cancer. The mysterious pain was so unnerving that I had crying spells and couldnt enjoy being model-thin. Finally it became evident that I was having terrible esophageal spasms. I also ended up attributing this to stress, and some extended release anti-spasmodic medicine helped a great deal.

It wasn't until I found out about Heidi's lies that I questioned her program. In the course of one weekend reading the first Fascination thread, I realized that I was anorexic while doing Kimkins and had no idea.

And now I wonder if my body's freaking out due to stress was also linked with or was directly caused by my starvation menus. I never told my primary care doctor how few calories I was eating (at the low end of my BMI!). I didn't tell my GI doctor either. I'll never know if it was stress or an eating disorder that caused my health problems.

There's one thing I do know. I was starving and thought I was in safe territory because I believed I had excess body fat, and Kimmer had me convinced that eating little to nothing was dandy if there was excess body fat present. I am actually grateful to be several pounds above goal right now. I'm better off now than I was at 104...struggling to find suits for job interviews because the size 2 skirts slid off of my hips...

I suffered from anorexia as a teen/20 something while I was a professional dancer and suffer from all of the things you have/are experiencing. That is one major reason I am so passionate about bringing this woman down (that and she messed with my sis). SO glad you no longer follow this woe!!!

[teri f]

Originally Posted by GinaC

Blue floral pants and Ducky T-shirts for everyone!!!

INDEED!!

[freyamoon]

Ok, here is a screenshot from the second profile:

KIMKINS FORVEVER! Female 34 years old GILBERT, Arizona
I have the blowups saved as well.

If this is old news.,... sorry, but I have read all the threads and most of the sites and have never seen these before.

Oh wait! I am sooo confused now.. Are they supposed to be Kimmer? it is her Myspace. The pic descriptions are just as confusing as what it says on the profile. Speaking in the first, and then in the second.

"What if you could easily be thin and lose weight at super speed? Kimmer lost an amazing 198 lbs in just 1 year! How? By using my very simple Kimkins program. And she's maintained that loss for over 5 years!"

That profile's comments are also full of spam.

[mrsmenopausal]

Originally Posted by FaithM.

Hi guys. Sorry but I'm still about 15 pages behind so I'm not completely up to date...

I just finished watching Christin's video blog. It was extremely upsetting and yeah, I am in tears, crying for her. And for all of us. Even after all these pages I am upset to my stomach. I'm shaking and my heart's beating heavy and I question myself whether I want to even bring myself into this any further because I don't want to make it sound like I am making it all about me, because I'm not trying to do that. I do want to talk about it with you guys though because we all know what each other has been/is going through. Well ok, maybe only sometimes I want to talk about it. Sometimes I want to just sit back and continue watching this whole mess unfold, denying I got caught up in it too. But the truth is I suffer through every single day worrying about how I am going to right things in my mind and body! I just don't want to gain all of my weight back.

Kimkins, K/E, and all her "variations" of this diet screw up a person's mentality like nobody's business and right now my head is pretty messed up. I know there are some moves I've been needing to make on my part that I haven't done yet and that is my fault. It sounds wrong but I keep telling myself I have to worry about getting the rest of the weight off before anything else and that's all that matters. I just went through the last 2 days on a sugar/carb binge and this morning mapping out how I was going to get by on as little as I possibly can to try and make up for it. Then I watched Christin's video and now I don't know what the hell I'm going to do because it hit me so hard, the realities of it all. The destructive cycle just has to end. Not just with me but with everybody who has fallen into this crap trap. The more I read about it and the longer it goes on and the longer innocent people stay in the dark and the not so innocent people keep on supporting it...the more angry and pissed off I get! This is so freakin' NOT LEGAL!!

Hang in there. I wish I had some great words of wisdom for you. I acted out of pure fear, motivated to change my WOE because of my hair loss. I don't know how hard it would have been for me to change it had it not been happening. I do know that being on KK totally changed how I view calories, fat, carbs, and food in general (not in a good way) and whenever I eat anything my mind does this autopilot rundown of what it all contains. But, I just jumped into upping everything. I don't know if that's the way it should be done but that's what I did. I was scared (still am) about what else may be/has been caused by the way I ate. I can tell that I've been losing and gaining the same few pounds since until recently. I've lost 2 pounds and it's staying off. Please don't be afraid of feeding your body and getting the nutrition you need.

[boogie]

Originally Posted by losingjusme

well, BBB downgraded Kimkins again - to a D

"We have enough concerns about this company (for example, their offer, customer complaints, advertising, etc.) that we recommend caution in doing business with it."

