Why the fascination with Kimmer? #7

[MissMerize]

Lurky Pants:

Kimmer Kimkins - EzineArticles.com Expert Author

there's a couple in there

[sissypoo]

Originally Posted by Fat_Mom_Walking

A funny thing happened on the way to Onederland . . .

(Que scary music and fog)
It was a bleak and dismal night. Fear hung in the air. Most of the natives were shut up in their homes, afraid to venture out into the open. Fiendish overlords (hideous, monstrous beasts with deceptively charming names . . . like “Tippy Toes” and “Singing Lass”) roamed the streets, eager to pounce on unsuspecting travelers and delete them with a single blow. I huddled in the darkness of my cave, shivering and alone. And then I heard it . . . one solitary voice calling out for truth, for justice, for answers. From my dark cave I saw her . . . a solitary figure, struggling against the raging storm. I ventured out ~ slowly, slowly. As I drew closer to her, I recognized her . . it was Wyatt’s Momma. Just then, the storm’s fury engulfed us. I reached out my hand, trying to grab onto her, but were were both tossed and battered by the destructive forces around us. And then I saw it out of the corner of my eye . . a looming, hulking, shadowy figure. Before I could raise my arm in protest ~ *poof* ~ Wyatt’s Momma was gone.

Battered, bruised, shivering and weak from malnutrition . . . I see him in the distance . . . a healer, a helper, a medicine man. I stumble, I crawl, I finally reach him and tug at the bottom of his surgical scrubs.

Reaching down in compassion ~ he hands me . . . Gatorade.

[MissMerize]

"gatorade", The new white meat....

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by juniper01

Had a nice chat with my nephews wife who is a trauma nurse. She has taken care of emergency admits of anorexia patients. Symptoms are strangely close to those of Kimkins survivors. She listed many complications of anorexic type eating. She did say that once the symptoms start setting in, death could be a possibility unless steps are taken to correct what is going on in the body.

heart palpations due to electrolyte imbalance
heart damage due to low potassium levels (can cause arrhythmia)
Excessive Ketone's in the blood damaging the kidneys and shutting them down


She said that heart attacks are common in this state......she was freaking me out with her information. Death can come quickly for someone that has messed with potassium levels and electrolyte balance. It is no wonder that so many felt so horrible after a couple of weeks of Kimkins.......

This is very true! I was hospitalized with food poisoning after having fever and diarrhea for two days. They scrambled after they got my potassium level. I was one point away from death.

Originally Posted by MissMerize

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Oh for God's sake!!! Nobody could make this stuff up!

Originally Posted by susique333

Not a quote, just thinking here!

"Dear Kimmer, Im nauseated all the time, Dr Mark told me to drink Gatoraid. I FEEL BETTER! But now my keto-stix say Im not in Ketosis anymore, did I do something wrong?"

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[McLurkypants]

Originally Posted by susique333

Bold is my emphasis Note: 800 calories OR below
Very low calorie diet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Very low calorie diet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

~snip~

That is one of the articles I'll cite from the Kimkins article. If you read it, notice the citations in the References section - to books & mainstream online pubs.

[regandy]

I have the WW magazine if anyone wants copies of the pages. PM me your email address and I'll send it as an attachment tomorrow.

[Fat_Mom_Walking]

It is hard to keep up.
My poor family is desperate for attention, but this thread is so addictive.

I just want to ask if Wyatt's Momma is out there somewhere . . . I am sure she was banned, and I am hoping she found her way into a safe harbor.

Also, I would love to get in touch with ex-Kimpatriots from Indy, but the contact info was in my pm mailbox at kimmervania, and I am banned ~ locked out ~ tossed to the curb ~ thrown aside like yesterday's garbage ~ abandoned ~ pushed aside ~ banished from the queendom.

[KajunDC]

Originally Posted by lisabinil

Posted by "Dr." Mark as a response to a fibromyalgia question

"Re:Fybromyalgia 2 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
Lady Shamrock is so right.


The key with fibromyalgia is to keep moving. Stretching and moving lymphatic fluid (drainage) throughout your body.

The other key is sleep. Do whatever you can to make your sleep as productive as possible.
Hints:
Regular sleep and wake times +/- 30 minutes
No Caffiene in the afternoon
Dark, Dark Room

With fibro your body essentially does not reach the fourth stage of sleep...the stage where most growth and repair goes on. If it does, it bumps out of it very quickly leaving you feeling like crap in the AM no matter how many hours you got.

Anything that moves _meta_bolic wastes and helps you recover quicker will improved symptoms. Sorry you have to work through the pain but that is the path to freedom from it.

Good luck and stay strong.

The others are right as well, weighing less will help your journey in the long run.


Dr. Mark"

I'm sorry but I've seen this other kind of speech in his other posts. Methinks Tippy should use a grammar checker as well as the spell checker when she posts.

