Why the fascination with Kimmer? #13

[mrsmenopausal]

Originally Posted by WildAngel6

Sadly, it's been reported that she also encourages this type of behavior in teens, and also solicits for members on MySpace and Yahoo! Answers and gaming and music arenas, as well as other areas that teens congregate online. Young teens, who really don't know any better, are such easy targets for things like this.

All the more reason to spread the word.

Say “NO” to Kimkins

She also used freecycle. I found a few references from freecycle people when I searched for results through google for craigslist kimkins.

[v0xhumana]

From the ABC News story comments:

There does seem to be much more to this issue. It appears as if 100% of the anti-kimkins blogs as well as most comments made regarding Kimmer can be traced directly to the LCF site, a forum which was "home" to Kimmer for many years. In fact, there is still a whole Kimmer Threads section under Other Plans which has brought in over 2 million hits for the LCF forum in recent months. If you think "click per view" or some similiar plan, that is a very powerful reason to keep this controversy boiling, using a "militant, jealous petty little group with an agenda"(in the words of another poster), many who have never even belonged to the Kimkins site. (Check out the contests they are running within the LCF-FWK thread with prizes for whoever fills in the most complaints etc regarding Kimkins.) This is without even considering orders for low carb products placed with the online store from the same site. Potentially big, big bucks! More to this issue indeed.

Apparently, we must be getting some kinda CUT from LCF?

Talk about grasping at straws!

[Locarb4me]

Originally Posted by anipomoni

This is me....hypothyroid and insulin resistant. I am on medication for both. Losing weight is almost impossible for me.
I need to cut out carbs to lose weight. But, b/c of the medication, it can make me really really sick. Today I almost went to the hospital. I felt so horrible I was desperate and had to eat some candy. So much for the scale tomorrow.

In the same boat here

Sometimes I just want to give up but then I remember how horrible eating carbs makes me feel. So even though I can't lose any more weight I know it's making me feel 100% better and I know my health is much better too.

[Locarb4me]

Originally Posted by ixtapacheryl

Great show ..... I loved the fact they showed Heidi during her deposition.

Isn't it amazing that Heidi never agrees to be interviewed by these news people. If she so strongly agrees with her WOE - why send out her spokespeople.....?
I agree - Christin looked fantastic....... WTG my friend. Pretty soon Hollywood will be ringing your doorbell....

Amazing isn't it, Cheryl?
The one who stands to gain the most by her diet succeeding won't even appear on national TV to defend it.

[Locarb4me]

Originally Posted by CarolynF

The one-time fee for anything is alot more appealling than pay by the month..People would
drop out if they paid by the month.

You can offer a one-time fee that is more money than a pay by the month plan..and that
is her "hook"..It's up to $80.00 now.or something like that. Of course, if they ban you, you might not get it back..(like Miss Jeanessa).

Any reactions at the Kimpire???

Reactions I saw this evening were pretty much "They lied. They are biased. They didn't tell the whole story. Can you say setup?!"

[MJR]

Woo hooo Honeybee!!!

I was wondering when you'd address the imposter using the name "honnybe2" on the GMA board.

WTG!! your response was perfect. Looked like a Kimmer sock puppet to me too.

For those that haven't seen it yet...

"There does seem to be much more to this issue. It appears as if 100% of the anti-kimkins blogs as well as most comments made regarding Kimmer can be traced directly to the LCF site, a forum which was "home" to Kimmer for many years."Honeybee2- Nice name! In fact speaking of LCF, why not use your screen name from there instead of mine? I mean if you believe in what you are saying Or should I call you "the Kimmer"? I believe that LCF thought kimmer was the real deal too when she first was there. The threads do still remain but mainly to show what kimmer told members. I bet Kimmer wished it was gone because it helped track down a lot of her lies. I feel that once the federal agencies have their go at Kimmer and Kimkins.com that LCF will remove the threads. But we must learn from history and I think providing a warning and even a link to Heidi's deposition should be enough to warn most away. I mean she doesn't read like she knows a lot about dieting when you see her at 300plus pounds being smug at her depo. But since you brought up LCF I also want to add, that them allowing for the "fascination with Kimmer" thread is the reason that Kimmer's lies have been brought out too. I myself was not a member of LCF until the day I was banned from Kimkins. I went there because I wanted to know the truth and to help dig for answers. So if you want to make this about LCF instead of about Kimmer, which is the focus of this show. Then how about you also bring up the fact that it was at LCF that most of the "fake kimkins success stories" were found. I think all but one were found while members combed the Russian bride sites looking for the pics that kimmer/Heidi Diaz had lifted from other sites, including her own promotional pic- "the Red Dress Kimmer".BTW- I also now have an anti-kimkins blog and participate in the ring of blogs that you are describing, the ones doing the contest, but that has nothing to do with LCF.

