The Fascination With Kimmer threads have been a wonderful expose of the fraud we have come to know as Heidi Diaz. However, they have not been without the occasional visits from Kimmer apologists who want to admonish us that she gave away information for free for years. They say this as if she is to be commended for it. I won’t even get into the efficacy of her weight loss advice. It has been well established that she has as much business handing out weight loss advice as Tam O’ Shanter had handing out temperance information about drunkenness.
For the edification of those who want to canonize Heidi Diaz for her kind helpfulness, here are some of her less than stellar moments on Low Carb Friends. Read on and ask yourself if wonderful people act like this. Bear in mind, all of these posts were done when she was supposedly being helpful.
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/430907-we-undersigned-6.html#post7060736
Post # 171 from the Kimmer herself. Now we know why she had such little patience for those who wanted to see photographic proof of her outrageous weight loss claims.
Kimmer said: “I have very little patience with people who demand things of me. Photos, "proof", whatever. If you, they or anyone thinks I'm wrong or lying, so be it. Move on to the next thread. There's no need for anyone to be a Mother Hen and protect the universe. If someone is smart enough to find their way to this site and my thread, they're smart enough to think for themselves.”
When someone suggested she may someday be held liable for handing out her advice, Kimmer responded in post 162:
Kimmer wrote: “I mean this in the nicest way, but you don't know what you're talking about.
Do you have any lawyers in your family? Cousin, sister, uncle, grandmother? Tell them what you're saying, ask what they think. Ask them to explain contract law. What a "promise" is. What "consideration" is.
I'm not being cocky, I'm stating law.
Let's say you get into a car accident and it's the other person's fault. That person has no car insurance, no job, no savings, doesn't own a home. Your back is killing you or your leg is broken. See if you can find a lawyer who will represent you for a percentage of what's recovered. Now, for me ... you can't sue someone for their opinion.”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/430907-we-undersigned-5.html#post7058884
Kimmer wrote: “1) I'm judgement proof. 2) I'm not offering my advice for a fee. 3) I'm not an agent of Netrition or LCF, nor do they endorse me.
In the same vein, I offer advice on a family law site. I cannot be pursued for UPL (unlicensed practice of law) because I receive no fee.”
The Kimmer waxes eloquent about fasting in post 2389. Yeah, it’s really helpful to encourage people to STOP eating!
Kimmer wrote: “Believe it or not, after you stop eating for a week you don't think about it much. After two weeks, it feels normal not to eat.
Why?
We spent an extradinary amount of time food shopping, putting groceries away, prepping, menu planning, cooking, cleaning the kitchen, washing dishes ... and when you take all of those food related activities away, you're literally forced to take a hard look at yourself.
This is when most new fasters quit, around day 4. Mentally they're freaking out. They're sure they're starving. They miss their dear friend, "food", and food addiction is a very strong habit to fight.
OK, without food what am I? Who am I? If something bad/good happens and I don't celebrate or commiserate with food, what else on earth can I do?
You take a whole new look at yourself. Until you go through it, you don't know what I'm talking about.
The energy high is incredible.
Detox is a lulu, but you thank your body for doing what it does best, establishing priorities and taking care of business.”
Helpful Kimmer dishes out advice to put a serious alpha hydroxy product on a fresh surgery scar! There is no limit to this woman’s sadism in post #3
Ask your surgeon about using Retin-A on your incision. It really makes a difference in healing the scar. Don't lift stuff, not even kids!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!"
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/431338-ask-kimmer-77.html#post7065507
And of course, encouraging us to eat so little that we feel sick. SNATT (slightly nauseous all the time) was to be attained. In coming days, she sold t-shirts with SNATT on them. No limit to this woman’s avarice. Post # 2288
Kimmer wrote:
Hey, you're losing 2 lbs a day! We can only do so many miracles in one day, LOL!”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/431338-ask-kimmer-75.html#post7065468
I don't begrudge people who lose slowly, I just don't see the valor in taking forever and a day to do something that can be done in a few months.
You're an exerciser? Great! Just don't eat more to compensate or you'll be shooting yourself in the foot.”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/431338-ask-kimmer-74.html#post7065411
Post 2192 – Hey! Step away from that cream in your coffee! And don’t you know that you should dole out those veggies with a jello cup, and don’t you even think about putting butter on them!