So that is the key to Fibromyalgia, huh? Good thing I now know. To think of all the different facets I've had to employ with fibro sufferers to get them out of pain and all it takes is sleep and stretching.

Looks like they have yet another winner over there.

[MissMerize]

Kimmer struggled for years with morbid obesity before finally finding developing a weight loss program that worked for her. Four years ago she lost 200 pounds and she has been successfully maintaining at a petite 200 pounds since then. Now Kimmer devotes her time to helping other people lose weight at Kimkins.com. Kimkins.com is a thriving community with her effective weight loss plan, forums, one-on-one support, a chat and more.


Lurky, did you see my articles? Kimmer sucessfully maintains at a petit 200lbs!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[TeresaAnne]

I'm still here. Okay, new friends, this is not funny! :0 I do need help here. Baby steps and Preschool-Simple, I guess, and I won't be insulted in the least. Dear, dear, just hold my hand, and help me get this. Seriously, I have looked everywhere possible for the "smile" icon that you said and cannot find it at all, much less any paperclip icon or symbol.

I have the message box here showing (that I am typing in now) as another helpful suggestion that was offered, but there is nothing to be found about attachments at "the bottom of the box" whatsoever!. Since I am new today (and regarding details of a previous post, interestingly, at this moment my "last visit" does STILL show that same 6:31 a.m. viewing, despite that I was NOT even a member at that time, as I browsed in and signed up hours later, and have posted several times since then!)

I wonder if I don't have availability, or access, to post photos (can a senior member of the forum address this?) until after the initial 48 hours mentioned in my welcome e-mail.

Or another thought is that my server is limited? That I doubt, since spouse does a lot of high-tech business from here. Anybody still there, a kind and patient soul? I just hate to be any nuisance, so I don't mind a bit if you ignore this post. Just sincerely wanted to show these pix. Am I overlooking something?

[LosingToLive]

Originally Posted by cgkane

*stopping from my manic catch-up reading*
I told you guys not to post so much while I was gone!

*back to catch-up*

I tried telling them, but they wouldn't listen.

[katOD]

Originally Posted by TeresaAnne

I'm still here. Okay, new friends, this is not funny! :0 I do need help here. Baby steps and Preschool-Simple, I guess, and I won't be insulted in the least. Dear, dear, just hold my hand, and help me get this. Seriously, I have looked everywhere possible for the "smile" icon that you said and cannot find it at all, much less any paperclip icon or symbol.

Ok lets see if this helps

Step one click on the paperclip to the right of the smiley face as seen here

step 1.jpg

Then at the top of the window that pops up it says 'upload file from your computer' as seen below
step 2.jpg

upload the images you want to use in your post, then you go back to the paperclip and use the pulldown arrow next to it, and choose an image to insert, make sure your cursor is at the point in the post you want to insert the image you've uploaded

Make sense???

[MissMerize]

Ok, I hit post reply, in additional options click on manage attachments, Click on the browse option, locate the file location (desktop? Hard drive?) Click open (I got a mac), Click upload, and submit reply in the submit that's at THE BOTTOM of the additional options box

[amykf]

Originally Posted by Mercifully

Banned...hmmm... I DID ask her to remove my journal because "in light of the recent negative publicity I don't feel safe on your website"

Would that do it? ;P

Asking to have my journal removed got me banned as well. My reason said "member complaints"!

A bunch of people are reporting being banned today. They are on a roll. Many people have been asking about the post notifications they received this weekend in their inbox with the links to Lesya. That's gotten them banned.

[SMP]

Originally Posted by rhundt67

Wow, just catching up.

ACUPUNCTURE has saved my life and given me back much of what I've missed in the last year - energy, pain-free - everything and it is just disgusting what Kimkin (Heidi) is attempting now.

What? Needles through the monitor? In effect, the ONLY thing Dr. Mark can actually do is give a VERY general response to very specific questions on herbalism. He can't do acupuncture, hands on "diagnoses", massages or anything else he's trained for. IOW, all he can do is offer suggestions - and that can still get him in trouble!
OTOH, if Heidi is still pulling the strings, it won't take much detective work by the authorities to discover this. We'll simply keep track and sooner or later something worthwhile will surface.

[ixtapacheryl]

Originally Posted by Mercifully

What did I do??? Banned...TOS violation. She's somethin' else, I tell ya....

Don't feel bad I am a member of the "banned" club. It really feels good to be free of her and her scamming ways. You are right she's something else.

You will love everyone here and you will be successful on your weight loss journey!

[serenity_aus]

(I'm still on page 10 so forgive me).

I can't see how Dr Mark can be anyone other than an outsider. There is no way in heck that anyone who has an inkling of understanding of what kimkins (or any low carb diet for that matter) would EVER recommend sugar laden gatorade.

Very under researched person if you ask me. And that in itself should scare people off his advice even more.

[LosingToLive]

Originally Posted by KajunDC

So that is the key to Fibromyalgia, huh? Good thing I now know. To think of all the different facets I've had to employ with fibro sufferers to get them out of pain and all it takes is sleep and stretching.