[Sweeteater]

Originally Posted by O2BME

First post from long long time Atkins Low Carb Lurker. I would have thought there would have been more about paying to join the Kimkins Diet and then being banned for having questions or concerns. To me that is Fraud and a form of Theft. I have lurked on this forum for years. I remember Hideous from early on and always questioned her photos and story, but thought from all the post it was just me. I read the WW article and the pictures and thought wow. I felt like a failure as I could not do the diet plan, I tried, but got sick, too. My own insecurites, feeling like a failure,and just being sick, I quit the diet plan and did my own thing. I gained, I dropped, I gained, the only diet that works for me is true Atkins, but now with a messed up metabolism, finding it is harder, not harder, but slower to lose the weight I have gained. Which is why then I pop back in here to research a receipe and WOW, the Fascination thread caught my eye. I have read every post, I joined to be able to follow the story. I silently cheered as THE DUCKS uncovered everything from Russian Brides to the GMA. As I stated my first post to this forum, but truely wanted to say GOOD JOB, LADIES! DON'T STOP NOW.

to the world of posting. Glad you delurked.

[Locarb4me]

Originally Posted by Bunnymuffin

I have only one real bone to pick with GMA, why are these news agencies still calling her "THE Kimmer"? I've never heard of THE Kimmer before Chip Yost, now she's so important that she gets a THE? blegh.

Back when I was researching Kimkins on the net, and before KTLA started calling her that, I ran across many references on the net to a radio personality who was leaving the air. His name is Kim Peterson and was called The Kimmer

I imagine the media were aware of Kim Peterson and that's how "The" got added to our "Kimmer".

[WildAngel6]

Jimmy Moore's Livin' La Vida Low-Carb? Blog: Kimkins Diet Scandal Exposed On ABC-TV's 'Good Morning America'

[HoneyBee2]

Originally Posted by Bunnymuffin

I have only one real bone to pick with GMA, why are these news agencies still calling her "THE Kimmer"? I've never heard of THE Kimmer before Chip Yost, now she's so important that she gets a THE? blegh.

I like "the kimmer" because it is like some make believe entity....like "the Easter Bunny", "the Tooth Fairy", "the headless horseman",...."the Kimmer" is An Urban Lie legend. We can tell our child or grandchildren about "the kimmer". What levels a person will go to harm and scam their fellow man. We can warn our children that "the Kimmer" is the opposite of what we strive for as other human beings.
I don't read it like "the" makes her special just another make believer person. I mean "the Kimmer" never really existed, at least not in the sense of a slim, beautiful dieter that had maintained her weight with no health side-effects for over 5 years.
I mean we even say "the devil"

Originally Posted by Heather150

If Kimkins is so successful and works...how come Singinglass doesn't look one ounce smaller than when she appeared on the Mike and Julie show? If the diet works, how can the 'spokeswoman' not look like it works?

Notice how they really didn't show Heidi's full picture on the homepage?

I wasn't too impressed with it, after seeing the other indept shows. Christin looks great-post accident. Of course the cult members says she is doing a Kimkin maintenance, regardless of the fact they STATED she is following a plan her DOCTOR put her on.
When did anyone from Kimkins say they ate an apple or tangerine?

Just my observations!

Ummm.......when did Kimkins get an official maintenance? I need to go look at that because I thought maintenance was just adding in carbs here and there, according to Kimmer. So that would mean if you eat carbs above what you were doing on kimkins then you are on maintenance. I must be on maintenance too. lol
Oh, and you are right about the fruit. I think it took about 1 or 2 months after I stopped Kimkins before I ate fruit. It had become a forbidden thing in my mind, because of her plan.

Originally Posted by v0xhumana

If she were smart, I would think she'd be buying a one-way ticket to Aruba.

You have to factor in the "cocky" part with the smart. I still think she has gonads under that red dress the size of the average basket ball.