Kimmer wrote:
Adding low carb low cal veggies won't slow you down. The danger is drowning lettuce in 400 calories of salad dressing. Try a handful of mixed lettuces with low cal Italian dressing that you shake ... only take a couple shakes. Or try the Wishbone spray dressing - 10 sprays, 10 calories.
A serving of cooked veggies (broccoli, spinach, asparagus) is only .5 cup. A jello cup. That's only a handful of calories, just don't kill the low calories by adding a lot of high calorie butter. See post above about non-trans fat margarines instead.”
In post 11, the expert on rum and diet Coke speaks!
Kimmer wrote: “Not living in Cheryl's house, my guess would be her age, weight (not extreme) and that she indulges in rum & diet cola on occasion.
Alcohol is burned before anything else. It's not digested. It's like throwing lighter fluide on a BBQ.
So, if Cheryl had 2 rum & diet cola drinks at home (I'll guess 3 oz per drink), that's 200 calories before anything else, and if that's my ounces are correct.”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/431338-ask-kimmer-72.html#post7065373
Post 2154 – the Faux Dieting Guru says for the gazillionth time that starvation mode doesn’t exist.
Recall our metabolism is a living thing, changing every minute, actually, depending on our food intake and activity. It drops to a standstill while we sleep. Do we wake at 2 am to refeed? Hopefully not.
You're an inch away from goal. Drop your carbs & cals and you can get rid of 5 lbs this week.”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/431338-ask-kimmer-71.html#post7065332
As seen in post 2113, Kimmer grills someone over their Fitday entries. How many times did we see this?
Spaghetti sauce & Mozz - what did you make? Ground beef - 1 cubic inch? for what?
Whey powder - what do you mix it with? brand?
Flank steak - 1 oz? accurate? that's like a 1" cube?
Strawberries - skip for now
Blueberries - skip for now
Cheese - skip for now
Italian sausage - skip for now
Summer squash, 1.5 - limit to .5
Cabbage .25 head - limit to .5 cup cooked or less
Almond butter - skip for now
Is this the "over" day? 40'ish carbs?
Cashews
Watermelon
Pistachios
Pork ribs
You had way earlier entries with oatmeal, cake, bread, etc. so I'm not commenting on those.
Overall everything looks good.
You're so close you might have to cut carbs further. How about trying the Kimkins deal of 3 cups of lettuce-y stuff or 2 cups + .5 cup cooked, per Dr. Atkins?”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/431338-ask-kimmer-69.html#post7065277
More scrutinization and berating from the Guru in post 2058. How dare you eat all those vegetables!?
The chicken you picked in your Fitday says "coating". Are you eating chicken with a flour batter coating?
You're eating too many higher carb veggies for your new, tiny body. You're at 30 carbs a day in veggies alone:
Broccoli, 2 cups
Green beans, 1.5 cups
Brussell sprouts, 4 oz
Do you like lettuces or spinach at all? Can you cut back your veggies to .5 cup servings?
You won't get SNATT with the amount of veggies you're now eating ... too much sugar.”
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/main-lowcarb-lobby/430067-how-much-cup.html#post7037094
The Guru turns snotty (not snatty) in post # 12
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/kimkins/425334-still-nauseous-2.html#post6928395
Post # 60 – she tries to discredit a chiropractor by pointing out he’s not a medical doctor. Kimmer at her snarky nastiest. Bold type is hers.
If you think you're on to something, this might be the time to take the jump from chiropractor to try and qualify for medical school. Then you can write a book and open a "safe" weight loss clinic.”
There really are no words to express the outrageousness of all that this woman has done. You can try until you're blue in the face to tell people about her, but her own words condemn her the most.
1 comments:
Excellent post, Magicsmom!
Heidi Diaz is such a ... well, let's just say for someone who was lying about her weight loss, WOE, and maintenance she sure was quick to belittle and condemn those, who unlike herself, were actually following her dangerous diet.
I hope this opens some eyes and current members save themselves from her advise and those contemplating joining take a second look and decide instead to be healthy and safe.
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