Looks like they have yet another winner over there.

There you are.... please stick around !

[Sheridan]

Whew! As usual, I've been trying to catch up with what's going on here while trying to actually do some paying work.

Welcome to all the new folks!


Someone earlier on this thread made the remark that "The kimkins brand was trademarked." (I thought I had hit the multi-quote button, but it appears I didn't, dangit. But the remark was made earlier today on this thread.)

I did a quick search through the TESS system (Trademark Electronic Search System) and didn't find anything for Kimkins.

Trademarks

Official trade and service marks don't just happen overnight. A company has to go through a process, with the approval given by the trademark office after they do an extensive search and approval process. I didn't find any evidence she was approved, or that she had even tried to get approval. I will say I only had time for a quick search, though, so someone else might dig deeper and find something.

So, there's my measly contribution for today.

Originally Posted by Mayberryfan

This bears repeating for all the newbs joining (am I not one anymore?) Go to Reviews from Epinions and write a negative review of Woman's World Magazine for publishing a story about KK's but not a retraction.

I'm gonna dig out my copy of the June '07 issue and post a list here of advertisers. WW has been given adequate time to print a retraction, but won't. So, I say let's him 'em in the wallet where it hurts and inform their advertisers about all this.

I'm up for writing a few letters. Who's with me?

I'm game if you will publish a list of advertisers.

Originally Posted by AmyJuli

I wanna be a furu...

At least you're not FUBAR!

Originally Posted by M.Dove

Instead of "No faster diet. None!"

It's:

No common sense. None.

Quoted for TRUTH!

Originally Posted by tiggerr

Me thinks Heidi needs to get a bit more creative with her 'member' names.






David de Keyser

David De Keyser is a well know James Bond Villan.

Heh. Fits right in with my recent avi themes!

Originally Posted by BobbiOh

Unfortunately, I'm severly allergic to aspirin which means that I can't take that or Ibuprofen, so my first line of defense is Tylenol with strong coffee.

My Chiropractor (Not Dr. Mark) recommended MigraSpray which is herbal and gets taken every day, sprayed under the tongue. I like it because it's a preventative rather than just treating the symptoms. It's cut down the frequency and severity of my migraines. I rarely get one and when I do, it's been easily controlled by caffiene. Quite a change from getting admitted to the hospital because I'm in so much pain.

MigraSpray

I don't have them very often, but I did stumble across a homeopathic product from Hyland's, "Migraine Headache Relief" tabs that really work for me when I do have them.

Originally Posted by ixtapacheryl

They could have just called him Dr. Doctor We are tooooooo good at playing detectives.

"Doctor, Doctor, tell me the news
I've got a bad case of missing poo!"

(OK, so that wasn't my best work. I'm getting punchy.)

Originally Posted by McLurkypants

Hello! Well I had to WORK today, actually, so I've not spent any time on it at all, except to cut & paste & save the various versions of Kimkins that have been posted (THANKS to folks for doing that!).

The issue is going to be finding primary sources for references. They won't allow publication of "original research" and we have to have some citations to either newspapers or books. I imagine it's just a matter of time before this hits a newspaper somewhere. In the meantime, I will continue to shape it up & use the citations we do have.

Woman's World doesn't really impress them :-) But if anyone has the article scanned & could get to me (be sure page #'s are visible & cover showing date along with article), I can use that as one citation. A reference to People would help some, I think, so same with that if anyone has a copy they can scan & send me. The most credible references are to About.com and the KTLA coverage, and those will be included as well. Those alone satisfied several of the Wikipedia admins the first time around, and a couple of them have let me know they'll support the new shaped-up article when it's ready.

Does anybody know of any other print articles on Kimkins?

Any print journalists in the house??

Just wanted to voice my appreciation for your ambition in taking on this Wikipedia project! I know it's been a lot of work, and it had to be frustrating to see it all go "poof" and have to re-do it, but it's a very worthwhile project. I appreciate you!

[xf89]

Originally Posted by Mercifully

Banned...hmmm... I DID ask her to remove my journal because "in light of the recent negative publicity I don't feel safe on your website"

Would that do it? ;P

[serenity_aus]

MIGRAINE sufferers.

If you have constant and debilitating migraines google "Samantha Perkins"+Migraine.

She was on 60 minutes a while ago after having electrical stimulation therapy. She used to be hospitalised for her migraines they were so bad.

For anyone that cares, she is a plus size model here in Australia, and is more notable for having married one of our swimming superstars.

Sorry for threadjack but there were too many of you discussing it for me to identify and PM you all.

[SMP]

Originally Posted by flowerpower

Maybe Dr. Mark is the new Kimkins owner -

Believe me, THAT thought has crossed my mind as well. Man, we are SOOOOO suspicious these days. Thanks, Heidi, we needed a kick in the teeth to distrust everyone online !