Why would anyone bother to join Kimkins?

So here it is, nearly swimsuit season. Within the next few weeks, there will be millions of people who have decided that they’ve given in to far too many cookies, cakes, candies and imbibed far too much over the last several months. The clothes are getting tighter, and with summer just around the corner, the many will be looking for a way to look their best on the beach.

No one wants to spend a long time losing the weight. We all want it to just go away as soon as possible. So we hit google and start our search for the perfect diet, one that will make the pounds go bye-bye as rapidly as possible.

There are many well known diets out there. Some are highly advertised low fat oriented, such as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and Nutrisystem, just to name a few. Others are low carb, such as Atkins, Protein Power, South Beach, Eat Fat Get Thin. Both types of diets have advantages, and even though I lean towards the low carb camp, if you feel like you can continue to eat low fat for the rest of your life, then perhaps one of those diets will be better for you.

One thing you don’t want to do though is to fall into a diet trap that bills itself as low fat, low carb and low calorie. Kimkins is the first one that comes to mind in that category. Kimkins is an amalgamation of Atkins ‘72 and Stillman’s, with virtually all the fat and nutritional safeguards removed, put together by a woman who goes by the name of Heidi K. Diaz (aka Kimmer). Kimmer promoted her diet by claiming to have lost 200 lbs in 11 months, keeping it off for at least 5 years, but her true results are pictured below:

(As if these photos are not disturbing enough as the true before and after photos of a self-styled “diet guru”, Heidi is now among her fellow dieters, asking those who have paid to join her site for help in losing weight!)

Aside from the fact that Kimkins doesn’t work, it is also an extremely dangerous diet, with starvation calorie levels, malnutrition nutrient levels, and a side order of laxative abuse. Common side effects are massive hair loss, heart palpitations, erratic menstrual cycles, severe constipation, electrolyte imbalances, gall bladder problems, fainting, muscle wasting, and dizziness, among others.

But even if you were desperate enough to try the diet, why would you pay $79.95 for it, when you can get all the information about what it entails for free? Simply by do a search on lowcarbfriends.com, and all versions of her starvation diet will be easily found… along with extensive descriptions of the scam Heidi Diaz has perpetrated on the unsuspecting public. (More information about the fraud will be published here, as I have time to type it out)

Not only is the information about the diet available for free, but as a member of Kimkins.con, if you dared to ask Kimmer any questions about physical problems associated with following the diet or how it is that Kimmer herself doesn’t seem to have had very good results from her diet, you’d be banned from her site, even though you paid for a lifetime membership.

Bye-bye, $79.95!

Say hello to new, ongoing health problems, and out of control weight gain!

Not exactly a wise use of your money, that’s for sure. If you need to lose weight, do it in a healthy manner. Go buy an Atkins book. Or South Beach. Or join Weight Watchers or TOPS. If you want support from fellow dieters, there are plenty of free support forums out there - Low Carb Friends, Active Low Carbers, Low Carb Discussion, just to name a few.