Originally Posted by O2BME

First post from long long time Atkins Low Carb Lurker. I would have thought there would have been more about paying to join the Kimkins Diet and then being banned for having questions or concerns. To me that is Fraud and a form of Theft. I have lurked on this forum for years. I remember Hideous from early on and always questioned her photos and story, but thought from all the post it was just me. I read the WW article and the pictures and thought wow. I felt like a failure as I could not do the diet plan, I tried, but got sick, too. My own insecurites, feeling like a failure,and just being sick, I quit the diet plan and did my own thing. I gained, I dropped, I gained, the only diet that works for me is true Atkins, but now with a messed up metabolism, finding it is harder, not harder, but slower to lose the weight I have gained. Which is why then I pop back in here to research a receipe and WOW, the Fascination thread caught my eye. I have read every post, I joined to be able to follow the story. I silently cheered as THE DUCKS uncovered everything from Russian Brides to the GMA. As I stated my first post to this forum, but truely wanted to say GOOD JOB, LADIES! DON'T STOP NOW.

And don't feel like you failed at anything. Look at it as a good time to have not succeeded, because truly not doing her diet is a great achievement for your health.

Originally Posted by v0xhumana

Well, I FINALLY figured out how to post to that story! Sheesh! I had to download Seamonkeys to get it to work right!

Seamonkeys? Like the kind in the back of comic books? I ordered some of those when I was a kid.

[beachfires]

Seamonkeys? Like the kind in the back of comic books? I ordered some of those when I was a kid.

I always wanted to order some of those....

[HoneyBee2]

Originally Posted by MJR

Woo hooo Honeybee!!!

I was wondering when you'd address the imposter using the name "honnybe2" on the GMA board.

WTG!! your response was perfect. Looked like a Kimmer sock puppet to me too.

For those that haven't seen it yet...

Thanks MJR!
I have not opened my laptop since Friday and was just reading emails tonight and got a message. I thought it was supposed to be me on someone's blog and then they told me no it was on GMA's message board. LoL...I need to still view the GMA show because I had tivo set for Saturday Morning! I got the link I just now need to take the time.
It seems that Kimmer wishes LCF and the antikimkins blogs would go away. I bet if she knew about everything else going on she would really take to drinking. I sort of miss wonderwoman. I haven't been on the board as much because of other things going on, but I try to check in and what fun the wonderwoman, the seen night and others were, that is for sure.
Everybody keep on commenting on blogs, posting on blogs and filing forms.

[Nady]

Good Morning America Kimkins Internet Diet Scam discussion board~
~~~N

[HoneyBee2]

Originally Posted by beachfires

I always wanted to order some of those....

You know my mom would never let me order them. Well, my brother and I saved our money and made an order out for sea monkeys, some of those x-ray glasses....I think they were called. You are supposed to be able to see the bones in your hands..my brother thought you would be able to see through people's clothes. LOL

Well, we ordered the sea monkeys, the x-ray glasses, a switchblade comb (it looked like a switchblade knife but opened to a comb- The Fonz was real big then and so we wanted one of those combs), whoopi cushion and some other things....I think we had our Daddy get a money order, we told him it was for something. I can't remember what. We sort of bypassed mom and ordered it all. I remember we were so excited for it to come and we had to try to check the mail before our parents.

Well I thought my seamonkeys were going to look like they did in the comic book. I had a goldfish bowl, cleaned it good and added the "seamonkey powder" it said in a few days I would have these sea monkeys. I remember looking at the package thinking how cute they were. They were like little families of seamonkeys. There were little ones, like babies and then big ones like the parents....on the package. They also had features. You remember, the little eyes, nose and mouths?

A few days passed and my seamonkeys started to appear....white little nondescript, stinky, things. They looked nothing like the image on the package! And my mother had a fit over the smell. The seamonkeys became my first dealings with the package not matching the contents as a consumer. Come to think of it.............
Kimmer and Kimkins is nothing more than seamonkeys without the water!Hey I think I just got the idea for my blog. lol

BTW- The glasses were cool but of course you couldn't see your bones but they did give an eerie glow to your hand. My brother was really bummed. The comb was cool too. The whoopie cushion got thrown out with the seamonkeys.

[MorganMacLeoid]

Originally Posted by HoneyBee2

You know my mom would never let me order them. Well, my brother and I saved our money and made an order out for sea monkeys, some of those x-ray glasses....I think they were called. You are supposed to be able to see the bones in your hands..my brother thought you would be able to see through people's clothes. LOL

Well, we ordered the sea monkeys, the x-ray glasses, a switchblade comb (it looked like a switchblade knife but opened to a comb- The Fonz was real big then and so we wanted one of those combs), whoopi cushion and some other things....I think we had our Daddy get a money order, we told him it was for something. I can't remember what. We sort of bypassed mom and ordered it all. I remember we were so excited for it to come and we had to try to check the mail before our parents.

Well I thought my seamonkeys were going to look like they did in the comic book. I had a goldfish bowl, cleaned it good and added the "seamonkey powder" it said in a few days I would have these sea monkeys. I remember looking at the package thinking how cute they were. They were like little families of seamonkeys. There were little ones, like babies and then big ones like the parents....on the package. They also had features. You remember, the little eyes, nose and mouths?

A few days passed and my seamonkeys started to appear....white little nondescript, stinky, things. They looked nothing like the image on the package! And my mother had a fit over the smell. The seamonkeys became my first dealings with the package not matching the contents as a consumer. Come to think of it.............
Kimmer and Kimkins is nothing more than seamonkeys without the water!Hey I think I just got the idea for my blog. lol

BTW- The glasses were cool but of course you couldn't see your bones but they did give an eerie glow to your hand. My brother was really bummed. The comb was cool too. The whoopie cushion got thrown out with the seamonkeys.

Yep. I too suffered the seamonkey sorrow at an early age. Alas. That would make a great blog post, lol.

But, those magic rocks are way cool.

[MissMerize]

Happy MLK EVERYONE! Who is honnybe2? Kimkins And Other Affiliate Marketing Nightmares

You mess with honeybee, you mess with me!

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by Nady

Good Morning America Kimkins Internet Diet Scam discussion board~
~~~N

