Christin Speaks Out About Advice She Received From Kimmer

In an attempt to set the record straight, after this mornings accusation that members with health problems can only blame themself, Christin speaks out in her newest post on the matter of calories recommended by Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) when she was following the Kimkins diet. [We have edited out the screenshots from Christin's site]

Written by Christin:

It has recently been suggested that people such as myself abused the Kimkins plan by cutting our calories to unhealthy levels on our own in opposition of the true intent of the plan. I am sorry to say that this is not true.

Tippy said: “I think it was well said previously that Kimkins diet has been abused by some members at their own doings who now point the finger in blame towards us.” This statement is incorrect. This is the way we were instructed to follow the plan “correctly.”

It saddens and sickens me to admit this about myself, but I feel that I must share in order to bring to light proof of the eating disordered behavior that I not only engaged in, but was encouraged in.

February 14, 2007 – I wrote:

“TOPIC: Kimmer, Becky, anyone!! Check my Fitday please – I need help!!!!”

I have been pretty much stalled all month. I’m under a lot of stress here at home w/ my daycare, but I don’t know if that would contribute or not. I’ve been K/E pretty much for the most part w/ a few Kimkins days here and there. Is my body just confused by my mixing it up?? I try to drink 40-80oz of water a day on top of what is here and every now and then I do drink a diet soda, but I get the sodium free splenda sweetened ones. Please help!!!! I have got to get to goal!!!!

EDITED OUT FITDAY SCREENSHOT

Average Calories: 377 Fat: 11g Carbs: 8g Protein: 58g

By all indications medically and scientifically, I was in actuality, starving. I was showing very clear signs of grossly anorexic behavior. However, in my zeal to lose and blind faith in a program that I believed I was utilizing “perfectly” I failed to see the warning signs my own body was giving me.

Kimmer replied:

Your calories are low, protein good, but I have questions about whether quantities are accurate if you’re not using a food scale and some days are missing.

Be sure of measurements. How do you figure .1 cup of salsa? .1 cup of olives? .1 cup of shredded cheese?

Skip all sausage, even turkey, if you’re not losing
Skip bacon
Skip pork roast
Skip pastrami

What are you using to weigh protein like 2 oz, 3 oz? Use specific ounces, not “1 serving”

Measure coffee mug, very few are 8 oz, most are 12-16 oz

Keep veggie limits to 3 cups raw or 2 + .5 cup cooked. How did you measure .75 cup of cooked cabbage?

Egg beaters, 1 cup? That’s quite a bit. Better to have fewer eggs & an extra salad serving or lettuce roll-up.

I have to ask — what’s with all the egg whites? And what do you do with the yolks?

Christin:

Kimmer thank you so much for checking this out for me. In answer to your questions. As far as the .1 cup thing – I couldn’t find an option for a tsp measurement on those and I wanted to have it in there… so that’s my best guess for the amt.

I have a food scale that I use to measure ounces and that’s what I’ve used.

The 1 serving thing… those are individual servings _base_d on the packaging when they don’t give me the ounces. Do I need to measure them anyways? I’m just going by the serving size (ie 1 piece).

I had a feeling about the pork roast thing… my SIL wanted German for her bday and that was the ONLY thing I could find on their menu that was remotely close to plan – that’s where the cabbage was too… (sauerkraut, but fitday doesn’t have that, so I know the sodium was WAY up there that day) The serving they put on the plate was aprox 1 cup. I didn’t eat the whole thing, but I’m pretty sure I ate more that
1/2 cup so that’s why I did the .75. It was an estimate since we were out and I couldn’t measure exactly.

I’ve decided to cut coffee all together for a while to see if that helps pick it up… Pray for me, it’s going to be VERY difficult.

I was doing the EW challenge that’s what all the EW is for… higher protein less fat… forgive me but I throw the yolk out. I’m looking for boxed EW so that it will be a bit easier… But i’m out of pretty much everything so I’m having to make do with what I can till I get to the grocery store.

Thanks for your suggestions, anything else?

Kimmer:

Christin, you did really good at a German restaurant! My family is German and, yikes! Yeah, that meal will mess with your progress because restaurants do things to enhance their food — but it didn’t trigger a binge and you enjoyed family time!

No need to weigh prepackaged stuff, but is anything you could substitute the sausages with? Even diced chicken chunks? I still cook up 2 breasts (various spices), dice into “dice” size squares and keep them in a Gladware bowl in the fridge. I grab a couple whenever I want a quick snack.

If you’re a fish fan, there’s a whole ’sea’ world. Sea World, get it — I’m so funny (not!)

Christin, you’re doing good and you’ve lost soooo much! Keep it up, it will come. Maybe try limiting protein to 3 oz portions, you can always get more if you need/want it.

Or, my sister’s favorite “snack” during her weight loss. The romaine lettuce roll ups. Layout a big leaf, lay 1 slice of Oscar Meyer sliced sandwich ham, either a squirt of mustard or a drizzle of salsa, roll up & eat — 10 calories. (emphasis mine)

Not only were my low calories praised and encouraged, but I was encouraged to cut even more than what I already was consuming on a diet of primarily egg whites which had received full blessing as well. I did not “abuse” the plan.

True that no one forced me to eat this way, or told me that I must follow everything that Kimmer said. But, when you feel as though you’ve been handed the keys to true permanent weight loss, and you are so close to achieving that goal, it is difficult not to be blinded by your own aspirations, especially when receiving such encouragement. I was affirmed that I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing.

I used the plan. Plain and simple.

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October 2, 2007 at 7:25 pm

2big4mysize

wow dang Kimmershe was telling her to eat even less???

BTW a tsp is 1/3th of a tablespoon which is 1/16th of a cup so it would be 1/48th of a cup or .02083 even less then Christen posted she had eatten.

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October 2, 2007 at 8:09 pm

Kim

TT is pointing the finger about how not following the plan and related health problems are the persons fault…funny words coming from someone who promotes the diet, but yet admits openly she follows Atkins more than Kimkins.

October 2, 2007 at 11:17 pm

Concerned about kimkins

Well that’s further proof Tippy is a douce bag. This is a sad event. And I still believe SL is a big fat liar!

October 2, 2007 at 11:19 pm

Concerned about kimkins

awe man fix the spelling error I meant DOUCHE bag

October 3, 2007 at 1:09 am

Princess Dieter

Tippy is the DO AS I SAY not DO AS I DO promoter of Kimkins. She doesn’t do Kimkins. She tweaks Kimmer’s Grand Starving Scheme so otehrs don’t do Kimkins. But man, she wants the name and site intact so she can get those Kimkins CHECKS.

