Magnetic Charisma

People who have never been under the influence of Heidi Diaz do not understand how so many smart people could have been duped. She possesses something I call magnetic charisma. It makes people hang onto every word, look up to her, and desire to please her. There are doctors, lawyers, chemists, PhD's, accountants, and scores other professionals in a long line of people with three digit IQ's who were taken in by Heidi Diaz. Rather than try to re-explain it, I will repost something I said in the Fascination With Kimmer thread #13 at Low Carb Friends. I was responding to a post of Barbara B's, and here are both posts in their entirety:

Originally Posted by Barbara B

OK. This is not a funny post. I still can't figure how adding more lettuce or a chicken wing can do your diet in. It is just CRAZY. How can anyone believe this shite?

I have to admit that I am beyond understanding how someone can take this kind of advice seriously! Can someone explain this to me? BTW, I am NOT downing anyone for following this advice. I know SHE is a lying liar that lies. It is NOT YOUR FAULT. I just can't fathom how she makes it so credible. She is a truly devious woman and that is why she has been able to HURT so many people. Please, folks, do NOT believe in her BS! She is NOT the answer. There are so many diets out there that are GOOD.

Buy a book! Atkins, Protein Power, South Beach Diet, whatever! The trick is to look at it as a WAY OF LIFE and NOT a diet. Because if you ever go back to eating the way you used to, you will gain it ALL back and more. You need to change your LIFE forever, and quick weight loss will NOT teach you how to do that. YOU WILL ONLY GAIN IT ALL BACK AND MORE!

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Magicsmom replies:

There are so many factors to this. First of all, we really believed that Heidi had lost 200 pounds. We really believed she was gorgeous, and we really believed she knew what she was talking about. I think she capitalizes on our fast food mindset - the mindset that makes you want to use the microwave is the mindset that tells you it's better to lose your weight in 6 months than to take a year doing it. You beg her to review your Fitday to see if you're doing it right, and you really want to please her.

The brave ones ask her if it's o.k. to have hot wings. Heidi tells you in her condescending way that you can go ahead and eat those wings if you don't mind that it will take you longer to get to your goal. After all, they are just full of fat, and let's not even talk about the bleu cheese dressing you intend to dip them in. She has a power over people that is very hard to explain to people who have not experienced it. The last thing you want to hear is for her to say that you don't want it badly enough, because you know you do. When you stall, and we all do, you ask her to tell you what to do. Keep in mind that you really believe she already accomplished what you want to accomplish and you believe that if you follow her advice, you will have success. Her advice always is for you to cut your calories more; you're still eating too much, are you measuring that lettuce, are you sure it was only four ounces of steak, are you using your salad spritzer instead of that evil fatty bleu cheese dressing??? After all, this is THE woman talking to you, she has really DONE this thing, and this is what you want more than anything.

With perfect hindsight, we can look at this and see the absurdity of it. That's because NOW we know she didn't do it. I am sure she laughed the evil cackle when she berated people for not wanting it badly enough because they put butter on their broccoli and raked them over the coals for being weak as she brushed the sugar cookie sprinkles off her keyboard.

This is the reason that some of us are such zealots about exposing this woman and trying to take her down. We take it personally to know that during the suffering we endured, she was slamming down Cap'n and diet Coke, munching on sugar cookies and God only knows what else. I have said many times I think she's a cruel sadist, and I do.