Comments on: The Storm Over Kimmer and The Kimkins Diet (Episode 69) http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/ With Jimmy Moore Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:44:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Laura http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-40363 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:48:06 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-40363 The GOOD NEWS is that Jimmy Moore and many, many others have since seen the light, and no longer support the Kimkins Diet Scam. Kimkins is a very dangerous way to try to lose weight. For more Kimkins info: <a href="http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/b/2008/03/15/march-2008-update-on-kimkins-diet-scam.htm" rel="nofollow">Kimkins on About.com</a> <a href="http://www.insiderexclusive.com/firm_cohen2.htm" rel="nofollow">Kimkins on Insider Exclusive</a> <a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/02/kimkins.html" rel="nofollow">Kimkins on ConsumerAffairs.com</a> Say NO to Kimkins! The GOOD NEWS is that Jimmy Moore and many, many others have since seen the light, and no longer support the Kimkins Diet Scam. Kimkins is a very dangerous way to try to lose weight.

For more Kimkins info:

Kimkins on About.com

Kimkins on Insider Exclusive

Kimkins on ConsumerAffairs.com

Say NO to Kimkins!

]]> by: Missy http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5841 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:59:58 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5841 Tamara maybe you might want to read this, it's scary! http://kimkinsexposed.wordpress.com/ Tamara maybe you might want to read this, it’s scary!

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]]> by: Tamara http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5283 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:13:01 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5283 I'm new at the Low Crab Diet thing, and have tried Akins many years back. Before I made a decision as to which diet I wanted to try (I knew it had to be low carb) I read everything I could, to make the right decision for ME. I think what people need to do is make the right decision for themselves, something that they can live with. Yes, kimkins is extreme, so is Akins for me, as I'm a carb lover. For myself I know that I need to take off weight fast in order for me to be successful, I need to see results and don't want to take YEARS to loose 50 pounds. I have tweaked my diet, I think that I am somewhere between kimkins and Atkins, switching up my meals and it works for me. Some days I feel like I need to eat a cow, and sometimes I just eat chicken; I LISTEN TO MY BODY. People need to choose for themselves and decide what works for them and tweak it. I don't belong to the KimKins site, but might make the jump from the overly negative LCF site, who crucifies you if you mention that you had a baked chicken instead of steak fried in butter topped with cream cheese with a side of pork rinds (GAG)! Grow up people, stop fighting, get a life off the internet and work on your own diet, I’m so sick of the crying of kimmer is making money and starving the world of fat! I’m new at the Low Crab Diet thing, and have tried Akins many years back. Before I made a decision as to which diet I wanted to try (I knew it had to be low carb) I read everything I could, to make the right decision for ME. I think what people need to do is make the right decision for themselves, something that they can live with. Yes, kimkins is extreme, so is Akins for me, as I’m a carb lover. For myself I know that I need to take off weight fast in order for me to be successful, I need to see results and don’t want to take YEARS to loose 50 pounds. I have tweaked my diet, I think that I am somewhere between kimkins and Atkins, switching up my meals and it works for me. Some days I feel like I need to eat a cow, and sometimes I just eat chicken; I LISTEN TO MY BODY.

People need to choose for themselves and decide what works for them and tweak it. I don’t belong to the KimKins site, but might make the jump from the overly negative LCF site, who crucifies you if you mention that you had a baked chicken instead of steak fried in butter topped with cream cheese with a side of pork rinds (GAG)!

Grow up people, stop fighting, get a life off the internet and work on your own diet, I’m so sick of the crying of kimmer is making money and starving the world of fat!