How much does a soul go for over at Kimkins dot come these days?

The Princess

October 3, 2007 at 3:29 am

ghoov

OMG, I don’t know how Cristin could have eaten so few calories and fat. I would have gone stark raving mad.

It’s amazing that Kimmer would suggest that she go lower than that…actually, it’s just sad and I really feel bad that Cristin is experiencing so may problems after following the Kimkins plan.

October 3, 2007 at 4:02 am

KN

Thanks Christin for that example of Kimmer exalting “Very Low Calories”. Also, I wanted to let people know that its worth clicking on the link to Christin’s blog to read Becky’s comments…..very powerful. Shame, shame on Heidi Diaz and Tippy!!!!

November 12, 2007 at 6:29 pm

Sara

If you want to loose weight then do it the real way! Go to a dietician, go to your doctor, why would you all be so stupid to even trust some stupid diet. Of course you are all the ones who have tried other fad diets. None of you should be able to blame anyone other than yourself. You are all uneducated idiot consumers. All diet fads are like this, learn to check your sources, and make an appointment with your doctor or a nutritionist. That is how you really loose weight. Go join a gym.

Jimmy Moore Follows Up on Christin’s Story

Please note, the following is a repost from Livin’ La Vida Low Carb. We have edited to remove graphics and embedded video.

Kimkins cover girl: “I was wrong…Kimkins is not the way to lose weight”

It takes a very special person to publicly admit when they were wrong about something even after multiple warnings and concerns shared by those around them. And yet that is exactly what has happened this week when Kimkins Woman’s World cover girl Christin delivered an impassioned video apology at her blog along with a detailed explanation of the health complications she and others have suffered since beginning the risky low-carb imposter diet scheme devised by a morbidly obese woman named Heidi Diaz.

I blogged about my concerns over the Kimkins fiasco that culminated earlier this week when this beautiful young woman had to be rushed to the emergency room because of some pain in her chest and heart complications. When you hear something like this happening that was brought on by such an extreme low-fat/low-calorie diet like Kimkins, it should make you angry. AND I AM ANGRY ABOUT IT!

To anyone who is still on the Kimkins diet, CHRISTIN has a message just for YOU (link to video)

Show your support for and encouragement to Christin by leaving a comment about this video at her “The Journey On” blog. What a brave woman she is and I am honored to know her as a friend. She has demonstrated nothing but grace, elegance, and dignity in the midst of what has become a complete and utter nightmare for so many of us in the low-carb community concerning this Kimkins debacle.

For the sake of those who cannot view the video, the following is a summary of the video, including direct quotes made by Christin regarding her experience following the Kimkins diet. Be prepared to be shocked and stunned as she shares quite openly about the negative impact this weight loss fraud has had and may continue to have on her health. Pray for her even now as she seeks to reverse the damage that has been done.

Christin said she did this video so that others would “know exactly where I stand on this.” She explained why most people choose to lose weight: to improve their health. Period! When you are 100+ pounds overweight, then you are not living healthy, she noted.

She chose the Kimkins program because she “wanted to lose weight quickly and I thought healthfully” because she “wanted more for my life.” She wanted to “be there” for her family in the years to come. I think all of us who have ever gone on a weight loss plan can relate to that.

When she first began, the program was working great for her because “I was following the program exactly as written. I thought I was doing perfectly.” But after losing 100 pounds in five months, Christin then conspicuously noticed there was not one single doctor who approved the Kimkins diet. That’s when she started looking into who Heidi Diaz, aka Kimmer, really was and what she claimed to be.

Diaz had alleged in the marketing of Kimkins that she lost 198 pounds in 11 months on this Kimkins diet and was promoting it that way to anyone who would listen with supposed pictures to prove it. But it was this recent series of articles that included recent photographs of Diaz along with several other sites that made Christin become concerned and realize that those claims by Diaz were simply “not true.”

“Heidi did not lose the weight, she did not follow this program that she claims is safe for anybody, even for diabetics,” Christin said.

Then Christin turned in her video to the “risks” of being on the Kimkins diet that she discovered first-hand while following the program. She said she has real “concerns for everyone else that has attempted this program or will attempt this program.”

That includes first and foremost hair loss. Christin admitted that her hair “started fall out in handfuls” and it “scared” her. She estimates she has lost as much as 60 percent of what used to be “thick, full hair” prior to her Kimkins experience.

“Now it’s very thin,” she exclaimed.

Another side effect was the loss of her menstrual cycle that she believes happened from “eating so few calories and my body was becoming malnourished.” She said the hair loss and lack of periods are both tell-tale signs of anorexia, an eating disorder where victims literally starve themselves to be thin.

“I believe now the Kimkins diet program promotes a form of anorexia that I don’t know if science has even attempted touch on this yet,” Christin stated. “300 calories a day is not safe weight loss.”

Any dietary change this drastic need to be closely monitored by a doctor just like those who undergo gastric bypass surgery do, she added.

When these symptoms began to show up, Christin went on the Kimkins forums to see if anyone else was losing their hair and female cycle like she was. “What’s going on?” she pleaded to anyone who would listen to her concerns. And Christin said she “saw it come up multiple times” regarding these symptoms she was having in other people, too.

The excuse provided in response to this happening was that it was “perfectly normal and you’re going through a shed. Your body is just losing estrogen.” It was just too coincidental that “almost every other person who kept their calories under 1000 calories, probably more under 700 calories, has lost hair.”

“I don’t want to scare you,” Christin said speaking directly to people who are still following Kimkins, “but I want to bring you into the reality that there is a better way to lose weight.”

Christin asks “are you really doing this?” and urges people to take their diet plan to their doctor for him to examine it. “Take him your Fitday, take him exactly what you are eating, let him see your calorie counts,” she said.

“I’m concerned about you,” Christin pleaded.

Christin says she is sorry for supporting the “dangerous” Kimkins diet

When the time came for Christin to step into the spotlight back in June when the Woman’s World magazine cover story opportunity came up, she said she was “put on a pedestal as the ‘cover girl.’ I was the model, I was the way to do it.” But now she realizes how she was used as a pawn and seeks the mercy of those who trusted and looked up to her.

“I need to ask your forgiveness,” she said. “I’m sorry. I was wrong. Kimkins is not the way to lose weight. Kimkins is dangerous…for your health, it’s dangerous for your psyche.”

But as much as Kimkins hurt Christin up until this point, none of it was as grave as what was happening to her without even realizing it. She had the symptoms of an eating disorder that she admits made her realize she “had a problem” when she was fearful of even consuming some salad out of fear that she’d stall in her weight loss.

“I did not get fat on salad and on healthy vegetables,” Christin explained. “I got fat on sugar and white carbs.”