Now THAT is HAWT!!!

[mrsmenopausal]

Originally Posted by freyamoon

Ok, here is a screenshot from the second profile:

KIMKINS FORVEVER! Female 34 years old GILBERT, Arizona
I have the blowups saved as well.

If this is old news.,... sorry, but I have read all the threads and most of the sites and have never seen these before.

Oh wait! I am sooo confused now.. Are they supposed to be Kimmer? it is her Myspace. The pic descriptions are just as confusing as what it says on the profile. Speaking in the first, and then in the second.

"What if you could easily be thin and lose weight at super speed? Kimmer lost an amazing 198 lbs in just 1 year! How? By using my very simple Kimkins program. And she's maintained that loss for over 5 years!"

That profile's comments are also full of spam.

I was just going to mention that!! Maybe the person copied the story from the site and forgot to change the my to her?

[teri f]

Originally Posted by FaithM.

Hi guys. Sorry but I'm still about 15 pages behind so I'm not completely up to date...

I just finished watching Christin's video blog. It was extremely upsetting and yeah, I am in tears, crying for her. And for all of us. Even after all these pages I am upset to my stomach. I'm shaking and my heart's beating heavy and I question myself whether I want to even bring myself into this any further because I don't want to make it sound like I am making it all about me, because I'm not trying to do that. I do want to talk about it with you guys though because we all know what each other has been/is going through. Well ok, maybe only sometimes I want to talk about it. Sometimes I want to just sit back and continue watching this whole mess unfold, denying I got caught up in it too. But the truth is I suffer through every single day worrying about how I am going to right things in my mind and body! I just don't want to gain all of my weight back.

Kimkins, K/E, and all her "variations" of this diet screw up a person's mentality like nobody's business and right now my head is pretty messed up. I know there are some moves I've been needing to make on my part that I haven't done yet and that is my fault. It sounds wrong but I keep telling myself I have to worry about getting the rest of the weight off before anything else and that's all that matters. I just went through the last 2 days on a sugar/carb binge and this morning mapping out how I was going to get by on as little as I possibly can to try and make up for it. Then I watched Christin's video and now I don't know what the hell I'm going to do because it hit me so hard, the realities of it all. The destructive cycle just has to end. Not just with me but with everybody who has fallen into this crap trap. The more I read about it and the longer it goes on and the longer innocent people stay in the dark and the not so innocent people keep on supporting it...the more angry and pissed off I get! This is so freakin' NOT LEGAL!!

LOSING WEIGHT ON THAT CRAZY DIET IS NOT WORTH RUINING YOUR HEALTH!! Hang with us. There are lots of low carb healthy ways to lose weight. We are here for you!

[freyamoon]

I don't remember seeing this anywhere yet either:

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On Myspace News for About.com:

Kimkins Diet Update
About six weeks ago I wrote a review of a potentially dangerous diet called Kimkins. Following that review I was invited on the Kimkins site, and had a correspondence with people in the company. Far from easing my mind, what I found frankly shocked me. I report on my findings, and also the recent scandal on the net regarding Kimkins and its founder. I believe that any of us can be vulnerable to miraculous promises. Arming ourselves with information is the best preventative.

* My Original Kimkins Diet Review

* Update on the Kimkins Diet (the new stuff)

Monday September 17, 2007

Edit: well, maybe i jumped the gun.. There is so much info my brain is overloaded. I think it is very old news in context.

[Carolina Rose]

freyamoon ~ That's not Kimmer, just someone who claims success with the "diet." I don't have a myspace page, but someone who does needs to set that woman straight! I don't necessarily doubt HER success, but she sure needs to take down the fraudulant stuff about Kimmer.

[Carolina Rose]

freyamoon ~ isn't that About.com stuff great? That's Laura. She posts as Tortoise over on the Active Low Carbers forums. I wish everyone searching online for Kimkins info could find Laura's About page first!

[boogie]

Originally Posted by mrsmenopausal

I was just going to mention that!! Maybe the person copied the story from the site and forgot to change the my to her?

I am thinking it is a typo, plus the before picture, I am 99.9999999% sure is at the Tucson Zoo (lived in Tucson for 8 years and know that very spot at the zoo - it is right next to the flamingos) and she does say she is from Gilbert which is about 1 1/2 hour away.

[MollyBrown]

Delany as SingingLass on Kimkins:




Delany as PsychicMagicSong on Kasamba:

and



Definitely Kimmer-kin!