]]> by: Dee http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5225 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:49:37 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5225 Personally, I don't think anyone is debating whether Kimkins works for losing weight. Really, is it possible to eat so little and NOT lose weight? In reading around the web for comments, I have not seen anyone claim the diet was a failure at getting rid of fat. The storm is over the method -- and the fact that Kimmer herself, in her own words, has advocated extensive periods of starvation ( which isn't nicer if you use the word "fast"), and replacing real foods with vitamin supplements so that calories can be restricted to such extreme low levels. No exercise? Don't drink water, but load up on soft drinks? Maybe people shouldn't be upset because honestly, Kimmer's plan was always about weight, only weight, and nothing else, and the fact that it is nutritionally empty and potentially harmful is not actually the issue. To say that it's a shame that other low-carbers are on the attack is, well, I'm lacking the right word -- but the point is, OF COURSE the plan is under attack by the very people who understand what low-carb is, should be, and feel a deep obligation to prevent foolish diets from being confused with plans that are both safe AND effective, rather than merely effective. The mainstream media & medical establishment only recently acknowledge that low-carb "might" be okay. It's bad timing for a bad plan to derail the public's understanding of healthful low-carb eating. Personally, I don’t think anyone is debating whether Kimkins works for losing weight. Really, is it possible to eat so little and NOT lose weight? In reading around the web for comments, I have not seen anyone claim the diet was a failure at getting rid of fat. The storm is over the method — and the fact that Kimmer herself, in her own words, has advocated extensive periods of starvation ( which isn’t nicer if you use the word “fast”), and replacing real foods with vitamin supplements so that calories can be restricted to such extreme low levels. No exercise? Don’t drink water, but load up on soft drinks? Maybe people shouldn’t be upset because honestly, Kimmer’s plan was always about weight, only weight, and nothing else, and the fact that it is nutritionally empty and potentially harmful is not actually the issue. To say that it’s a shame that other low-carbers are on the attack is, well, I’m lacking the right word — but the point is, OF COURSE the plan is under attack by the very people who understand what low-carb is, should be, and feel a deep obligation to prevent foolish diets from being confused with plans that are both safe AND effective, rather than merely effective. The mainstream media & medical establishment only recently acknowledge that low-carb “might” be okay. It’s bad timing for a bad plan to derail the public’s understanding of healthful low-carb eating.

]]> by: The Storm Over Kimmer and The Kimkins Diet (Episode 69) http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5222 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:05:16 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5222 [...] Read Original Post Here --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't settle... and enjoy The Finer Things. [...] […] Read Original Post Here ——————————————————————————— Don’t settle… and enjoy The Finer Things. […]

]]> by: CJ http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5079 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5079 Thanks for bringing Kimmer to us. Can't wait for the next session. Keep up your outstanding work. Thanks for bringing Kimmer to us. Can’t wait for the next session.

Keep up your outstanding work.

]]> by: Jimmy Moore http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5010 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:50:15 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-5010 THANKS so much for your support, Susan! Welcome to positive, uplifting and encouraging discussion of livin' la vida low-carb. :D Stick around! THANKS so much for your support, Susan! Welcome to positive, uplifting and encouraging discussion of livin’ la vida low-carb. :D Stick around!

]]> by: Susan http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4982 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:00:12 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4982 I have been a long time Kimkins member, actually one of the first on her website. I never have read your blog, but all the garbage that is going on over at lcf has prompted me to be here, I am glad I checked it out! You are good at what you do Jimmy...I will continue to come here to read what you have to say... I guess we should Thank those hateful folks over there for making you interesting enough for people like me. On the Kimkins note... I did the plan..was VERY successful on it, after Atkins slowed down for me. I haven't posted much over there, but read the entire negativity post... too bad.. But what I see is a handful of people who have nothing more to do with their boring lives than sit at their computers all day looking to hurt people. There are several of these people doing this and they know who they are...just go to that site anytime of the day, morning, noon, or night... they are on and constantly answering anyone who types a response... believing they are the one with all the right answers... (their way) The thread is hateful and scarey, stalking, and intrusive, If I were Kimmer, I would be lining up a lawsuit of my own... Thanks for listening... and for making a lot of sense!.... Susan I have been a long time Kimkins member, actually one of the first on her website.

I never have read your blog, but all the garbage that is going on over at lcf has prompted me to be here, I am glad I checked it out!

You are good at what you do Jimmy…I will continue to come here to read what you have to say… I guess we should Thank those hateful folks over there for making you interesting enough for people like me.

On the Kimkins note… I did the plan..was VERY successful on it, after Atkins slowed down for me.

I haven’t posted much over there, but read the entire negativity post… too bad.. But what I see is a handful of people who have nothing more to do with their boring lives than sit at their computers all day looking to hurt people.