Getting over the fear of eating was a very difficult mental test for Christin as she now obsessed over every little bite of food she was eating and how it would impact her on the scale. She revealed that she hasn’t met anyone who has been on the Kimkins program who wasn’t “literally scared” to add food back into their diet.

“What kind of a program is it that makes you scared? Weight loss is not about fear, weight loss is about excitement, it’s about joy, it’s about recapturing your life,” Christin shared with a glimmer in her eyes. “It should be a fun journey, not a fearful one.”

And yet fear was exactly what gripped Christin and it would not let go of her.

“If I wasn’t losing everyday, then I began wondering what was wrong with me,” Christin admitted. “Nothing was wrong with me. My body was screaming at me. It was putting the brakes on and telling me you’re going about this the wrong way.”

As a devout Christian, she knew that “God created us to eat healthy foods; vegetables and fruits, whole grains, and yes, even fat.” Christin reiterated that she believes there is “validity to low-carb programs” like Atkins, Protein Power, and the like when they are done the correct way and not the Kimkins way.

“You will provide your body with all of the nutrients that it needs” when you follow low-carb by the book, Christin shared. “God did not create you to starve yourself.”

Outlining the “many dangers within the Kimkins program,” she said that it goes much deeper than just an eating disorder. She said that “something is going on within my body” and that it has been manifested in the form of “flutters” in her heart for the past month.

“Twinges, cramps, aches, all within my chest cavity right around the area of my heart,” Christin expressed, sharing that it all came to a head on Monday when the “severe chest pains…stomach aches, and nausea” were so great she was admitted to the emergency room staying there until late at night.

The doctors examined her with many tests, including an EKG, blood work, chest x-rays, and they kept her at the hospital for several hours to monitor her condition. It’s still unknown what caused the tremendous pain to come on Christin like it did on Monday night, but she was prescribed pain medications and was referred to a cardiologist for an immediate follow-up visit.

That visit to the cardiologist took place on Wednesday who shared several concerns for Christin. With a “more and more serious” look on his face after hearing Christin’s story about her starvation-mode weight loss method compliments of the Kimkins diet, he told her flat out that “our bodies can suffer damage from eating that little.”

After conducting more tests on her, including an EKG, an ECG, blood work, and “lots of listening with the stethoscope,” the cardiologist said he was not concerned about what he called a “normal” low pulse rate of 45 (incidentally, mine is in the upper 40’s since I lost nearly 200 pounds and Christin has experienced a heart rate in the low-to-mid 40’s). Even still, she says she “might get a second opinion on” just to be sure about it.

But there were real concerns that the cardiologist had for Christin, including “possible damage to my heart nodes and valves from malnutrition.” Because of that, he wants to have a sonogram of Christin’s heart to confirm whether or not there is this damage since it was inconclusive from the initial examination. He’s also concerned about some “esophageal spasms” that happen whenever there is a “rapid change in your dietary program and you lose a lot of weight.”

“Things can change on your insides,” Christin quoted the cardiologist as saying, “that it takes it a while to catch up.”

She is now medication for this “distress” with the contractions surrounding her esophagus and trying to rest as her body goes through the healing process.

Speaking passionately and directly to those who still think the Kimkins diet is a safe and effective way to lose weight in a healthy manner, Christin had an extremely clear and articulate message for them.

“If I and my story can stop anyone else from having pain and having the fear that I did that I might have caused even further damage and by attempting to be for my family I hindered my longevity with them–I was scared to death. That ride to the hospital was one of the most fearful ones that I have ever had! My husband was scared at having to face the possibility of losing his wife and his helper and his love,” she recalled from her haunting experience earlier this week.

When they got to the hospital, Christin said she and her husband “prayed together” while holding hands hoping for the best in God’s hands. And that’s something she wants to help others avoid if they will simply listen to what she has to say.

“If I can save any of you from having to go through that, then it is worth it,” Christin concluded.

Speaking about her role as the Public Relations head of Kimkins last month and as the cover girl on the Woman’s World magazine in June, Christin said she did it because she “thought [she] was helping” others as is her heart’s desire.

“It has always been my desire to help people,” she said. “And especially those that I feel a connection with, those who have struggled to lose weight their entire lives, those who have issues with obesity–something that I know all too well.”

Christin said taking on those responsibilities felt like she was “doing my part to give hope, to give assurance, to sympathize and to empathize” with people who were facing the same struggles that she had trying to lose weight. She still has those feelings for people who want to beat their obesity which is why she is still blogging and participating in a low-carb forum again.

“My heart goes out to you because I know what it’s like,” Christin stated. “I know the euphoria of losing weight quickly, but I also know the risks and the dangers involved and I am begging with you now to please listen to your body like I’ve said so many times and do the right thing.”

She added: “There is a right way and a wrong way to lose weight. And I am now convinced that starving yourself and utilizing the Kimkins program in that manner is not the right way.”

Realizing there is still a need for a community for people who desire weight loss the healthy way, Christin said we should all “stand together and learn together” the “correct way to use a low-carb program to make each other healthy, to live a longer life for our loved ones and our families.”

Christin said she’ll be back to blogging again soon and appreciates the friendship and love that has been shown to her through this horrific experience.

“I love you and I’m here for you,” she concluded.

Visit Christin and learn more about her continuing low-carb weight loss journey at her “The Journey On” blog as well as the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Discussion” forum. And if you would like to contact Woman’s World magazine to let them know about your concerns regarding the Kimkins program, their direct e-mail address is DearWW@aol.com. Perhaps if enough of us let them know about Christin and others who have suffered serious health consequences from being on Kimkins, then they may print a retraction.

This Just In…

Christin has a message for SingingLass and TippyToes.

I have debated about publishing the following, but after reading conversations released today by The Truth In Hiding concerning bonuses, I am going to share publicly the incentives Kimmer offered me as Public Relations Director for Kimkins.

In my previous blog, Ethics vs Economics, I eluded to having to make a financial decision to walk away from Kimkins. Believe me; I struggled with what to do. I risked losing a lot.

The following conversation was in reference to obtaining new magazine articles and contacts:

Aug 20, 2007

Heidi: if you land us a magazine story (even if not the cover)
me:
Heidi: you’ll get a company car
me: wha?? LOL
9:59 PM Heidi:
me: you’re pulling my leg…
Heidi: not at all
me: great incentive!
10:00 PM Heidi: and a raise

I submitted my story and articles to multiple magazines; however, I had not received a contact back from any at that point.

