Low calories + starvation = Kimkins

Heidi Diaz of Kimkins infamy just never, ever changes her tune. Here she is as a 300+lbs. woman, still dispensing dangerous diet advice to someone who has placed their hopes of losing weight in Kimmer. It's sad. This Kimkins member is trying to do what's known as the "Kimmer Experiment" or K/E version of the diet, which is virtually no carbs and no fiber. What Heidi aka Kimmer doesn't bother to mention is that the potty problems this dieter complains of is more likely due to a lack of fat in her diet instead of fiber.

fiber on k/e 1 Week, 3 Days ago

hi everyone,
been follow k/e for 2.5 days and no poops yet, i know with eating a lot of meat
there isnt much fiber in the diet, what do ppl think of fiber supplements?

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Re:fiber on k/e 1 Week, 3 Days ago

I don't recommend fiber pills because they're only 1 fiber gram each. A
better way is with vegetables or Fibersure. Here's a blog piece about getting 18 daily grams of fiber from vegetables: If you're going to begin fiber supplements of any kind be sure to drink extra water.

Wow. Don't go all warm and fuzzy on us, Kimmer! And, just what medical training gives you the knowledge to "not recommend" fiber pills? Last time I checked, there was no M.D. following your name.

Re:fiber on k/e 1 Week, 3 Days ago

I am just starting on day 3 of
K/E and really wanted to do the 2 weeks, what if I did a small amount of veggies
would that. K/E is just meat and eggs. I dunno I am confused. I've been staying
under 20 carbs a day, and it is hard to hit 800 calories when just
eating meat when I am not hungry! I did have string cheese
yesterday....hmmm guess if I have a small salad with low carb dressing that
should be okay to add in...anyway thanks for listening, just trying to figure
things out!

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Re:fiber on k/e 1 Week, 3 Days ago

You can get to 800 calories a day with meat/chicken/eggs:1 medium cooked
chicken breast 280 calories1 4 oz cooked ground turkey patty 193 calories1 6 oz
can tuna packed in water 220 calories2 boiled eggs 193 calories. The
above foods = 840 calories. My suggestion would be to add more veggies
if you're concerned with fiber, choose less protein (the above example provides
200% of our daily protein requirement) and not focus on calories. Build small
meals with a portion of protein, a portion of veggies, zero calorie beverages
and a good daily multivitamin (I'm partial to Centrum or generic equivalents).
You might like wraps which are small, quick and portable. Keep asking.

Why 'keep asking' Kimmer? All you have to offer anyone is a broken record we've all heard before! 840 calories amounts to starvation! Could you explain why you keep encouraging people to starve themselves when even you cannot stick to your own plan?

Note: Thank you to the sources who make it possible for me to show what's really going on inside Kimkins.

An open letter to: Bonnie Luper

Will the real Bonnie Luper please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?

Who are you Bonnie Luper? I know you are a Texas woman who recently started a new job in the insurance industry, and you are the creator of the so-called Magic Chicken Diet.

But, are you also a misguided, but well-meaning internet diet guru? Or are you the business partner of Heidi "Kimmer" Diaz? You know, the woman behind Kimkins that promotes pro-ana behavior, and causes hairloss, dizzy spells and heart palpitations?

First of all, let me say I do believe you've lost a great deal of weight. Your before and after pictures seem genuine, unlike Kimmer who stole hers from a Russian Bride website. I am uncertain whether you lost your weight via your diet of chicken with magical powers or whether you had GB surgery. In either case, you do appear to have actually lost a great deal of weight. So, kudos on that achievement.

But, in your pictures, you do not look healthy. It's not a put-down, it is an observation. And, I've got to tell you that your Magic Chicken Diet doesn't look healthy either. In fact, the calorie, fat and carbohydrate contents of your menus look a great deal like Kimkins. Coincidence?

One way or the other Bonnie, you are in dangerous territory. If you are not in league with Kimmer, you are promoting an unhealthy, unsafe WOE that can lead to a condition known as "Rabbit Starvation." You can read about it here: http://www.rawfoodsbible.com/index.php?page=ch6/rabbit .

The whole reason a number of consumers are suing Heidi Diaz is so she cannot continue to promote an unsafe WOE, that has caused health problems in several people. What makes you think people following the Magic Chicken Diet won't do the same when they start experiencing similar problems? Do you have ANY medical backing for your plan? Any qualifications to advise people on how to lose weight? D-A-N-G-E-R !