There are several of these people doing this and they know who they are…just go to that site anytime of the day, morning, noon, or night… they are on and constantly answering anyone who types a response… believing they are the one with all the right answers… (their way)

The thread is hateful and scarey, stalking, and intrusive, If I were Kimmer, I would be lining up a lawsuit of my own…

Thanks for listening… and for making a lot of sense!…. Susan

]]> by: Jimmy Moore http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4921 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:14:53 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4921 THANKS for sharing your thoughts and for your support, too, Linda! THANKS for sharing your thoughts and for your support, too, Linda!

]]> by: Linda Pickett http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4916 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:42:37 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4916 There will always be trouble makers, people who like to cause a stir. If it works for you, go for it. But don't put it down unless you have tried it. Your weight loss shows that it works. Low carb, regardless of the plan, is a healthy way to lose weight and to maintain. Jimmy, this podcast proves you know your stuff when it comes to defending your lifestyle. Keep on livin it!!! There will always be trouble makers, people who like to cause a stir. If it works for you, go for it. But don’t put it down unless you have tried it. Your weight loss shows that it works. Low carb, regardless of the plan, is a healthy way to lose weight and to maintain. Jimmy, this podcast proves you know your stuff when it comes to defending your lifestyle. Keep on livin it!!!

]]> by: Jimmy Moore http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4912 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:58:13 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4912 THANKS for your spot-on comments, Brandy, and Kimmer answers that question about meeting me in person during our interview. People may not like the answer, but she does answer it. THANK YOU again for your support for what I do! THANKS for your spot-on comments, Brandy, and Kimmer answers that question about meeting me in person during our interview. People may not like the answer, but she does answer it. THANK YOU again for your support for what I do!

]]> by: Brandy http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4873 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:34:53 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4873 Hey Jimmy! I have been listening to your podcast for a long time, and I am glad that you will be interviewing Kimmer. Personal attacks aside, if people follow the diet, and lose, that is great! We are all adults. Its our decision to make. I'm not a Kimmer supporter, but if she is having a good impact on people's success, more power to her. Very low calorie diets have been around for a long time, very low carb diets have been around for a long time. She is not the first person to suggest this way of eating. No one gets this fired up about Stillmans! Find the plan that works, stick with it, and if you don't like it, change. But, lets be adult about it~. That being said, I would love it if Kimmer would have met you for the interview. I think part of the problem is that the pictures just don't make sense, and if you had designed this diet and marketed it, and it was so successful, wouldn't you be shouting it from the mountain tops, complete with before and afters, public appearances, etc?? I know I would! I think it just seems odd. Thanks for all you do for the low carb community! Hey Jimmy! I have been listening to your podcast for a long time, and I am glad that you will be interviewing Kimmer.

Personal attacks aside, if people follow the diet, and lose, that is great! We are all adults. Its our decision to make. I’m not a Kimmer supporter, but if she is having a good impact on people’s success, more power to her. Very low calorie diets have been around for a long time, very low carb diets have been around for a long time. She is not the first person to suggest this way of eating. No one gets this fired up about Stillmans!

Find the plan that works, stick with it, and if you don’t like it, change. But, lets be adult about it~.

That being said, I would love it if Kimmer would have met you for the interview. I think part of the problem is that the pictures just don’t make sense, and if you had designed this diet and marketed it, and it was so successful, wouldn’t you be shouting it from the mountain tops, complete with before and afters, public appearances, etc?? I know I would! I think it just seems odd.

Thanks for all you do for the low carb community!

]]> by: Jimmy Moore http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4868 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:28:58 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4868 If only everyone could understand this as well as you, Kay! :) If only everyone could understand this as well as you, Kay! :)

]]> by: Kay Witt http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4862 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:32:18 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4862 I am constantly amazed by the behavior of people! We can get excited over anything! :) I wonder if there isn't some jealousy behind these attacks of the success of Kimmer and Kimkins. I agree that everyone has to find their best diet. Thanks, Jimmy, for good information and up-standing character in reporting. I am constantly amazed by the behavior of people! We can get excited over anything! :) I wonder if there isn’t some jealousy behind these attacks of the success of Kimmer and Kimkins.
I agree that everyone has to find their best diet. Thanks, Jimmy, for good information and up-standing character in reporting.