This next conversation is in reference to contacts with the reporters who scout stories for Harpo Studios (Oprah Winfrey):

Aug 22, 2007

Heidi: i’m telling you now, that if you get “us” on oprah $100,000 to you. promise.
11:12 AM me: wow… that’s a very generous offer…. I’m working on it!!!

The next conversation concerned Heidi’s offer to me as PR director and head moderator. For reference, the “dead” comment refers to her being without access to the Kimkins forums for a time.

Aug 25, 2007:
Heidi: 1) since i’m “dead” could i ask you to ask the others about being admins?
me: sure

5:56 PM Heidi: what would you think of being head admin? new salary $1500/mo
me: oh wow…

There are more conversations, but my goal here is to reach the remaining admins.

Tippy and Singling Lass, you are being used.

In Her Own Words: Christin

Yesterday the the heavily marketed covergirl of Kimkins, Christin, who is no longer affiliated with the company, but nonetheless still used to promote the website, experienced a terrifying medical emergency with chest pains and severe stomach pains. Her husband rushed her to the ER where she was admitted, observed, tested and monitored for hours before release, with a referral to a cardiologist in hand.

This morning, she visited the cardiologist and contacted friends to communicate she was going to be okay and would make a statement on her blog later in the day.

Remember, we now know that Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) did not lose weight with the diet plan(s) she sells unsuspecting visitors to her website. All you need to do is look at the pictures to see this woman hasn’t dieted for years!

Christin however did follow the plan, as written, all the while believing she was doing exactly what Kimmer did to lose weight.

In fact, Christin may well be the first public face of someone who really did follow a Kimkins very low calorie diet plan, as written.

She is now experiencing the health effects of the malnutrition caused by the diet.

Unfortunately the reality is that she unwittingly was experimenting with twisted dieting ideas propogated by Heidi Diaz, and really just a virtual guinea pig in the virtual diet lab of Kimmer. Christin now has to face the potential consequences to her long-term health for dieting the way Kimmer advised online.

Christin has created a video blog about what has happened to her. Please go take a listen.

We here at Kimkins Exposed continue to keep Christin and her family in our thoughts and prayers.

More Threating Messages Come to Light

Over at theTRUTH, we find more abusive, threatening messages sent to Deni, Christin and theTRUTH too!

Read them here.

Update on Christin

This morning Christin had an appointment with a cardiologist. Becky just posted an update a Jimmy Moore’s forum that read,

WooHoo! Christin just called on her way home from the doctor, and she is doing well.
I was in tears at some of what she had to say.

She’ll have more to say and blog about, and I’ll leave that up to her.

But, it will have an impact on efforts to shut Kimkins down!

*****

Stay tuned, we’ll update when Christin posts about the cardiologist findings and if her recent health scare was related to the Kimkins diet.

Prayer Request

A somber reminder of why we continue to bring the truth to light about Kimkins.

Yesterday Christin was taken to the hospital for chest pains coupled with severe stomach pains. She underwent a battery of testing and was under observation until released in the early hours this moring with a referral to a cardiologist.

Prayers went out yesterday throughout the low carb community and continue today, asking she be kept safe throughout this medical emergency, which may in fact be an after effect of the Kimkins diet. Today she is home, resting and taking care of herself.

In Becky’s words, her prayer for Christin was simply,

Oh, dear merciful God in Heaven – have mercy!Show favor to your child Christin, and make her fully well and whole.

Give peace and faith to her, Brian, and all who love her.

We trust your love and power. Thank you for your great kindness.

We here at Kimkins Exposed ask you to keep Christin in your throughts and prayers.

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September 25, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Healthy LCer

Thanks so much, Ducky. I will definitely add our Christin to my prayer list.

September 25, 2007 at 3:59 pm

itscloudyinhere

Poor baby, she’s fought so hard to be healthy again and now this.
Hang in there Christin!

Thanks for bringing the prayer request to our attention!

September 25, 2007 at 4:00 pm

angie

Many Prayers go out to you Christin

September 25, 2007 at 4:00 pm

ban kimmer

God bless ya girl. For all that you do and all you have done! You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you also Ducky for being as tireless as you are at exposing that fraud.

September 25, 2007 at 4:03 pm

Janey

{{{{Christin}}}}}}}}}}}

September 25, 2007 at 4:42 pm

Kim

Thanks for letting us know Ducky. I will add Christin to the prayer tree at my church. I hope she’s okay, itscloudy is right…she fought so hard to be healthy again this just isn’t fair!

September 25, 2007 at 5:40 pm

ixtapacheryl

Christin: Please know that I will be adding you to my prayer list as well. It was good news to hear that the tests have shown nothing so far — let’s hope it was a “one time” incident.

Hugs —- Cheryl

September 25, 2007 at 6:17 pm

La Mesa

My heart and prayers go out to her and her family.

September 25, 2007 at 6:28 pm

SheIsSparkling

Poor Christin!!! I’ll keep her in my thoughts.

September 25, 2007 at 9:59 pm

Bystander

Poor Christin! How scary. I hope her docs check for gall stones. Sometimes a gallbladder attack has symptoms like a heart attack. Eating a very low fat KKs diet and then adding back in more fat might have caused gall stones to form since her body wasn’t used to processing the fat anymore. Poor girl!

September 26, 2007 at 6:49 am

The Princess Dieter

Wow, I was out all day and, tired, came home and crashed on the couch. Woke up to check in and saw this. How sad.

I add my AMEN of agreement to the intercessory prayer for CHristin. And may God heal the bodies of all the people who have been damaged by this dangerous diet.

{{{{{Christin}}}}}}

The Princess

Christin: Kimkins was “wrong way” to lose weight

In a no holds barred reversal of her previous interview at Weight Loss Tips, Christin has clearly articulated her misgivings about the Kimkins diet and warns others not to follow the very low calorie regiment if they value their long-term health.

“Weight loss is about health, not speed. If I had it to do over again, I know now that while quick weight loss is desirable and attractive, it is not necessarily the best for my body.”

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Kimmer Still Using Deni & Christin!

With the sudden yet vocal departure of both Christin and Deni yesterday, you’d think the Kimkins webmaster would be busy updating the site to reflect the changes. As of this writing, the site still maintains on the Meet Your Team page that Christin is Media & Public Relations Director.

The homepage continues to use Christin as a feature selling point for membership, boasting she lost weight and was on the cover of Woman’s World magazine. Christin pointedly remarked yesterday on her own blog that she experienced serious side effects from the dietary regimen.

Yet, even today after all that has happened, Kimmer keeps her own version of the story intact on her blog, bragging about the ‘clean bill of health’ Christin was said to have gotten after losing the weight.

On the homepage, Kimmer continues to spotlight Deni, who lost weight too, despite the fact that Deni is no longer associated with Kimkins or singing its praises anymore.