If you are in business with Heidi Diaz, then the danger is even more pronounced. Diaz is a dangerous con-artist. Whatever benefits she's promised you for "fronting" her new site will NEVER materialize. Kimmer's penchant for using people and then discarding them is well-documented. She has used her own children as a way to do illicit business. Do you really believe she wouldn't sell you out in a heartbeat? Think about that very carefully.

Whoever you are, and whatever you are remains to be seen.

Rest assured, we will be watching.

A little knowledge is truly a dangerous thing

Have you ever questioned conventional wisdom? I'm beginning to think it's an oxy-moron. Of course, truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder...or is that beer holder?

Like most everyone else, I'm a busy person. So, when hearing about the Kimkins diet, I thought - hey, sounds good to me. I didn't really think about it. I just did it. Big mistake?

Huge mistake.

Did I lose weight? Yes! As so many people involved in this controversy have pointed out, starvation does work. But, the arguments Heidi "Kimmer" Diaz made for her diet sounded soooooo good, so logical, so almost-true-enough, I believed them.

Here's a quick refresher or a Kimkins 101 for those who need it:

1. Fat people cannot starve. You can live off your stored fat until you are no longer overweight.

Wouldn't it be nice if this were true? The problem is, it's easier for your body to convert protein to fuel than fat, so guess what? You will lose fat, but you'll lose more muscle and damage your bodily processes that convert food to fuel making it harder and harder and harder to lose.

2. Nausea and dizziness are normal by-products of using your body fat stores for fuel.

Uh...no. Nausea and dizziness are normal by-products of starving yourself, just ask your nearest supermodel. Just eating a low-carb diet should not make you feel sick. In fact, it makes me more alert, more energized, and less hungry than I've ever, ever been. Just remember, healthy feels good. No pain, no gain is outdated.

3. Low fat combined with low carb is the perfect weightloss formula.

Before I knew better, this sounded so logical to me. We've been literally fed the low-fat nonsense for so long, it's ingrained in our freakin' DNA. I constantly catch myself thinking - oooo, I don't want that - too much fat! Bleh. The trouble with the Kimkins low-carb, low-fat mantra is that you cannot possibly get enough calories in your system by eating this way. Of course, Kimmer thinks 500-800 calories a day is okay for all us lard-asses out there. But, this is actually something known as "Rabbit Starvation" and you can Google it for some eye-opening reading. And really, who wants the rabbit to die, am I right?

4. Eat only when you are really hungry.

Maybe it's just me, but if I let my appetite guide me on when and how much to eat, I'd be as lost as Jessica Simpson taking an advanced Calculus course. Some days, I could eat non-stop. Other days, now that I'm low-carbing, I have to make myself eat. That's what made Kimkins so seductive. Having control over my appetite for the first time ever, was so thrilling. And addictive.

5. There's no such thing as starvation mode.

This is just plain wrong. Not eating enough to meet your body's basic metabolic needs will eventually cause your metabolism to shut down, hold on to your fat stores and do harm, possibly irrepairable harm, to your body. People who starve themselves, or who starve because of famine or other disasters get to a point where they cannot process food. Their bodies can't handle it. Doing a diet like Kimkins can cause this kind of reaction in a person.

6. No pills and no exercise are required to lose weight on Kimkins.

Okay, so Heidi and I can agree on the no pills part. And, who COULD exercise while consuming only 500-800 calories per day? Not me, that's for sure. In this case, Kimmer was really telling me what I wanted to hear. Unfortunately, I have to admit that I don't like exercising all that much. Truthfully, I hate it. But, I'm getting better at doing some strength and toning exercises so I can have a satisfying weightloss success story. Do you have to run marathons? No. But, just starving yourself won't work either. It's not about just getting skinny. It's about gettng healthy!

Thanks to a great number of dieting pro's, I saw the light about Kimkins before I did real damage to myself. Eating and losing weight by following a low-carb eating plan requires you to educate yourself in order to stay healthy. Dr. Atkins, Dr.'s Eades, and so many other sound, safe low-carb programs are out there to offer you real weightloss success. Don't fall for quick, easy and painless weightloss.

Kimkins is like winning a foreign lottery or finding out you have a long-lost relative in Nigeria that died and left you millions. Don't believe the hype!