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What started off as a weight loss journey through following a low carbohydrate diet called Atkins, has now became much more. Here you will find my rants and raves as well as things I learn along the way...

Recent Posts Tagged With 'kimkins'

• Scam Watch: Weight Loss Scams

  Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 19:12 in Fraud, heidi diaz, kimkins, weight loss, weight loss scams

  Here is one for people from Australia and NZ that have been scammed or are concerned about a weight loss scam that they have seen and wish to report it. I reported Kimkins...It is an Australian govern...

• Kimmer: Cut Calories and Take Laxatives

  Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 19:51 in diabetes, dizziness, kimkins, kimmer, laxatives, very low calorie diets

  Have you guys seen this conversation that was allegedly in private messages from Kimmer?If true which IMO I am 100% sure it is, this is a good example of the kind of crap that came out of Kimmers mout...

• Been MIA And Some Interesting Links

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 21:55 in dr j wortman, kimkins, low carb, low fat diets, parenting, pesticides, statins, supplements, teenagers, weight-loss

  Hey Guys!Sorry I have been so quiet, I have been struggling with what I like to call - considering I am not a writer, "Blogger's Block" :)When this whole kimkins thing really started to come to my att...

• Anyone heard of Clinifast?

  Posted on Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 04:51 in clinifast, health risks, kimkins, meal replacements, protein shake diet, very low calorie diets, vlcd

  If you think kimkins has the potential to be very dangerous...I just came across this today and all I can say is WTF???One of Clinifast's great products is called Ultra. It is designed for many uses i...

• Kimkins

  Posted on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 at 20:37 in kimkins, kimkins abc. kimkins contest, kimkins diet, kimkins diet scam, kimmer, very low calorie diet

  Looks like it is time for another update on the whole kimkins diet saga :DIt was a big week last week for Kimmer and in my opinion, her starvation diet.As most of you should know by now, the Kimkins d...

• Kimkins Scam

  Posted on Tuesday January 15th, 2008 at 21:53 in kimkins, kimkins abc. kimkins contest, kimkins diet, kimkins scam

  I thought I'd help out these bloggers and share their latest posts on how you can help:First one could be quite interesting, as this diet scam is soon to make it to national TV yet again, this time by...

• Kimkins

  Posted on Thursday January 10th, 2008 at 16:04 in anorexia, eating disorders, electrolyte imbalance, kimkins, kimkins diet, kimkins diet scam, rabbit starvation, very low calorie diet

  I was just posting this on a forum thread we have when I thought that I should add it here too in case some of you haven't been to Medusas blog this week or for anyone new that comes across my blog th...

• Kimkins, dieting and eating disorders

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 01:18 in anorexia, eating disorders, kimkins, kimkins diet

  I was reading this post and was really moved by it so I wanted to share, it is kimkins related but I found it to be much more then that:"People don’t see eating disorders with fat people. They see d...

• Kimkins Diet Scam

  Posted on Thursday November 15th, 2007 at 18:31 in diet scam, health risks, kimkins, kimkins diet, kimkins diet scam, kimkins lawsuit, kimkins scam, kimkins survivors, morning show with mike and juliet, starvation diet, very low caorie diet, vlcd

  Okay, I just wanted to make hopefully one last post on this controversial diet scam named Kimkins. I have been procrastinating on this for a while, because as passionate as I am about the health risks...

• Kimmer, Defammation of Character

  Posted on Wednesday October 24th, 2007 at 16:09 in defamation, kimkins, kimkins lawsuit, kimmer

  I just got word that Kimmer is allegedly suing Jeanessa's attorney John for defamation.How did she work that one out? I assume the KTLA series? LOL...

• Kimkins and Google Adwords

  Posted on Tuesday October 9th, 2007 at 06:55 in google adwords, kimkins, kimkins diet

  Is it just me or are there no adwords for kimkins anymore?...

• Kimkins Diet Scam on KTLA Part 2

  Posted on Thursday October 4th, 2007 at 01:24 in diet scam, kimkins, kimkins diet, kimkins lawsuit, kimkins scam, ktla

  Yay its up, I am watching it now :)10/3 - Exclusive! Popular Internet Diet May Be A Sham...and Unsafe. Part 2....

• Kimkins, KTLA and Google Adwords

  Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 17:04 in diet scam, google adwords, kimkins, kimkins diet, kimkins scam, kimmer, ktla

  I still haven't heard back from google, did anyone else?It just dawned on me that Kimmer and Kimkins new fame on KTLA might help move things along so I sent them the link:HelloI emailed you before con...