What part of Deni’s statement about Kimmer’s lack of intergrity did she not understand?

In case you haven’t figured it out yet.. I am leaving Kimkins. I am leaving because I have learned some things that make me doubt the integrity of the founder, and because I have been used for purposes that go against my personality, my moral, and my conscience.

What part of Christin’s complete scrubbing of her blog of all promotion linked to Kimkins did Kimmer miss? Kimmer arrogantly declared these women, and Becky, left because of pressure from blogs like this one. Yet if and when you read their own testimony as to their reasons for leaving, none of the blogs highlighting the issues of Kimkins diet are mentioned. No, not one word is explicit or implicit that we bloggers were the reason these women left. They didn’t leave because of external pressures by us bloggers. They left because they came to see Kimmer as she is!

The one thing clearly stated is the problem was and is Kimmer (Heidi Diaz)!

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September 4, 2007 at 5:51 pm

ooBoo

Kimmer really does think she’s above reproach. She’s in for a big surprise when it all falls down though.

September 4, 2007 at 5:52 pm

theTRUTH

I have received communications today from one of these three and one thing they would like to express is that they were not forced out due to pressure from these blogs or comments on LCF. They left (and were subsequently locked out from the site) due to the reasons they specifically state and/or will state (or not – up to them really), not the reasons stated by Kimmer and not due to any bloggers or other forum attacks or pressures. In fact, the outside pressures to leave made it harder to do so, to avoid the appearance of caving under the pressure. Kimmer was (is) the problem, and from reading their comments (aside from Christin’s two correctable issues), even the diet didn’t have anything to do with it.

September 4, 2007 at 6:38 pm

kkatastrophediet

“and were subsequently locked out from the site”

WHAT??????? And she continues to use their images? !!!!?????!!!!!! I really have no words….

September 4, 2007 at 6:40 pm

Braveheart

I’m not surprised. Kimmer is going to continue on with business as usual, even as everything falls apart over there. I just hope those within start to see the writing on the wall and get out NOW!

September 4, 2007 at 7:09 pm

Musictomyears

Christin, for weeks, tried to get answers to her satisfaction from Kimmer, to no avail. Finally Kimmer locked her out of the site and basically fired her, then begged her back, then locked her out again due to irreconcilable differences (like Becky).

Really makes you wonder, doesn’t it? How is it that two very prominent moderators and superstars within Kimkins are FIRED for asking questions and then Kimmer runs around the site acting like all is well and dandy.

All is NOT well and dandy. Kimmer is scared. She’s paranoid now. She’s got admins watching each other. She’s got members spying on other members. She has admins spying on members. She’s spying on members and it’s all crazy!

Becky, Deni and Christin questioned the great Oz and anyone else who does the same has the primer in front of them – you’ll be fired/banned/locked out. You cannot cross Kimmer and stay. Period.

September 4, 2007 at 7:44 pm

Mimi

Dear Ducky, someone says you are in reality Jimmy Moore. Oh Ducky, say it ain’t so!

——————-

It ain’t so!

September 4, 2007 at 8:07 pm

Christin Fired From Kimkins for Asking Questions About Kimmer? » Kimkins Controversy

[…] A comment on Kimkins Exposed: Christin, for weeks, tried to get answers to her satisfaction from Kimmer, to no avail. Finally Kimmer locked her out of the site and basically fired her, then begged her back, then locked her out again due to irreconcilable differences (like Becky). […]

September 4, 2007 at 11:07 pm

Sue

Kimmer, really is a piece of work – that woman has nerves of steel. Acutally she probably hasn’t got a conscience so doesn’t give a shit.
Becky, Deni and Christin I am glad you got out but you must make it perfectly clear why you left so new members don’t get sucked into Kimkins. The post questioning if Christin and Deni are gone too is now locked and will soon be deleted. Most of the members just all carry on as normal!

September 5, 2007 at 3:18 am

ban kimmer

Good then everyone will leave. I am also questioning the new admin on the site…that answer about the hair falling out sounded a little to much like kimmiepie for me to swallow. Again…when the posts are on the defensive and not at all helpful…you can bet it’s the guru.

Also…does anyone know if Cristin will speak to WW about a retraction? Or at least a warning?

September 5, 2007 at 2:59 pm

Kim

I would love to see Christin do a retraction…and I bet WW would be willing to consider it. WW seems to be a pretty solid magazine that doesn’t play too much into fad dieting or unhealthy WOE.

My log in is still working, but I’m sure when my complaint gets to Kimmer I’ll be locked out. I filed with the BBB so we’ll see what happens with that. I signed up with it was still $39.95 and the e-book was promised, so my complaint stated I never got everything I was promised. We all know that book is not even mentioned on the site anymore and will never be again. It’s not about the money as much as it is to get a message across to Kimmer that she won’t keep getting away with this.

Dominos Begin to Fall at Kimkins

The exodus from Kimkins begins…

It started with Becky. Now we must bid farewell to a bunch of folks today…

Goodbye Amy, your resignation from moderating took courage!

Goodbye Christin, walking away was the right thing to do!

Goodbye Deni, leaving was hard, but you’ll be rewarded!

Goodbye OSusana, your acceptance and quick resignation as an admin is admirable!

The dominos are falling at Kimkins. Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) has shown her true colors to those on the inside, and they’re fleeing.

Good luck to those who broke free!

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September 3, 2007 at 8:59 pm

Healthy LCer

Let’s hope all the Kimkinites follow their leaders who actually care about them and find another place to go to. Of course, they also need a healthier diet plan, too!!

September 3, 2007 at 9:05 pm

tiredofscams

Unfortunately, Osuzanna is still there–she’s just not an admin after all. Kimmer just alluded to that as Osuzanna stepping down because she fears being attacked by Anti-K bloggers…and of course, we’re supposed to believe that’s why Deni and Christin left too. They’re just afraid of you.

It couldn’t possibly be Kimmer’s fault in any way. *rolleyes*

That woman is some arrogant piece of work!

September 3, 2007 at 10:21 pm

Tam (Kimkins refugee)

Can you explain more about Amy’s departure? That is curlygirl, right? She was by far my favorite, favorite person there at KK. I love her site and continue to enjoy her recipes.

And what happened to the pretty young blonde Suzanna who used to be a mod? (not the same as OSusana, I don’t think). Seems like I haven’t seen her around lately either.

September 4, 2007 at 7:29 am

anonymous

it is still so disturbing to me that a man who is healthy enough to run races in Japan would be involved in creating a blog about a diet for fat people. There is more than meets the eye with many stories beyond kimkins

——————–

We’re stumped. Can you elaborate some please?