]]> by: Jimmy Moore http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4859 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:16:00 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4859 THANKS for "finding" me, Sophie! I'm happy to have you along for this amazing adventure I call livin' la vida low-carb. We are stronger than you think! ;) THANKS for “finding” me, Sophie! I’m happy to have you along for this amazing adventure I call livin’ la vida low-carb. We are stronger than you think! ;)

]]> by: Sophie http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4854 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:33:57 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4854 I have just started reading your blog, Jimmie, but I started with Atkins and Protein Power in 1998. I lost about 60 pounds and maintained it with 5 years on the Zone. Unfortuantly, in the last year, I gained about 15 unecessary pounds. Most people wouldn't think that was a big deal, for a formerly obese teenager, this was HUGE! I came to your blog about a month ago, read about Kiminds and have been doing it since. No real weight loss to speak of (maybe a pound?) but at least I am not gaining anymore! Thank you for connecting me, us and this entire low-carb world. There are fewer of us left than there were in 2003, but I am happy a palce exsists like this forum, which can remind all of us Low Carbers that we have a voice and ARE present! Thank you-Sophie I have just started reading your blog, Jimmie, but I started with Atkins and Protein Power in 1998. I lost about 60 pounds and maintained it with 5 years on the Zone. Unfortuantly, in the last year, I gained about 15 unecessary pounds. Most people wouldn’t think that was a big deal, for a formerly obese teenager, this was HUGE!
I came to your blog about a month ago, read about Kiminds and have been doing it since. No real weight loss to speak of (maybe a pound?) but at least I am not gaining anymore!
Thank you for connecting me, us and this entire low-carb world. There are fewer of us left than there were in 2003, but I am happy a palce exsists like this forum, which can remind all of us Low Carbers that we have a voice and ARE present!
Thank you-Sophie

]]> by: Jimmy Moore http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4851 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:46:48 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4851 THANKS, Mary! Actually, I <a href=http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/2007/07/making-idol-out-of-unilateral.html rel="nofollow">blogged about this idea of people treating their diet like a religion</a> over the weekend. It's incredible! THANK YOU for your support. :) I agree, Sue! If people are that turned off by the Kimkins diet, the move on to something else. But if you don't mind, I'm gonna do it for ME! :D I am thankful for your support, too! THANKS, Mary! Actually, I blogged about this idea of people treating their diet like a religion over the weekend. It’s incredible! THANK YOU for your support. :)

I agree, Sue! If people are that turned off by the Kimkins diet, the move on to something else. But if you don’t mind, I’m gonna do it for ME! :D I am thankful for your support, too!

]]> by: Sue http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4849 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:41:58 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4849 I don't know why there is so much fuss over this diet. It is better grounded in science than most diets, and Lord knows, I've tried almost all of them. It has certainly helped me. I lost most of my weight on Atkins and Protein Power. But those last stubborn pounds came off with Kimkins. I plan to maintain on an Atkins/Kimkins hybrid. I am grateful for Kimmer's work. I wish people would leave her alone. I hope she has great success, because she deserves it. I don’t know why there is so much fuss over this diet. It is better grounded in science than most diets, and Lord knows, I’ve tried almost all of them. It has certainly helped me. I lost most of my weight on Atkins and Protein Power. But those last stubborn pounds came off with Kimkins. I plan to maintain on an Atkins/Kimkins hybrid. I am grateful for Kimmer’s work. I wish people would leave her alone. I hope she has great success, because she deserves it.

]]> by: Mary http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4847 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:24:27 +0000 http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/the-storm-over-kimmer-and-the-kimkins-diet-episode-69/#comment-4847 Your podcast was brilliant, Jimmy. As always, I find your wit and talent inspiring! I was struck by your comment regarding those who think that their plan is the ONLY plan. It almost sounds like religion, huh? Our metabolisms have literally evolved to so many different levels, which will of course require different strokes for different folks! Kudos to you, Jimmy! You have helped SO many people. Just keep doing what you are doing. I will ALWAYS be a fan and a supporter of the work you are doing.~ Your podcast was brilliant, Jimmy. As always, I find your wit and talent inspiring!
I was struck by your comment regarding those who think that their plan is the ONLY plan. It almost sounds like religion, huh?
Our metabolisms have literally evolved to so many different levels, which will of course require different strokes for different folks!
Kudos to you, Jimmy! You have helped SO many people. Just keep doing what you are doing. I will ALWAYS be a fan and a supporter of the work you are doing.~

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