• Kimkins and Kimmer on TV!!!

  Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 01:21 in diet scam, kimkins, kimkins diet, kimkins scam, kimmer, kimmer on tv, ktla

  Check it out: KTLA Exclusive: Internet Diet Scam ExposedOh and notice how she sounds just like Jimmy's podcast!!! :)Oh and by the way, for those on Dial up, Serenity from LCF went to the trouble of wr...

• Kimkins and Google Adwords

  Posted on Friday September 28th, 2007 at 17:30 in google adwords, kimkins, kimkins controversy, kimkins diet, kimmer

  Hey I just spotted this on Kimkins Controversy and wanted to share as I think it is a really good idea:"Now it’s time for the big guns, because we want to stop one of the major sources of new signup...

• The Low Fat side of the Kimkins Diet: Rabbit Starvation, Sudden Death and Resting Metabolism.

  Posted on Saturday September 22nd, 2007 at 04:40 in kimkins, kimkins dangers, kimkins diet, lbm, liquid protein diets, psmf, rabbit starvation, resting metabolic rate, stefansson, sudden death, thyroid, vlcd

  As discussed in the previous article, very low calorie diets like kimkins can cause gall stones due to rapid weight loss as well as the lack of fat that is commonly seen on this diet. This, may also b...

• The low fat side of the Kimkins Diet: Gallstones

  Posted on Tuesday September 11th, 2007 at 03:42 in cholecystectomy, exercise, gall-bladder, gallstones, kimkins, kimkins dangers, kimkins-diet, low fat, low-calorie diets, obesity, rapid-weightloss, risks

  Hey guys sorry its taking me a while but I\'ve been very busy and keeping up with this whole kimkins controversy isn\'t helping LOLAnyway the article is still very long so I am breaking it up more, I ...

• My Reply to Deni

  Posted on Thursday August 16th, 2007 at 19:01 in gallstones, kimkins, kimkins controversy, kimkins dangers, kimkins diet, kimmer, nutrition, obesity, rapid weight loss, starvation, very low calorie diet, vlcd

  Okay first up sorry I haven't put up part 2 yet of The low fat side of the Kimkins Diet but I have been busy and the yesterday got caught up in chatting which I think is stemming from me not being foc...

• Kimkins Petition

  Posted on Monday August 13th, 2007 at 16:16 in kimkins, kimkins dangers, kimkins diet, kimkins petition

  Just wanted to share, that someone has put up an online petition against Kimkins:To: Federal Trade Commission, Better Business Bureau, California Attorney GeneralBelieving it to be true that Kimkins....

• The low fat side of the Kimkins Diet, Part 1

  Posted on Sunday August 12th, 2007 at 21:43 in kimkins, kimkins dangers, kimkins diet, kimmer, low carb, low fat, very low calorie diet, vlcd

  Hey guys I am splitting this up in two parts as it is getting awfully long. I have been working on this for a couple of weeks now but with us being sick, Maya having food intolerance reactions and the...

• Kimkins is not Atkins

  Posted on Saturday August 4th, 2007 at 15:53 in atkins, atkins diet, kimkins, kimkins diet, starvation

  Sorry I have taken so long but we have all been sick over the last few weeks, started to get better and then by the end of last weekend it started to hit again, so we're all sick again *bleh* but on t...

• Is Kimkins okay because its simply low carb?

  Posted on Tuesday July 17th, 2007 at 21:33 in atkins, ketosis, kimkins, kimmer, low carb, starvation

  I keep seeing Jimmy and some others play the "low carb" card in regards to Kimkins which really annoys me. So what if its low carb, low carb isn't perfect as like any other diet, it can be abused. I k...

• Kimkins and Kimmer

  Posted on Sunday July 15th, 2007 at 07:10 in kimkins, kimkins diet, kimmer, low carb, vlcd

  Boy has the kimkins controversy been running hot the past week or two? Did you know in around 3 or so weeks her memberbase has grown by 7000 members?People have been going on a lot lately about Kimmer...

• Okay some Kimkins stuff...

  Posted on Tuesday June 12th, 2007 at 18:54 in jimmy moore, kimkins

  I actually have another rant coming on my thoughts on this diet which I will post soon but in the meantime I was just reading Jimmy's 30 in 30 blog and just had to post a quickie.I want to state this...