September 4, 2007 at 7:51 am

anonymous

better add a few real estate pages to your blogroll

September 4, 2007 at 1:14 pm

Tam (Kimkins refugee)

And there’s much more than meets the eye with the stories BEHIND Kimkins. What bloggers such as this have “exposed” are just the tip of the iceberg.

Do you have to be an unhealthy couch potato to create your own blog?

September 4, 2007 at 2:20 pm

Kimkins Dangers

What bothers me about Kimmer’s response to Deni, Becky and Christin leaving (aside from the blatant lie that Becky is not banned), is that Kimmer insinuates that the three ladies are not smart enough to think for themselves. They couldn’t POSSIBLY believe that Kimkins is unhealthy or dangerous. They couldn’t POSSIBLY know that Kimmer is a liar and a fraud. Oh no… they only caved into pressure from a handful of bloggers.

How insulting is that? Becky, Deni and Christin all wrote very long blog posts explaining the basic reasons why they left Kimkins, but Kimmer doesn’t believe them. She’s telling people on the KK site that they are just not tough enough to stand against the “anti-kimmer” people. (where have we heard THAT before?)

I think the KK members would appreciate a little more honesty from Kimmer and a little less spin!

September 4, 2007 at 2:44 pm

kkatastrophediet

new terms of service at KK since 7-30–KK members please read

http://kkatastrophediet.wordpress.com/

September 4, 2007 at 3:20 pm

graciej

Amy(curlygirl) still posts although much less often than before. Her blog still has kimkins links on it. So she has not completely cut her ties. She may be headed in that direction but it’s hard to say for sure.

Suzanna is still listed as an admin but has not posted since the 31st.

September 4, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Concerned about kimkins

“it is still so disturbing to me that a man who is healthy enough to run races in Japan would be involved in creating a blog about a diet for fat people. There is more than meets the eye with many stories beyond kimkins”

Hey Kimmer! ((((waves at kimmer who’s obviously the one who posted this)))) What’s next…a Fatkins comment, an attempt to call others out for being overweight when you yourself can’t come out of your house cuz you are “fluffy”? Hmmmmmmm.

September 4, 2007 at 4:22 pm

flowerpower

I’ve enjoyed catching up with this, again. It’s great that those that have jumped the sinking ship have expressed their reasoning, as Jimmy did a month ago.

Why in the world are there still pro-Kimmer people posting their opinions? My gosh, they sure need to give it up and realize they don’t need a fraud’s support. They can get plenty of support at LCF and other forums where people really do care about their desire to lose weight and stay healthy.

Will KimATC admit that she made the wrong choice when choosing Kimmer over LCF? I hope Kim jumps that sinking ship and realizes the money is not worth being associated with such a fraud.

Keep up the great work all you bloggers!

September 4, 2007 at 5:07 pm

Concerned about kimkins

I’m not really sure there still are supporters. Aside from a few nameless faces here and there on blogs, there seems to have been (as mentioned before) a jumping of ship. Her main supporters have bailed, now the random comments here and there in support all sound exactly like Kimmer herself. Just look at them. How many ex chunkies degrade and insult the size and eating habbits of current chunkes. No one…just Kimmiepie.

September 5, 2007 at 4:46 am

anonymous

If it were “TRUTH” that Christin and the others left for reasons only involving Kimmer, why have they not came here and posted so theirself?
Wouldn’t that be the obvious way to get across what they supposedly want us to know?

September 5, 2007 at 4:49 am

anonymous

The point about a healthy person that runs races was to question how they play a part in this story? At what time did they become involved with Kimmer or the diet? What made them strike up a harp against something they aren’t a part of?… or are they?? think about it

September 6, 2007 at 2:36 am

graciej

I’m not sure if you want to post this as a comment here but Tam asked about Suzanna the other day and I have an update. As of today, Suzanna is no longer an admin and it looks like her personal journal has been completely deleted.

September 10, 2007 at 6:40 am

rlh94

I am sorry but why are you all bashing kimkins…If you do not like this WOE just DON’T do it…grow up…this is not high school…why are you lurking on the site trying to find info…get a Life
Have you tried it? If not don’t bash it…
It works it is a God send for some of us…We all have brains and choose for ourselves to follow this WOE…no one forces anyone

Dominos Begin to Fall at Kimkins

The exodus from Kimkins begins…

It started with Becky. Now we must bid farewell to a bunch of folks today…

Goodbye Amy, your resignation from moderating took courage!

Goodbye Christin, walking away was the right thing to do!

Goodbye Deni, leaving was hard, but you’ll be rewarded!

Goodbye OSusana, your acceptance and quick resignation as an admin is admirable!

The dominos are falling at Kimkins. Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) has shown her true colors to those on the inside, and they’re fleeing.

Good luck to those who broke free!

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September 3, 2007 at 8:59 pm

Healthy LCer

Let’s hope all the Kimkinites follow their leaders who actually care about them and find another place to go to. Of course, they also need a healthier diet plan, too!!

September 3, 2007 at 9:05 pm

tiredofscams

Unfortunately, Osuzanna is still there–she’s just not an admin after all. Kimmer just alluded to that as Osuzanna stepping down because she fears being attacked by Anti-K bloggers…and of course, we’re supposed to believe that’s why Deni and Christin left too. They’re just afraid of you.

It couldn’t possibly be Kimmer’s fault in any way. *rolleyes*

That woman is some arrogant piece of work!

September 3, 2007 at 10:21 pm

Tam (Kimkins refugee)

Can you explain more about Amy’s departure? That is curlygirl, right? She was by far my favorite, favorite person there at KK. I love her site and continue to enjoy her recipes.

And what happened to the pretty young blonde Suzanna who used to be a mod? (not the same as OSusana, I don’t think). Seems like I haven’t seen her around lately either.

September 4, 2007 at 7:29 am

anonymous

it is still so disturbing to me that a man who is healthy enough to run races in Japan would be involved in creating a blog about a diet for fat people. There is more than meets the eye with many stories beyond kimkins

——————–

We’re stumped. Can you elaborate some please?

September 4, 2007 at 7:51 am

anonymous

better add a few real estate pages to your blogroll

September 4, 2007 at 1:14 pm

Tam (Kimkins refugee)

And there’s much more than meets the eye with the stories BEHIND Kimkins. What bloggers such as this have “exposed” are just the tip of the iceberg.

Do you have to be an unhealthy couch potato to create your own blog?