There's that one and another one on the same subject: ABC News: Online Diet Comes Under Scrutiny

[HoneyBee2]

Originally Posted by MorganMacLeoid

Yep. I too suffered the seamonkey sorrow at an early age. Alas. That would make a great blog post, lol.

But, those magic rocks are way cool.

OMG, Morgan we must have shared part of a childhood! I got those rocks. I couldn't remember the name, but they did work. Too bad the white maggot things swimming in there with them didn't work out!
The rock colors were great too!

You know I think even though the seamonkeys didn't work out, think of what I would have missed if I gave up on ordering junk out of comic books...The magic rocks, the switchblade comb and the x-ray glasses. I think I even got like a secret compartment book from there too. You could hide things in it and put it on your bookshelf like a normal book.
So some good still can come out of believing in things. Just not "the Kimmer"

[Sheridan]

Originally Posted by daisyrat

I dvr'd it, and checked it again -- the montage is there.

Yeah, it wasn't especially hard-hitting in the sense that so much was left out but there's only so much you can do with a five minute segment. The important thing is this got NATIONAL coverage and they covered the most critical parts of the story. That would be that 1.) Kimkins was founded by a huge liar and nearly everything about it is a fraud 2.) The real caloric limits 3.) The fact that you can get very sick from this and 4.) There's a lawsuit.

This is a great Sunday morning

Sure was and thank you so much for the transcript!

Originally Posted by O2BME

First post from long long time Atkins Low Carb Lurker. I would have thought there would have been more about paying to join the Kimkins Diet and then being banned for having questions or concerns. To me that is Fraud and a form of Theft. I have lurked on this forum for years. I remember Hideous from early on and always questioned her photos and story, but thought from all the post it was just me. I read the WW article and the pictures and thought wow. I felt like a failure as I could not do the diet plan, I tried, but got sick, too. My own insecurites, feeling like a failure,and just being sick, I quit the diet plan and did my own thing. I gained, I dropped, I gained, the only diet that works for me is true Atkins, but now with a messed up metabolism, finding it is harder, not harder, but slower to lose the weight I have gained. Which is why then I pop back in here to research a receipe and WOW, the Fascination thread caught my eye. I have read every post, I joined to be able to follow the story. I silently cheered as THE DUCKS uncovered everything from Russian Brides to the GMA. As I stated my first post to this forum, but truely wanted to say GOOD JOB, LADIES! DON'T STOP NOW.

Glad you de-lurked!

"Hideous", what a descriptive name!

Originally Posted by Cutie

that's actually a good thing...the more "controversial debate" abc sees, the more likely a primetime show will become interested in covering it.

Yup!

Originally Posted by v0xhumana

Well, I FINALLY figured out how to post to that story! Sheesh! I had to download Seamonkeys to get it to work right!

I love Seamonkey.

Originally Posted by beachfires

synthetic hair burns FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by MorganMacLeoid

Yep. I too suffered the seamonkey sorrow at an early age. Alas. That would make a great blog post, lol.

But, those magic rocks are way cool.

sniff. I never got to get the magic rocks.
/whine

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by Sheridan

sniff. I never got to get the magic rocks.
/whine

It's never too late!