September 4, 2007 at 2:20 pm

Kimkins Dangers

What bothers me about Kimmer’s response to Deni, Becky and Christin leaving (aside from the blatant lie that Becky is not banned), is that Kimmer insinuates that the three ladies are not smart enough to think for themselves. They couldn’t POSSIBLY believe that Kimkins is unhealthy or dangerous. They couldn’t POSSIBLY know that Kimmer is a liar and a fraud. Oh no… they only caved into pressure from a handful of bloggers.

How insulting is that? Becky, Deni and Christin all wrote very long blog posts explaining the basic reasons why they left Kimkins, but Kimmer doesn’t believe them. She’s telling people on the KK site that they are just not tough enough to stand against the “anti-kimmer” people. (where have we heard THAT before?)

I think the KK members would appreciate a little more honesty from Kimmer and a little less spin!

September 4, 2007 at 2:44 pm

kkatastrophediet

new terms of service at KK since 7-30–KK members please read

http://kkatastrophediet.wordpress.com/

September 4, 2007 at 3:20 pm

graciej

Amy(curlygirl) still posts although much less often than before. Her blog still has kimkins links on it. So she has not completely cut her ties. She may be headed in that direction but it’s hard to say for sure.

Suzanna is still listed as an admin but has not posted since the 31st.

September 4, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Concerned about kimkins

“it is still so disturbing to me that a man who is healthy enough to run races in Japan would be involved in creating a blog about a diet for fat people. There is more than meets the eye with many stories beyond kimkins”

Hey Kimmer! ((((waves at kimmer who’s obviously the one who posted this)))) What’s next…a Fatkins comment, an attempt to call others out for being overweight when you yourself can’t come out of your house cuz you are “fluffy”? Hmmmmmmm.

September 4, 2007 at 4:22 pm

flowerpower

I’ve enjoyed catching up with this, again. It’s great that those that have jumped the sinking ship have expressed their reasoning, as Jimmy did a month ago.

Why in the world are there still pro-Kimmer people posting their opinions? My gosh, they sure need to give it up and realize they don’t need a fraud’s support. They can get plenty of support at LCF and other forums where people really do care about their desire to lose weight and stay healthy.

Will KimATC admit that she made the wrong choice when choosing Kimmer over LCF? I hope Kim jumps that sinking ship and realizes the money is not worth being associated with such a fraud.

Keep up the great work all you bloggers!

September 4, 2007 at 5:07 pm

Concerned about kimkins

I’m not really sure there still are supporters. Aside from a few nameless faces here and there on blogs, there seems to have been (as mentioned before) a jumping of ship. Her main supporters have bailed, now the random comments here and there in support all sound exactly like Kimmer herself. Just look at them. How many ex chunkies degrade and insult the size and eating habbits of current chunkes. No one…just Kimmiepie.

September 5, 2007 at 4:46 am

anonymous

If it were “TRUTH” that Christin and the others left for reasons only involving Kimmer, why have they not came here and posted so theirself?
Wouldn’t that be the obvious way to get across what they supposedly want us to know?

September 5, 2007 at 4:49 am

anonymous

The point about a healthy person that runs races was to question how they play a part in this story? At what time did they become involved with Kimmer or the diet? What made them strike up a harp against something they aren’t a part of?… or are they?? think about it

September 6, 2007 at 2:36 am

graciej

I’m not sure if you want to post this as a comment here but Tam asked about Suzanna the other day and I have an update. As of today, Suzanna is no longer an admin and it looks like her personal journal has been completely deleted.

September 10, 2007 at 6:40 am

rlh94

I am sorry but why are you all bashing kimkins…If you do not like this WOE just DON’T do it…grow up…this is not high school…why are you lurking on the site trying to find info…get a Life
Have you tried it? If not don’t bash it…
It works it is a God send for some of us…We all have brains and choose for ourselves to follow this WOE…no one forces anyone

To Deni

“It is a sad tendancy of modern men to either do the right thing in the wrong way or do the wrong thing in the right way. We either hold to truth obnoxiously or we hold to a lie graciously. We are either a rude angel or a polite devil. Often what poses as a cruel orthodoxy is defeated by what poses as a kind heresy” – George Grant & Mark Horne, from the book Unnatural Affections

With that in mind, we all must understand that cognitive dissonance is an innately human process that can muddle the ethical values of an individual without him or her even realizing that it is happening. The most basic of cognitive dissonance scenarios occur when a person whom an individual regards highly adopts a behavior that the same individual deplores.

The gulf between the individual’s admiration of the person (a positive attitude) and the individual’s objection to the behavior (a negative attitude) must be reconciled.

The individual can lower his or her estimation of the person, or develop a rationalization for the conflict (the person was acting uncharacteristically due to illness, stress, or confusion), or reduce the disapproval of the behavior.

This is why misbehavior by leaders and other admired role models is potentially very harmful on a large scale: by creating dissonance, it creates a downward drag on societal norms by validating unethical behavior. Tortured or inexplicable defenses of otherwise clearly wrong behavior in public dialogue are often the product of cognitive dissonance.

Remember, sin ripples; it affects the whole world.

Therefore, if a public person – by his or her pronouncements – trivializes an issue as important as health, we all must stand up and pay attention.

When someone lies to us or others, we must recognize it and accept our duty to not only abhor it, but if once a party to it, turn our backs and leave that person in their wickedness.

When someone says things which may bring harm to another, we must recognize it and accept our duty to not only abhor it, but no longer be party to such dangerous words.

As spiritual beings we’re called to account not only for what we have done, but what we failed to do.

Not only in how we see, but in how our Creator sees it.

2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.

1 Cor3:12-15 If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

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August 31, 2007 at 2:40 pm

Healthy LCer

I totally agree with this 100 percent. Christin is a strong Christian and therefore will be held accountable for anything harmful that she has advised people to do. If she did this unknowingly at first, that is totally different than
hearing people’s stories of illness and continuing to give unsafe advice.

Plus, advising children/diabetics is a WHOLE other category. And approving of what Kimmer is doing is just like SHE was doing it. Scripture tells us to FLEE
from evil. That’s what Christin needs to do…

August 31, 2007 at 3:02 pm

kkatastrophediet

Mark 9.43

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched

August 31, 2007 at 3:39 pm

ooBoo

Bravo!

Deni, please leave! You can do it! You’re strong and know what’s right and wrong and what Kimmer is doing is wrong, wrong, wrong!

August 31, 2007 at 4:29 pm

theTRUTH

Hardly a credible source for a quote: but I am reminded of the spooky words of bug-eyed Marshall Applewhite, of Heaven’s Gate cult fame…

This applies to all of the innocent Admins there:

“Your only chance to survive–leave with us.”

I am sure many of you are at least considering it. You don’t want to be in a position of association with Kimmer when the stuff hits the fan. So put on your new black and white Nikes, grab your purple handkerchiefs and hit the door before it is too late. There will be folks here and elsewhere to stand with you, to hear your stories, and help you find a new home in which you can lose weight.

At least Marshall went out with his people. Do you think Kimmer won’t have self preservation as her first priority when it all comes down. Don’t you think she will try to shift blame? That is, if her identity isn’t so well insulated that she can’t just disappear. Why else would she be so careful to lie about EVERY part of her life and has never let anyone see her?

August 31, 2007 at 7:45 pm

Laura

I really hope Deni reads this and takes it to heart. She is too sweet to have her name associated with Kimkins any more!

Deni, sweetie, please get out of there!

September 3, 2007 at 11:50 pm

theTRUTH

Deni didn’t need our convincing. I thought as much. WTG Deni and Christin!

How Ironic

When, not if, Christin leaves Kimkins, she’ll be a cake decorator!

Classy Confections

Open Letter to Kimkins Admins & Moderators

Dear Kimkins Admins and Moderators,

Step back for a moment and consider all that is now happening within Kimkins.  You’re being tracked, you’re being monitored and you’re likely being told that those you work with, your fellow moderators and admins, are talking about you behind your back.  This is Kimmer’s MO and is not a new tactic to manipulate your loyalty to try and maintain the status quo.

Step back from the diet, step back from the concept you’re loyal because you lost weight or are losing weight, and take a long hard look at all that is out there about Kimmer and the type of person she is.

Do you want to continue to associate with someone who has been shown to be a liar?

Do you want to continue to assoicate with someone who says she is a CASA when you know she’s not?

Do you want to continue to associate with someone who manipulates others with illusions of gradeur, claims of foster parenting, and taking money for ‘her kids’ when it’s very likely she no longer has foster children in her care?

Do you want to continue to associate with someone who advised a child, a young teenage girl, that she didn’t need to eat more calories if she still had body fat on her?

Do you want to continue to assoicate with someone who maintains recommendations that are contrary to the body of evidence in the scientific literature?

Do you want to continue to associate with someone who has raked in millions and is either expecting you to continue to volunteer your time or paying you a paltry salary for your time and effort?

Do you want to continue to associate with someone who has obviously used her own child to attempt to play the system and keep the fact she owns the company off the paper trail?

Do you want to associate with someone who encourages you to continue providing potentially health damaging advice to paying members?

Do you want to associate with someone who has promoted her diet with stock photo pictures and wrote success stories herself of fictional people?

Do you want to associate with someone who is known to spam the internet?

Do you want to associate with someone who has FTC violations blatantly on her website?

Do you want to associate with someone who may be defrauding social security?

Do you want to associate with someone who once proudly claimed she was judgement proof?

Do you want to associate with someone who found it funny the student loan company was frustrated because she wouldn’t pay them what she borrowed for her education?

The list goes on and on!

Many of you are contemplating your position now.

Ducky knows this.

It’s not a maybe, it’s a given considering all that is happening now.

While you can, walk away!

While you can, tell her you’re done!

While you can, take back control of your life and move on!

The diet that worked for you doesn’t matter.  In life we’re all tasked with one thing, do unto others as you’ll have done to you.  Kimmer is not the diet.  You know this.  Act on what your intuition and gut has been telling you for a long time now.

Step away.

Leave.

You will be okay without Kimmer.

No amount of money is worth what she is doing to you or others.

You know that!

Christin’s Defiance!

The comments section of Becky’s recent post, Interesting Times, is quite revealing as to the disagreement with Kimmer (Heidi Diaz). Of note, Becky said in her comments,

As has been said elsewhere, I did not see eye-to-eye on everything. I have been told I have an incompatible view of Kimkins than just does not mesh. So be it.

From all of Kimmer’s posts, it is generally understood that her perspective about how to lose weight is fixed in stone and no deviation is allowed, otherwise you might as well do Atkins.This morning we’ve received a number of comments not to post, but to provide information that lead us to believe that Kimkins is crumbling from within. If anyone doubts this, they only need to look at how Christin is openly defying Kimmer in her replies today to members asking for help.

On the Ask Kimmer thread, Christin today wrote:

Everyone has to find their own balance. I understand the rush for whatever gets the weight off fastest. But, you also have to make sure that you’re taking care of your body as well. Kimmer’s fat might be higher than yours or lower than the next person because each person is different. You need to make sure that you are encorporating a healthy balance of good fats / lean proteins and enough veggies to give you some good nutrients and taking your vitamins every day. Really listen to your body and if you need to up your fat and calories a little it’s ok. But only eat when you are truly hungry and only till satisfcation. Don’t force yourself to the low cals. This will only get you discouraged and frustrated w/ your plan.

I did use K/E but I also encorporated a mix of Kimkins as well so I didn’t totally shun the vegetables. Veggies are good for you! Let’s face it, we didn’t get heavy by eating salad and broccoli, asparagus and tomatoes… it was the white carbs that did it to us! So don’t be afraid of the veggies…. KE is good for getting into Ketosis fast and getting that initial loss going… But get some veggies too!

This is so outside of Kimmer’s repeated reduce this, eliminate that, stop eating this, don’t eat that scolding that it’s remarkable to see. It seems Christin is indeed coming to her senses and it won’t be long until she herself departs or Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) locks her out like Becky!

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August 30, 2007 at 6:33 pm

Healthy LCer

Let’s hope Christin wakes up and hits the road. Hopefully Becky will share with her her feelings about this. Christin is continuing to give out information that is based on her ideas. She really needs to know the science behind
lowcarbing and quote Dr. Atkins or Dr. Groves. It’s like giving out a prescription without any background. Food is medicine. This is true, especially if you are diabetic.

August 30, 2007 at 7:28 pm

ooBoo

Wow!

It really may be the start of a mutiny!

How cool is that?

August 30, 2007 at 7:30 pm

LCer

Seems like Christin is getting a conscience?

August 30, 2007 at 7:50 pm

Josh

She’s smartening up. Bad advice can be deadly and I’m sure Christin doesn’t want to hurt anyone parroting Kimmer’s advice, so she’s going to say what is a better option and healthier. It won’t be long until Kimmer locks her out. Guaranteed. No one gets away with crossing that woman.

August 30, 2007 at 8:50 pm

Kan

Christin is giving advice that directly contradicts everything that Kimmer says!! So it seems she might actually be “getting” the dangers involved? But if that’s the case…why is she continuing to work for this woman???

August 31, 2007 at 3:36 am

kkatastrophediet

Christin has always had a conscience! What kind of PR/business move would it be to ban your cover girl and PR person? Christin will leave of her own accord; I have faith!